With over 3,000 songs on my iPhone’s “Ok-Pop Singles” playlist, I assumed it might be enjoyable so as to add a little bit of unpredictability to my tune assessment posts. So in consequence, we’ve the “Random Shuffle Evaluation” function.
The foundations are easy. I fireplace up my playlist, press “shuffle,” and no matter tune performs first will get the total Bias Record therapy!
12 months Launched: 2014
Simply take a look at the star energy on this monitor! When Born Hater dropped in late 2014, I’m unsure I used to be even aware of all of its featured visitors. I used to be nonetheless only some years into my Ok-pop fandom and rappers weren’t essentially certainly one of my earliest entry factors. I knew Epik Excessive from their nice 2012 album underneath YG Leisure, and their reference to Woollim Leisure (and thus, Infinite) made me take additional discover. Do you know the members featured in Infinite’s splendidly cringey pre-debut selection present? Mithra even gave the fellows a Intercourse Ed lesson. Gosh, Ok-pop selection was so bizarre.
Anyway, Born Hater is likely to be Ok-pop’s final hip-hop monitor. It’s overflowing with character and anchored by a rugged, scratchy beat that’s irresistible in its simplicity. The tune has roots in basic hip-hop and that sense of legacy is significantly appreciated. For YG idol followers of the time, Born Hater emerged mere weeks after Winner’s debut and almost a yr earlier than iKON formally launched their first music. It’s a enjoyable snapshot of 2014 that tempers its idol-centric facet with the very fashionable Beenzino and Verbal Jint. I can’t say I’m an enormous professional on both artists’ catalog, however they’re absolute fireplace on Born Hater. In truth, all contributors are absolute fireplace on Born Hater.
Structured like a basic rap cypher, the monitor provides everybody time to shine. Its repetitive nature and prolonged run time is lower by a wry hook (courtesy of B.I) that doesn’t seem till two minutes into the monitor. It repeats precisely one time and this brevity performs to the tune’s benefit. Born Hater is all killer, nevertheless it additionally teases the listener and performs with expectations in satisfying methods. The vanity of “clapping again on the haters” is a well-used trope, nevertheless it’s hardly ever carried out with such relish. Whether or not you possibly can relate to the specifics of the artists’ frustrations or not, the monitor works as a funked up second of catharsis. It’s onerous to sit down nonetheless with a groove so insistent and a veritable feast of complimentary and contrasting flows.
| Hooks | 9 |
| Manufacturing | 9 |
| Longevity | 10 |
| Bias | 9 |
| RATING | 9.25 |
