Seotaiji

Seo Taiji's music is not confined to one genre. He takes music apart piece and analyze it, crossing over all boundaries and genres to recreate it into a "Seo Taiji style," music with a unique twist and taste all of its own.With the sebut of his first album "Seo Taiji and Boys" in 1992, he took the korean "rap" and "dance music" scene by storm, shaking up the Korean music industry. The release of this album has been acclaimed as the most significant musical event and phenomenon since the Korean Independence.He is credited for the opening of a new ara in korean music. Since the debut of this album he has released 6 additional albums in the course of the 10 years. The suceeding records composed of rap, hip-hop, heavy metal, rock, punk, soul, slow-pop, hardcore rock, pimp rock and emo-core rock, all fusing together in a curiously harmonious collection of masterpieces.Seo Taiji takes his music to another level by manipulating his vocal tones, the effector, his instruments and his rhyming lyrics; placing each strategically in its exact position. During the whole process of composing, arranging, and writing the lyrics, he inserts many hidden codes but expresses them with melodies that are easy enough to be picked up and understood by listeners with "unexperienced ears" unfamiliar with the grammar of music.Seo taiji's albums hold firm on their rank as one of the materpieces of this generation and one of the few million-sellers of the Korean entertainment industry. Seo Taiji's music is a unique and ever-evloving genre in its own.