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Greatest Hits:: Seo Taiji (Seo Taiji and Boys): Christmalo.win

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 This wasn't going to be the next one I did, which means the one I started will need to be moved further down the schedule for a little bit more variation, but I absolutely could not resist this glorious insanity.  An article from 2014 popped up on my radar about this track. I took a listen and immediately knew I had to cover it. First of all, this guy is the reason we have K-Pop as we know it. There were a couple of groups who debuted earlier according to Kpopping, but this guy popularized it with his little trio. Even if their music didn't do what it did, Seo Taiji and the Boys was where Yang Hyunsuk got his start, or, as I like to call him, YG the Dude. Lee Sooman might not have gotten the same start he had, nor would J.Y. Park or Bang Sihyuk. You should recognize all of those names as SM the Dude, JYPapi, and Hitman Bang. The number of groundbreaking groups and artists that have come from those four companies might not exist the way they do and K-Pop in general would look ...