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Kikaflo / Beatamin
Oct. 23rd, 2012 02:11 pmBest track on HyunA's Melting is the rough 'n' tough "Don't Fall Apart";* starts with a martial beat and a voice commanding "Attention!" Wikip credits words and music to Beatamin, who seem to be the duo Nassun and Zenda Fakteri. A flick of the wrist on YouTube, and we find them working with Kikaflo on his "Attention" (2011), which is, as they say, slammin':
A bit more searching, and there's Kikaflo's recent Kick A Flow Mixtape: 20 Minute Spits, lead track "Look At Me":
( Look At Me )
Though I'm tired of guys acting hard, Kikaflo's got the sound to at least make the hardness strong. Mixtape seems to be legally available for free through the hip-hop collective Yeizon. Four strong songs, the rest pretty good. I don't know if Beatamin are players on it, though Nassun's credited with "additional lyrics."
Nassun's highest visibility was as the goofy guest rapper on Lee Hyori's light-of-spirit "U-Go-Girl." He's the funny boho boy on that one; on "Attention" he's the scary well-cheekboned Mr. Zebra Pants, singing the break.
Nassun's own recent release, Under The Sun, goes more for beauty, instrumental versions being better than original versions.
*[UPDATE: Wait. Now Wikip is calling the HyunA song "Straight Up!" in English, presumably the record company deciding that that's the best title for marketing the song outside Korea. But "Ice Cream" is the single, so why should they care what this one's called? Song is still "흐트러지지 마" in Korean, which the ever creative Google Translate renders as "Do undisturbed."]
A bit more searching, and there's Kikaflo's recent Kick A Flow Mixtape: 20 Minute Spits, lead track "Look At Me":
( Look At Me )
Though I'm tired of guys acting hard, Kikaflo's got the sound to at least make the hardness strong. Mixtape seems to be legally available for free through the hip-hop collective Yeizon. Four strong songs, the rest pretty good. I don't know if Beatamin are players on it, though Nassun's credited with "additional lyrics."
Nassun's highest visibility was as the goofy guest rapper on Lee Hyori's light-of-spirit "U-Go-Girl." He's the funny boho boy on that one; on "Attention" he's the scary well-cheekboned Mr. Zebra Pants, singing the break.
Nassun's own recent release, Under The Sun, goes more for beauty, instrumental versions being better than original versions.
*[UPDATE: Wait. Now Wikip is calling the HyunA song "Straight Up!" in English, presumably the record company deciding that that's the best title for marketing the song outside Korea. But "Ice Cream" is the single, so why should they care what this one's called? Song is still "흐트러지지 마" in Korean, which the ever creative Google Translate renders as "Do undisturbed."]
