Review: Rapper Dok2's 'Oh Yeah (Feel Good)' Could Be The Hottest Beat In Korean Hip-Hop Right Now [AUDIO]

Executives from the South Korean hip-hop label Illionaire Records knew what they were doing in releasing "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)," the new electrifying new single by rapper Dok2, on a Friday.

This song will get a party started immediately, no matter what language the crowd is speaking.

And while G-Dragon might be owning the Billboard K-pop charts right now, Dok2 is giving "Niliria," the Big Bang rapper's collaboration with hip-hop icon Missy Elliott, a run for its money as the hottest beat in Korean rap music right now.

Not since Beenzino's "Aqua Man" has a South Korean artist produced a beat with the crossover potential of Dok2's "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)."

Pick a rapper, any rapper--Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Common, Snoop, any of them would slay this beat.

Featuring the innovative cut-ups of Wu-Tang Clan rapper/producer the RZA, the melodic sped up sounds of a Kanye West production and the doo-wop samples of a classic Pete Rock beat, "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)" channels some of the best moments of East Coast hip-hop and jumbles them together to create a good old-fashioned dance floor banger.

Right from the opening strains of the chopped up intro, Dok2's new single ropes you in and keeps you there.

If you don't bob your head to this beat, you must have whiplash.

And if Dok2 doesn't knock it out of the park with the rhymes he delivers on the track, he hits a solid ground rule double.

In other words, it isn't the rapping that makes "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)" required listening for any Korean hip-hop fan, but it doesn't hurt.

As he drifts from machine gun rapping to a more laid back delivery, effortlessly slipping between English and Korean, Dok2 demonstrates he has the ability to hang with any of the best rappers in his native country.

But if he is going to be hitting us with beats like "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)" that are harder and more undeniably danceable than what American rap producers are creating on either coast, he is going to have to step up his game considerably.

With "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)" Dok2 is no longer competing with other South Korean rap artists, he's competing with the whole world.

Listen to "Oh Yeah (Feel Good)" from rapper Dok2 RIGHT HERE

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