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European Hip-hop
European hip hop refers to hip hop music and culture originating from Europe. Emerging in the 1980s following the genre's popularity in the United States, European hip hop has evolved into a diverse and influential musical movement. It encompasses a wide range of styles and subgenres, reflecting the continent's varied cultural landscapes and the experiences of both ethnic nationals and immigrant communities. Notable regional scenes include British hip hop and grime, German hip hop featuring both ethnic German and Turkish artists, and French hip hop, which has undergone several distinct eras of development. Other countries such as the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, and Romania have also produced significant hip hop scenes, each with its own unique characteristics and prominent artists. By region Northern Europe Denmark Hip hop music in Denmark has seen significant growth in popularity over the past fifteen years, beginning with Danish-language acts such as MC Einar and Rockers by ...
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Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ...
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Konvicted
''Konvicted'' is the second studio album by Senegalese-American singer-songwriter Akon. It was released on November 14, 2006. The album features collaborations with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Styles P and T-Pain. ''Konvicted'' debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 284,000 copies in its first week. It was later certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also resulting Akon's best selling album worldwide. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Background The album's title refers to Akon supposedly spending three years in prison from 1999 to 2002 for being part of an auto-theft ring. Akon discussed the making of the album in a 2022 track-by-track video. Talking about its music he said: “When I first started in the music business I started as a producer. But as a producer I was also a ghost producer. ''Konvicted'' was a way of merging all o ...
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Gettomasa
Aleksi Lehikoinen (born November 22, 1993), better known by his stage name Gettomasa, is a Canadian-born Finnish rapper. He won the Finnish battle rap championship in 2012. He released his debut album ''Vellamo LP'' in 2014 with Finnish music producer Ruuben. His first solo project ''Chosen One'' was released in 2016. Life and career Lehikoinen was born in Montreal, Canada in 1993 to Finnish parents. He moved to Finland as a child, and spent most of his childhood in the Kortepohja district of Jyväskylä. He has been very open about his troubled childhood and growing up with his abusive alcoholic father. He discussed their problematic father-son relationship on the track ''Pelkuri'' (The Coward) Lehikoinen is a high school dropout but graduated from a vocational school in 2015. Early life Lehikoinen was six years old when he was introduced to rap music by his cousin. He started creating music at the age of 17, and in 2012, he won the Finnish battle rap championship. Begi ...
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JVG (band)
(; formerly known as Jare & VilleGalle) is a Finnish rap duo made up of Jare Joakim Brand (born 8 October 1987) and Ville-Petteri Galle (born 4 October 1987). Their style is often referred to as sport rap. Both Jare and Ville are passionate athletes and originally became famous for their unique and comical sports-themed songs, where they rapped about ice hockey, soccer, doping, Finnish sportspeople (such as Jari Litmanen and Teemu Selänne), snus and playing NHL video games. Some of their comedic lyrics are thought to be incomprehensible to those not from East Helsinki as much of their music adopts slang from the Eastern part of the Finnish capital. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, JVG held a virtual reality concert on the first of May in a simulated version of Helsinki, with estimated attendance somewhere from 700,000 to over 1,000,000. Discography Albums Singles Featured in VilleGalle was also featured in on: *2008: "Katkerat savut" by Hulabaloo (''Sirkusteltt ...
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Mikael Gabriel
Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman (born 25 February 1990), professionally known as Mikael Gabriel or MG, is a Finnish rapper. He has released six solo albums and appeared as a featured guest on songs by artists such as Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. In 2016 Mikael Gabriel made his acting debut in a horror film '' Bodom'', inspired by the 1960 Lake Bodom murders, and also appeared in the Antti Jokinen film ''Pahan kukat''. He participated in the fifth season of the music reality television series ''Vain elämää'' and was one of the judges on the second season of the Finnish version of ''X Factor'' in 2018. On 10 January 2024, he and Nublu were announced as one of the participants of '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024'', the Finnish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Vox populi". Mikael Gabriel's father was a Swedish-speaking Finn and his mother, Liidia, is Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a cou ...
