The ninth season of the series Show Me the Money (known as Show Me the Money 9 or SMTM9) premiered on October 16, 2020, and ended on December 18, 2020. It was broadcast every Friday at 23:00 (KST) on Mnet.[1] The season returned to four producing teams, after having featured only two in the previous season. Dynamic Duo & Bewhy, Paloalto & Code Kunst, Zion.T & Giriboy, and Justhis & GroovyRoom formed the producing teams for the season.[2]
The season saw approximately 23,000 applicants, the most in the show's history.[1] However, fewer contestants were able to move on from the Rapper Selection Round compared to previous seasons, due to safety restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The winner of the season was Lil Boi, with Team Zion.T x Giriboy as the winning producer team. He won ₩100,000,000 in cash, a sports car, and a one-year project label for his music activities, totaling to ₩500,000,000.[3] Producer Giriboy also became the first 3-time winning producer of the show, having previously won in seasons 777 and 8.
Judges
Team GroovyRoom x Justhis (also known as Team Guljeot)[4]
GroovyRoom: Producer duo composed of Park Gyu-jung and Lee Hwi-min, currently signed under H1ghr Music, who previously participated as mentors/producers for seasons 2 and 3 of High School Rapper.
Bewhy: Rapper and producer, currently signed under his own label Dejavu Group, who participated in season 4 and became the show's champion in season 5 as a member of Team AOMG. He was a winning judge/producer in season 8, with the BGM-v Crew.
Team Zion.T x Giriboy (also known as Team Jagi)[7]
Zion.T: Singer and producer under The Black Label and member of VV:D crew, who was a judge/producer in season 5 with Team YG.
Giriboy: Rapper, songwriter and record producer signed under Just Music and WEDAPLUGG Records. He was a season 3 contestant under Team YDG, and a winning judge/producer in seasons 777 and 8 for Team Just Music and BGM-v crew respectively.
Teams
After the 60 Seconds Team Trials, contestants who passed chose a producer team to join. There were ten members per producer team. Producer teams then selected contestants, if their team did not have ten members by the end of the 60 Second Team Trials:
Mirani: Rookie rapper and member of VAT crew with fellow Team Member Munchman, initially eliminated during the 60 Seconds Team Trials but later revived to join the team. Later signed with GroovyRoom's newly founded label AREA.
Munchman: Member of rap and dance group MostBadassAsian (MBA crew) under Stoneship and VAT crew with fellow Team Member Mirani. Previously participated in season 8, in which he gained popularity after his elimination in that season's rapper evaluation round for performing his soon-to-be hit song "DDK".
Kidd King: Member of Clarity Crew who previously participated in season 777, and in season 5 under his real name Baek Min-hyuk.
D.Ark: Season 777 contestant, as member of Team Illionaire Ambition. After his elimination from the show, he eventually signed under Psy's P Nation record label.[9]
Yenjamin: Signed under Brand New Music and leader of KIFF Clan. Previously participated in the second season of High School Rapper.
Blase: Previously participated in season 8 as a preliminary member of BGM-v crew. Formerly known as Bla$e Kid.
Kim Gyu-ha: Also known by his rapper name Reidaneon. He later participated in the fourth season of High School Rapper.
Swings: Rapper and former CEO of Just Music, Indigo Music and WEDAPLUGG Records, who participated as a contestant in season 2 under Team D.O., in season 3 as a producer/judge, as the winning judge/producer for season 777, and in season 8 as a judge/producer. His participation this season was full of controversy due to his reputation as a well-respected rapper, his way of judging contestants dating back from season 777 and 8, and netizens believing that he won't pass the rapper evaluation round.
Layone: Signed under OUTLIVE records. Previously participated in season 6 and 8. He initially received an all fail in the 60 Seconds Team Trials, and was later revived to join the team.
Mckdaddy: Member of VAGABONDS Tribe, signed under Grandline Entertainment, who was in seasons 777 and 8.
Khakii: Rookie rapper signed under WAVY Seoul.
Killagramz: Rapper and current radio show host in TBS and Arirang Radio, currently signed with K-Tune Collective, who was in seasons 5 and 6.
Juvie Train: Member of The Movement and Buga Kingz crews, as well as project team Original Taste (OT).
Ahn Byung-woong: Rapper signed under WAVY Seoul. Previously participated season 8 as a member of BGM-v crew in which was given the nickname "Lil Lil Boi".
Jambino: Member of COZY CAVE crew.
