2022 Khiphop Discussions Awards (KDAs) Nomination Form
This form will be open until January 13th (Friday) 11:59 PM PST! (Update 1/13: this has been extended. Will update the form closure date soon as the new date hasn't been decided yet)
Only major changes this year are:
No SMTM Best Song Award (that was only for the 10 year anniversary of SMTM. "Good Day" from SMTM777 won if anyone's interested)
2. You can nominate the WHOLE year of 2022 (as well as the last few days of 2021 from Dec.27 and on since they weren't included in last years voting).
The multiple choice voting form will be out by Saturday morning! (again this has been changed. I'll update this when it's decided)
Let me know if there's any issues or mistakes so I can fix it!
Finallyyyyy my LBNC label info post. I’ve been hoping to find motivation for it for a long time and tonight is the night let’s go. It may be long and much blabla but idc, you can scroll past if you’re not interested :D
Rapper Chaboom founded the label Layback Records first, and then renamed it to LayBackNChill (LBNC) later. The motto is “to live a laid-back life by making laid-back music between people who have a good relationship”.
This year they are my favorite crew (next to my other favorite crews wysd and d.o.g) and here are some reasons why
see how I just called them a crew when they are actually a label? They are more like a crew. All of them seem close with each other and they all release (very fire) collab albums between 2 or more members regularly. It feels so natural in a time where most labels‘ actions and signings are (understandably) business decisions.
even before I knew their motto I would have described them like that. Most of the members are “old” but haven’t “made it” and while I think that must be a huge pressure, they seem just really chill about everything, the music doesn’t sound try-hard at all. It’s just consistently good music.
bc of most member’s ages I personally can identify well with them :P
the music is so good obviously. It’s a group where I regularly listen to music of almost every member. This is personal again but I just like trap I think, and most older rappers do boombap, and that’s just not as exciting for me. (or at least most of the recent stuff I’ve been listening to was trap. Haven’t had time to check all their old music it’s so much :D)
Chaboom did what few hiphop labels (and by that I mean labels that actually release mostly rap and hiphop and not all other kinds of mixed stuff) achieved and signed women, 2 of them. More abt them and the other members now.
and. sorry if this post is messy, their pics not ideal etc i’m too tired. and this is just for reference for later. ah here their LABEL IG page. Follow to not miss out on releases :P
He was originally a producer before he started rapping
Wybh’s “Equus (remix)” was originally Chaboom’s song feat. Paloalto, Swings, Deepflow (news to me 🙈)
마진초이(Marginchoi) | ??? | producer
Not much is known about him
He usually works with other LBNC artists the most
He was LBNC’s only producer until HD BL4CK joined
songrec? idk everyone he produced more than 50% of LBNC’s music I’m sure of that. They really mainly work only with each other. Pick a random LBNC song and it’s probably produced by him. I just tried it with 3 songs and it worked. Try Leebido - DDOOK DDOOK (Feat. Chaboom, ChaMane, Don Mills)
Two EPs of his own and 2 with HD BL4CK, 1 with kitsyojii and kaogaii, and 2 with Chaboom nice work
Song rec: thisineverthat (with Chaboom) so underrated. Their concept seems to be brand names and products lol free ads for those I guess. But it goes hard just listen.
He likes to start diss battles, first I thought it’s silly but ig it’s just for fun and entertainment (still silly xD). First Jo Gwangil for being fast and then some high schooler (I forgot) for being not that good well lol.
Also participated in some SMTMs and even Superbee’s rap academy
His old rap name was Joystick because he wanted a rap name with “Jo” like his last name, but changed it when he joined LBNC
His rap is simple I think but I really like the style. He’s one of my fav and most listened rappers these days.
