Dynamic Duo (; 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.
History 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.
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. Their second album, 2005's Double Dynamite, won Best Hip Hop Album at the 2006 Korean Music Awards.
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.
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.
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.
Their 8th album, Grand Carnival was released in November 2015.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KORMIAKMusic Industry Association of Korea monthly chart positions: Taxi Driver: Enlightened: Last Days: KORCircleCircle Album Chart positions:
Taxi DriverReleased: May 17, 2004 Label: Gap Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette 7— KOR: 57,587 Double DynamiteReleased: October 26, 2005 Label: Gap Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette —— EnlightenedReleased: May 31, 2007 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD 2— KOR: 38,860 Last DaysReleased: August 21, 2008 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, cassette 5— KOR: 24,133 Band of Dynamic BrothersReleased: October 7, 2009 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download rowspan="9" 46 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2Released: November 25, 2011 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download6KOR: 9,961Cumulative sales of Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2: Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2Released: January 4, 2012 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download1KOR: 8,265 Lucky NumbersReleased: July 1, 2013 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download2KOR: 11,739 Grand CarnivalReleased: November 17, 2015 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download12KOR: 2,025 Off DutyReleased: November 26, 2019 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download33 2 Kids on the Block2 Kids on the Block – Part.1 Released: June 23, 2023 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download 98KOR: 1,0322 Kids on the Block – Part.2 Released: August 28, 2023 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download2 Kids on the Block – Part.3 Released: March 28, 2024 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download"—" denotes album did not chart.
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KOR
WW "Resume" (이력서) 2004 — — rowspan="13" Taxi Driver "Thinner" (신나? (우리가 누구?) — — "Insomnia" (불면증) — — "Ring My Bell" — — "Go Back" (고백) 2005 — — Double Dynamite "Fugitive" (도망자) 2006 — — "Attendance Check" (출첵) 2007 — — Enlightened "Heartbreaker" — — "Solo" 2008 — — Last Days "Gone" — — rowspan="3" "Beyond the Wall" 2009 — — "Sorry" (미안해) — — "Guilty" (죽일 놈) 63 — Band of Dynamic Brothers "Girl" (해뜰때까지만) 2011 4 —KOR: 972,965Cumulative sales of "Girl": Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 "Friday Night" (불타는 금요일) 15 —KOR: 1,285,969Cumulative sales of "Friday Night": "Without You" (거기서거기) 2012 2 —KOR: 2,587,845 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 "Baaam" 2013 1 —KOR: 1,170,657 Lucky Numbers "Summer Time" (자리비움) 2014 6 —KOR: 396,212Cumulative sales of "Summer Time": rowspan="3" "AEAO" 11 —KOR: 338,273Cumulative sales of "AEAO": "SsSs" (싱숭생숭) 6 —KOR: 575,768Cumulative sales of "SsSs": "Only for You" (너 하나만을 위해) 2015 87 —KOR: 23,338 Two Yoo Project Sugar Man OST "Jam" (꿀잼) 3 —KOR: 351,064Cumulative sales of "Jam": Grand Carnival "Highfive" 2016 23 —KOR: 82,045 "Lucky" (좋겠다) 90 —KOR: 19,375 The Sound of Your Heart OST "Nosedive" (기다렸다 가) 2017 2 —KOR: 624,801 rowspan="2" "Bongjeseon" (봉제선) 2018 38 — rowspan="10" "Hemi's Room" (북향) 18 — Off Duty "MSG" (맵고짜고단거) 2019 80 — "Flash" (그걸로 됐어) 140 — "You" (혼자) 2020 105 — rowspan="3" "She Gonna Stop" (시간아 멈춰) 2022 180 — "AEAO" 2023 96 — "Smoke" 2 198 Street Woman Fighter2 (SWF2) Class Mission "Pitapa" (피타파) 2024 — — 2 Kids on the Block "Take Care" 2025 152 —
