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[isuzu]

she sounds like a teenager with the moving on talk while posting about it on instagram. you sure moved on, sis!

 

[llehuty]

Kris wears Jessica’s Blanc & Eclare sunglasses #EverybodyKnows

The anti SM brigade is strong.

 

[dokish]

So for the people in Korea are the honey butter chips actually any good?

Never had the chance to try it myself. Girlfriend ate it and said it's so-so.

 

[questionmark]

http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.no/2015/01/instiz-2015-agency-plans-in-nut-shell.html

Lots of girl group debuts, with Cube, DSP, JellyFish, JYP, MBK (CCM), WM, YG all supposed to debut a girl group. Plus I expect the "rebirth" of AS will be something akin to a new group debut. 2014 was a great year for debuts, seems like 2015 will continue the trend.

Glad to see that Woollim are focusing hard on Lovelyz and basing all other activities around them. I also fucking hope this Ji Soo situation clears up and she can start promoting with them (assuming she's innocent, which I am at this point).

SM's section is the most lacking. Aside from Ambers solo, no mention of any girl group activities. I assume this is for the most part because SM are good at hiding their cards. All three groups better have another comeback or two this year. Gotta admit, the thought of an Amber solo doesn't do much for me.

Days from debut to #1 ranking in a music show:

As a reference:
Rainbow is at 1884 days without a win.
9muses at 1611
Dal Shabet at 1467
Stellar at 1230

The most shocking thing I learned from this is that Nu Abo didn't win a single award. Silly fucking Koreans.

Where's SNSD? What group is that with 115 days? Also, how many days has been since AS won.

Well well...Doesn't this sound like "Anyone not named Nana, Lizzy or Raina is getting shown the door."? T_T

I think OC will graduate and become its own group because let's face it, they do way better than AS nowadays.

I also wouldn't be surpised if Uee and Jungah graduate too.

Then again, this is Pledis so who knows?

Yeah I think catmincer is right. Raina, Nana and Lizzy will graduate from AS to focus fully on OC and solo activities. Right now I'm just concerned about Kaeun. Pledis better do right by her.

So I just decided to check out the original version of Little Apple by the Chinese guys and it sucks ass. Like half the speed of the T-ara one and one tenth the quality. How could that crap be such a supposedly successful song? From what I've unfortunately seen Chinese pop is generally hot garbage but still I expected much better.

The original Little Apple is far superior to the garbage T-ara put out.

 

[llehuty]

Where's SNSD? What group is that with 115 days?

Ding ding ding!

 

[AReed]

Sunny posting some sensible thoughts about moving on... "fans" still grill her for it.

Better than what Taeyeon did. "Hey sones, OT8 t-shirt! Deal with it!" lmao. Sunny always struck me as the member with the most sense.

 

[questionmark]

Ding ding ding!

Can't remember seeing that logo before. And what does it say? Looks like it ends with NICH or something. Is it written in Korean?

 

[Ym1r]

Can't remember seeing that logo before. And what does it say? Looks like it ends with NICH or something. Is it written in Korean?

says 소녀시대

 

[elmars369]

Can't remember seeing that logo before. And what does it say? Looks like it ends with NICH or something. Is it written in Korean?

It was on the IGAB album cover and in the MV:

---
Sojin <3 DO

 

[AgentChris]

San-E X Bumkey - Body Language (Acoustic Version)

Thx for this kookie, San-E is now on my radar. Song and M/V are awesome.

