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Microdot, Geegooin, Xitsuh, Hanhae, Basick – SMTM Cypher

 

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Verse 1: Microdot)
Yes, Show Me The Money 5 Cypher
If I participated this time again, I think I’d rap this
Check it!

They say MICRODOT was wack as hell?
My All Black((Reference to hiphop duo All Black)) past cannot be denied
That rap kid is participating on Show Me The?
THIS be the REVIVAL, save your pity

I never back down for nothin’, so that I won’t be discouraged by reality anymore
I’m standing on my own, here where enemies are mixed up
SHOW ME THE MONEY, an express train to guaranteed success
Let’s earn money, I’ll take that train too

I’m on the road to riches man,((Reference to Microdot’s ‘For The Road To Riches‘)) got no rivals
On the mic I don’t HESITATE, no time to idol
Keep it 1 hunnit DOWNBAD((Microdot’s clothing label)) representer
Even without the back-up of a label((Microdot is an independent rapper)) I spit rap backed-up by my guts

Cuz I’m better

Verse 2: Geegooin)
Feelin’ like Kim Kyung-gi, yeah I’m Mr. Incheon((Former baseball player, now coach, from Incheon, nicknamed Mr. Incheon – Geegooin is also from Incheon))
I’ve been acknowledged as Guwol-dong’s hero
Before I know, my genius that premiered((The word used for ‘genius’ here describes a person who is so crazy about something that they are brilliant at it. It is also used to designate people who are crazy about 15-second-long commercials, which is probably why in the next line he says that he’s “taking off towards ten million movies”))
is taking off towards ten million movies

Yeah, I learned not to give up
I threw up the laziness that had settled down deep inside of me
Even the unnis from Incheon are supporting me
Spring is coming to me too, shout-out to AOMG

Now soon to my side,
my rap is the INTRO to success
Look at me as I am. Even in Show Me The Money
the tone of my voice shined, forget about likes and dislikes

Catch it, get hooked, ram it in, become numb
My potential has become sturdier, I’ve refined my touch
I grabbed a hold of the chance that I nearly missed
and you can do it too, let’s do it!

Verse 3: Xitsuh)
I’ve seen many things, I mean too many fiends
No, I really was in an awkward position
In between under and main, it’s like passing the mic
Gave them a NEW definition of HIPHOP, hm, very nice

There actually was no grand reason for it, just for
me and the dudes, no me and my crew wanted
respect that we should naturally be receiving
So I came up to SHOW and PROVE

I truly showed what I represent
and left without wavering
You have to remember where your roots are
so that you won’t be blinded by the spotlight in front of your eyes

No matter if you came to the system as a judge of the system,
if you storm out of the system, or follow the system
It is your choice, do know that
So when you leave, I’m telling you, do it with style

Verse 4: Hanhae)
Yeah, I’ve come out to show mine
but others came out to show other people’s
so I have to go to the next chapter
The others are still standing in place like bartenders

I’ll go ahead, if this is Go then I’m black((In the board game Go, the player with the black stone moves first.))
I’ve proved myself, y’all are the opposite, no proof
I won’t give in to your whims, where do you think you’re setting foot?
Else, clearly mark it before you start rapping

Yeah, I’ve come out to show mine
I’ll say it once again for everybody
If you’re a rapper, come here and rap
If you’re going to shout and do a musical, leave that way

I do the fundamentals first, Mr. Basic, I’m a Tim Duncan((American basketball player whose nickname is The Big Fundamental))
According to the above’s words, I have nothing to do with idiots((Not certain if I interpreted this correctly since I’m not sure what he’s referencing to, it might be this quote by Tim Duncan: “I’m surrounded by nothing but great people.”))
Man, that way you guys will have no work for life((The last part of the previous line can also be understood as “There is no work for idiots,” thus this line.))
Show Me The Money 5, there won’t be repetitions no more

Verse 5: Basick)
Yeah, Show Me The Money, ay, not an investment but a speculation
I put everything on the line and my epilogue was the win
With my hoodie on I murdered every mission just like Truedy((Truedy won Unpretty Rapstar 2, Basick won SMTM4))
My rap has XYZ,((=3D, referring to the three axes)) your rap is just 2D

Even though I don’t have a sexy image, I go to Hongkong((In South Korea, at least, Hongkong is infamous for its female inhabitants who know what they want))
Takin’ a ride on that Turtle Ship((Reference to ‘거북선’)), y’all are piles of shit((Reference to Turtle Ship’s hook: “Piles of shit shall just fall on them” — Read the whole translation here.))
This isn’t a fantasy novel, stop making an effort((Pun on ‘making an effort’ which can literally translate to ‘write (about) a dragon’))
This is that Kill Bill flow, there’s no mercy

