Dynamic Duo (South Korean duo)

Dynamic Duo
Dynamic Duo in 2014
Dynamic Duo in 2014
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresHip hop
Years active1999–present
LabelsAmoeba Culture
MembersChoiza
Gaeko
WebsiteOfficial Website

Dynamic Duo (Korean: 다이나믹듀오; RR: Dainamikdyuo; often stylized as Dynamicduo) is a South 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

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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 trio 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

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
MIAK
[9] 		KOR
Circle
[10]
Taxi Driver
  • Released: May 17, 2004
  • Label: Gap Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 7 —
Double Dynamite
  • Released: October 26, 2005
  • Label: Gap Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Track listing
  1. "Intro"
  2. "Go Back" (featuring Choi Jung-in)
  3. "Stop"
  4. "Retire" (featuring Massive tone, DJ Friz)
  5. "What's Going On"
  6. "Let's Go" (featuring Sixpoint)
  7. "It's Alright" (featuring Brown Eyed Soul, Gary, Jeon Je-deok)
  8. "Funk the World" (featuring Lee Juck, Microdot)
  9. "F*** You" (featuring Tiger JK, Juvie Train)
  10. "Skit"
  11. "서커스" (featuring Dok2, Ro Hong-chul)
  12. "Love Is" (featuring Yoon Mi-rae, Kwon Ki-bum)
  13. "I Know" (featuring Paloalto)
  14. "그림자"
  15. "Bad News Is Coming" (featuring BMK)
  16. "덩덕쿵 – Remix" (featuring P-Type, The Quiett)
  17. "Sad Cafe" (Fractal Robotic Duo Remix)
 — —
Enlightened 2 —
Last Days
  • Released: August 21, 2008
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Track listing
  1. "Intro 'Last Dayz'"
  2. "Gilmak"
  3. "Solo" (featuring Alex)
  4. "Mother's Soulfood" (featuring Ra.D)
  5. "Trust Me" (featuring Supreme Team)
  6. "On the Beach" (featuring Park Jin-young)
  7. "Make Up Sex"
  8. "Want You Back" (featuring 0CD)
  9. "Good Love" (featuring Kim Bum-soo)
  10. "Don't Say Goodbye" (featuring J)
  11. "Give Me the Light"
  12. "Lemmings"
  13. "Father" (featuring Ra.D)
  14. "Breath" (featuring Sean2slow)
 5 —
Band of Dynamic Brothers
  • Released: October 7, 2009
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Dynamic Sinsa Rangers"
  2. "Get Money" (featuring Kang San-eh)
  3. "One More Drink" (featuring 0CD)
  4. "Keep the Change" (featuring Gary, Bumkey)
  5. "Guilty"
  6. "Be My Brownie" (featuring Bumkey)
  7. "Biggestmagicalvision"
  8. "FIreworks"
  9. "Sauna" (featuring E-Sens)
  10. "Moonstruck" (featuring Simon Dominic)
  11. "The Toong Bros" (featuring Topbob)
  12. "Ugly"
  13. "Apoptosis"
  14. "Spring Time" (featuring Kim C)
 —[a] 46
Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2
  • Released: November 25, 2011
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Digilog Intro"
  2. "Forever Young" (featuring Beenzino)
  3. "Girl"
  4. "In the Line of Fire" (featuring Mad Soul Child)
  5. "Lost One"
  6. "Sleep Disorder"
  7. "Friday Night"
  8. "Precious Love" (featuring Jinbo)
  9. "Great Expectation"
 6
Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2
  • Released: January 4, 2012
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Go Hard!!"
  2. "Check This Out!!!" (featuring Yankie, Yabul)
  3. "Without You"
  4. "Innocent Prisoner"
  5. "Misunderstood" (featuring Simon Dominic, Hangzoo)
  6. "Namsan Woman" (featuring UV)
  7. "Be..."
  8. "Art of Love"
  9. "Outro"
  10. "Art of Love – Primary Remix"
 1
Lucky Numbers
  • Released: July 1, 2013
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Return of the Kings"
  2. "Three Dopeboyz" (featuring Zion.T)
  3. "Skit #1"
  4. "Life Is Good" (featuring Crush, DJ Friz)
  5. "Baaam" (featuring Muzie)
  6. "Airplane Mode" (featuring Winterplay, Simo)
  7. "Lee Dae Ho" (featuring Supreme Team, DJ Friz)
  8. "Shoot – Goal In"
  9. "Hot Wings" (featuring Hyolyn)
  10. "Good Morning Love"
  11. "Tragedy Part 2"
  12. "Crime Scene" (featuring Jung Jae-il)
  13. "Shin Dong Yeop"
 2
Grand Carnival
  • Released: November 17, 2015
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Oksang"
  2. "How You Doin'?" (featuring Dean)
  3. "J.O.T.S" (featuring Nafla)
  4. "Title Song" (featuring Verbal Jint)
  5. "Jam"
  6. "Yayouhwe!" (featuring Zico)
  7. "Baby Don't Go" (featuring Lydia Park)
  8. "Dodoripyo"
  9. "Juminsingo" (featuring Sway D)
  10. "Eat Pray Love"
  11. "Waiting for Exhale"
 12
Off Duty
  • Released: November 26, 2019
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "2040" (featuring myunDo)
  2. "Desperado"
  3. "Career High" (featuring Paloalto, Nafla, Chancellor)
  4. "Blue" (featuring Crush, Sole)
  5. "Return" (featuring Thama)
  6. "Massacre" (featuring Beelzebub the Killer)
  7. "Livin' the Life" (featuring Verbal Jint)
  8. "Please Baby Don't"
  9. "MSG" (featuring Penomeco)
  10. "GoodFellas" (featuring Swings)
  11. "Hemi's Room" (featuring Oh Hyuk)
  12. "Flash"
 33
2 Kids on the Block

