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Slammed well
Dec. 16th, 2012 03:17 pmHere's a new Korean rap track I like: beats and boings from the techno sound-effects shelf, lots of shimmering space, four distinct personalities, fun with syllables:
With a few huge exceptions, I haven't really warmed up to Korean hip-hop per se (as opposed to the rapping that saturates idol songs). I don't know the lyrics, of course. The two dominant rapping styles seem to be "We are being funny" and a deep, sincere-sounding, awful "I am in constant pain and it's your fault." There's rarely a ballad too sappy not to have an even sappier rap in it. Again, I'm saying this without knowing the words and maybe without processing the sounds right, and I'd be quite happy to be proved wrong. The first Korean LP I ever reviewed was an excellent rap album.
Google Translate puts forth "Slammed good!!!" for "난리good!!!." Basketball slam? "난리" alone gets us "Uproar." But Google Translate is usually helpless with Korean.
With a few huge exceptions, I haven't really warmed up to Korean hip-hop per se (as opposed to the rapping that saturates idol songs). I don't know the lyrics, of course. The two dominant rapping styles seem to be "We are being funny" and a deep, sincere-sounding, awful "I am in constant pain and it's your fault." There's rarely a ballad too sappy not to have an even sappier rap in it. Again, I'm saying this without knowing the words and maybe without processing the sounds right, and I'd be quite happy to be proved wrong. The first Korean LP I ever reviewed was an excellent rap album.
Google Translate puts forth "Slammed good!!!" for "난리good!!!." Basketball slam? "난리" alone gets us "Uproar." But Google Translate is usually helpless with Korean.