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KOR "Lost One" (막잔하고 나갈게) 2011 34KOR: 358,504Cumulative sales of "Lost One": Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 "In the Line of Fire" (사선에서) 45KOR: 322,210Cumulative sales of "In The Line Of Fire": "Forever Young" (살발해) 52KOR: 234,567Cumulative sales of "Forever Young": "Sleep Disorder" (수면장애) 54KOR: 228,535Cumulative sales of "Sleep Disorder": "Precious Love" 58KOR: 208,435Cumulative sales of "Precious Love": "Great Expectation" (남자로서) 68KOR: 188,776Cumulative sales of "Great Expectation": "Digilog Intro" —KOR: 59,546 "Be..." (참고 살아) 2012 20KOR: 482,809 Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 "Misunderstood" (오해) 36KOR: 259,284 "Namsan Woman" (남산워먼) 39KOR: 238,214 "Art of Love" (사랑의 미학) 46KOR: 210,860 "Check This Out!!!" (제끼자) 51KOR: 152,620Cumulative sales of "Check This Out": "Innocent Prisoner" (혹으로 알아) 53KOR: 153,114Cumulative sales of "Innocent Prisoner": "Go Hard!!" (확가게) 56KOR: 148,977Cumulative sales of "Go Hard": "Art of Love" (사랑의 미학) 89KOR: 67,905 "Outro" —KOR: 60,601 "Three Dopeboyz" (쌔끈해) 2013 5KOR: 499,591Cumulative sales of "Three Dopeboyz": Lucky Numbers "Hot Wings" (날개뼈) 11KOR: 471,729Cumulative sales of "Hot Wings": "Life Is Good" (거품 안 넘치게 따라줘) 12KOR: 303,914 "Return of the Kings" (진격의 거인 둘) 13KOR: 280,967 "Lee Dae-ho" (만루홈런) 18KOR: 226,290 "Airplane Mode" 27KOR: 165,188 "Shoot - Goal In" (슛 골인) 30KOR: 161,942 "Shin Dong-yeop" (가끔씩 오래 보자) 32KOR: 162,517 "Good Morning Love" (아침사랑) 33KOR: 153,132 "Tragedy Part 2" (비극 Part 2) 39KOR: 137,251 "Crime Scene" (범죄야 범죄) 40KOR: 140,707 "Skit #1" 50KOR: 102,261 "Animal" 2014 84KOR: 33,623 "Picnic" (야유회) 2015 23KOR: 97,964 Grand Carnival "Give It" (있어줘) 30KOR: 92,807 "Eat and Sleep" (먹고하고자고) 33KOR: 92,852 "If Winter Comes" (겨울이오면) 36KOR: 79,016 "How You Doing?" (요즘어때?) 38KOR: 72,826 "Title Track" (타이틀곡) 41KOR: 62,847Cumulative sales of "Title Track": "On The Roof" (옥상에서) 55KOR: 36,469 "J.O.T.S." 63KOR: 35,099 "Dodolipyo" (도돌이표) 80KOR: 29,671 "Residents Reported" (주민신고) —KOR: 23,932"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Awards and nominations + 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 Asia Artist Awards 2016 Best Choice Award Dynamic Duo KBS Entertainment Awards 2022 Rookie Award in Show and Variety Category Listen-Up Gaon Chart Music Awards 2018 Song of the Year – January "Nosedive" (with Chen) Golden Disk Awards 2007 Hip Hop Award "Attendance Check" (출첵) Melon Music Awards 2012 Top Ten Artists Dynamic Duo Best Rap/Hip Hop "Without You" 2013 Artist of the Year Dynamic Duo Top Ten Artists Album of the Year Lucky Numbers 2017 Best Rap/Hip Hop "Nosedive" (with Chen) Mnet Asian Music Awards 2004Best Hip Hop Video "Ring My Bell" "2004 MKMF part 1" . Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-25. 2006 "Go Back" "2006 MKMF Part 1 : I Love Punk - Haerang + Lee SungWoo/ Break Through-SS501/ The Queen Is Back! - Cocoboys and Dodogirls + Um JungHwa". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-10-26."2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" . MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12. Best Music Video 2007 Best Music Video "Attendance Check" (출첵) "Complex" "2007 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-14. Best Hip Hop Performance "Attendance Check" (출첵) 2008 Best Music Video "Solo" "2008 Mnet KM Music Festival Part1" . MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-17. Best Hip Hop Performance 2009 "Guilty" "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part1" . MAMA. Retrieved 2014-12-18. 2013 Best Rap Performance "BAAAM" 2017 Best Collaboration "Nosedive"(with Chen) Seoul Music Awards 2024 Best Rap/Hip Hop "Smoke"
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External links Official Website