Recently, I have felt more and more that rappers in the rap circle are becoming more and more polarized, basically "drought death, waterlogging death".
This is inseparable from the fierce competitive environment in the rap circle, and young rappers either get ahead early or can only work quietly. In addition to the absence of shootings and slums, the competitive pressure Chinese rap circles is no less than that of the United States.
The rapper we are talking about today is the leader of the young generation, and as soon as he debuted, he was recognized by Wang Xiaofu, a well-known producer in China, and became a member of its label GSG.
This young rapper is our protagonist Moon Muen today.
Unlike many rappers who have no musical background and are halfway out of the family, MOON Muen can be regarded as a science class.
At a very young age, he studied piano under the arrangement of his family, and when he was in elementary school, he already knew hip-hop music and slowly learned about some domestic and foreign works.
In junior high school, MOON Mu En began to learn music production with the famous music producer Ding Ning, and officially began to compose his own music.
Therefore, for Moon Muen, it is a natural thing to create music in the future.
One night in the third year of junior high school, because of insomnia Moon Mu En lying in bed listening to singing, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: "Why can't I write songs myself?" ”
Immediately after, he took out a memorandum and wrote the first work of his life.
In 2014, at the age of 13, Moon Muen moved with his mother to Los Angeles. In the City of Angels, MOON Moon did not stop learning music.
In high school, he studied a lot of sound expertise with Chase Jackson's vocal teacher, Seth Riggs, which laid a solid foundation for his future use of sound.
Although people are in the United States, Moon Muen and Chinese rap circles can be said to be quite fateful. In 2019, at the age of 18, he collaborated with Evgeni on the episode "Skyfall Raiders" of the TV series "Airborne Blade".
In just one year, he was favored by the top domestic producers Wang Xiaofu and Lennox Ziang, and as one of the founders of the Los Angeles Chinese label G$G, he became a signed rapper of the label.
Among the founders of G$G, Wang Xiaofu I believe I don't need to introduce more. As one of the top producers in the Chinese rap industry, he has collaborated with many well-known rappers on countless excellent works.
For example, Wang Ether's popular album "Acting. say. There are many works by Wang Xiaofu. And last year's hit single "Stars in the Sky Don't Speak" on "Rap Listen to Me" was the work of Wang Xiaofu's mixing.
I believe that anyone who is Chinese rap lovers should have heard of the works produced by him.
And another producer, Lennox Ziang, actually has a lot of potential.
He was once the chief sound recordist and mixer of roc Natio, founded by Jay-Z, and has previously worked in North America with international A-list stars such as Rihanna, Demi Lovato, Normani, and Skrillex.
After returning to China, Mr. Zi Ang also made many explosive singles, such as the "Mountain and River Map" cooperated by Phoenix Legend and Jewel Uncle, which was the mixed by Mr. Zi Ang.
Being favored by two big men in the circle is enough to see that Moon Mu'en's talent is quite explosive.
In 2020, after he posted his first song on NetEase Cloud, he went to participate in the "Listen to a Good Cheer" activity without any promotion.
Since "Listening to Good Cheers" is a platform for young rappers, and there are many enthusiasts participating, MOON Mu'en's works are simply outstanding as soon as they are released.
Even the bullet screen could not stand it, saying that Moon MuEn "opened the taste is correct" and "professional players please do not participate".
Participating in this kind of online small activity, for MOON Mu En is just a small test, he spends more time on creating music.
As a relatively experienced musician, MOON Muen's frequency of singing on the music platform is very stable, which is also related to his own professional qualities. Neither will it be a long time without singing, nor will it be released a lot at once, everything will proceed according to the opportunity.
And his subsequent hit singles "Hazy Flowers" and "Good Morning Strike Worker" also proved that he not only knows very well what domestic listeners like, but also his own strength is beyond doubt.
After a year of creation, MOON took several of his new works to the stage of Whiteboard WhiteBoard.
Whiteboard WhiteBoard is a show that provides Rappers with Live live recordings of real, untrined sounds.
In many previous episodes, "Whiteboard WhiteBoard" invited famous celebrities such as KAFE.HU and Psy.P, and it is almost rare for newcomers like Moon Muen to be able to appear on such a stage.
And our peers on the ground rap, laughter hall, SwagFuck also forwarded this episode at the same time, which can also be seen that the current MOON Muen has become a newcomer in the eyes of the rap media.
Among the three songs of this program, "Hazy Flower" is a blockbuster single before MOON Muen, and the whole network has a very high number of plays.
"Cardinal Boi" is a very explosive trap single, the song is a slightly deformed electronic keyboard playing discordant interval, providing a basic sense of coldness, supplemented by a very powerful electric drum and a hypertrophic 808.
A strong rhythm and a very handsome and psychedelic loop in itself, in the case of a low bpm, there is a lot of flow room. And the colleagues of this song in the showmanship also made a lot of equal beat segmentation to ensure the listening sense of the listener. This alone is worth learning from a lot of rappers.
My favorite episode of Whiteboard WhiteBoard is the single "365."
As a work about his inner world after the breakup, this song sings a very clever arrangement and mixing, singing many of the same type of songs that have not done the free attitude.
The arrangement features simple guitar chords as the main loop, adding to the song's light and comfortable pop sound. At the same time, a lot of hazy strings are laid out to add thickness to the atmosphere of the whole song.
In terms of mixing, it also serves these string atmospheres, the large reverb provides a strong sense of envelopment, the vocal slight lofi effect and the appropriate inductance, will not be completely immersed in the thick atmosphere of the accompaniment, can be independent of the characteristics, but also can be wrapped in reverberation, not to jump out of the overall atmosphere.
In terms of content expression, MOON Mu'en's performance is also very close to the mood of the accompaniment, not too low, but faintly revealing some free and relaxed postures, and the atmosphere of the whole song is extremely strong.
In this episode, many viewers also expressed their recognition of MOON Muen in the comment area, feeling that a treasure rapper had been found.
As a newcomer rapper, MOON Mu'en is definitely the kind of rapper who is stable and steady, and currently has only a dozen songs on his NetEase cloud, but each capital is well-made and well-received.
For such a treasure boy, interested friends can click below to read the original article, pay attention to MOON Muen's NetEase cloud homepage, maybe you can witness the growth of a real rap star.