Verbal Jint's Rhyme

The use of the Korean language was essentially one of the ways Korean rappers were able to separate themselves and create their own flow. It was also with the help of the internet that they have improved and developed their raps, which is a contrast to 90's Korean hiphop groups  with mechanical like raps with only the final syllables of each sentence ryhming.

The key figure to revolutionising Korean rap was rapper Verbal Jint. Verbal Jint was the first to introduce actual rhyme scheme fit for the Korean language. Due to the language difference and grammatical differences from English to Korean, it was deemed too hard to rap and have proper rhyming schemes in Korean. However, he successfully introduced a way of rhyming by applying basic Korean grammar structures in order for them to be successfully made into rhymes. This made his rhyme flow and method become the standard method for Korean rapping. In addition, the way he had structured his rhymes and his flow has also allowed for the Korean language to be used to it's full capacity and change the style and lyrical qualities of Korean Hiphop.

His revolutionary rhyme structure could be heard in his song 'Overclass' in his debut album 'Modern Rhymes' in 2001 when he was only 21. It's particularly heard during the second verse of the song:

*rhymes in colour

(rap lyrics start at 1:27 - 1:48)

90년대 말 (nyeondae mal)을 잘 기억해 난(yeokhae nan)
힙합을 말하던 대다수가(deon daedasuga)
거센 말투와(geosaen maltuwa)
어색한 허우대만(oesaekhan heooeudaeman)
찾으려하던 때 한(hadeon ddae han) 명의 팬으로서 제발(seo jaebal)
어서 그 저개발(jeo gaebal)
상태를 벗어나서 크기를 바랬어(keukireul baraetseo)
그러나 이 문화는(munhwaneun)
덧없는 언쟁과 함께 무너져 갔어(hamkkae muneojyeo gatseo)
우리들 안에서(urideul anaeseo)
분명히 누군가는(nugunganeun)
선구자(seonguja)가 되어야만 했어(dwaeoe yaman haetseo)

This track used to have the longest uniform rhyme scheme in the Korean language with 19 syllables (the entire 19-syllable phrase was followed by another different 19-syllable phrase which rhyme exactly in every syllable. 

*http://askakorean.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/whats-real-in-korean-hip-hop-historical.html
*https://jdbae.wordpress.com/tag/verbal-jint/
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_Jint