2 Kids on the Block – Part.1

  • Released: June 23, 2023
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Intro" (narrated by Lee Byung-hun)
  2. "19"
  3. "All Day"
  4. "Pied Pipers" (featuring DJ Friz)
 98

2 Kids on the Block – Part.2

  • Released: August 28, 2023
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Hunt" (featuring Psick University)
  2. "Tear Drops"

2 Kids on the Block – Part.3

  • Released: March 28, 2024
  • Label: Amoeba Culture
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download
Track listing
  1. "911" (featuring Tabber)
  2. "Dramatic" (featuring Huh)
  3. "Fly or Die" (featuring Crush)
  4. "Love Myself" (featuring Bewhy)
  5. "Pitapa" (featuring pH-1, Junny)
"—" denotes album did not chart.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album
KOR
[19] 		WW
[20]
"Resume" (이력서)
feat. Lisa 		2004 — — — Taxi Driver
"Thinner" (신나? (우리가 누구?) — —
"Insomnia" (불면증)
feat. Bobby Kim 		— —
"Ring My Bell"
feat. Naul 		— —
"Go Back" (고백)
feat. Jungin 		2005 — — Double Dynamite
"Fugitive" (도망자) 2006 — — Non-album single
"Attendance Check" (출첵)
feat. Naul 		2007 — — Enlightened
"Heartbreaker"
feat. Kim Jong-wan 		— — Non-album single
"Solo"
feat. Alex Chu 		2008 — — Last Days
"Gone"
feat. Joohee 		— — Non-album singles
"Beyond the Wall"
feat. Supreme Team 		2009 — —
"Sorry" (미안해) — —
"Guilty" (죽일 놈) 63 — Band of Dynamic Brothers
"Girl" (해뜰때까지만) 2011 4 — Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2
"Friday Night" (불타는 금요일) 15 —
"Without You" (거기서거기) 2012 2 — Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2
"Baaam"
feat. Muzie 		2013 1 — Lucky Numbers
"Summer Time" (자리비움) 2014 6 — Non-album singles
"AEAO"
with DJ Premier 		11 —
"SsSs" (싱숭생숭)
feat. Lena Park 		6 —
"Only for You" (너 하나만을 위해) 2015 87 — Two Yoo Project Sugar Man OST
"Jam" (꿀잼) 3 — Grand Carnival
"Highfive"
with Primary 		2016 23 — Non-album single
"Lucky" (좋겠다) 90 — The Sound of Your Heart OST
"Nosedive" (기다렸다 가)
feat. Chen 		2017 2 — Non-album singles
"Bongjeseon" (봉제선)
feat. Suran 		2018 38 — —
"Hemi's Room" (북향)
feat. Oh Hyuk 		18 — Off Duty
"MSG" (맵고짜고단거)
feat. Penomeco 		2019 80 —
"Flash" (그걸로 됐어) 140 —
"You" (혼자)
with Chen 		2020 105 — Non-album singles
"She Gonna Stop" (시간아 멈춰)
featuring Leellamarz 		2022 180 —
"AEAO"
with DJ Premier 		2023 96 —
"Smoke"
with Lee Young-ji 		2 198 Street Woman Fighter2 (SWF2) Class Mission
"Pitapa" (피타파)
featuring pH-1 and Junny 		2024 — — 2 Kids on the Block