365lit: Member of UnderSeongsuBridge (USB) crew, brother of fellow contestant and USB crew member Jupiter.
viceversa: Independent rapper who participated in seasons 777 and 8, who was initially eliminated in the 60 Seconds Team Trials, and later revived to join the team.
Untell: Participant in season 8 as a preliminary member of BGM-v Crew who was initially eliminated in the 60 Seconds Team Trials, and later revived to join the team. Also participated in the third season of High School Rapper under his real name Oh Dong-hwan.
Kaogaii: One-half of rap duo HOFGANG, signed under LBNC (formerly known as Lay Back Records).
Heo Sung-hyun: Member of XALION crew with team member Kim Mono, who was in season 8, also known by his stage name ROSE DE PENNY.
dsel: Member of FROST-30 crew, signed under LBNC.
Chamane: Member of FRIEMILLI (FRML) crew who was in season 3.
Kim Mono: Member of Innovor (IV) and XALION crews.
Rohann: Member and leader of KIFF Clan, signed under Vismajor Company (VMC), who was in season 2 of High School Rapper (under the name Bae Yeon-seo).
Benzamin: Rapper signed under Primary’s recently established record label PAKTORY COMPANY.
Greengrim: Rapper signed under INTERPARK records, who was initially eliminated in the 60 Seconds Team Trials, and later revived to join the team.
Lil Boi: Rapper under his own label Halftime Records, one half of the rap duo Geeks, and member of the Buckwilds crew, who was in season 4.
Wonstein: Rapper and singer signed under Mommy Son's label Beautiful Noise, who was in seasons 4, 777 and 8.
Skyminhyuk: Member of My My Life crew,[13] also known as SKY. Signed with Grandline Entertainment mid-season.
Chillin Homie: Member of Naughty4Life (NFL) crew, signed under Mine Field, who was in season 777 and 8.
Cho Soon-young: Member of HASHTAG crew who won MNET's hip-hop talent search My Major is HipHop, who is also known by his rapper name SYCHO.
Lee Gi-wook: Member of 100 mwg crew, also by his rapper name xscapeway or XS.
kitsyojii: One-half of rap duo HOFGANG, signed under LBNC.
Mac Kidd: Signed under BASECREAM.
noahjooda: Independent rapper.
Park Shin-wook: Previous participant in My Major is HipHop, also known by his rapper name HydroC.
Rounds
Round one: Rapper Selection Round
After sending in their audition clips, those selected by the production crew attended the Rapper Selection Round; as a safety precaution from the COVID-19 pandemic, the contestants were divided into groups of thirty with one producer, (with the exception of Dynamic Duo and GroovyRoom), assigned to judge them individually.[14] Each contestant performed a short a cappella rap in front of the producer and other contestants. The producer(s) then provided an in-depth evaluation of the contestant, and determined if they advanced to the next round. Unlike previous seasons, where the producer typically handed the SMTM neck chain to the contestant, contestants who received a pass simply took a neck chain hanging on a nearby rack.[15] About 122 contestants would advance to the next round.
Notable Rappers from the Rapper Selection Round
Producer Judge
Passed Selection Round
Failed Selection Round
GroovyRoom
A-Chess, Chamane, Ourealgoat, Owen,[a] Rohann, Syler, Son Simba, Choi Eui-seon, $ATSUKI, Juvie Train, Kim Geun-soo, Mirani, dsel, PLAN.Z.
YUJA, Kim Hyo-dong, Damye, Park Seong-jun, BlueWhale, Lee Jin-woo, Kim Nongmill
Justhis
Khundi Panda, Changbin, Lil Boi, kaogaii, sinchulbi, Takuwa, Yenjamin, Kerrigan May, Veiniyfl, Munchman, kitsyojii, Jeremy Quest, Park Min-gyu (1ndow), Go Jun-seo, Seo Yang-myeong, Lee Gi-wook
Kim Yeong-woo, Cocomong Mascot, Park Jun-soo, Rayshin, Lee Jeong-ho, Art Culture, Cha Yoo-jin, Shin Seong-bin, tendo, Shin Ji-hang, Sparky, Bakkiri
Code Kunst
365LIT, JUPITER, JJK, Boy Wonder, Jiho Givenchy, Killagramz, Khakii
Lee Luli, Mukuro, Hahoe
Paloalto
Chillin Homie, Leebido, Jeon Hyeon-jae, Cox Billy, YANU, M1NU, EPTEND, Jung Hye-in, Park Shin-wook, Swings, Cho Soon-young, Khan, SINCE, Cold Bay
OVDL, C.I.V.A Man. Mac9
Dynamic Duo
Ahn Byung-woong, Mckdaddy, Mac Kidd, Tarae, Heo Sung-hyun, You Da-yeon, UZ, Wooseok, VEKOEL
Bibii The Black Cat, Jang Yeong-jae, Jin Rak-heon, Lee Chang-bin, Lee Young-jin, Choi Sung-hoon, Chihoon, Puff Daehee, Bbaek Ga, Cuven Hardi
Pearl Kid, Crucial Star, Trilla Gang, Han Seung-min, Go Da-hyeon, Cheongju City Mascot, 18K, Jang Sang-ok (Layboy)
Giriboy
Skyminhyuk, viceversa, Jo Nam-hyuk, Johny, Untell, toigo, Naughty Mae
Beopard, Malkey, Hong Seung-ho, woohanryang, Hotchkiss, MidasX, Seo Min-gyu, Lobanabeat![b]
Other Notable Rappers that Passed the Rapper Selection Round
Layone, MODO, Kim Gyu-ha, GFU, Choi Geun-ryeong, Greengrim, Park Ji-hyeon, Yuppy, Kim Dae-gyeong, Sikboy, Kim Tae-bin, Dilla, Shin Jin, Jambino
Round two: Producer Performances and 60 Second Team Trials
The second round began with the Producer Performances, in which the producers performed in front of the contestants to convince the contestants to join their team. The performances were later used to pick which producer team they would face during the Team Diss Round, based on the contestants’ votes.
Previously known as the One Minute Rap Round, the 60 Second Team Trials allowed each contestant one minute to rap in front of all judges. At least one team of judges were required to pass the contestant in order to proceed with the team selection process. However, the producer team(s) could subsequently give a "FAIL" to the contestant after the performance if they thought that the contestant was not qualified to join their team. In this case, the contestant would then choose a different producer team that they wanted to join. If the contestant received an "ALL FAIL" from either the first or second judging, they were eliminated from the show. Only 40 out of the 122 remaining contestants would advance to the next round, with 10 contestants on each producer team.[16] A "revival round" for 8 eliminated contestants was held for those producer teams that did not have a full 10-member team.
Received a "PASS" or "ALL PASS" from the producer team(s) Received a "FAIL" from producer team(s). If the contestant received an "ALL FAIL", they were eliminated from the show Initially received a "PASS" from the producer team(s) but was given a "FAIL" after the producer team(s) decided not to pick the contestant for their team. If all producer teams decided to give a "PASS/FALL", the contestant was eliminated from the show
Round three (first part): Leader Selection Cypher
Before this round, the 40 remaining contestants each had a sticker pasted on them, based on the number passes each had obtained during the performance portion of the 60 Seconds Team Trials. Contestants with an "all pass" had a "Top" sticker, those with 2 or 3 passes had a "Middle" sticker, those with 1 pass had a "Bottom" sticker, and those that were revived from the Revival Round had a "Brink of Elimination" sticker.
All members of each producer team participated in a rap cypher, in which contestants performed freestyle raps based on the beat they wanted to do it with. At the end of this round, each producer team chose one contestant to be eliminated from the show, and selected their three best performers to serve as group leaders for the next round.
The three crew leaders from each producer team each recruited two team members to form crews and compete in a Triple Crew battle. Each crew chose a beat or song from the producer team that they performed in front of the producer teams. The producers then ranked the groups based on their performances. The crew with the best performance had all three contestants advance to the next round, while the second-placed crew had one contestant eliminated, and the third-placed crew had two contestants eliminated.
Indicates first-placed crew with all members advancing to the next round Indicates second-placed crew with only two members advancing to the next round Indicates third-placed crew with only one member advancing to the next round Indicates the eliminated contestant(s)
Round four: Soundtrack Battle
This round was previously known as the Crew Song Mission. Members of each producer team split into two crews – with the first placed crew from the previous round performing together – while the remaining members of the second and third placed crews formed a new group and performed together. The producer teams then picked new crew leaders based on their performances in the last round. Prior to this round, the producer teams held team meetings in which the producers introduced the beat they would use this round and would be performed in front of the Producer Teams. At the end of each group performance, each producer team eliminated two contestants from the losing crew of each producer team, while the members of the first placed crew advanced to the next round. The remaining crew members had their songs officially released as part of the season's official discography.
