| Bronson Price | |
| Birth Place: | Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
| Label: | Liiightside |
| Associated Acts: | Third3ye, Israel Starr, Bailey Wiley, IllBaz, Raiza Biza, Rizván, Tom Scott, Jay Knight, Diggy Dupé, Choicevaughan |
Bronson Price, 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.
Melodownz was raised in Avondale by his Samoan Catholic grandmother, English grandfather and his mother.[1] [2] 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,[3] 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.[4] [5] He was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards.[6]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ [7] | ||||||||
| Beginners Luck |
| — | ||||||
| Lone Wolf |
| 21 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Artist [9] | ||||||||
| 3P |
| 10 | ||||||
| Avontales |
| — | ||||||
| High Beams |
| 13 | ||||||
| Melo & Blues |
| 17 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [14] | NZ Hot Artist [15] | |||||||
| "8Ight 2Wenty 8Ight"[16] | 2016 | — | — | Avontales | ||||
| "The Anthem (Intro)"[17] | 2017 | — | — | |||||
| "One More"[18] | — | — | ||||||
| "$on of a Queen"[19] | — | — | ||||||
| "Live Stream"[20] | 2018 | — | 16 | High Beams | ||||
| "Outchea"[21] | — | 20 | ||||||
| "Red Wine"[22] | — | 11 | ||||||
| "Peace $igns, Gang $igns"[23] | — | 15 | Melo & Blues | |||||
| "$moke"[24] | — | 8 | ||||||
| "No Mercy"[25] | 2019 | 19 | 6 | rowspan="3" | ||||
| "Fine"[26] | 2020 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| "Big Deals"[27] | 35 | 8 | ||||||
| "Money"[28] | 2021 | 11 | 1 | Lone Wolf | ||||
| "Pray for More"[29] | 2022 | 21 | 1 | |||||
| "Slow Jamz"[30] | — | 11 | ||||||
| "Loot"[31] | — | 9 | ||||||
| "Bad" | — | 14 | ||||||
| "Lingo" | 30 | 8 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot | NZ Hot Artist | |||||||
| "Indigenius"[32] | 2014 | — | — | The Lion & the Lotus | ||||
| "Bad Luck & Handcuffs" | 2015 | — | — | |||||
| "Pull Up"[33] | 2016 | — | — | The Worldly's | ||||
| "Lips"[34] | — | — | Otherland | |||||
| "Under the Sun"[35] | 2018 | — | 17 | Influencis Et Collabis | ||||
| "Good Juju"[36] | — | — | The Booty Galactic | |||||
| "Let's Kick It"[37] | — | 15 | Hamofied | |||||
| "Take Me to Your Leader"[38] | — | — | Voyager | |||||
| "Out Here Alive"[39] | 37 | 5 | Two | |||||
| "Sugar"[40] | — | 6 | Bailey Wiley EP | |||||
| "Spend It"[41] | 38 | 4 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot | NZ Hot Artist | |||||||
| "Let Me Loose"[42] | 2013 | — | — | rowspan="3" | ||||
| "Cool Like Dat"[43] | 2016 | — | — | |||||
| "Hot $auce"[44] | 2017 | — | 14 | |||||
| "Infinite"[45] | 2018 | — | 12 | Melo & Blues | ||||
| "To Live and Die in AD"[46] | 2019 | 30 | 4 | Deuce | ||||
| "Pai / Fine"[47] | 2021 | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| 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 |