Song rec for a popular song: 일어나 Remix which got featured by Dingo
Now that I think abt it, kitsoyjii and kaogaii have gotten a lot of support from Dingo in the last months, the funny concept seems to be working. Maybe you’ll see them become more popular soon
원쨩 (Wonjjang) | ??? | rapper
If you read my posts you’ll know she’s one of my fav female rappers. She has an aggressive style and a deep voice so cool
Loves anime
Read my profile post abt her here
She hasn’t released any songs since that post :( anyway, songrec: tlqkf with HD BL4CK from their collab album
에이치디 블랙 (HD BL4CK) | 현동권 (Hyun Dongkwon) | producer
The bestttt he’s my fav producer rn
He also worked with Skinny Brown and is friends with Swervy & friends
Member of team yaya
Not much is known abt him but he debuted a long time ago and is pretty young I think -> signs for genius
Have 2 monster collab songs: Seoul Forest (Feat. Don Mills, KHAN, kaogaii, ChaMane, kitsyojii, Leebido, Basick) (a new one) and Lighter (Feat. Kash Bang, Leebido, Blase, Yami Tommy, ICE PUFF, Flavordash, Dayday) (a little older)
Generally if you look at his past featurings, it’s a rich list
Can’t wait for someone to make him a namu wiki page so I can find out 1 thing abt him :D I once found out his first name by reading all the comments on his ig and checking what his friends were calling him but I forgot :(
I don’t really know his music yet (his signing was announced along with a long album, but it’s not out yet) but here’s a song that got stuck in my head: myunDo, 최서현 (Choi Seo Hyun) - HOUSE PARTY
He’s the newest and oldest member (ha ha) – newest to sign and oldest in age
He’s been in khh for a long time and was more active in the past
Idk his music well yet either
Latest song he did when his signing was announced: Shocking Asia (feat. Don Malik, EK, Keem Hyo-Eun, Chillin Homie, BLACK NINE, Maddoaeji)
As you can see I once again can’t keep up. Hopefully they don’t sign so many ppl in the future because they’re such a nice gang and if there are too many people, not all of them can collab all the time. Which I hope they can keep doing bc what they make is great. I got into them slowly and then noticed one by one that all members make really good music. At least as far as I’ve gotten now.
And notice how I gave you songs where they all feat with each other? Just doing that bc I hope someone will listen (all yt links btw). But their albums and solo songs are just as great (maybe even better sometimes bc more consistent), can be listened without skipping no problem. If you want more music recs for a member just ask :) I hope you will get to like them too bc everyone who’s not listening is missing outtt ok that was all thx :)
Lol the girl dissed him back and he apologised + it was during immature Superbee time 2015-2016 when he was really immature that's why he went on smtm777 to show that he changed and grew up
While I can’t find anything online about the situation, I’m willing to believe this, a lot of rappers have grown and this did happen a while ago.
After tonight: I do not think I will be writing for SuperBee. I do not know enough about him nor do I know a lot of his music and after the anons that I have received, I have been turned off writing for him.
Request: can I request a scenario if you still open requests. A scenario that y/n and pH-1 are friends and you two are at a stadium to watch baseball. There’s a kiss cam during the break time, it suddenly chooses you two, and then you both confess the feeling.... make it fluff, thank you
A/N: I don't know much about baseball, since it's not a sport that is popular in my country. ( almost nothing, even though I did my research) so I'm sorry if some things are off, and also I'm so sorry it took me so long and I hope it does not suck.
Enjoy it!
Word count: 798
ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE, SORRY FOR ALL THE MISTAKES
You and Junwon have been friends since he joined H1GHR MUSIC back in 2017, at that time you were working there as a makeup artist, being around each other on sets resulted in you two getting to know one another a little better, which has led both of you to discover how many things you have in common. The more time you had to spend with Junwon the more fatal your position has become, at the very beginning you had thought that it was only an innocent crush, but over the years it had developed into a much more serious feeling. You were completely and utterly in love with Park Junwon. There was a time when you wanted to tell him that you are in love with him, but you were too afraid, ruining your friendship was not something you wanted to happen. You liked spending time with him, it felt great, that is why you were wisely using your opportunities to do so.
You weren't a big fan of baseball, something you can't say about Junwon, baseball was something that remained him of the time when he used to live in New York. Watching Yankees with his friends was almost like a tradition, so it felt kind of special to you to be the one coming with him to watch the match between Hanhwa Eagles and LG Twins.
Jamsil Baseball Stadium seemed even bigger on the inside than it did on the outside, it was fascinating to you. The number of people watching their favorite teams play. It felt extremely different from the atmosphere of the crowd at H1ghr's concerts.
"Do you like it? " you looked over to your left side and focused all your attention on Junwon who was seated next to you.
"Yes, I'm enjoying it so far " you leaned closer to him to make sure he hears what you were saying and smiled softly at him. He smiled back at you.
You two were happily watching the game, cheering on the team while eating popcorn and some sweets. After two hours it was time for a break, Hanhwa Eagles were currently losing the game by two innings.
"I'm really happy you invited me here Junwon, I would have never thought I'm going to have so much fun. Thank you " You smiled sweetly at him.
" You're welcome Y/N. Honestly saying I should be the one thanking you If it wasn't for you agreeing to come with me, I would have been alone today." his words made your heart skip a beat, you could feel your cheeks getting a bit warmer.
"Don't mention it" you rubbed your hands on one another and lowered your sight shyly. You weren't usually a shy person, but being around him made you feel shy, more often than you would care to admit.
Unexpectedly the noise around you has become much louder, your head snapped up as you looked around and on the big screen you saw people kissing.
" Oh my god, it's a kiss cam. I didn't know they had things like that on Korean games " Junwon said to you, a short chuckle coming out from him.
