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For The Moment (2004)

Where the lyrics of For The Moment take you, and where it was really made.

Wheesung's third album fused his R&B ballad voice with hip-hop and club sounds, and its title track came to stand for that shift.

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Wheesung established himself as a traditional R&B ballad singer after his debut
On this album he tried a wider range of genres to expand his musical spectrum
Produced in the early 2000s, when the combination of hip-hop and R&B was gradually spreading in Korean popular music
The trend of the era is reflected across the whole album
Club-music elements and an urban sound set it apart from his earlier works
Includes track interlude skits so that the album plays as one continuous flow

1	Intro	1:14
2	탈피	3:25
3	누구와 사랑을 하다가	4:28
4	내 눈물보다	4:28
5	불치병	3:42
6	하나가 더해진 생일	4:38
7	Skit Part 1. 박.갑.성. Vs 삼오십오 (일산 집으로 가다가)	2:19
8	Corea new school 제비 스딸	3:11
9	7 Days	3:37
10	사랑은	4:37
11	Skit Part 2. 삼오십오 VS 박.갑. (광주여고로 가다가)	2:24
12	Clubbin'	3:58
13	She's Beautiful	3:41
14	일생을 (Remake)	4:33
15	Dear My Friend	3:54
16	Outro	1:40
17	It'z Time (Thanx to Masta Wu)	6:25

Choi Whee-sung, known as Wheesung, was born February 5, 1982 in Seoul.
He began his career in 1997 as a member of backup dance team ING.
In 1999 he joined the short-lived boy group A4 but left after its first album, citing musical differences.
He then sang briefly as vocalist for rock band MAME and took part in the MBC College Music Festival in 2000.

In 2000 he signed with M Boat, a former sister company of YG Entertainment, and trained vocally for several years.
His debut solo album Like A Movie (2002) won public popularity and critical acclaim, with praise from Seo Taiji and Shin Seung Hun.
His debut song "Can't I" won several awards, including the Golden Disc Award for new artist of the year.
His second album It's Real (2003) made him the best-selling artist in Korea that year and broadened his sound to pop and hip-hop.
He left YG Entertainment in 2006 and signed with Orange Shock Agency, then moved to POP/UP Entertainment in 2009 and YMC Entertainment in 2011.
He was discharged from military service in August 2013 after enlisting in November 2011.
In 2017 he founded the independent label Realslow Company and began performing as Realslow, a name he had used as an underground singer.
He was found dead at his Seoul home on March 10, 2025, at age 43; his death was not attributed to foul play.

Described as a work that shows Wheesung's musical maturity
Read as a work reflecting the mid-2000s trend of Korean popular music through the combination of R&B and hip-hop
The balance of emotional ballads and rhythm-driven tracks is treated as a key feature of the album
Title track 불치병 pairs an emotional vocal with a hip-hop beat and is regarded as representing the changed musical direction of the time
Its mix of a traditional R&B vocal style with hip-hop and club elements is seen as a clear departure from the singer's earlier works

The arrangement that places emotional ballads alongside rhythm-centred tracks is regarded as one of the elements that later influenced the direction of Korean R&B
Seen as a work that shows the growing fusion of hip-hop and R&B in Korean pop of the period
Its wider range of genres is considered a sign that the singer's music had grown in scope
The album is regarded as an attempt to move beyond the traditional R&B ballad singer image Wheesung had built after his debut
Its acceptance of Black-music-based R&B and hip-hop while keeping a Korean emotional sensibility is noted as a defining quality