Other charted songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album
KOR
[19]
"Lost One" (막잔하고 나갈게) 2011 34 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2
"In the Line of Fire" (사선에서)
feat. Mad Soul Child 		45
"Forever Young" (살발해)
feat. Beenzino 		52
"Sleep Disorder" (수면장애) 54
"Precious Love"
feat. Jinbo 		58
"Great Expectation" (남자로서) 68
"Digilog Intro" —
"Be..." (참고 살아) 2012 20 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2
"Misunderstood" (오해)
feat. Simon Dominic, Hangzoo 		36
"Namsan Woman" (남산워먼)
feat. UV 		39
"Art of Love" (사랑의 미학) 46
"Check This Out!!!" (제끼자)
feat. Yankie, Yabul 		51
"Innocent Prisoner" (혹으로 알아) 53
"Go Hard!!" (확가게) 56
"Art of Love" (사랑의 미학)
Primary remix 		89
"Outro" —
"Three Dopeboyz" (쌔끈해)
feat. Zion.T 		2013 5 Lucky Numbers
"Hot Wings" (날개뼈)
feat. Hyolyn 		11
"Life Is Good" (거품 안 넘치게 따라줘)
feat. Crush, DJ Friz 		12
"Return of the Kings" (진격의 거인 둘) 13
"Lee Dae-ho" (만루홈런)
feat. Supreme Team, DJ Friz 		18
"Airplane Mode"
feat. Lee Joo-han, Hyewon, Simo 		27
"Shoot - Goal In" (슛 골인) 30
"Shin Dong-yeop" (가끔씩 오래 보자) 32
"Good Morning Love" (아침사랑) 33
"Tragedy Part 2" (비극 Part 2) 39
"Crime Scene" (범죄야 범죄)
feat. Jung Jae-il 		40
"Skit #1" 50
"Animal"
with DJ Premier 		2014 84 Non-album single
"Picnic" (야유회)
feat. Zico 		2015 23 Grand Carnival
"Give It" (있어줘)
feat. Lydia Park 		30
"Eat and Sleep" (먹고하고자고) 33
"If Winter Comes" (겨울이오면) 36
"How You Doing?" (요즘어때?)
feat. Dean 		38
"Title Track" (타이틀곡)
feat. Verbal Jint 		41
"On The Roof" (옥상에서) 55
"J.O.T.S."
feat. Nafla 		63
"Dodolipyo" (도돌이표) 80
"Residents Reported" (주민신고)
feat. Sway D 		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Awards and nominations

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Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2016 Best Choice Award Dynamic Duo Won [52]
KBS Entertainment Awards 2022 Rookie Award in Show and Variety Category Listen-Up Nominated
Gaon Chart Music Awards 2018 Song of the Year – January "Nosedive" (with Chen) Nominated
Golden Disk Awards 2007 Hip Hop Award "Attendance Check" (출첵) Won [53]
Melon Music Awards 2012 Top Ten Artists Dynamic Duo Nominated [54]
Best Rap/Hip Hop "Without You" Won
2013 Artist of the Year Dynamic Duo Nominated [55]
Top Ten Artists Dynamic Duo Won
Album of the Year Lucky Numbers Nominated
2017 Best Rap/Hip Hop "Nosedive" (with Chen) Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards 2004 Best Hip Hop Video "Ring My Bell" Nominated [56]
2006 "Go Back" Nominated [57][58]
Best Music Video Nominated
2007 Best Music Video "Attendance Check" (출첵) Won [59]
"Complex" Nominated [60]
Best Hip Hop Performance "Attendance Check" (출첵) Nominated
2008 Best Music Video "Solo" Nominated [61]
Best Hip Hop Performance Nominated
2009 "Guilty" Nominated [62]
2013 Best Rap Performance "BAAAM" Won [63]
2017 Best Collaboration "Nosedive"(with Chen) Won

Notes

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  1. ^ The Music Industry Association of Korea ceased publishing its album chart in 2008.

References

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  10. ^ Circle Album Chart positions:
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  22. ^ Cumulative sales of "Friday Night":
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  24. ^ "2013년 Download Chart".
  25. ^ Cumulative sales of "Summer Time":
  26. ^ Cumulative sales of "AEAO":
  27. ^ Cumulative sales of "SsSs":
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  29. ^ Cumulative sales of "Jam":
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  34. ^ Cumulative sales of "In The Line Of Fire":
  35. ^ Cumulative sales of "Forever Young":
  36. ^ Cumulative sales of "Sleep Disorder":
  37. ^ Cumulative sales of "Precious Love":
  38. ^ Cumulative sales of "Great Expectation":
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  41. ^ Cumulative sales of "Check This Out":
  42. ^ Cumulative sales of "Innocent Prisoner":
  43. ^ Cumulative sales of "Go Hard":
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  45. ^ Cumulative sales of "Three Dopeboyz":
  46. ^ Cumulative sales of "Hot Wings":
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