DCInside had a survey from 11th through 18th with “a male idol member who will succeed most as solo” as topic, and Taeyang received 2335 votes out of 10,084 (23.2%), thus he was placed as first.

- SR was feeling red-eyed that YB & DAE got their solo shines, so YG gave him a solo, & the outcome was STRONG BABY. yea that’s right lol

Message From YG as you all know, GD released his version of "look only at me, part 2″. MR. YG clears all your frustrations up & gives you this explanation: YG apparently knows all that goes on, as he is aware of the many complaints from VIPZ about the whole "copying YB's song" YG, Teddy, & Kush's reaction was basically a "...?????" wouldn't VIPZ be happy to have updates one news coming out? he clears up the fact that GD initially didn't want his version to be released, but YG insisted. THE TRUTH WAS... when Teddy & Kush originally composed the song, they thought the best BB member that would match the 'bad boy' lyrics would be GD. & he did, in fact, record this song about the same time as YB. BUT... since YB was working on his solo album at the time, & really liked the song after hearing it, arrangements were made to have the song be released with YB's mini-album. "you may think that the attention will shift towards GD instead of YB, but having this release would actually boost attention towards the original version. both parties gain attention, regardless, & GD gets the PM."

JIYONG was selected as one of the TOP 8 A-LISTERS WHO INFLUENCED 2008. he’s like the youngest of the bunch