Steve Yoo(유승준) - Another Day Mini Album Thoughts(K-Hiphop)

    Steven Yoo also known as Yoo Seung Jun is a singer that was very popular in the 90s until the late 2000s  when he was involved in a scandal where he became an American citizen to escape South Korea's military service. He was born in South Korean but moved to America at an early age. South Korean government deemed Yoo a deserter of the country then banned him for many years, only letting him back in the country for his family member's funeral. Yoo has apologized constantly on various media to the point that it has become very pitiful. It's not like every single netizen ever planned to forgive him anyway. China became his safe heaven where he continued to be in entertainment. Another Day is the singer's first comeback in years. The mini album was to be released last year but was delayed out of fear of backlash.

	TÍTULO		DURACIÓN
	Another Day		3:37
	People Don't Know		3:21
	Rat-A-Tat-(Tat) [feat. TOY]		3:35
	Califonia (feat. Pinnacle)		3:19

   Another Day is an album that has music that is Steve Yoo's answer to the war that he has had with himself over the years. Each song has a piece of the realization that he has done all the repenting that he could do. There will be people who will accept him back while others will continue to call him a coward online. Another Day is the named after the title track of the same name. The pop ballad number signals an emotion of new beginnings with the score's piano intro and med tempo beat that compliment Yoo's voice though it's rise and falls in dynamics. Each component fits harmoniously together including a lyrical meaning about a new beginning of learning to love himself again. People Don't Know is a rap song with a flavor of Hip Hop mixed with electro pop describing Yoo's thoughts as he picks himself up off the ground. In reality, most people know how he tried to make things right. It's more like hateful people don't give a fuck. I liked the switch up between rapping compared to Another Day, also the track had a more current vibe of the music for today's times. Rat-A-tat-tat(tat) was just another rap song that gives an American hip hop style straight from California. The featured rapper really added a street hood sound that's not often heard in Korea. Mostly because Korean born rappers never had the American ghetto life experience….. They play pretend like they about that life though. California is a more brighter version of Another Day with a tropical pop production. Very good decision to end the album on a high note. I'm all for Steve's feelings of liberation.

  This new album was a revisit of all the talents that Steve Yoo keeps under his sleeve or in that muscle bound body. His vocals are crystal clear like his long break rejuvenated Yoo's energy as an artist. South Korea is really missing out on an amazing artist that paved the way for a lot of the Kpop groups out here being successful today. BTS included…..

   I loved the hell out of this mini album. My only gripe is that the album was too short. Yoo should've came back with a full album and really made people mad…. Alright. Let me stop teasing y'all now.[INSERT ME LAUGHING.]