# Dynamic Duo (South Korean duo)

Dynamic Duo (Korean: 다이나믹듀오; RR: Dainamikdyuo; 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 | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR MIAK | KOR Circle | Sales |
| Taxi Driver | Released: May 17, 2004 Label: Gap Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette | 7 | — | KOR: 57,587 |
| Double Dynamite | Released: October 26, 2005 Label: Gap Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette Track listing "Intro" "Go Back" (featuring Choi Jung-in) "Stop" "Retire" (featuring Massive tone, DJ Friz) "What's Going On" "Let's Go" (featuring Sixpoint) "It's Alright" (featuring Brown Eyed Soul, Gary, Jeon Je-deok) "Funk the World" (featuring Lee Juck, Microdot) "F*** You" (featuring Tiger JK, Juvie Train) "Skit" "서커스" (featuring Dok2, Ro Hong-chul) "Love Is" (featuring Yoon Mi-rae, Kwon Ki-bum) "I Know" (featuring Paloalto) "그림자" "Bad News Is Coming" (featuring BMK) "덩덕쿵 – Remix" (featuring P-Type, The Quiett) "Sad Cafe" (Fractal Robotic Duo Remix) | — | — | |
| Enlightened | Released: May 31, 2007 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD | 2 | — | KOR: 38,860 |
| Last Days | Released: August 21, 2008 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, cassette Track listing "Intro 'Last Dayz'" "Gilmak" "Solo" (featuring Alex) "Mother's Soulfood" (featuring Ra.D) "Trust Me" (featuring Supreme Team) "On the Beach" (featuring Park Jin-young) "Make Up Sex" "Want You Back" (featuring 0CD) "Good Love" (featuring Kim Bum-soo) "Don't Say Goodbye" (featuring J) "Give Me the Light" "Lemmings" "Father" (featuring Ra.D) "Breath" (featuring Sean2slow) | 5 | — | KOR: 24,133 |
| Band of Dynamic Brothers | Released: October 7, 2009 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Dynamic Sinsa Rangers" "Get Money" (featuring Kang San-eh) "One More Drink" (featuring 0CD) "Keep the Change" (featuring Gary, Bumkey) "Guilty" "Be My Brownie" (featuring Bumkey) "Biggestmagicalvision" "FIreworks" "Sauna" (featuring E-Sens) "Moonstruck" (featuring Simon Dominic) "The Toong Bros" (featuring Topbob) "Ugly" "Apoptosis" "Spring Time" (featuring Kim C) | — | 46 | |
| Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 | Released: November 25, 2011 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Digilog Intro" "Forever Young" (featuring Beenzino) "Girl" "In the Line of Fire" (featuring Mad Soul Child) "Lost One" "Sleep Disorder" "Friday Night" "Precious Love" (featuring Jinbo) "Great Expectation" | — | 6 | KOR: 9,961 |
| Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 | Released: January 4, 2012 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Go Hard!!" "Check This Out!!!" (featuring Yankie, Yabul) "Without You" "Innocent Prisoner" "Misunderstood" (featuring Simon Dominic, Hangzoo) "Namsan Woman" (featuring UV) "Be..." "Art of Love" "Outro" "Art of Love – Primary Remix" | — | 1 | KOR: 8,265 |
| Lucky Numbers | Released: July 1, 2013 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Return of the Kings" "Three Dopeboyz" (featuring Zion.T) "Skit #1" "Life Is Good" (featuring Crush, DJ Friz) "Baaam" (featuring Muzie) "Airplane Mode" (featuring Winterplay, Simo) "Lee Dae Ho" (featuring Supreme Team, DJ Friz) "Shoot – Goal In" "Hot Wings" (featuring Hyolyn) "Good Morning Love" "Tragedy Part 2" "Crime Scene" (featuring Jung Jae-il) "Shin Dong Yeop" | — | 2 | KOR: 11,739 |
| Grand Carnival | Released: November 17, 2015 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Oksang" "How You Doin'?" (featuring Dean) "J.O.T.S" (featuring Nafla) "Title Song" (featuring Verbal Jint) "Jam" "Yayouhwe!" (featuring Zico) "Baby Don't Go" (featuring Lydia Park) "Dodoripyo" "Juminsingo" (featuring Sway D) "Eat Pray Love" "Waiting for Exhale" | — | 12 | KOR: 2,025 |
| Off Duty | Released: November 26, 2019 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "2040" (featuring myunDo) "Desperado" "Career High" (featuring Paloalto, Nafla, Chancellor) "Blue" (featuring Crush, Sole) "Return" (featuring Thama) "Massacre" (featuring Beelzebub the Killer) "Livin' the Life" (featuring Verbal Jint) "Please Baby Don't" "MSG" (featuring Penomeco) "GoodFellas" (featuring Swings) "Hemi's Room" (featuring Oh Hyuk) "Flash" | — | 33 | |
| 2 Kids on the Block | 2 Kids on the Block – Part.1 Released: June 23, 2023 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download Track listing "Intro" (narrated by Lee Byung-hun) "19" "All Day" "Pied Pipers" (featuring DJ Friz) | — | 98 | KOR: 1,032 |
