G-Dragon makes a sensational comeback in August featuring Missy Elliott!
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On August 18, G-Dragon will celebrate his 25th birthday. And on the same day, he is planning to make a comeback with his 2nd regular solo album, featuring the global female hip-hop legend – Missy Elliott.
On June 25, YG Entertainment’s founder Yang Hyun-suk announced the news on YG’s official blog. He explained the details of G-Dragon’s 2nd solo album comeback along with the sensational news of Missy Elliott’s featuring.
He wrote, “Just like the first album, G-Dragon will be in charge of composing and writing every song, plus the album production. The album will consist of 10 songs.” This comment shows GD’s strong involvement in the making of the album.
He added, “This weekend marks the finale of his grand solo World Tour. For the past few months G-Dragon has been performing 26 times around the world, and the ending will be held in Singapore. As soon as he crosses the finish line of his World Tour, he will be devoting his whole energy on another project, which includes his album jacket shooting and wrapping-up process of his 2nd solo regular album.
“His 2nd regular album is like pulling out a diamond from a treasure box because the album was already in the process of making when a mini album was released last September.”
The most sensational part of this news is that the global hip-hop legend Missy Elliott will be featuring in GD’s album. The CEO revealed the news on the blog saying, “With the 2nd solo album, what we decided to do was to have one legendary foreign artist feature in it rather than have several. There were many male rappers on the list, but what YG was looking for was a female rapper – and there was just one. We found the answer so quickly and we were unanimous on choosing this artist. And she is – Missy Elliott.”
He added, “If you know a tiny bit about hip-hop, you would know that she is a hip-hop legend who produced a huge number of big hits that set her apart from other artists.”
He then went on to list several albums of Missy Elliott, and then described how difficult it was to have her feature in GD’s album including Missy Elliott’s abrupt halt in all music activities due to her health reasons. He explained, “For the last several months, YG has spared no effort in asking Missy Elliott to feature in GD’s song. We have been sending her GD-related information including his songs. And finally, we were able to win her interest for GD’s creativity and music, and now she will be featuring in GD’s new solo album.”
This track is a song by YG’s main producer, Teddy, that has a very unique hip-hop beat like other Missy Elliott’s tracks. Missy Elliott and GD exchanged ideas extensively over the phone, and they decided that GD would come up with the lyrics and rap for demonstration, which will be given to Missy Elliott in the U.S., who will then add her own rap to complete the song.
Yang Hyun-suk was confident that the song is different from any other ones. “GD’s song featuring the female hip-hop legend breaks away from the convention with a hint of Korean taste. The tinge of a voice sample from a Korean traditional folk song “Nilliliya” makes it a one-of-a-kind, classy hip-hop track.”
Diplo, the world-renowned DJ and a songwriter, who co-wrote GD’s “Knock Out”, will also be participating in this album. More details on G-Dragon’s album and a track list will be unveiled soon.
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