"Yeah, I need to admit that this is pretty unexpected," you said, your eyes still focused on the big screen hanging under the ceiling. Your eyes widening at the view. A look of utter shock is present on your face.
Never in a million years, you would have thought that someday you will see your face along Junwon's on a kiss cam. Your cheeks reddened immediately as whole heat from your body traveled to them.
You looked over at Junwon, people screams surrounding both of you. He looked as surprised as you, his cheeks were also red from all of the attention.
It was almost like something possessed you, your hands suddenly finding their place on his cheeks, your lips capturing his in a kiss. Your lips moved slowly against each other, there was no rush between the two of you. Each of you is giving in to the kiss, hoping this moment will last as long as possible.
At that moment there were only you and him no one else. It felt like everything around the two of you.
You two parted eventually, applauses and screams of encouragement around you.
You smiled at him, he smiled back at you as he caressed your cheek.
"I wanted to do this for quite a long time now," he said
"Me too, I wanted to do this for a long time too" Junwon laughed at your response happiness evident on his face.
Right there, you knew that this moment is going to be one of the best moments in your life.
Yall ,,, unpopular opinion but SMTM 777 is the best (and most washy ngl) season of them all. Like the quality of artists and the amount of insane talent that came out of this season is unbeatable, there is so much chemistry and the atmosphere is so smooth,, jokes on me for only watching the entire thing 4 years after it aired lmao
Idk if you know who D.ark is Idk too well myself but apparently the was some drama with him do you know what it was
I think he's a kid or was when it happened
He has a few so let me run down a few of them briefly.
The first I can remember was from after SMTM777 when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. She accused him of that but then his side came out and said that the woman was basically asking him for large sums of money he didn't have and other stuff. However, the girl was an adult but D.Ark was still a minor and so people started to look at her weird for even getting involved with D.Ark. They apparently had a conversation, apologized, said it was a misunderstanding and then it went away.
Another one I can remember is that he ended up dating a girl who was 25 at the time but that was a few years back so now she's a few years older. He wasn't really getting crap for this, instead most of the people (at least the ones that I saw) were saying that she's a creep and a pedo cause they got together when he was still a minor.
The next I can remember is the incident with drinking. Apparently he was somewhere with his staff and drinks were around. so when pictures were posted it looked like D.Ark are underaged drinking so people gave him a hard time about that. D.Ark said it was his staff who were drinking. This is the one that happened right before he left P.Nation.
Honestly, I think the first one was kinda bad for his career. He came off SMTM7 looking really good. A lot of people were interested in him cause he was so good. Also the "saimsaim" song was popular and he held his own amongst the likes of Super Bee, Coogie, and Changmo. But after the scandal, he went away for quite a while. It definitely tainted his career for a while.
But another thing is, he's faced discrimination in Korea (according to his posts) so that's an issue in his career as well. D.Ark was born and raised in China for his early years so he's a foreigner. IDK if he even has Korean citizenship or anything like that.
Summary: apparently Noel was your boyfriend and you didn’t even know.
Noel x reader. Fluffy, romance.
Request: Hi I was wondering if you could maybe write a scenario about noel? Can it be fluffy🥺 thank you so much in advance
I’m on hiatus but I am finishing up requests that I haven’t gotten to ☺️
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Grey skies covered the city, the mood of the day causing you to yawn drowsily.
“What a perfect day to just take a nap” you said while on the balcony of your apartment, your phone in your hand as you spoke to the man on your line.
“Maybe we can take one together” he said through the phone, his chill and relaxed voice making your chest feel warm.
“What makes you think I wanna see you?” you said to him with a smirk.
“What do you mean? You know you love when I come over” He said with a cocky tone, a smile forming on his face as the two of you started teasing each other.
“No I don’t” you said knowing you were provoking him as you took a seat on your lawn chair. Silence was heard on the other line for a moment before he spoke again, his voice sounding strained as if he was trying to hold back from saying something he didn’t want to.
“You wait there. I’ll be over soon” he said to you. Eventually you heard the sound of him ending the call and you chuckled to yourself. Lately you and him had been poking at each other every day, whether it was in the phone or in person. He’d always find some moment to flirt or say something that would be a little wreckless for a best friend to say but you liked it. You and him were constantly pushing the glass of water to the edge of the table, but would never let it spill or tip over.
Moment after moment went by before you heard the doorbell sound off throughout your place signaling the boy had made it. You got up and went to the door and opened it, him nodding at you as he said “wassup” before walking in.
“If I recall, you said you didn’t want me like me over but yet I’m here” he said
“Shut up little boy” you said to him with an eye roll
“Little boy?” He repeated, starting to walk up to you. You shouted “no” and tried to run, knowing exactly what he was going to do. Unfortunately he was successful and you felt your body lifted off the ground. You wiggles against him in defense, him laughing at you as he threw you down onto the couch. Your body bounced roughly as you yelped, Noel hovering above you.
