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Mellow Monday! Part 10, Dumbfoundead – Water

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I have posted about Dumbfoundead quite a while ago for a Mellow Monday and I had to squeeze him in. I know some people might argue he isn’t technically in the ‘Korean Hip Hop’ category but oh well.

The whole Foreigner album for me was great, I loved how this album was an exploration towards his Korean heritage. As someone who would be considered an outlier, I thought this album was a great bridge to potential Korean fans.

This song has quite a hypnotic element through the hook and G.Soul’s vocals really add to this song and give it a new dynamic!

I would also suggest checking out his youtube channel and podcast series ‘Fun With Dumb’ aptly named after his ’09 album. Its such a fun and entertaining podcast series with some amazing guests on there, from Jay Park, Wax, Ph-1 to GroovyRoom.

Because I wrote so much about Old Boy Jon, I won’t this time haha. But I really hope you enjoy and check out his other music – he has an insane way of expressing himself and I think you will find something you really love!

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Mellow Monday! Part 9, Haon & Vinxen – Barcode

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My journey to discovering this song was a little backwards. I found this song whilst watching the Korean talent show Dancing High. Team Hoya’s Jisung and YoonJun danced to this as part of their ace performance and I really loved it. I added it to my playlist and went on about my day.

Recently I decided to watch another Korean talent show – sue me, they have really great talent shows over there and their a lot less bland than the drivel we have in the UK. This time I watched School Rapper 2. I really love the concept of this show as it really shows the talent the younger generation harbour, plus I love the mentor choices in this season.

Cue my sudden realisation that the above song was from this season.

I really loved watching their friendship blossom. I love how Haon, completely oblivious to the atmosphere in the room in there first episode, wanted to befriend him. And the fact that Vinxen wanted to produce a song with him after hearing his cypher.

When Vinxen raps about mental health, depression and anxiety without embellishing it, is something to be in awe of because it’s that raw nature that just pulls you to him. Couple that with Haon’s infectious positivity and high energy is just so refreshing.

As you can probably tell I just really love them. And this song. Everything about it to be extremely honest.

I will also link below the amazing dance performance from dancing high where I originally heard this song. Talking about the performance brings me to an entirely new realm of ‘fangirling’ – by far one of the best performances on the show for me.

I added the version without the almost constant instant replays of things you just saw haha

Definitely check out both videos and really appreciate the pure genius in both.

I will be posting the last few songs tomorrow because I went out yesterday, and by the time I got home I was beyond tired and knew half of what I would write, would make absolutely no sense haha.

Let me know in the comments if you enjoyed the song!

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Mellow Monday! Part 8, Ph-1 – Cupid ft PENOMECO

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Number 8 in this Mellow Monday! onslaught is this wonderful feel good song by Ph-1.

This is really my morning song, without fail it always makes me smile when I’m getting ready.

The song is very easy on the ears and the beat isn’t too busy to distract you from the lyrics. The pre-chorus really breaks up the flow a bit and the bridge is just great – the fact there is a lyric that literally say ‘little baby with an arrow help a brother. If you got bad aim, just don’t bother‘ really just makes me chuckle. Plus its relatable XD

The music video, even though just a lyric video, is super creative and I always find myself distracted watching it when it comes on!

I really hope you enjoy this song and hopefully aren’t too bored with these posts right now. It’s been really difficult picking songs for these as a lot of then are just really good!

See you tomorrow!

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Mellow Monday! Part 7, Punchnello – Blue Hawaii ft Crush & PENOMECO

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This for me, is one of those forever chilling songs – If that makes any sense at all.

The mixture of Punchnello’s fast and sharp rapping, a splash of PENOMECO in the bridge coupled with Crush’s smooth vocals on the chorus really makes for some easy and generally great listening.

I’m really happy Jay signed Punchnello to AOMG at the start of the year, I really think he will be able to really tap further into his creativity.

I hope you enjoy this song and do check the rest of his discography and other songs found on his ‘Ordinary’ EP!

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Mellow Monday! Part 6, DPR Live – Martini Blue

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DPR Live …

DPR in general as a collective is just a hub. A hub of so much creative talent its actually quite scary. I love that these talented individuals have channeled their talents to create such amazing pieces of work. From music production, visuals to the lyrics themselves. It’s art at its finest.

This song for me is just so damn catchy; the beat from the get go is just hypnotic. I love how DPR Live so seamlessly transitions from Korean to English without it sounding forced.

I wish I could just post all their songs as part of this Top 12 list, but then I wouldn’t be able to share other incredible K HipHop & R&B songs. Its tough choosing but I will add some notable mentions on the last post.

I really hope you enjoy and let me know if I should create a Spotify playlist linking all these songs.

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Mellow Monday! Part 5, Crush – None

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I remember a few years ago, randomly stumbling across Crush in a cover he filmed with Lydia Paek for Pusher Lover Girl and just being mesmerised by his voice and the pureness in it.

After then, I will admit, he did kind of, completely by accident, drop off my radar. That was until I heard his song Oasis with Zico and he has been a firm staple in my playlists – Sorry Crush for spending 2 years completely forgetting about you >.<

But lest we digress, today’s song is None by Crush. The big thing I love about this song is just how easy he makes you feel the lyrics he’s singing, whether you understand them or not, you feel every emotion he literally breathes into this song.

Crush could literally sing a song about peeling potatoes and I’m sure I’d still feel some type of way.

But alas, I won’t vote you much more with my ramblings. I will however be linking his Colors Session below. If you thought his voice was beautiful in the mv, it live is just insane – it’s like he ate his CD for breakfast that day.

Enjoy!

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Mellow Monday! Part 4, Woodie Gochild – Cotton Candy

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This is a relatively new addition to my playlist but its such a great song, a true summer anthem. I love the creative textures in the song and Hwasa’s vocals really compliment the song.

We won’t delve deep in to the lyrics as well, I suggest googling a translation to see what I mean – I try and keep this blog PG13 by just having a smidge of bad language in here. So I think if I describe the lyrics, it may change this rating drastically haha.

I’m in awe at the fact he is literally 3 days older than me and so talented – well, in truth I’m not because apparently the talent gene has been spreading like wildfire in everyone except me. I mean I can’t even blog on time, let alone be trusted with a skill

Even though the video at times can be a bit trippy I hope you enjoy this song!