Do you want to listen to a male group that won't make you feel gay while listening to them? Sometimes, I think licking a dude's asshole while fondling his nutsack would be LESS gay than listening to a song from a group by Boyfriend. Yeah, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Yeah, sometimes the shit I write makes me question my sanity.
I was simply looking for more material for articles to schedule, so I happened to see Soompi post an article about this. My general rule is to avoid boy bands because the vast majority cater to teenage girls in love with oppa, and I'm the furthest thing away from that as you could be.
However, I am glad that I did listen to this song. M.I.B. is a group that can actually be enjoyed by guys. M.I.B. is a group of rappers from the underground that debuted under Jungle Entertainment, so they're not from the same shitty idol rapping facility that spits out the rest of the shitty idol rappers that we unfortunately have to listen to. While their rapping isn't as good as it could be considering the type of songs they're producing for their target audience, the rapping is alright. I mean, I'm not writing a long story about how I want a swarm of bees to enter my ear drums and sting the shit out of them while having fire ants go up through my urethra and burn the living shit out of my dick as opposed to listening to the rapping from these guys.
Serious question - how good do I need to get at Korean language before I can discern the rapping ability of these guys with my own ear?
ReplyDeleteThe rhymes are never going to be impressive -- because Korean is one of those languages that just naturally rhymes all the time. So... really it's all about the flow and impact of the lyrics, and the mesasge and wordplay.
DeleteYou can already hear the flow -- all you need is the message and wordplay. Message you can get without knowing any Korean... wordplay probably requires quite a bit of knowledge of the language.
--Andrew S.
(I know, I know, I'm using 'flow' slightly wrong, when I disclude wordplay and rhymes from it. Whatever.)
Better than BTS, B.A.P, And GOT7 songs all combined.
ReplyDeleteI liked the song. However, I also liked "Men in Black" so my opinion doesn't weigh an ounce.
ReplyDeleteIf you're looking for good Korean rap that doesn't sound like idol rap factory machines, you should look into Brand New Music Korea's artists. Phantom and BNR both are really great.
ReplyDeleteIf you think this isn't aimed at teenage fan girls, I think you're wrong. I'm not saying it's not more accessible to other fans, but I can guarantee these guys have a bunch of tweens drooling over them.
ReplyDeleteYou might be able to listen to them without having your balls draw up but they still look like a set of neutered Korean Ken dolls.
ReplyDeleteApparently, M.I.B. used to stand for Mega Interesting Bastards but was changed to Most Incredible Busters. Their fan base could have been called Bastards.... sigh
ReplyDeletemega interesting bastards is so much better wtf
DeleteNot quite idol but still kinda idol rapping wise I like Kanto's What You Want
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIvmKLKEFA