Unpretty Rapstar
| Unpretty Rapstar | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Presented by | San E |
| Opening theme | "Did You Miss Me" by The Veronicas |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mnet |
| Original release | January 29 – March 26, 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Unpretty Rapstar 2 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Unpretty Rapstar (Hangul: 언프리티 랩스타) is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. The show, a spin-off of Show Me the Money, premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E.[1] In August 2015, it was confirmed that the show would begin airing its second season on September 11, 2015.[2][3]
Competition events
Self-introduction through a cypher
An ice-breaker where all contestants and the host starts off a tune and rap on his own self-introduction and first battle cry. In this contest, the beat is the same for everybody. Pre-game diss battle, or responses to diss-rap pre-competitions are allowed.
Track Missions and Multi-part Team Battles
All contestants will collaborate with judges, producers and fellow contestants to make MV's for an original rap song, mostly done needing one perfectly unedited take, they must also write and arrange the song. Also, they must organize who the main rapper is (8 bars), while others have 4 bars. It alters in each mission.The result of peer-review voting process for best and worst rappers are fully disclosed, anyone who voted themselves in either category will nullify the vote. The winner of the mission can receive an advantage for the next challenge or the next part of the track missions, from picking between two soundtracks, to excluding more members from advancing in the event. Some missions is performed in a live audience. In the final part of Team Battles would have the chosen competitors from each team gain the credit to rap alongside the guest judges for the tracks.
Diss Battle
A series of one-on-one where they can diss and put one another down. Unlike American rap battles or diss battles in Show Me The Money, these are closed events with no MC's, swearing and some personal attacks are allowed.
Contestants
Winner: Cheetah from Blacklist (SMTM contestant)
First runner-up: Jessi of Lucky J
Second runner-up: Yuk Ji-dam (SMTM3 contestant)
Semi-finalists:
Eliminated contestants:
- Tymee from Rare Hearts (SMTM3 contestant) (Eliminated in episode 6)
- Jace of Miss $ (Joined in episode 4, Eliminated in episode 6)
- Lil Cham (Eliminated in episode 4)
Discography
| Year | Title | Contestant | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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| KOR | |||||
| Volume 1 | |||||
| 2015 | "Stayed Up All Night" (prod. Zico) | Yuk Ji-dam | 19 |
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Non-album single |
| "Good Start 2015" (prod. Verbal Jint) | Jimin (feat. Seulong) | 2 |
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| "My Type" (prod. Verbal Jint) | Cheetah & Jessi (feat. Kangnam) | 2 |
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| "T4SA" (prod. MC Meta) | Jimin (feat. Nuck) | 50 |
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| "Superstar" (prod. D.O) | Kisum (feat. San E, Taewan) | 5 |
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| "Coma 07" | Cheetah | 4 |
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Unpretty Rapstar Semi Final | |
| "It's All Good" (prod. SouLime) | Jolly V | 72 |
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| "Unpretty Dreams" (prod. Gray) | Jessi | 11 |
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| "Puss" (prod. Rhymer, 9999) | Jimin (feat. Iron) | 1 |
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| "On & On" (prod. The Quiett) | Yuk Ji Dam (feat. Baek Yerin) | 20 |
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Unpretty Rapstar Semi Final 2 | |
| "To Mom" | Kisum (feat. Insooni) | 23 |
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| "Like Nobody Knows" (prod. by MC Mong) | Cheetah (feat. Ailee) | 4 |
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Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Season 2
References
- ↑ Sung, So-young (16 March 2015). "‘Unpretty Rapstar’ gives rappers a voice". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
- ↑ Park, Hyeon-min. "[단독] '언프리티2', 오디션 없이 전원 섭외 "9월 첫방·10회분"". Nate News. SK Communications. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "'언프리티 랩스타2' 캐스퍼, 어디서 봤나 했더니...'쇼미더머니4' 2차 경연서 탈락". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
External links
- Official website (Korean)