| 2 Kids on the Block | 2 Kids on the Block – Part.2 Released: August 28, 2023 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download Track listing "Hunt" (featuring Psick University) "Tear Drops" | — | 98 | KOR: 1,032 |
| 2 Kids on the Block | 2 Kids on the Block – Part.3 Released: March 28, 2024 Label: Amoeba Culture Formats: CD, streaming, digital download Track listing "911" (featuring Tabber) "Dramatic" (featuring Huh) "Fly or Die" (featuring Crush) "Love Myself" (featuring Bewhy) "Pitapa" (featuring pH-1, Junny) | — | 98 | KOR: 1,032 |
| "—" denotes album did not chart. |||||

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | WW | Sales (DL) | Album |
| "Resume" (이력서) feat. Lisa | 2004 | — | — | — | Taxi Driver |
| "Thinner" (신나? (우리가 누구?) | 2004 | — | — | — | Taxi Driver |
| "Insomnia" (불면증) feat. Bobby Kim | 2004 | — | — | — | Taxi Driver |
| "Ring My Bell" feat. Naul | 2004 | — | — | — | Taxi Driver |
| "Go Back" (고백) feat. Jungin | 2005 | — | — | — | Double Dynamite |
| "Fugitive" (도망자) | 2006 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Attendance Check" (출첵) feat. Naul | 2007 | — | — | — | Enlightened |
| "Heartbreaker" feat. Kim Jong-wan | 2007 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Solo" feat. Alex Chu | 2008 | — | — | — | Last Days |
| "Gone" feat. Joohee | 2008 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Beyond the Wall" feat. Supreme Team | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sorry" (미안해) | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Guilty" (죽일 놈) | 2009 | 63 | — | — | Band of Dynamic Brothers |
| "Girl" (해뜰때까지만) | 2011 | 4 | — | KOR: 972,965 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Friday Night" (불타는 금요일) | 2011 | 15 | — | KOR: 1,285,969 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Without You" (거기서거기) | 2012 | 2 | — | KOR: 2,587,845 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Baaam" feat. Muzie | 2013 | 1 | — | KOR: 1,170,657 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Summer Time" (자리비움) | 2014 | 6 | — | KOR: 396,212 | Non-album singles |
| "AEAO" with DJ Premier | 2014 | 11 | — | KOR: 338,273 | Non-album singles |
| "SsSs" (싱숭생숭) feat. Lena Park | 2014 | 6 | — | KOR: 575,768 | Non-album singles |
| "Only for You" (너 하나만을 위해) | 2015 | 87 | — | KOR: 23,338 | Two Yoo Project Sugar Man OST |
| "Jam" (꿀잼) | 2015 | 3 | — | KOR: 351,064 | Grand Carnival |
| "Highfive" with Primary | 2016 | 23 | — | KOR: 82,045 | Non-album single |
| "Lucky" (좋겠다) | 2016 | 90 | — | KOR: 19,375 | The Sound of Your Heart OST |
| "Nosedive" (기다렸다 가) feat. Chen | 2017 | 2 | — | KOR: 624,801 | Non-album singles |
| "Bongjeseon" (봉제선) feat. Suran | 2018 | 38 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hemi's Room" (북향) feat. Oh Hyuk | 2018 | 18 | — | — | Off Duty |
| "MSG" (맵고짜고단거) feat. Penomeco | 2019 | 80 | — | — | Off Duty |
| "Flash" (그걸로 됐어) | 2019 | 140 | — | — | Off Duty |
| "You" (혼자) with Chen | 2020 | 105 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "She Gonna Stop" (시간아 멈춰) featuring Leellamarz | 2022 | 180 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "AEAO" with DJ Premier | 2023 | 96 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Smoke" with Lee Young-ji | 2023 | 2 | 198 | — | Street Woman Fighter2 (SWF2) Class Mission |
| "Pitapa" (피타파) featuring pH-1 and Junny | 2024 | — | — | — | 2 Kids on the Block |
| "Take Care" | 2025 | 152 | — | — | Non-album single |

### Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales (DL) | Album |
| "Lost One" (막잔하고 나갈게) | 2011 | 34 | KOR: 358,504 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "In the Line of Fire" (사선에서) feat. Mad Soul Child | 2011 | 45 | KOR: 322,210 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Forever Young" (살발해) feat. Beenzino | 2011 | 52 | KOR: 234,567 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Sleep Disorder" (수면장애) | 2011 | 54 | KOR: 228,535 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Precious Love" feat. Jinbo | 2011 | 58 | KOR: 208,435 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Great Expectation" (남자로서) | 2011 | 68 | KOR: 188,776 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Digilog Intro" | 2011 | — | KOR: 59,546 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 1/2 |