San E the Big Boy Vlog 1

San E the Big Boy Vlog 2

San E the Big Boy Vlog 3

San E the Big Boy Vlog 4

San E the Big Boy Vlog 5

San E the Big Boy in America Vlog 6

San E the Big Boy in America Vlog 7

 

[Wendel Clark]

At the end of the day, it's all up to whether you trust your bias or not.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

 

[llehuty]

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

*turns on the k-R&B and k-indie GAF signals*

Until the experts on this field show up and with my limited knowledge, I recommend for the Primary side of things to check the artists that have collaborated in his songs:

Zion.T(&#51088;&#51060;&#50616;&#54000_Two melodies(&#48852;&#54620; &#47708;&#47196;&#46356(Feat. Crush)
&#44060;&#53076;(Gaeko)_&#54868;&#51109; &#51648;&#50912;&#50612; (feat. Zion.T, HA:TFELT) (No make up)
Dynamic Duo(&#45796;&#51060;&#45208;&#48121;&#46272;&#50724 _ BAAAM (feat. Muzie of UV) (&#48192; feat. &#48036;&#51648; of UV)
&#47196;&#44844; LOCO - &#44048;&#50500; Hold Me Tight
&#49328;&#51060; (San E) - &#51060;&#48324;&#49885;&#53441; (Break up dinner) feat. Sanchez of Phantom
&#49828;&#50969;&#49828;(Swings) - &#51060;&#44200;&#45244;&#44144;&#50556; 2 (Victorious 2) Feat. GRAY

Some of them could even be stealth Primary productions since he has been in the shadows for the last 2 years or so.

Also, check Clazzi's solo stuff if you haven't before.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Ooh, thanks for the list.

 

[broz0rs]

Do check out J-Rabbit and LeeSA on the friendznet YouTube channel.

 

[jongkookie]

Thx for this kookie, San-E is now on my radar. Song and M/V are awesome.

Yeah, San-E is really good. He's another one of JYP's artists that got stuck in the JYP dungeon and barely made an appearance. It wasn't until he left JYP and joined BrandNew Music and at that point he just hit a new high(pun intended since Bumkey is part of BNM lol) and basically flourished and found his groove.

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

To be fair Clazziquai and Primary are on different sides of the fence, Clazzi is more of a electro pop artist whereas Primary is more of a K-hiphop dude. So with that said, here's all my recommendations from the K-hiphop side:

Primary and the Messengers LP : 20 something tracks of everything Primary produced up until 2012. The song I linked to is called Expression of Stance, featuring two of the best rappers in the biz, Gaeko and Simon.D... more on them later.
Infinite H - Fly High mini album: Song is called Special Girl and I believe the entire album was produced by Primary for the duo.
Supreme Team - Darling and Take You There: Supreme Team is officially gone now, but check out the album Supremier anyway. I want to say it's another Primary produced album but I'm not sure... but what it is though is fantastic. Give it a listen, you're not gonna get disappointed.
Jay Park - So Good: Check out the album "Evolution" as well, it's barely in the style of Primary but it's really good.
Gray x Jay Park - Dangerous: More of a K-hiphop and K-R&B track but it's really good, check out the EP "Call Me Gray" for more.
Jay Park x Simon.D x Gray - Metronome: One of the best k-hiphop tracks to ever hit last year.
Toy - U&I feat Crush/Beenzino and Life is Beautiful feat Dynamic Duo/Zion.T/Crush - Toy is not anywhere close to K-hiphop at all except for these two tracks. That said, the album is fantastic though. It needs a listen at least once.
Crush - Hug Me & Sofa: Check out his album called "Crush On You" for more. Sofa is probably my fave track from him though, it's just lush production wise... I actually think Primary produced this but was uncredited due to certain reasons lol.

Finally, if you can only listen to one song on this list then listen to this: San E x Bumkey - Body Language. This song is my song of the year for 2014, and that's including everything I've been listening to all year. The video is fantastic as you can see but the song is seriously killer. Risque lyrics, double entendres and straight up vulgarity, combined with one of the best backing tracks I've heard all year... it was an instant classic for me the moment I heard it. Check out the acoustic version as well for a more pared and slowed down version of the song.

Also yeah, llehuty's list is a fantastic start so don't forget to listen to those as well.

Anyway, enjoy the K-hiphop! And feel free to ask for more recommendations and what not, I'm sure I missed a couple on my list.

 

[No No Eul]

3rd win for EXID! On Inkigayo this time.

I noticed 4Ten were performing on the show too. It seems they released a new MV about a week ago.