Time has passed and now Show Me 5
The Show Me effect has run out but do you remember? Yeh
Hee-bee-dee hip to hee-bee-dee hop uh, because this road is everything to me
Do you feel it? The rhyme flowing on this beat is my all so I’m livin’ it wild

Don’t dream, so LIVE IT WILD
Throw your resignation at them((=your boss)) and come out too((=participate in SMTM; that is what Basick did, he quit his job to be a full-time rapper again))
You can be the next BASICK
You can be the front line of the NEW CLASSIC

Uh, Show Me The Money 5
It’s your time to shine
So rep the microphone

Rapper Car with Microdot

[Translators’ Notes] Rapper Car with Microdot

Here are our translators’ notes for AKATV‘s Rapper Car with Microdot!

In my very own opinion, this is the most entertaining episode so far. Kjun and Microdot talk a lot: about All Black, the dissing incident on SMTM with Andup, his relationship with his Brother Sanchez, working out, and a lot more.

Also check out our latest interview with Microdot!

Subtitle Credits Microdot Episodes 1-2
Translations, Timing, Edit: Lena
Translation Check: Nahae
Quality Check: Lena, Nahae

Related links:
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AKATV’s mascot MC AKA  [icon type=”instagram”].
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Episode 1/2

  1. The first song Microdot performs is ‘Goal Keeper‘ (with Dok2).
  2. The second song is ‘Love Letter‘ (with Sanchez).
Episode 2/2

  1. So, the stage name Microdot was made of micro + dot, while micro comes from micro scooter which Microdot often rode as a child and dot from the mole of the engineer in the studio where Microdot first recorded.
  2. In this second part, he first raps ‘Homage‘, a track completely in English off his ‘MICROTAPE EP‘.
  3. When they talk about how Sanchez does not do any chores, Kjun wants to imply that Sanchez thinks that he helped Microdot get popular through SMTM and thus Microdot should do the chores in return.
  4. Note: Korean people call their older brothers “hyung” but due to the non-Korean influence, Microdot calls Sanchez “Chez“.
  5. Sanchez is shocked that his brother has learned the word “개소리” (kaesori) which is made up of the words ‘개’ (kae, lit. dog) which is used as an intensifier rendering the word into a swearword, and of ‘소리’ (sori, lit. sound). It translates to ‘nonsense/stupid talk/rubbish’ (*) and is not that bad of a cussword, actually (in my opinion at least).
  6. When Kjun says, “I think I had a wrong impression,” he actually says “I was thinking about the movie ‘Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War'” (South Korea, 2004) which is, as the title suggests, about the beautiful relationship between two brothers during the Korean War. So Kjun implies that he thought the two Shin brothers had a great relationship just like the two brothers in the movie.
  7. “But I went fu- … very close” — Yes, he nearly said the Korean F-word. (This is definitely worse than 개소리).
  8. The last song of the two episodes is ‘Celebrate‘ which features The Quiett, Babylon, and Sanchez (aka Fassnakuh).

 

Coming up are two single episodes, one with J.slow and Freelow, and one with Jung Sangsoo–look forward to them!

Swaggers Made in USA (main title)

[Translators’ Notes] Swaggers Made in USA 05-07

The next three episodes of Swaggers Made in USA are available with English subtitles. Read on for the links and all the background information!

In these three new episodes, the Swaggers visit murals of The Notorious B.I.G in Brooklyn, the Statue of Liberty, and travel on to Atlanta. myunDo responds to plagiarism accusations, Superbee shows off the love he’s getting from fans, Tarae reveals one of his weaknesses, and Jung Sangsoo is hit on by an American girl. You also get to listen in on Tarae and Sangsoo’s conversation about the harsh reality of being a 33-year-old rapper, whose honest and straightforward depiction moved us while translating.

Subtitle Credits Episodes 05-07
Translations: Nahae
Timing, Edit: Lena
Quality Check: Lena, Nahae

The following batch of episodes with English subtitles will be released next Wednesday (23rd).
We recommend you to watch the episodes on YouTube, the links are below.

Related links:
AKATV  [icon type=”facebook”]   [icon type=”instagram”]   [icon type=”play”]   [icon type=”youtube”]
AKATV’s mascot MC AKA  [icon type=”instagram”].
Superbee  [icon type=”facebook”]   [icon type=”music”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”].
myunDo  [icon type=”facebook”]   [icon type=”instagram”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”].
Tarae  [icon type=”music”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”]   [icon type=”youtube”].
Jung Sangsoo  [icon type=”music”].

