Melodownz
Musical artist
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Bronson Price,[1] known professionally as Melodownz, is a New Zealand rapper, poet and singer 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.
Bronson Price | |
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| Born | |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Label | Liiightside |
Biography
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, rapper Scribe 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]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| "MeloDub (828)" | 2024 | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artists | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "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 | N/a | |
| "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 | N/a | |
| "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 |