&#54252;&#53584; (4TEN) - &#50780; &#51060;&#47000; (Why) MV

Meanwhile, F-tier idols FlaShe have managed to release their 4th single.

&#54540;&#47000;&#49772; (FlaShe) - My Day MV

Edit:

 

[salty_Josh]

Risque lyrics, double entendres and straight up vulgarity, combined with one of the best backing tracks I've heard all year... it was an instant classic for me the moment I heard it.

I never thought about it before, but when he said "chocolate cream pie" does he mean what I think he means or is it a reference to something I don't know about?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Do check out J-Rabbit and LeeSA on the friendznet YouTube channel.

Yeah, San-E is really good. He's another one of JYP's artists that got stuck in the JYP dungeon and barely made an appearance. It wasn't until he left JYP and joined BrandNew Music and at that point he just hit a new high(pun intended since Bumkey is part of BNM lol) and basically flourished and found his groove.



To be fair Clazziquai and Primary are on different sides of the fence, Clazzi is more of a electro pop artist whereas Primary is more of a K-hiphop dude. So with that said, here's all my recommendations from the K-hiphop side:

Primary and the Messengers LP : 20 something tracks of everything Primary produced up until 2012. The song I linked to is called Expression of Stance, featuring two of the best rappers in the biz, Gaeko and Simon.D... more on them later.
Infinite H - Fly High mini album: Song is called Special Girl and I believe the entire album was produced by Primary for the duo.
Supreme Team - Darling and Take You There: Supreme Team is officially gone now, but check out the album Supremier anyway. I want to say it's another Primary produced album but I'm not sure... but what it is though is fantastic. Give it a listen, you're not gonna get disappointed.
Jay Park - So Good: Check out the album "Evolution" as well, it's barely in the style of Primary but it's really good.
Gray x Jay Park - Dangerous: More of a K-hiphop and K-R&B track but it's really good, check out the EP "Call Me Gray" for more.
Jay Park x Simon.D x Gray - Metronome: One of the best k-hiphop tracks to ever hit last year.
Toy - U&I feat Crush/Beenzino and Life is Beautiful feat Dynamic Duo/Zion.T/Crush - Toy is not anywhere close to K-hiphop at all except for these two tracks. That said, the album is fantastic though. It needs a listen at least once.
Crush - Hug Me & Sofa: Check out his album called "Crush On You" for more. Sofa is probably my fave track from him though, it's just lush production wise... I actually think Primary produced this but was uncredited due to certain reasons lol.

Finally, if you can only listen to one song on this list then listen to this: San E x Bumkey - Body Language. This song is my song of the year for 2014, and that's including everything I've been listening to all year. The video is fantastic as you can see but the song is seriously killer. Risque lyrics, double entendres and straight up vulgarity, combined with one of the best backing tracks I've heard all year... it was an instant classic for me the moment I heard it. Check out the acoustic version as well for a more pared and slowed down version of the song.

Also yeah, llehuty's list is a fantastic start so don't forget to listen to those as well.

Anyway, enjoy the K-hiphop! And feel free to ask for more recommendations and what not, I'm sure I missed a couple on my list.

Thanks for all the recs. So clazzi would not be considered as k-pop then?

I guess as far as more k-pop style goes (I've been exploring it a bit lately) I liked super junior and aileen.

 

[llehuty]

Thanks for all the recs. So clazzi would not be considered as k-pop then?

I think it all depends on what you consider k-pop or what it includes. I'm on the fence about it. Primary is closer to k-pop, but I would consider it more like k-hiphop as jongkookie says. Clazziquai does pop music, but is considered a k-indie group since they are outside of the mainstream trends, styles and standard ways of k-pop. It's a very arbitrary distinction and it all depends on what you understand by pop music.

If you are interested in checking standard k-pop, check the OP. There is a list with the essentials. there is also more juicy stuff like last releases and our favourites of the first half of the year.