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Episode 05: The Notorious B.I.G
  1. This episode addresses several stereotypes of the USA and African Americans. First, the taxi driver talks about guns, then the overall atmosphere and most likely things they have heard beforehand about Brooklyn scare the Swaggers. When they walk around the neighborhood, Superbee says he is convinced that it is more like the “real” US. It seems as if the show is poking fun of the Swaggers who are all scared about the whole thing. Although this is probably used as a means to make the episode more dramatic, we would like to point out that these are stereotypes, not an accurate representation of reality. We can see how some of these stereotypes are challenged when the Swaggers have fun with the friendly “Brooklyn hyungs.”
  2. The men who gather at the Biggie mural are described as “Brooklyn hyungs.” The Korean word ‘hyung’ (형, hyeong) is basically used by men to refer to older brothers or unrelated men older than themselves. It implies a closeness and/or friendliness, as in this case where “Brooklyn hyungs” can be interpreted as friendly and nice Brooklyn people.
  3. Jung Sangsoo says that the atmosphere in Brooklyn with the “Brooklyn hyungs” was similar to that of the Korean countryside where elder people gather, drink, dance and sing. When you think about it, most cultures have this, and it is a nice observation.
  4. When you turn up the volume on your device to the max, you can actually hear the girl say “You are so cute” to Sangsoo.
  5. During his antics, the Korean subtitles describe Sangsoo first as “The man who is cute in the USA,” then as “The cute guy who wants to pick up girls” and Tarae as “The man who cannot believe Sangsoo.”
  6. Although irrelevant, I had to mention this: the “You are so cute” scene is by far my most favorite so far. Huge shout-out to the girl who called him cute.
Episode 06: The Statue of Liberty
  1. Thoughts on the plagiarism issue: first of all, in my opinion it is normal for a rapper to listen to others and be influenced, knowingly or unknowingly. Secondly, it is a known fact that Beenzino has been a fan of Verbal Jint, so Beenzino has most likely been influenced by VJ and does sound similar in some ways. Therefore, it is no wonder that if myunDo’s rap sounds like either one of them, it also sounds like the other one. And yes, I do find that myunDo’s rap in that song sounds similar to all three rappers mentioned, but I surely would not call it plagiarism. It is rather lack of individuality and I suppose that it is a normal phenomenon on a rapper’s way to find their own style. It’s like painting, at first you copy the masters until you have mastered the art yourself, then you start creating your own thing.
  2. On their way to the boat, Sangsoo is joking: “Oh damn, Paldang Dam, Chungju Dam.” Both are names of dams in South Korea. It’s a simple wordplay, the joke has been priorly used by SHINee on Hello Baby, and by Eddy Kim in his song ‘Paldang Dam (feat. Beenzino)‘. Sangsoo apologizes to Superbee for the lame joke and says “You’re laughing in disbelief,” thinking that Superbee is laughing because the joke was so lame and not because he found it funny.
  3. When myunDo is riding the helicopter, the music playing in the background is Superbee’s ‘좌! Jwa! (feat. myunDo)‘.
Episode 07: Atlanta
  1. When Tarae talks about how much money they spent on the rental car, the Korean subtitles describe him as “One person who regrets renting a car.”
  2. Several Korean musicians have mentioned their phone number in songs before, like Zion.T and Evo. Zion.T however has changed his number one week after, unlike Superbee.
  3. “They see me scrollin, they hatin~” Superbee’s message count says “999,” it might even be more but the app probably cannot display four-digit numbers.
  4. The ‘status texts’ while Sangsoo tries to buy a can of Coke are very much in the style of Pokémon or similar games.
  5. When myunDo says, “Cheese cheetos are really delicious,” the Korean subtitles show the image of a dog. This is because the word ‘kae’ (개), which means ‘dog’, is used as intensifier in colloquial Korean. Here, we translated it as “really,” but depending on the situation it could also be translated as: super, duper, f*cking, damn, etc.
  6. “Unexpected charm” is an expression for a person who is charming because there is something unexpected about them. For example, you get to know someone who wears hiphop style clothes but then you find out they like country music.
  7. I really like the conversation between Sangsoo and Tarae. It displays parts of the human condition in general and also very specifically the problems of the Korean hiphop scene and SMTM. (Lena) I’ve never seen that side of Sangsoo or Tarae, and it was humbling in a sense to see them open up. (Nahae)

 

If you like Swaggers Made in USA, also check out AKATV’s other web series, Rapper Car! The first two episodes with Olltii are now available with English subtitles.

