![]() ![]() Many of the contestants, including Olltii, Woodie Go Child and Zene The Zilla, have appeared on the show at least once before. That said, the excessive number of reapplicants itself has not helped the show stay interesting. Familiar faces from SMTM777 (such as YunB and Slick O’domar, who established themselves as memorable characters last year) popping up only several episodes in is particularly disorienting, as it completely disregards last season’s narrative. At times the pacing has felt rushed and the editing strange, especially when contestants who have had no screen-time early on suddenly appear later. In any case, the show has lost some of its dynamism, with eliminations having very little tension or suspense. Perhaps the reduced break between seasons ( SMTM777 aired in September last year) has contributed to this sense of ennui. 40 Crew consists of familiar faces Swings, Mad Clown, Kid Milli and baby-faced producer Boycold, while the opposing BGM-v Crew consists of Verbal Jint, Giriboy, SMTM5 winner BewhY and Fanxy Child producer Millic. ![]() The main shake-up has been the division of teams instead of judges pairing up, this year’s roster has been split into two “crews” who will battle each other for the winner’s title. While SMTM777 shook things up with new rules and gimmicks, SMTM8 has unfortunately not maintained the same vibe of energy and revitalisation. Eight seasons in, this has become the only thing keeping the show from descending into déjà vu. While it seems like every single rapper in Korea has been on the show now, it’s a credit to the still-burgeoning local hip-hop scene that fresh blood continues to reveal itself on shows like SMTM. Over the years, the number of auditioning contestants has ballooned, from less than 2,000 in the initial seasons to over 16,000 in the latest. The show has returned every year without fail since it first capitalised on the rising hip-hop trend in 2012, becoming almost a rite of passage for up-and-coming talents to break into mainstream success. Finally, a good amount of likeability and charisma will tip public votes in your favour when the final rounds decide an overall winner. To win the show, you not only need to show your rap skills in the early rounds, but also ample hit-making ability in the later rounds where you work with producers to write original songs. While rap ability is its main criterion, for the contestants it’s just as much an exercise in songwriting, performance charisma, and general PR as it is rap prowess. ![]() If you’re unfamiliar with the show, Show Me The Money ( SMTM) is a programme produced by Mnet (responsible for Produce 101 and High School Rapper) which pits thousands of wannabe rappers against each other in a merciless competition to find the “best” rapper of them all. ![]() The show has been making and breaking Korean homegrown rap stars since its inception in 2012 seven years and approximately 70 episodes later, the survival programme still shows no sign of stopping. Less than nine months after the previous season of Mnet’s Show Me The Money crowned Korean-American rapper Nafla its winner, the long-running rap competition is back for its eighth season, with the first episode airing in late July. ![]()
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