| "Be..." (참고 살아) | 2012 | 20 | KOR: 482,809 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Misunderstood" (오해) feat. Simon Dominic, Hangzoo | 2012 | 36 | KOR: 259,284 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Namsan Woman" (남산워먼) feat. UV | 2012 | 39 | KOR: 238,214 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Art of Love" (사랑의 미학) | 2012 | 46 | KOR: 210,860 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Check This Out!!!" (제끼자) feat. Yankie, Yabul | 2012 | 51 | KOR: 152,620 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Innocent Prisoner" (혹으로 알아) | 2012 | 53 | KOR: 153,114 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Go Hard!!" (확가게) | 2012 | 56 | KOR: 148,977 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Art of Love" (사랑의 미학) Primary remix | 2012 | 89 | KOR: 67,905 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Outro" | 2012 | — | KOR: 60,601 | Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 |
| "Three Dopeboyz" (쌔끈해) feat. Zion.T | 2013 | 5 | KOR: 499,591 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Hot Wings" (날개뼈) feat. Hyolyn | 2013 | 11 | KOR: 471,729 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Life Is Good" (거품 안 넘치게 따라줘) feat. Crush, DJ Friz | 2013 | 12 | KOR: 303,914 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Return of the Kings" (진격의 거인 둘) | 2013 | 13 | KOR: 280,967 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Lee Dae-ho" (만루홈런) feat. Supreme Team, DJ Friz | 2013 | 18 | KOR: 226,290 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Airplane Mode" feat. Lee Joo-han, Hyewon, Simo | 2013 | 27 | KOR: 165,188 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Shoot - Goal In" (슛 골인) | 2013 | 30 | KOR: 161,942 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Shin Dong-yeop" (가끔씩 오래 보자) | 2013 | 32 | KOR: 162,517 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Good Morning Love" (아침사랑) | 2013 | 33 | KOR: 153,132 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Tragedy Part 2" (비극 Part 2) | 2013 | 39 | KOR: 137,251 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Crime Scene" (범죄야 범죄) feat. Jung Jae-il | 2013 | 40 | KOR: 140,707 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Skit #1" | 2013 | 50 | KOR: 102,261 | Lucky Numbers |
| "Animal" with DJ Premier | 2014 | 84 | KOR: 33,623 | Non-album single |
| "Picnic" (야유회) feat. Zico | 2015 | 23 | KOR: 97,964 | Grand Carnival |
| "Give It" (있어줘) feat. Lydia Park | 2015 | 30 | KOR: 92,807 | Grand Carnival |
| "Eat and Sleep" (먹고하고자고) | 2015 | 33 | KOR: 92,852 | Grand Carnival |
| "If Winter Comes" (겨울이오면) | 2015 | 36 | KOR: 79,016 | Grand Carnival |
| "How You Doing?" (요즘어때?) feat. Dean | 2015 | 38 | KOR: 72,826 | Grand Carnival |
| "Title Track" (타이틀곡) feat. Verbal Jint | 2015 | 41 | KOR: 62,847 | Grand Carnival |
| "On The Roof" (옥상에서) | 2015 | 55 | KOR: 36,469 | Grand Carnival |
| "J.O.T.S." feat. Nafla | 2015 | 63 | KOR: 35,099 | Grand Carnival |
| "Dodolipyo" (도돌이표) | 2015 | 80 | KOR: 29,671 | Grand Carnival |
| "Residents Reported" (주민신고) feat. Sway D | 2015 | — | KOR: 23,932 | Grand Carnival |
| "—" 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 | Won |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2022 | Rookie Award in Show and Variety Category | Listen-Up | Nominated |
| Gaon Chart Music Awards | 2018 | Song of the Year – January | "Nosedive" (with Chen) | Nominated |
| Golden Disk Awards | 2007 | Hip Hop Award | "Attendance Check" (출첵) | Won |
| Melon Music Awards | 2012 | Top Ten Artists | Dynamic Duo | Nominated |
| Melon Music Awards | 2012 | Best Rap/Hip Hop | "Without You" | Won |
| Melon Music Awards | 2013 | Artist of the Year | Dynamic Duo | Nominated |
| Melon Music Awards | 2013 | Top Ten Artists | Dynamic Duo | Won |
| Melon Music Awards | 2013 | Album of the Year | Lucky Numbers | Nominated |
| Melon Music Awards | 2017 | Best Rap/Hip Hop | "Nosedive" (with Chen) | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2004 | Best Hip Hop Video | "Ring My Bell" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2006 | Best Hip Hop Video | "Go Back" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2006 | Best Music Video | "Go Back" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2007 | Best Music Video | "Attendance Check" (출첵) | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2007 | Best Music Video | "Complex" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2007 | Best Hip Hop Performance | "Attendance Check" (출첵) | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2008 | Best Music Video | "Solo" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2008 | Best Hip Hop Performance | "Solo" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2009 | Best Hip Hop Performance | "Guilty" | Nominated |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2013 | Best Rap Performance | "BAAAM" | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2017 | Best Collaboration | "Nosedive"(with Chen) | Won |