The show was well-received by the public who applauded the shift in focus to a more teamwork-based show. It consisted of SNSD’s Hyoyeon, CLC’s Yeeun, KARD’s Ji-woo, Ailee, Jamie (formerly Park Ji-min of 15&), Cheetah, Yuhnway, Sleeq, Queen WA$ABII, and Lee Young-ji. They were all known for their individuality and unique charisma. Good Girl’ s full contestant line-up came from a variety of mainstream and underground hip-hop and R&B backgrounds. Unlike other hip-hop survival programmes on Mnet, the show assembled a team of contestants to compete against the broadcast station through quests. Known simply as Good Girl, the programme is Mnet’s take on a collaborative hip-hop show. Good Girl: Who Robbed The Station 굿걸: 누가 방송국을 털었나 Top 3 from Season 2 – VINXEN, HAON, and RohannĤ. Some other notable participants are NCT and SuperM’s Mark and SF9’s Hwiyong.

Some have gone on to sign with established labels like H1gher Music and Mainstream. In fact, the show has successfully produced popular new rappers such as Young B, HAON, VINXEN, and Lee Young Ji. While High School Rapper may not be as well known as SMTM and Unpretty Rapstar, it has still received a lot of attention for its 3 seasons so far. Past mentors include Mad Clown, Giriboy, GroovyRoom, and CODE KUNST. High School Rapper has a strict age criteria for its contestants – only those in high school are eligible to participate.Ĭontestants then collaborate with industry mentors to showcase their thoughts as young high school students through hip-hop music and rap. However, it still remains one of the most iconic hip-hop shows that helped to elevate some female artistes to greater heights.

It was later revealed that the contestants were kept apart from each other on purpose outside of filming, in order to encourage “drama”. Images adapted from: Amino, Jessi 제시 and Kpop WikiĪdmittedly, the show has received some criticism, particularly for its notorious editing, as well as emphasis on the “unpretty” cat-fights and drama between contestants. Participants from left to right – Heize, Jessi ,and Soyeon Some of them also took part in various seasons of SMTM. However, its format differs – Unpretty Rapstar consists of invited participants who compete against each other with cyphers, missions and diss battles.Ĭontestants include notable names from both the rap scene and idol music groups, such as Cheetah, Jessi, Heize, Wonder Girls’ Yubin, Sistar’s Hyolyn and (G)-IDLE’s Soyeon. The show was produced by the same Mnet crew as well, with its first season airing in 2015. Unpretty Rapstar was the all-female counterpart to Show Me The Money.

T, BewhY, Giriboy, CODE KUNST, and Groovyroom. This includes Dynamic Duo, Paloalto, JUSTHIS, Zion. Most netizens seem to agree that Seasons 4, 5, 6, and 7 are hot favourites, whereas Season 8 got quite a bit of flak.įortunately, SMTM 9 appears to be redeeming itself with an impressive lineup of producers heading the teams. Images adapted from: K Hip Hop Wiki, BEATROUTE and Last.fm Winners include now-notable names such Loco, BewhY, and Nafla, amongst others.įrom left to right – Loco, BewhY and Nafla While this drew some criticism, one cannot deny that the show’s popularity has indeed enabled more talented musicians to be discovered. SMTM has been credited with facilitating the growing shift in attitudes towards Korean hip-hop – it helped catapult some underground rappers into the mainstream music scene. It was the only show on South Korean TV at that time to focus on the country’s hip-hop scene.

Its specific format varies from season to season.Ī pioneer of its time, SMTM broke boundaries when its first season aired in 2012. Show Me The Money ( SMTM ) is a hip-hop battle show where experienced mentors from hip-hop the scene act as “producers” and judges, on top of guiding the contestants. As such, we’ve compiled a list of these Korean hip-hop shows for you to check out while you eagerly wait for SMTM 9 to air. This has since led to a string of other Korean hip-hop shows which highlighted different perspectives on the genre. The popular hip-hop survival show has been credited with expanding the reach of Korean hip-hop and drawing attention to talent in the scene. On 20th July, Mnet officially announced the launch of Show Me The Money ’s 9th season, dubbed “SMTM 9” for short.

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