 

[Loci]

Infinite H - Fly High mini album: Song is called Special Girl and I believe the entire album was produced by Primary for the duo.

Man, I didn't know that.
Primary needs to come back asap.
So tired of trap beats everywhere

 

[llehuty]

Man, I didn't know that.
Primary needs to come back asap.
So tired of trap beats everywhere

He has probably being stealth producing music, like MC Mong did during his reflection time. Like this one, with Yenny casually listening to Primary in her phone.

Edit: Ahh, didn't know this track was produced by him. &#48149;&#51648;&#50980; Park Ji Yoon - &#48120;&#49828;&#53552;&#47532; Mr.Lee (Feat. San E)

 

[Antiwhippy]

I think it all depends on what you consider k-pop or what it includes. I'm on the fence about it. Primary is closer to k-pop, but I would consider it more like k-hiphop as jongkookie says. Clazziquai does pop music, but is considered a k-indie group since they are outside of the mainstream trends, styles and standard ways of k-pop. It's a very arbitrary distinction and it all depends on what you understand by pop music.

If you are interested in checking standard k-pop, check the OP. There is a list with the essentials. there is also more juicy stuff like last releases and our favourites of the first half of the year.

Alright, I do feel that clazziquai plays around a lot more with their R&B and electronica sound which is why I like them a lot, just not sure if the fall into the definition because pop in general is more defined by mainstream appeal.

 

[Cuddler]

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

Thanks for all the recs. So clazzi would not be considered as k-pop then?

I guess as far as more k-pop style goes (I've been exploring it a bit lately) I liked super junior and aileen.

Listen to 2BiC, they are awesome and they also have collaborated with Ailee:
[MV] 2Bic(&#53804;&#48709_Bye Bye Love
2BiC(&#53804;&#48709 _ LOVE AGAIN (feat.Ailee) MV
[MV] 2BiC(&#53804;&#48709 _ Love Game(&#50836;&#51608; &#48148;&#49244;&#44032;&#48400
2BiC (&#53804;&#48709 &#45768; &#45576; &#45768; &#53076; &#45768; &#51077;&#49696; (Your Eyes, Nose And Lips) (Feat 79)
[MV] 2BiC(&#53804;&#48709 _ Return(feat. Hareem, Hotoo) (&#54924;&#48373;&#51060; &#44553;&#54644(feat.&#54616;&#47548;, &#54840;&#53804

 

[No No Eul]

If you are interested in checking standard k-pop, check the OP. There is a list with the essentials. there is also more juicy stuff like last releases and our favourites of the first half of the year.

Not anymore I'm afraid. The OP had a bit of an overhaul after Christmas (since I was running short on space) and that was the first thing to be cut. Overall though, I think the new version is an improvement.

 

[Eldren]

Long hair = Sojin maybe?

Sungah's haaaaiiir

Also, still not actually 9 members...that's going to bug me

 

[Via Purifico]

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

Dynamic Duo - Shoot (Goal In)

Dynamic Duo - Three Dopeboyz (Feat. Zion T)

Swings - Be Right Back

San E - Where Did You Sleep (Feat. Verbal Jint and Swings)

Drunken Tiger - Convenience Store (Feat. Tasha aka Gemini)

R&B
Moon Myung Jin - On The Street

Brown Eyed Soul - Candy (Feat. Dynamic Duo)

Hyorin and JooYoung - Erase

Billionaire - That Night

Crush - Sometimes

15& - Can't Hide it

 

[Pendulum]

Edit: Ahh, didn't know this track was produced by him. &#48149;&#51648;&#50980; Park Ji Yoon - &#48120;&#49828;&#53552;&#47532; Mr.Lee (Feat. San E)

Yeah, it's one of the ones caught up in the plagiarism case.

----

Sungah looking like Luna there.

 

[llehuty]

Not feeling Sungah's hair in that shot, but she will make it WORK, I know it.

Also, she is with the goddess exclusive tinfoil dress.

All of them are looking great.

Spoiler

Hyemi could get rid of those bangs tho...

