Dynamic Duo (South Korean duo)

Dynamic Duo
Also known as 다이나믹듀오
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres Korean hip hop
Years active 2003–present
Labels Amoeba Culture
Associated acts CB Mass
Website Official Website
Members Choiza
Gaeko

Dynamic Duo (Korean: 다이나믹듀오) is a Korean hip hop duo that consists of rappers Choiza and Gaeko. They rose to fame with their 2004 debut album, Taxi Driver, which became the best-selling Korean hip hop album ever. They are signed to Amoeba Culture, a hip hop record label that they founded in 2006.[1][2][3]

History

Choiza and Gaeko were friends since childhood and debuted in 1999 with the hip hop trio CB Mass. The group released three albums before breaking up in 2003 after it was discovered that CB Mass' third member was stealing money from the group.[4][5]

Dynamic Duo debuted the following year with the album, Taxi Driver. It became the best-selling hip hop album in South Korea, with sales of 50,000 copies in the first month after its release.[4] Their second album, 2005's Double Dynamite, won Best Hip Hop Album at the 2006 Korean Music Awards.[6]

After establishing hip hop record label Amoeba Culture in 2006, Dynamic Duo released their third album, Enlightened, in 2007. That year, they also won Best Music Video at the Mnet Asian Music Awards for their song, "Attendance Check." They released two more albums, 2008's Last Days and 2009's Band of Dynamic Brothers, before both Choiza and Gaeko began their mandatory military service on October 12, 2009. Before being dispatched, both received basic military training at the same camp in Uijeongbu in Gyeonggi Province.[5][1]

Choiza and Gaeko have also individually produced and recorded their own singles through the 'NOWorkend' project- a series of singles that has come out of their label Amoeba Culture representing songs from the label's artists that shows a completely different side of themselves to their fans.[7]

In 2013, their 7th full-length album titled "Lucky Numbers" was scheduled for release in July. The album featured artists such as Hyolyn of SISTAR, Primary, Zion T. and Supreme Team.[8]

Their 8th album, "Grand Carnival" was released in November 2015.

Discography

Albums

Title Album information Track listing Peak position
KOR
[9]
Taxi Driver
  • Released: May 17, 2004
  • Label: EMI
N/A
Double Dynamite
  • Released: October 26, 2005
  • Label: CJ E&M
Enlightened
Last Days
  • Released: August 21, 2008
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
Band of Dynamic Brothers
  • Released: October 7, 2009
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
Digilog 1/2
  • Released: November 23, 2011
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
6
Digilog 2/2
  • Released: January 4, 2012
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
1
Lucky Numbers
  • Released: July 1, 2013
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
2
Grand Carnival
  • Released: November 17, 2015
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
12

Mini-albums

Title Album information Track listing
Love Is Enlightened
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Amoeba Culture

Awards and Recognitions

Asia Artist Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2016 Best Choice Award Dynamic Duo Won

Golden Disk Awards

Year Award Nominated work Result Ref
2007 Best Rap/Hip Hop Enlightened Won [10]

Melon Music Awards

Year Award Nominated work Result Ref
2012 Top Ten Artists Dynamic Duo Nominated [11]
Best Rap/Hip Hop "Without You" Won
2013 Artist of the Year Dynamic Duo Nominated [12]
Top Ten Artists Dynamic Duo Won
Album of the Year Lucky Numbers Nominated

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year Award Nominated work Result Ref
2004 Best Hip Hop Video "Ring My Bell" Nominated [13]
2006 "Go Back" Nominated [14][15]
Best Music Video Nominated
2007 Best Music Video "Attendance Check (출첵)" Won [16]
"Complex" Nominated [17]
Best Hip Hop Performance "Attendance Check (출첵)" Nominated
2008 Best Music Video "Solo" Nominated [18]
Best Hip Hop Performance Nominated
2009 "Guilty" Nominated [19]
2013 Best Rap Performance "BAAAM" Won [20]

Music Programs

These are Dynamic Duo's first place wins on Korea's televised music shows.

Show Champion

Year Date Song
2013 July 10 "BAAAM"
2015 December 2 "Jam"

M Countdown

Year Date Song
2013 July 11 "BAAAM"
2014 October 23 "No make up"
2015 November 26 "Jam"

Music Bank

Year Date Song
2013 July 12 "BAAAM"

Music Core

Year Date Song
2013 July 13 "BAAAM"

References

  1. 1 2 "Dynamic Duo Members Start Military Service". Korea Times. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ↑ "Zion.T's Success Pushes Amoeba Culture Ahead Of JYP Entertainment In 2015 Earnings". KpopStarz. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  3. ↑ "다이나믹 듀오(Dynamic Duo) 소개" [Introduction to Dynamic Duo]. Mnet (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. 1 2 "Dynamic Duo (다이나믹 듀오)". KBS World Radio. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  5. 1 2 "Spotlight: A Dynamic Duo Like No Other". Seoul Beats. 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  6. ↑ 다이나믹듀오 힙합부문 최고상 “2명의 여자친구에게 감사” (in Korean). Newsen. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  7. ↑ "다이나믹듀오 최자, 'NOWorkend' 프로젝트 열풍 잇는다!" (in Korean). star.fnnews.com fashion. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  8. ↑ 다이나믹듀오, 다음달 7집 정규앨범 '럭키넘버스' 발매한다 (in Korean). xportsnews.hankyung. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  9. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  10. ↑ "2007 Golden Dist - Part3". Mwave. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  11. ↑ "Winners from the '2012 MelOn Music Awards'". Allkpop. 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  12. ↑ "Winners from the '2013 MelOn Music Awards'". Allkpop. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  13. ↑ "2004 MKMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  14. ↑ "2006 MKMF Part 1 : I Love Punk - Haerang + Lee SungWoo/ Break Through-SS501/ The Queen Is Back! - Cocoboys and Dodogirls + Um JungHwa". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  15. ↑ "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  16. ↑ "MAMA official website". Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  17. ↑ "2007 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  18. ↑ "2008 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  19. ↑ "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part1". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  20. ↑ "MAMA official website". Retrieved 2013-11-23.

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