Producer Team
Crew
Crew Leader + Members
Song
Eliminated Contestant(s)
Team Code Kunst x Paloalto
Killagramz Crew
Killagramz Juvie Train Mckdaddy
Want It (원해) (ft. Paloalto) (Prod. Code Kunst & Paloalto)
Juvie Train Killagramz
Khakii Crew
Khakii Swings Layone
Want It (원해) (ft. Paloalto) (Prod. Code Kunst & Paloalto)
Indicates the winning team, with all group members advancing to the next round, and their song included in the season's official discography Indicates the losing team, with only one member of their team advancing to the next round and joining the winning crew in the season's official discography.
Indicates the eliminated contestant(s)
Round five: Team Diss Battle
The winning producer team from the Producer Performances stages (Dynamic Duo x Bewhy) could choose their opposing team for this round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the eliminated contestants from previous rounds were available to serve as the audience and voters for this round. Each member of the audience voted for only 1 producer team after each rap battle. The losing producer team had its producers choose 1 contestant to eliminate, while the winning producer team had all members advance to the next round.
Team Dynamic Duo x Bewhy vs. Team GroovyRoom x Justhis
Indicates the winning team, with all contestants advancing to the next round.
Indicates the winning contestant/s.
Eliminated from the show.
Round six: first live performances
Following the results of the Team Diss Battles, winning teams competed against each other and losing teams competed against each other at the live performances. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show's producers held an open online application prior to this round, in which they selected a limited number of people, in addition to previously eliminated rappers, to serve as live audience members and voters for this round. All 4 producer teams held the mic selection for two of their own contestants to determine who would perform at the live stage; one contestant from each producer team would be eliminated. There were two rounds in the voting process. The first round involved voting on each of the two stages in one round; after the first round of voting was over, the second round of voting occurred, in which the live audience could only vote for one contestant. All of the contestants' performance money earnings were then accumulated to their respective producer teams at the end of the round. The winning producer team in each team matchup had its members advance to the semi-final round, while the losing producer team eliminated one more contestant.
Indicates the winning performance, which advanced to the semi-final round.
Eliminated from the show through mic selection prior to this round.
Producer Team
Total Team Performance Money Earned (in ₩)
vs.
Producer Team
Total Team Performance Money Earned (in ₩)
Eliminated Contestant
Code Kunst x Paloalto
3,040,290
vs.
Dynamic Duo x Bewhy
2,812,040
Kaogaii
GroovyRoom x Justhis
5,268,010
vs.
Zion T. x Giriboy
4,665,430
Skyminhyuk
Indicates the winning producer team, all of whose contestants advanced to the semi-final round.
Indicates the losing producer team, which was required to eliminate one contestant at the end of the round.
Round Seven: semi-final performances
The top 8 contestants were paired up for the semi-final round. At the end of the first live performances, MC Kim Jin-pyo presented eight cards with each card representing one contestant. From there, he selected four cards that had bonuses in them, indicating that the contestant called in would have a chance to pick his/her opponent for this round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, like with the previous round, the show's producers held an open online application prior to this round in which they selected a limited number of people, in addition to previously eliminated rappers, to serve as live audience members and voters for this round. Each of the eight semi-finalists had a solo performance with a guest performer(s). Similar to the first Live Performances round, the same two-round voting process occurred in this round. The contestant who received more performance money after two rounds of voting against their match-up advanced to the finals, while the loser got eliminated. In the event that all contestant(s) in one team lost in their respective match-up(s), their entire producer team was eliminated from the show.
Khundi Panda - Hero (ft. Justhis & Golden) (Prod. GroovyRoom)
3,502,980 - 3,158,670
Indicates the winning performance and will advance to the final round.
Eliminated from the show. If all contestant(s) in one team lost their respective match-ups, their entire producer team is eliminated as well from the show.
Round eight: final performances and special performances (live episode)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's final round had pre-recorded performances, with a live announcement of performance results and season winner based on voting results from both the pre-finals online evaluation team (60% of the votes) and live SMS voters (40% of the votes). Prior to the final episode, the show's producers established a pre-finals online evaluation team where they selected people to serve as virtual audience members and voters for this round. They had a chance to watch and vote for the pre-recorded performances three hours before the final episode was aired.[20] The four finalists also met up the night prior to the final round to determine their order of performances.[21] The final round was divided into two parts: the first part of the finals featured all four finalists each having a solo performance with a special guest performer(s). After all four finalists performed, a two-round voting process from both the pre-finals online evaluation team and live SMS voting was held, and the performance ranking based on the pre-online votes was announced. In the second part of the finals, the four finalists each had one last performance with the producer(s) and/or with a special guest performer(s), with the same two-round voting process and announcement of performance ranking held after the final performances. The contestant who earned the most cumulative performance money from both the pre-finals online evaluation team voters and live SMS voters in all two performances was the season's champion, receiving ₩100,000,000 in cash, a sports car, and the launch of a one-year project label for their music activities, totaling up to ₩500,000,000. The final episode also included special performances from eliminated contestants with their songs included in this season's official discography.