 

[K1LLER7]

Don't usually listen to k-pop, but I've been getting into stuff like clazziquai and primary and would like some recommendations of similar artists.

Jonghyun (of SHINee) - BASE mini album

So good RnB and Jazz songs on there.

 

[Pendulum]

A fan pulled on Jiyeon's hair at an airport in Vietnam. Jiyeon prepares for next time;

 

[llehuty]

Where is KARA? Where is After School? And f(x) so low...

I guess both Japan and Korea are tied at bad taste.

Edit: Best Hyuna

 

[neoism]

<3

 

[balifor]

New Muses.

 

[llehuty]

New 9muses revealed.

Sojin from nasty Nasty, with a better styling

Keumjo

Edit: Keeping it because higher res and better colours

Edit2:
[MV] CrayonPop(&#53356;&#47112;&#50857;&#54045-SoYul(&#49548;&#50984 _ Y-Shirt (Feat. Yang JeongMo(&#50577;&#51221;&#47784)
This is so generic and boring.

Spoiler

Will become a big hit.

Edit3: Keumjo in motion

 

[Dice]

If you guys missed it Queen Yerin released another cover.

 

[broz0rs]

If you guys missed it Queen Yerin released another cover.

LOL wtf she covered a Karina song?! First Love is such an obscure, little known song. It only played on black radio from what I remember. and WOW what a fucking cover!

 

[Dice]

If you're just now discovering Yerin, you're welcome.

 

[Ties]

The original Little Apple is far superior to the garbage T-ara put out.

t-ara putting out trash????

girl GONE

delusional imo

 

[Mr. Wedgewood]

[MV] CrayonPop(&#53356;&#47112;&#50857;&#54045-SoYul(&#49548;&#50984 _ Y-Shirt (Feat. Y…: http://youtu.be/3rjd5PShmdk

Never really cared for SoYul... starting to like her...

 

[AgentChris]

iKON - Sinosijak [Dance Practice]
iKON - Long Time No See [Dance Practice]

 

[Dice]

notice: dicetrain is now a gaming/personal blog and my kpop tumblr is perhaps a bit controversial

 

[Pendulum]

Edit3: Keumjo in motion

Keumjo&#8217;s Birthday is 1992.12.17

Looks like we have a new maknae and Minha has absolutely no role any more

 

[llehuty]

What is Infinite Flow? I thought we were having a Infinite H comeback :/

Looks like we have a new maknae and Minha has absolutely no role any more

As it should be. Can we exchange Minha for Sera? pls?

 

[Loci]

 

[llehuty]

3 years ago, News was released

Their best song.

That also means, 3 years since Kyungri's debut.

Not anymore I'm afraid. The OP had a bit of an overhaul after Christmas (since I was running short on space) and that was the first thing to be cut. Overall though, I think the new version is an improvement.

Ah, I had a look, and it's much better now. Recent releases could be useful to some, but in the end is too much effort and probably not worth it.

Also, you have included Pritz <3
No No Eul da best.

Edit: Mnet to Launch Korea’s First-Ever Female Rapper Survival Show

cable network Mnet revealed that “Unpretty Rapstar” will be a spin-off of their sensational rap competition program “Show Me the Money.”

Mnet also released the profiles of four members of the eight rapper line-up, featuring Lucky J’s Jessi, AOA’s Jimin, Tymee, and Cheetah.

Hoping LE and Erin are in.

 

[Pendulum]

Youngji and Big Byung

 

[llehuty]

&#50668;&#51088;&#52828;&#44396;(GFRIEND) - &#50976;&#47532;&#44396;&#49836;(Glass Bead) M/V Teaser

Strong "Into the new world" vibes, high kick and everything.

I approve.

 

[Loci]

Hoping LE and Erin are in.

More like Rimi and Miss $ rapper lady.

Spoiler

Also pls let EB be there.

Jimin gonna be hilarious af.

 

[Wendel Clark]

<3

I heard sica draws little mustaches on tae pix