Q: Hip hop is?
A: (5ZIC) Freedom.
(KANGNAM) A genre of music.
(CREAM) An instinctive art based on personal beliefs, a culture that has the strength to move people.
(SIMS) A culture that you have to accept on your own.
Q: Essential elements of hip hop?
A: (5ZIC) Beat, hook, and melody, rap.
(KANGNAM) Life.
(CREAM) Rap, graffiti, b-boy.
(SIMS) Rap, creation, self.
Q: The first hip-hop in my life?
A: (5ZIC) Drunken Tiger's "I Want You."
(KANGNAM) Drunken Tiger's "Monster."
(CREAM) Leessang's "Rush," Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M."
(SIMS) Drunken Tiger's "Do You Know Hip-Hop?"
Q: The moment you decided you would do hip-hop?
A: (5ZIC) Thanks to the influence of my father, who often listened to
classic LPs, in elementary school I burned a tape and gave it to
Sopunggil. On that day when I saw my father, he gave me a CD, and that
CD was Drunken Tiger's 1st album. When I listened to that CD I decided I
wanted to be a rapper.
(KANGNAM) Our CEO found me in Japan and brought me, so...
(CREAM) Because every moment has been good, it has stretched until here.
(SIMS) While I was listening to Epik High's "Lesson 3" song during
middle school, 3rd year. When I saw the lyrics I was like, "This is it!"
Q: Your notable hip-hop artist?
A: (5ZIC)
(KANGNAM) Drunken Tiger.
(CREAM) A$AP Rocky, A$AP Mob, French Montana, Schoolboy Q.
(SIMS) Big Sean, Future, Wiz Kalifa.
Q: Role model?
A: (5ZIC) My dad.
(KANGNAM) Jamie Foxx, Im Chang-jung, Yang Donggeun. Because they all do both songs and variety well.
(CREAM) My parents.
(SIMS) Tiger JK
Q: Playlist?
A: (5ZIC) Drake's "Hold On We're Going Home," Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty."
(KANGNAM) Monsters, Inc. OST
(CREAM) Pusha T's "My Name is My Name," 2Chainz' "B.O.A.T.S. II ," Big Sean's "Hall of Fame" album.
(SIMS) Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean's albums.
Q: Dream hip-hop festival?
A: (5ZIC) A stage where hip-hop musicians fill the stage completely at World Cup Stadium for the first time.
(KANGNAM) Where I can find the person I'll want to marry in the seats overlooking the stage (???)
(CREAM) If we're rappers, wouldn't it be winning a BET award?
(SIMS) A concert where you can hear the songs by participating rappers from all around the world!
Q: Secret weapon?
A (5ZIC) Something I'll show soon.
(KANGNAM) I don't have any weapons.
(CREAM) Hidden tracks.
(SIMS) The stages we do with all 4 of us.
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