2nd and 3rd Runner-Ups The contestants were 2nd and 3rd Runner-Ups.
ALL-PASS The contestant received an All-Pass on both the first and second judging during the second round.
ALL-PASS + FAIL The contestant an All-Pass in the first judging but received at least 1 fail after the second judging during the second round.
3 PASS The contestant received 1 fails during the second round.
3 PASS + FAIL The contestant received 1 fail in the first judging, and at least 1 fail in the second judging during the second round.
2 PASS The contestant received two fails during the second round.
2 PASS + FAIL The contestant received 2 fails in the first judging, and at least 1 fail in the second judging during the second round.
1 PASS The contestant only received one pass during the second round.
FAIL + PASS/FAIL The contestant initially received an All-fail, Fail + Pass/Fail, or 4 All Pass/Fail scores in the second round, but was revived to join their respective producer team.
ELIM The contestant was eliminated (or in Owen's case, the contestant voluntarily left the show at the end of the round).
WON The contestant's crew won during the Triple Crew Battle.
WON The contestant's crew won during the Soundtrack Battle.
WON The contestant's producer team won the Team Diss Battle.
The contestant did not participate in this round.
WON/WON The contestant won their individual match-up, and their producer team won the team match-up during the 1st Live Performance Round. WON/LOST The contestant won their individual match-up, but their producer team lost the team match-up during the 1st Live Performance Round. LOST/WON The contestant lost their individual match-up, but their producer team won the team match-up during the 1st Live Performance Round. LOST/LOST The contestant lost their individual match-up, and their producer team lost the team match-up during the 1st Live Performance Round. Italicized - The contestant originally advanced and made it to the final Top 24, but voluntarily left the show.
Controversies
Owen: In an official statement by MKIT RAIN on October 19, 2020, he, alongside 4 other MKIT RAIN artists, admitted to smoking marijuana in 2019. On October 20, it was announced that he has dropped out of the show. Due to this, Mnet decided to edit him out completely by blurring him starting from episodes 2 to 5, and in episode 6 it showed that he did not perform in the Soundtrack Battle, indicating that he dropped out of the show at this point. Mnet also announced that episode 1 of the show has been removed and re-edited.[22]
Lobonabeat!: On October 20, 2020, he had posted controversial Instagram stories regarding the legalisation of marijuana and criticised famous Korean rappers for not getting caught by the law for using marijuana. The Instagram stories were then later deleted. Although his a cappella rap was not aired, Mnet announced that he will be edited out of the show as a result of the now recently deleted Instagram stories and his past criminal record of selling illegal drugs.[23][24]
^ abcdeContestant Owen originally advanced to the next round. However, he dropped out of the show after being involved in a marijuana usage scandal with four other MKITRAIN members. Due to this, the show's producers decided to edit him out effective from the 60-second Team Trials until his official departure from the show after the Triple Crew Battle Round. (See Controversies Section)
^Although officially eliminated from the show, the show's producers decided to edit out contestant Lobonabeat! following his now deleted Instagram post regarding the legalisation of marijuana and criticism of famous Korean rappers for not getting caught by the law for using marijuana. (See Controversy section)
^Swings is the only contestant this season that the hidden rule did apply on. Also known as the Swings' judging rule, it is a hidden rule introduced by him in season 777 where a rapper currently signed under the company of one of its producer team's judges will receive a fail by that producer team at the start of his/her rap to avoid favoritism in judging. Producer Justhis is signed under Swings' label Indigo Music, and therefore had to fall him at the beginning of the round.
^Swings is the only contestant this season that the hidden rule did not apply on. Also known as the Swings' judging rule, it is a hidden rule introduced by him in season 777 where a rapper currently signed under the company of one of its producer team's judges will receive a fail by that producer team at the start of his/her rap to avoid favoritism in judging. Producer Giriboy is signed under Just Music and WeDaPlugg Records, and therefore had to fall him at the beginning of the round.
^ abContestant Juvie Train was initially selected by Team GroovyRoom x Justhis as one of the Bottom Three contestants, but was then chosen as one of the Crew Leaders after avoiding elimination.