Superbee - 냉탕에 상어 (Feat. Black Nut) cover

Superbee – Shark in the Cold Pool (Feat. Black Nut)

Warning: NOT suited for minors!!

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Intro)
G.R.Boy((The track was produced by Giriboy.))

Verse 1)
Even before I entered elementary school
Every week on one weekday, my dad took me by the hand
and went with me to a bathhouse in the neighborhood
Dad’s washcloth really hurt

But what I feared more than that
was nothing other than
sharks. When I was six years old,
I believed that a shark was living in the cold pool

Uh, I even thought that
my pee-pee could get bitten
But other kids of my age
didn’t believe my words, I regret it

They had fun playing, and on top of that
a few of them even came wearing swimming goggles
So they did play to chill but I [was afraid of].
the shark that had to be hiding somewhere, can’t see((This can either mean that he couldn’t see the shark that was hiding, or that he couldn’t be seen in the cold pool because he was afraid))

I was only in the warm pool
After ten hot minutes,
my skin was wrinkly and my dad gestured me [to come out].
At the bathhouse, I looked down and gloomy

Inside, I think I actually envied the other kids
who weren’t afraid of the shark
I was quite naive [back then],
I wanted to play in the cold pool too

Chorus)
I believed that a shark was living in the cold pool
Man, I too know that it’s not true
Of course I don’t believe in the mesh bag grandpa((Fictive creature similar to a goblin, used for scaring kids; when children wouldn’t listen to their parents they’d tell them that the mesh bag grandfather would come and take them away in his bag)) either, retard
I am more scared of myself than of a shark

Hook)
Great white shark, mako shark
Because I was scared, I sat still while the others played
Great white shark, mako shark
I was scared of the pool’s inside

Verse 2)
Now, no matter which bathhouse I go to,
I know that there’s no f*cking shark in the cold pool
If you’re listening to this, don’t go to the place in Juyep-dong
I peed into the pool

And one of my wishes these days is
to use an invisibility skill((A skill from MMORPGS and other games)) and go into the women’s bath
A ‘mop head’,((Mocking term for people with dreadlocks because it looks like they’re wearing a mop on their head)) an idiot who smokes
e-cigarettes and Mild Seven at the same time((He’s sarcastically making fun of himself))

Those who played me meanly and unfairly,
I forever curse them to have car accidents((Supposedly a diss against Tablo for letting Incredivle do ‘Oppa’s Car’ on SMTM instead of Superbee))
Rappers bitch about too much
What if I have to go to hiphop prison for damaging [the image of] MCs?

Well, what, what, so what man?!
Then Korean hiphop is f*cked as sh*t and will be ruined
This is all I can say, I’m evil
Because now there is no shark in the cold pool

Verse 3: Black Nut)
I square my narrow shoulders in front of the cold pool
Between my legs is a fearless dolphin((Several very courageous people interpreted this as another diss against Tablo, seeing it as a reference to his daughter Haru liking dolphins, but they noted that they might be over-interpreting things since this is not a clear reference and Black Nut might be using the word dolphin simply because the song is about a shark))
So what if I’m bitten a bit? I don’t step back
I’m not scared anymore because I’m all grown-up too now

I’ve become an adult, I’m not a fool anymore
Seeing the rappers I yearned for in reality,
regardless of rap, what I felt first was that like Jung-in((Korean singer))
they all have nothing but politics in their noggins((Pun on ‘jung-chi’ which means politics but is also the name of singer Jung-in’s husband, Jo Jung-chi))

Now I understand Swings-hyung’s words a bit
Korean hiphop is nothing but politics((Cjamm mentions this too in ‘신기루’))
I won’t stick my tongue into your assh*le
Like the best days of the woman by your side, you’re just an Oldboy((Supposedly another diss directed at Tablo saying that he’s old; his wife Kang Hyejung’s heyday was when she starred in the movie ‘Oldboy’;
people also noted that the song was released on the couple’s 6th wedding anniversary))

Don’t use your head, you’re not a b-boy((to use one’s head literally means ‘to spin one’s head’ in Korean, thus it’s a reference to head spinning; also a parallelism with ‘Oldboy’ in previous line))
You’re a rapper, so please do what you’re supposed to already
I’ll give you Mercilons.((‘the Pill’, insult implying that they’re not real men; see following line as well)) If you come at me,
what you guys will see is blood,((also reference to a woman’s period, see previous line as well)) only that

Chorus)

Hook x2)

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