(Narration:
[Ah… Beenzino….]
Beenzino
I wish I could become like Beenzino
Fucking swag
[Ah… Beenzino….]
Shit, if I became like Beenzino
I’d have the will to rap, fucking destroy it
Fuck Black Nut)
I wish it was mine, Beenzino’s money
Beenzino’s car, Beenzino’s clothes
Beenzino’s fan, Beenzino’s rap
The 24/7 everyday that Beenzino lives
The pay Beenzino gets per concert appearance
Beenzino’s schedule, Beenzino’s bank account
The entrance to Beenzino’s concert with the long lineup
The presents filling Beenzino’s waiting room
Beenzino’s popularity, Beenzino’s location
Beenzino’s nipples that bitches want to lick
Beenzino’s tone, Beenzino’s flow
Beenzino’s smile, Beenzino’s style
Beenzino’s face, Beenzino’s body
Beenzino’s IQ, Beenzino’s Seoul U.
The way Beenzino feels when he walks past a women’s university
If I could live as Beenzino for
Just 10 minutes, just 10 minutes
But the person in front of the mirror is me
That’s right, I’m just me
Just 10 minutes, just 10 minutes
No matter what I wear or how I style myself, I’m me
No matter how I rap, I’m me
Beenzino’s day, Beenzino’s night
Beenzino’s lips, Beenzino’s penis
Beenzino’s position on top of Beenzino’s bed
Beenzino’s exclamation, Beenzino’s ejaculation
Beenzino’s sweat, Beenzino’s partner
From college girls to super models it changes everyday
Beenzino’s breath, Beenzino’s skin
Beenzino’s flesh, Beenzino’s proportions
The mole beneath Beenzino’s eye smile
The passenger seat that’s pushed back in Beenzino’s porsche
Beenzino’s album, Beenzino’s hit songs
Boogie On & On, Far, Dali Van Picasso
Beenzino’s twitter, Beenzino’s insta
Beenzino’s follower count, Beenzino’s pictures
The way Beenzino feels when he’s on the stage
If I could live as Beenzino for
Just 1 minute, just 1 minute
But the person in front of the mirror is me
That’s right, I’m just me
Just 1 minute, just 1 minute
No matter what I wear or how I style myself, I’m me
No matter how I rap, I’m me
Beenzino’s armpit hair, Beenzino’s toenails
Beenzino’s pubic hair, Beenzino’s navel
Beenzino’s nipple, Beenzino’s tits
The shit on Beenzino’s panties, even that’s sexy
Beenzino’s guts, Beenzino’s organs
Beenzino’s kidney, Beenzino’s earlobe
Beenzino’s tongue phlegm, Beenzino’s sebum
The crust on Beenzino’s elbow
Beenzino’s dandruff, Beenzino’s dead skin cell
Beenzino’s sphincter, Beenzino’s booger
Beenzino’s piss, Beenzino’s shit
How would it feel if I became Beenzino
But I’m Black Nut
Just once, just once
But the person in front of the mirror is me
That’s right, I’m just me
Just once, just once
No matter what I wear or how I style myself, I’m me
No matter how I rap, I’m me
(Narration:
Idiot! Ha ha!
Hyung, Beenzino hyung
I really respect you
I really want to become like you
But it’s not easy
Just how the hell can I do it
Like hyung, huh? [Engine revs] HEY! Beenzino hyung! Tell me!
Where are you going? Don’t go! Tell me! BEENZINO HYUNG!
While researching more about the overground and underground scene of Korean Hiphop, I've come across a song by an underground artist called Blacknut. Blacknut wrote the song 'Beenzino' about overground rapper Beenzino. In the song you can see how Blacknut is jealous of all the things that Beenzino has like "Beenzino's money, Beenzino's car, Beenizino's clothes...". All these things are things which may be seen as a privilege or things that are easily attainable by overground rappers as they are often rich and popular. Stereotypically overground rappers are quite well-off as stye are well known by the public, therefore seeking more songs and having more advertisements and so on. As you read on to the song Blacknut starts to desire other things from Beenzino. He starts to say how he wants he's "skin" "proportions"as Beenzino is quite popular as a 'very good-looking rapper' and that he got famous not by his skill but through his looks. Here you can see a change in attitude in the song as Blacknut also starts to states how he wants "Beenzino's armpit hair, Beenzino's toenails, Beenzino's pubic hair, Beenzino's navel, Beenzino's nipple, Beenzino's tits." I think through these lyrics you can really see Blacknut's intentions and point for this song. It may have started off as a very jealous and materialistic song, however by the end of it it ends with a mockery and satire vibe as if Blacknut is pointing out how he actually doesn't want to be Beenzino, but rather stay as himself (or stay as an underground rapper), like he doesn't need all the fame and fortune because, "No matter what I wear or how I style myself, I’m me, No matter how I rap, I’m me".
I think this kind of sums up the idea and relationship between the overground and underground hip-hop scene win Korea, as some underground rappers may want to become popular and emerge overground, just like Beenzino and other rappers like Verbal Jint. However, some may don't wan to as they may feel less authentic due to stigma's of overground hip-hop being too commercialised and manufactured which is also touched upon idol group (Kpop rappers) who are seen as manufactured or don't know 'real hip-hop'; and this may also be because of the fact that in the early 90's idol groups were famous for doing hiphop and the fact that the people who made hip-hop famous in Korea was an idol group (Seo Taiji and the Boys).
Taking away from this research, I found it really interesting how Balcknut has written and articulated his lyrics from the listeners and readers thinking his jealous and almost looking up to Beenzino when in fact he's kind of mocking him in some way. I think this will be really interesting as a concept for a design as I can maybe use the lyrics as a kind of visual imagery and the focus of the whole design, focusing on typography and visual imagery.
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