Vote for the first round of Soompi's K-Pop Idol Rap Battle

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Hip-hop has played a major role in influencing the sound of K-Pop, ranging from artists who incorporate a slight hip-hop influence in certain songs (2NE1 or Girls’ Generation) to groups that have a much heavier emphasis on hip-hop (Block B or B.A.P). Even within each idol group, there’s almost always a rapper — with so many groups these days, that’s a lot of rappers. (We’ll leave it up to you to decide whether they’re sincerely into and talented in hip-hop and rap, or they just can’t sing.)

Introducing Soompi K-Pop Idol Rap Battle! We’re having a showdown to see who’s the best of the best among idol rappers. We’re picking the best-known (and some not-so-well-known) names in the industry and pitting them against each other — you make the call! To limit the number of possible contestants and even the playing field, this will be an idol-only contest, meaning representative Korean rappers such as Tiger JK, Yoon Mi Rae, Tablo, Swings, etc., will not be included. We are, however, including some underrepresented rappers in the idol scene, such as M.I.B’s SIMS and EXID’s LE, so if you haven’t heard of them before, go and check them out!

So, who’s the best of the best among K-Pop idol rappers? Whose flow and delivery is on point? We’ve got 32 idol rappers to start, randomly placed into groups of eight. It’s up to you to decide! The tournament will be a simple single-round elimination, and you can vote once every three hours. Voting will close at the end of Tuesday, August 19 (KST).

source: soompi (click the source to vote)



some of the hilarious pairings include top vs hyuna, sims vs ravi and rap monster vs CL

Comments

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

I saw this in passing and....just kept scrolling.

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

T.O.P and Hyuna...Hana vs GD...Jay Park vs Mir...

This is just another popularity contest so I'm not going to judge it too hard

[frequency.livejournal.com]

lol why would they ever pit amber against LE

[minho-lover.livejournal.com]

why isn't suga on this?? his rap skills are bomb too ://

[sikania.livejournal.com]

mte, how can they forgot him?
I think it's because he has too much swag for this

[youlittle.livejournal.com]

i'm a lil baffled that the Oh Sehun of exo is not included in this poll honestly.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Lmao oh my god I shall never again complain about my faves not getting enough lines

wait does he sing/rap anything other than this in Growl?

[jeje-bts.livejournal.com]

I am cringing at everything, including the written text on there.

I don't know why people still bother with polls anymore.

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Soompi are such an embarrassment....

[lllucia.livejournal.com]

irrelevant poll b/c no seohyun

[uguukawaii.livejournal.com]

i figured you would love this since ur type is like untalented rappers

[yuzuruhanyu.livejournal.com]

Zico wins, thanks for playing.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Chanyeol vs. Bora is actually so hard for me like why didn't they separate this for guys and girls

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

It's kind of hilarious how those two are the only pair whose skills levels are pretty equal

i only have one idol rap god so...

[guitarchic11292.livejournal.com]

no minho, no voting

Re: i only have one idol rap god so...

[lllucia.livejournal.com]

p much!!!!!!

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Omfg I just watched Jay Park's Appetizer thing that's linked in the Soompi thread and I'm actually crying from laughter

[kairoso.livejournal.com]

lol idol rappers

[justkyhdding.livejournal.com]

what they couldn't wait until next march madness

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

The laugher that this post is going to bring me is going to be quit pleasurable, I can just taste it.

[kiki3291.livejournal.com]

why would they not split this up between the female and male rappers? And I see a lack of new girl groups, I follow none so does this mean they have no rappers?

I can already tell who's going to win here. It must suck for groups who have more than one rapper and only have one acknowleged. Odd that Jackson is up there instead of Mark or BamBam since they are the lead rappers.

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

jackson probably has greater name recognition than bambam or mark, but i don't think they have lead rap positions in got7. they only ever say 'in charge of rap' while youngjae will say he's the main vocal

[fashionxxavenue.livejournal.com]

where is rap god choi minho

[hitsujiga.livejournal.com]

ikr. list is invalid.

[sayitisso.livejournal.com]

i loled at this whole thing until i got to yongguk and ilhoon, if i had to vote seriously i would die trying

[uguukawaii.livejournal.com]

this is so embarrassing, you know like someone w mediocre skill but a lot of fans will win (no tea no shade but im talking abt top dont drag me)

baby j and erin arent on here because they are too good and loveable and talented it would be unbalanced <- truth

[adenar.livejournal.com]

omg hyoyeon vs po, there's a collab i never knew i wanted

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

I started laughing from the into where is says "slight hip hop influences" and then named GG and 2NE1 as examples...like what Soompi?

[adenar.livejournal.com]

lol mte

[purekpopology.livejournal.com]

I voted yesterday cause I'm a sucker for polls, and most of the people I voted for were winning, but the Ravi vs. SIMS poll irritates the hell out of me. I didn't even know who SIMS was, but listening to his clip he's obviously better. If any of you decide to vote, do it for real or not at all. Popularity rankings are boring and predictable.

That said, even though Zico has pissed me off lately and killed some of my love for him, I think he deserves to win. SIMS, TOP, etc. are obviously close contenders.

Edit: lol judging from the other comments I take this stuff way too seriously. Thanks for the reality check omona <3.

[dickslikejesus.livejournal.com]

I voted too, but I got depressed by the time I got to the end. LE vs Amber, one of these girls actually writes, and writes well enough that she's called upon to write for other people, the other wants to be a singer, and didn't even want to rap at first.

Popularity at it's finest~!

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

ilhoon vs bang yong guk lol, poor nation's cutie

[kjesta.livejournal.com]

If we're going by actual quality rap rather than popularity or good behaviour, Zico'd have to win hands-down.

But let's not kid ourselves. Probably GD?

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

no erin no life