“You’re gonna get enough of calling me a boy” he said attaching his lips to the delicate skin of your neck. He knew the perfect amount of sucking against your skin to apply so a hickey wouldn’t form. You’d let him do things like this all the time and he’d do the same. It never got any further than simple things like this though.
“Noel stop!” you said to him through a giggle as he started kissing against your neck a little longer than usual, his hands starting to feel the skin of your thighs.
“I don’t want to” he said stubbornly, raising his head up to look at you
“At least make me your girlfriend first” you said kissing the corner of his lips
“hush” he said keeping his lips close to yours.
“You first” You said to him while moving away
“Whatever, come back here” he said pulling you onto his chest as he rested his body on the couch. You never fully understood what was going on between you two, all you knew was that you and him clearly liked each other. Sure, titles weren’t always a big thing but they definitely mattered if it was confusion in between two people that clearly had feelings for each other.
You were close as possible to his body, the sound of his heartbeat thumping in sync with yours filling your ear. You wished the two of you were both on the same page just like your heartbeats.
You knew everything about Noel. That he was a Gemini, how he hates vegetables, he liked black pink and red velvet, his favorite scent, his favorite food, what ticks him off, you even noticed how he’d twiddle his fingers when he was thinking about something serious. You loved him, whether it was a friend or boyfriend, you loved him.
You had no clue if the feelings were mutual. He probably didn’t even know your favorite color for all you knew. He probably was just doing everything he did for the fun, a simple pass time.
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“I’m a wildlife biologist. Probably not too interesting of a job to most but I love it” the man in front of you said.
You were on a date with a guy your friend set you up with. He was cute and more so smooth around the edges than rough. He had a very prim vibe about him and seemed like a gentleman so far.
Even so, you were already getting bored with him. dissatisfaction with sat in the back in the back of your mind as you and him talk. It was something that just wasn’t hitting off well.
“No no it does seem interesting. What type of wildlife do you encounter on the daily?” You asked trying to keep the conversation going so it didn’t get dry and awkward. The more you talked to him though the more you felt your enthusiasm and interest was forced. Luckily he didn’t notice it and kept talking happily about his job.
“Well I come across owls, fox’s, armadillos, and other things. You honestly never know what animal you’ll stumble upon” he said. You and him chatted while walking around a lake at a park, looking at all the nature surrounding you two. You got distracted when your phone started buzzing, your stomach fluttering.
It was Noel calling.
“Excuse me” you said to the man you were with, taking the phone call and turning away from him
“Yes?” You said
“Hey, I was thinking maybe we could watch movies together today” he said
“Well no actually. I’m on a date” you said
“Oh...well I’ll just call you tonight before bed” he said
“Okay cool-” you said before he hung up abruptly. You moved the phone from your ear and sighed a bit in disappointment. You knew Noel like the back of your hand and it didn’t take a rocket science to know he felt some type of way about you seeing another man at the moment. It wasn’t the first time he reacted in such a way anyways. Almost every time you talked to another guy he’d get an attitude with you about it although he’d claim nothing is wrong
“Anyways, what were we talking about?” You said with a smile.
Eventually the date ended just as the sun was setting, and you two parted ways. You were more than happy to just go home and rest in your bed. You enjoyed the nice outing but you weren’t feeling it today at all.
You checked your phone to see if maybe Noel texted you but there was no sign of him. Usually he would’ve texted you something by now seeing as though he texts you everyday multiple times, but there was nothing. Definitely another sign he was feeling salty.
The ride home was different.
No music played, it was just your thoughts and in conclusion: you were going to set the record straight with him tonight. He couldn’t keep playing tug of war with you like this.
You dialed his number before you could even get your shoes off when you stepped through the door of your apartment, the sound of him answering filling the quietness.
“Listen, whatever game you’ve been playing with me is over with. You love to reap the benefits of me being yours but won’t make me your girlfriend or tell me what’s up. Since we’re just friends, I’m going to treat you as such. You’ll never lay a finger on me again! I’m tired of you!” You yelled into the phone. It was silent before he spoke, his words catching you off guard
“Shouldn’t I be mad?” He said
“What?”
“You’re the one that cheated on me today” he responded
“You’re not my boyfriend, how did I cheat on you?!” You yelled
“I am your boyfriend” he replied.
“Noel stop playing-“
“Would a regular guy know your zodiac, favorite food, favorite color, the butterscotch scented perfume you wear, or notice how you twirl your fork or spoon when you eat something good?” He mentioned back
“Well...I-I guess not-“
“Exactly. You’re my girl from now on” he said cutting you off
“You can’t just up and claim me like that” you said starting to yell at him again
“Goodnight girlfriend” he said with a laugh before hanging up in your face.