New "OFF DUTY" Album from South Korea's Dynamic Duo

Dynamic Duo's Choiza and Gaeko are back with hard-hitting and melodic flows in their new 12-track album titled "OFF DUTY." The project hit streaming sites on November 26, with a visual for their title track, "MSG," featuring PENOMECO. The album includes the popular pre-release "Blue," featuring Crush and SOLE. Check out the latest from the 'Amoeba Culture' founders below.

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B Young drops hot visual for new song "OCEAN" ft. BNXN

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New Music & MV: FANXY CHILD - "Y" featuring Zico, Crush, Dean, Penomeco, Millic & Staytuned

Perhaps one of the best known hip-hop and R&B crews in South Korea, members of FANXY CHILD have teamed up once again to drop a new single and visual titled "Y." The track hit streaming sites on August 9th featuring ZICO, CRUSH, DEAN, PENOMECO and producers MILLIC and STAYTUNED. Previously we've seen them collaborate on such hits and music videos like Millic's "Paradise" and Zico's "Fanxy Child" and "Bermuda Triangle." FANXY CHILD will hold their first concert as a crew on August 10 and 11. Check out their new music below.

NEW MUSIC & MV: JMIN and Lo-g - "Don't Trip"

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AOMG Welcomes Sogumm to the Label after her "Signhere" win on MBN

South Korean label AOMG (founded by Jay Park), now has two female artists. AOMG welcomed Sogumm to the team on October 31, after the final episode of Signhere on MBN. The singer took home first place, on the competition show. Her total scores for her performance beating out Meloh, Maddox and MBA. Sogumm joins Hoody, and a crew of popular male artists, as the second woman signed to AOMG. Hoody became the first female artist to sign to the hip-hop and R&B record label back in 2015. [sogumm (소금)] Welcome to AOMG, sogumm! ㅤ AOMG의 새 아티스트 sogumm의 앞으로의 행보에 많은 관심과 응원 부탁드립니다. Thank you for your interest and support for AOMG's new artist, sogumm. ㅤ - #sogumm #소금 #AOMG pic.twitter.com/iU5w6xJOIW — AOMG (@AOMGOFFICIAL) October 31, 2019 View this post on Instagram 사인히어 우승자 앤드 에오엠쥐 새맴버! @mbacrew_official @meloh8_26 @xxmaddox 다들고생했어요 🙏 - -[sogumm (소금)] Welcome to AOMG, sogumm! ㅤ AOMG의 새 아티스트 sogumm의 앞으로의 행보에 많은 관심과...

Simon Dominic goes after the 'haters' in new music & MV release - "DAx4" - ("DA DA DA DA")

AOMG's Simon Dominic is back-- going in with new music and a visual for his latest single - "DAx4." He's roasting 'haters' with his flow... and boasting that he'll "slice half of these rappers' necks like fruit ninja." "Come at me, Come at me y'all DA DA DA DA DA. Me vs. y'all DA DA DA DA DA" The official video for the GooseBumps produced track hit YouTube on August 14. Check it out above. There are English and Chinese subtitles for the Korean lyrics.

KHip-Hop Legends: Deepflow, Paloalto, The Quiett, Yumdda and Simon Dominic collab in a Dingo x DAMOIM single & MV - "Forever 84"

A Dingo and DAMOIM collaboration with some of the top hip-hop heavy hitters in South Korea-- who mostly were born in 1984. Part one of the project - "Forever 84," hit streaming sites on November 19, with a Dingo music video on YouTube, featuring Yumdda, Deepflow, Paloalto, The Quiett and Simon Dominic. The rappers, now in their 30s-- have each helped to put South Korean hip-hop on the map. They represent labels AOMG, Hi-Lite Records, ILLIONAIRE RECORDS and VMC. And the artists are living life to the fullest in their DF Film visual, as they are "forever young, forever rich, forever 84." The track--was produced by Unsinkable. Check it out above and below. "Now I'm up in the sky with the 84s. I told you we not paper chasers. DAMOIM we spread love forever."

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B.I links up with Soulja Boy and DeVita in new song - "BTBT"

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New "OFF DUTY" Album from South Korea's Dynamic Duo

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