Bronson Price | |
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Born | Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Years active | 2013–present |
Labels | Liiightside |
Bronson Price, [1] known professionally as Melodownz, is a New Zealand MC, rapper and urban poet from Avondale, Auckland. Debuting in 2013, Melodownz has released solo projects including Beginners Luck (2014), Avontales (2017) and Melo & Blues (2018), as well as collaborative extended plays with Angelo King, IllBaz and Raiza Biza.
Melodownz was raised in Avondale by his Samoan Catholic grandmother, English grandfather and his mother. [2] [3] He has Samoan, Pākehā and Ngāpuhi heritage. [4] Melodownz debuted as a musician in 2013, [5] composing reggae/hip-hop songs inspired by his upbringing. [4] He released his debut album Beginners Luck in 2014, [6] and followed this with an extended play as half of the Young Gifted and Broke hip-hop duo Third3ye alongside Angelo King, 3P (2016). [6]
In 2017, Melodownz released the hip hop EP Avontales, [7] and in 2018 released two projects: a collaboration EP High Beams with IllBaz and Raiza Biza, featuring musicians including Teeks and Che Fu, [8] and the double-EP Melo & Blues. [9] Melodownz won the award for Most Promising Artist at the 2019 Pacific Music Awards. [4]
In 2020, Melodownz began Kava Corner, a YouTube interview series where Melodownz interviews New Zealand media personalities and celebrities such as broadcaster John Campbell, boxer Joseph Parker and musician Benee while sharing kava. [10] [11] He was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards. [12]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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NZ [13] | |||||||
Beginners Luck |
| — | |||||
Lone Wolf |
| 21 | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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NZ Artist [15] | |||||||
3P (among Third3ye) |
| 10 | |||||
Avontales |
| — | |||||
High Beams (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza) |
| 13 | |||||
Melo & Blues |
| 17 | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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NZ Hot [20] | NZ Hot Artist [21] | ||||||
"8Ight 2Wenty 8Ight" [22] | 2016 | — | — | Avontales | |||
"The Anthem (Intro)" [1] (featuring Bailey Wiley) | 2017 | — | — | ||||
"One More" [6] (featuring Israel Starr) | — | — | |||||
"$on of a Queen" [4] | — | — | |||||
"Live Stream" [8] (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring Teeks) | 2018 | — | 16 | High Beams | |||
"Outchea" [23] (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring Dirty) | — | 20 | |||||
"Red Wine" [24] (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring High Høøps) | — | 11 | |||||
"Peace $igns, Gang $igns" [25] | — | 15 | Melo & Blues | ||||
"$moke" [26] (featuring Villette) | — | 8 | |||||
"No Mercy" [27] (featuring Denzel Curry) | 2019 | 19 | 6 | Non-album singles | |||
"Fine" [28] | 2020 | 16 | 1 | ||||
"Big Deals" [29] (featuring Diggy Dupé) | 35 | 8 | |||||
"Money" [5] | 2021 | 11 | 1 | Lone Wolf | |||
"Pray for More" [30] (featuring Lisi & Mikey Dam) | 2022 | 21 | 1 | ||||
"Slow Jamz" [31] | — | 11 | |||||
"Loot" [32] (featuring Maxo Kream) | — | 9 | |||||
"Bad" [32] | — | 14 | |||||
"Lingo" (featuring Bleu and Ant Clemons) | 30 | 8 | |||||
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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NZ Hot [20] | NZ Hot Artist [21] | ||||||
"Indigenius" [33] (Jono Das and Angelo King featuring Melowdownz) | 2014 | — | — | The Lion & the Lotus | |||
"Bad Luck & Handcuffs" [33] (Jono Das featuring Melodownz & Badcrop) | 2015 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"Pull Up" [34] (K+Lab featuring Melodownz & Mustafa Akbar) | 2016 | — | — | The Worldly's | |||
"Lips" [35] (Noah Slee featuring Melodownz) | — | — | Otherland | ||||
"Under the Sun" [36] (Latinaotearoa featuring Melodownz) | 2018 | — | 17 | Influencis Et Collabis | |||
"Good Juju" [37] (K+Lab featuring Melodownz) | — | — | The Booty Galactic | ||||
"Let's Kick It" [38] (Poetik featuring Melodownz) | — | 15 | Hamofied | ||||
"Take Me to Your Leader" [39] (Yoko-Zuna featuring Melodownz) | — | — | Voyager | ||||
"Out Here Alive" [40] (Kings featuring Melodownz) | 37 | 5 | Two | ||||
"Sugar" [41] (Bailey Wiley featuring Melodownz) | — | 6 | Bailey Wiley EP | ||||
"Spend It" [42] (TY featuring Melodownz) | 38 | 4 | Non-album single | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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NZ Hot [20] | NZ Hot Artist [21] | ||||||
"Let Me Loose" [43] (Rizván and Melodownz) | 2013 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
"Cool Like Dat" [44] (Rizván, Melodownz and Diggy Dupé) | 2016 | — | — | ||||
"Hot $auce" [45] | 2017 | — | 14 | ||||
"Infinite" [9] (featuring Coops) | 2018 | — | 12 | Melo & Blues | |||
"To Live and Die in AD" [46] (Choicevaughan featuring Melodownz) | 2019 | 30 | 4 | Deuce | |||
"Pai / Fine" [47] | 2021 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Other artists | Album |
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"Run" | 2014 | Rizván, Tom Scott, Yané | Tō E La'ā (Sunset) |
"Light Side" | Jay Knight, Raiza Biza | 1/8/94 | |
"Stick Up Kid II" | Jay Knight, Bailey Wiley | ||
"Stick Up Kid III" | Jay Knight, Bailey Wiley | — | |
"Splended Tears" | 2015 | Yoko-Zuna | This Place Here |
"Idfwu" | 2017 | Yayne | Simple Pleasure |
"Attenchun" | Rizván, Freddie Bish | Neverland | |
"One More" | 2018 | Israel Starr, NRG Siring | Israel Starr presents The Producers Chair, Vol. 2 (Neo90sfunkadelicsouldub) |
"Ride Out" | JessB | Bloom | |
"Off the Top" | SWIDT, Diggy Dupé, JessB, Rizván | Stoneyhunga: The Bootleg EP | |
"How Much Fruit?" | 2019 | Troy Kingi | Holy Colony Burning Acres |
"Heart on Fire" | Louis Baker | Open | |
"Trust (Remix)" | Diggy Dupé, Rizván, Poetik, Redd x Rozay, Church & AP | — | |
"Vailima Bottle." | 2021 | Poetik, Lucky Lance | Poetik Justice. |
"Ain't the Same" | Diggy Dupé, Choicevaughan, P. Smith, Summer Vaha'akolo | The Panthers | |
"Kong" | Diggy Dupé, Choicevaughan, P. Smith |
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