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Bronson Price, 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.
Biography
Melodownz was raised in Avondale by his Samoan Catholic grandmother, English grandfather and his mother. He has Samoan, Pākehā and Ngāpuhi heritage. Melodownz debuted as a musician in 2013, composing reggae/hip-hop songs inspired by his upbringing. He released his debut album Beginners Luck in 2014, and followed this with an extended play as half of the Young Gifted and Broke hip-hop duo Third3ye alongside Angelo King, 3P (2016).
In 2017, Melodownz released the hip hop EP Avontales, and in 2018 released two projects: a collaboration EP High Beams with IllBaz and Raiza Biza, featuring musicians including Teeks and Che Fu, and the double-EP Melo & Blues. Melodownz won the award for Most Promising Artist at the 2019 Pacific Music Awards.
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. He was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ | |||||||
| Beginners Luck |
| — | |||||
| Lone Wolf |
| 21 | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZArtist | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZHot | NZHotArtist | ||||||
| "8Ight 2Wenty 8Ight" | 2016 | — | — | Avontales | |||
| "The Anthem (Intro)" (featuring Bailey Wiley) | 2017 | — | — | ||||
| "One More" (featuring Israel Starr) | — | — | |||||
| "$on of a Queen" | — | — | |||||
| "Live Stream" (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring Teeks) | 2018 | — | 16 | High Beams | |||
| "Outchea" (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring Dirty) | — | 20 | |||||
| "Red Wine" (IllBaz + Melodownz + Raiza Biza featuring High Høøps) | — | 11 | |||||
| "Peace $igns, Gang $igns" | — | 15 | Melo & Blues | ||||
| "$moke" (featuring Villette) | — | 8 | |||||
| "No Mercy" (featuring Denzel Curry) | 2019 | 19 | 6 | Non-album singles | |||
| "Fine" | 2020 | 16 | 1 | ||||
| "Big Deals" (featuring Diggy Dupé) | 35 | 8 | |||||
| "Money" | 2021 | 11 | 1 | Lone Wolf | |||
| "Pray for More" (featuring Lisi & Mikey Dam) | 2022 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| "Slow Jamz" | — | 11 | |||||
| "Loot" (featuring Maxo Kream) | — | 9 | |||||
| "Bad" | — | 14 | |||||
| "Lingo" (featuring Bleu and Ant Clemons) | 30 | 8 | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZHot | NZHotArtist | ||||||
| "Indigenius" (Jono Das and Angelo King featuring Melowdownz) | 2014 | — | — | The Lion & the Lotus | |||
| "Bad Luck & Handcuffs" (Jono Das featuring Melodownz & Badcrop) | 2015 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Pull Up" (K+Lab featuring Melodownz & Mustafa Akbar) | 2016 | — | — | The Worldly's | |||
| "Lips" (Noah Slee featuring Melodownz) | — | — | Otherland | ||||
| "Under the Sun" (Latinaotearoa featuring Melodownz) | 2018 | — | 17 | Influencis Et Collabis | |||
| "Good Juju" (K+Lab featuring Melodownz) | — | — | The Booty Galactic | ||||
| "Let's Kick It" (Poetik featuring Melodownz) | — | 15 | Hamofied | ||||
| "Take Me to Your Leader" (Yoko-Zuna featuring Melodownz) | — | — | Voyager | ||||
| "Out Here Alive" (Kings featuring Melodownz) | 37 | 5 | Two | ||||
| "Sugar" (Bailey Wiley featuring Melodownz) | — | 6 | Bailey Wiley EP | ||||
| "Spend It" (TY featuring Melodownz) | 38 | 4 | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZHot | NZHotArtist | ||||||
| "Let Me Loose" (Rizván and Melodownz) | 2013 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Cool Like Dat" (Rizván, Melodownz and Diggy Dupé) | 2016 | — | — | ||||
| "Hot $auce" | 2017 | — | 14 | ||||
| "Infinite" (featuring Coops) | 2018 | — | 12 | Melo & Blues | |||
| "To Live and Die in AD" (Choicevaughan featuring Melodownz) | 2019 | 30 | 4 | Deuce | |||
| "Pai / Fine" | 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 | — | |
| "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 |