^ abRapper and season 4 contestant Sik-K was also credited for his contributions in the composition and lyrics of this song.
^As a result from Owen's departure before this round, Team GroovyRoom x Justhis will only eliminate one contestant from the losing team, while the remaining two members advance to the next round and will be included in this season's official discography
^ abBoth Cho Soon-young Crew's "Kick It" and Wonstein Crew's "Freak" use the same instrumental produced by SLOM. With Wonstein Crew winning the soundtrack battle, they get to keep "Freak" as their song title, with their crew members and lone Cho Soon-young Crew member Skyminhyuk's lyrics included in the song.
^The beat Khundi Panda used in this Team Diss match-up is the instrumental from Superbee's "SuperbeewhY" from season 777, which featured Bewhy
^Contestant Mushvenom originally had a song of the same title released in 2019.
^Contestant Khakii imitated Lil Boi by wearing a suit similar from the Officially Missing You music video.
^Contestant Lil Boi also had a version of this song in season 4 as part of Team AOMG.
^Contestant Swings used the instrumental of this song for his two diss tracks, namely "King Swings" and "Hwang Jung-min (King Swings Part 2)" as part of "The Control Diss Phenomenon" in August 2013. These two diss tracks were released against Ugly Duck, TakeOne, Deepflow (for the King Swings diss track), and Simon Dominic (for the Hwang Jung-min diss track) respectively. Within that same month, Team Dynamic Duo x Bewhy Producer and Amoeba Culture founder/artist Gaeko also used this beat to release his diss track "I Can Control You" against its former artist and Supreme Team member E-Sens. Hence, it was highlighted in the beginning of the Swings vs. Skyminhyuk match-up that Gaeko had flashbacks of The Control Diss Phenomenon during that year.
^In their Team Diss match-up, contestant Skyminhyuk wore a chef suit, similar to what Swings wore in his music video "Usain Bolt".
^The live performance includes a guitar solo from No Brain's guitarist VOVO.
^The live performance involves DJ play by DJ SMMT.
^ abContestant Chillin Homie was unable to participate in the Team Rehearsals one day before the 1st Live Performance round due to panic disorder. He elaborated through his Instagram account that he felt a lot of pressure to perform better as he is participating in the show for the third straight season. As a result, he felt more depressed, leading to frequent panic attacks throughout the season and memory loss which happened a day before the shooting of this round. He was informed that the memory loss makes him at risk of getting Alzheimer's disease in which he is worried about. After consulting with his GROOVL1N CEO Ravi and team producer Giriboy about his situation, he decided not to continue in this round, thus leading to his official elimination from the show.
^The live performance features back-up singers featured Kim So-ri, Kwon Eun-jin & Yoon Jin-woo, and back-up dancers from HOLYBANG, Star System, and Alterego dance groups
^The phrase "고독하구만" literally means "What a sad life." This phrase was initially used by Mushvenom and Mirani in reference to the unfortunate circumstances they had to face during the Triple Crew Battle and Soundtrack Mission Rounds. However, the song title's meaning and lyrical content changes with the word "고" (pronounced as "go/ko" in Hangul) means "Go" and the word "독" (pronounced as "dok" in Hangul) means toxic or venom (just in his rapper name Mushvenom), and it can also mean "determined" in Korean. The description of the song is "being determined in order to go forward". Hence, the song is titled "Godok"
^The live performance features masked appearances from Mushvenom’s friends “Pretty Girl” and “Simpson”
^This is the fourth release of the Bad News Cypher Edition. Prior to this, Rapper and season 2 contestant TakeOne released the original "Bad News Cypher" in 2012. In 2018, he released the second installment of song titled "Bad News Cypher 1/2" featuring contestant Lil Boi as part of the MICSWAGGER BPM series. In 2019, a remix version of the Bad News Cypher titled "Bad News Cypher vol. 1 (vv2 remix) was released and it featured Lil Boi, TakeOne, Don Malik, and GroovyRoom x Justhis producer Justhis.
^With this collaboration, the long-standing beef between Swings and Simon Dominic dating back in 2013 has officially ended.
^Mushvenom's song Let's See was released earlier in 2020
^An earlier version of the song “Go” was first performed by Mushvenom during the fifth season of MIC SWAGGER in 2019 with the show's host and fellow season 9 contestant JJK.
^This song also includes sample vocals from Team Dynamic Duo x Bewhy producer Bewhy when he screamed "Lil Boi" after passing the 60-Second Team Trials.
