He released it on Soundcloud for free in 2016 (August 15th 2016 to be exact), under the name "Agust D" (an abbreviation from Suga; his stage name and Daegu Town; his hometown) but later released it on Itunes in 2017. The "Agust D" Mix tape consist of 10 songs including a skit, intro and interlude. He also makes the video clip of two songs in the mix tape, tittle track "Agust D" and Give It To Me.
As a rapper it kinds of big achievement to released your own mix tape because you wrote, produced and composed all of the song in that Mix tape. You know RAP itself means "Rhyme and Poetry". Not only having bar or rhyme (or people usually think "talking fast"), a rapper should write their own verse, their own line, their own rap to be called "Rapper".
This mix tape has a lot of socially aware songs with meaningful lyric, for example :
1. Agust D (tittle track)
In this song, Suga talks about misconception of him being an "Idol" and falls into the K-pop category just because he's Korean. How he works hard and how he will always aim for the top.
2. 724148
In this song, Suga talks about the struggle and difficulties he faced as a producer (back then) in Daegu, how he had little money, how he gets into Bighit being auditioned as a rapper, and how his parent was against his career choice but he still pursue this path anyway.
3. The Last
OMG I'M SO FREAKING PROUD OF HIM :(((( in this song he really opens up about his social anxiety, the time he got hit by a car (during his trainee time, he get a side job as a delivery boy.. one day he got hit by a car, almost lost his life but then got fired from his job), also open up about his suicidal thought and overall his mental health, how he kept on hating his own self, comparing himself to others, keep killing his true self, how he didn't even recognize himself ("I don't even know my own self, so who can know me?"). In the last he also talks about how the sweetness of success that came after all this hardship he's been through gave him confidences to continue his life. I always get goosebumps every time I listen to this song T.T
4. 140503 At Dawn
In this songs, Suga talks about the hardship as a trainee, how his social phobia came up makes him has 0 connection, and how he's putting on a mask (his defensive posture) to cover/hide himself, his weakness, and his anxiety. Also talk about how strict the rule during his trainee life, prison with no freedom. "I pretend I'm not lonely, I pretend I'm not suffering, I pretend I'm okay for no reason, meaninglessly I pretend to be strong."
5. So Far Away
This song confronts a meaningless life without dream, being forced (by adult or parents) to pursue a certain path, the struggle to find a life purpose, while also giving hope to those who feels the same thing, telling them to pull together. "Even if a dream is so far away to reach, don't give up on chasing it."
Yoongi is a lyricist genius. I, acknowledge.
Ps: the lyric interpretation I got it from @aldornu on Twitter, added with my own opinion. We both are not a Korean so we only read translation.. so there might be something missed here.
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