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Eevil Stöö
Tommi Liikka, professionally known as Eevil Stöö, is a Finnish rapper. In addition to his solo work, he is also one half of the rap duo Siniset Punaiset Miehet. Career Eevil Stöö's first album ''Pinkkibikinihinkkichiksi'' was released in 2002, but it was his 2011 album ''Stöö of Destruction'' that first brought him commercial success. Produced entirely by DJ Kridlokk Kristo Laanti, professionally known as DJ Kridlokk, Khid, Krid or DJ Kridmanne, is a Finnish rapper and record producer. His career took off in 2005 when he released an album ''Maanalaisella saundilla'' with a fellow rapper Lommo. On 18 May 2011 ..., the album peaked at number 24 on the Official Finnish Album Chart. On 20 July 2012 Eevil Stöö and a fellow rapper Koksukoo released the album '' Fuck Vivaldi''. In the first week of its release, the album debuted at number one on the Official Finnish Album Chart. It was later nominated for an Emma Award in the category of the best Hip Hop / Reggae / Urban ...
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Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of Dance music, dance and Pop music, pop with influences of disco, post-discoSmay, David & Cooper, Kim (2001). ''Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears'': "... think about Stock-Aitken-Waterman and Kylie Minogue. Dance pop, that's what they call it now — Post-Disco, post-new wave and incorporating elements of both." Feral House: Publisher, p. 327. . and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be Record prod ...
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Raptori
Raptori was a Finnish rap group, formed in 1989 in Hyvinkää. They were pioneers of Finnish rap music. Raptori were aggressive and humoristic at once, often using counter-intuitive rhymes. During the last years of the 1990s dozens of new Finnish rap groups appeared but Raptori was among the first. Raptori's first album, '' Moe!'', was highly successful, selling over 80 000 copies and yielding a number one single (on the Finnish chart) "Oi Beibi". After their second album Raptori broke up (or at least left the scene) they came back in 2000 and released their third album. The band made yet another comeback in 2010 and released a new compilation album ''Sekoelma'' which included one new song and two remixes of old songs. In the mid-1990s, Ismo Tapio Heikkilä and Juho Peltomaa formed a band called Allekirjoittanut with Tommi Lindell. They have released one album, '' Generation Å.'' A fellow Raptori member, Tero Tapio Kaikkonen, also appeared on that release. Members * ...
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Petri Nygård
(born February 1974), better known by his stage name Petri Nygård, is a Finnish rapper and singer. He is also known under alias Dream (in rap duo Nuera) and as Travis Bicle. He has gained notoriety for his sexually explicit and misogynistic lyrics and his provocative stage shows (which often include nude women, pyrotechnics, drunk fans and giant inflatable vagina sculptures). His lyrical themes often focus on alcohol, parties, sex, women, pornography, hangover, masturbation, dissing Finnish celebrities and satirizing popculture and phenomena. Early life Laurila is of Sweden Finns, Sweden-Finnish origin: he was born in Kristianstad, Sweden, to Finnish parents and spent his childhood in Sweden. After serving briefly in the army, he moved to Chicago and eventually to Finland, residing in Tampere and Helsinki. He found initial success in his online release ''Vitun Suomirokki'' in 2000 on Poko Rekords going platinum with sales of 17,000 copies. The follow-up single entitled "Kan ...
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Sámi Languages
The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia). There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the Sámi languages, including ''Sámi'', ''Sami'', ''Saami'', ''Saame'', ''Sámic'', ''Samic'' and ''Saamic'', as well as the Endonym and exonym, exonyms Lappish and ''Lappic''. The last two, along with the term ''Lapp'', are now often considered pejorative. Classification The Sámi languages form a branch of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family. According to the traditional view, Sámi is within the Uralic family most closely related to the Finnic languages (Sammallahti 1998). However, this view has recently been doubted by some scholars who argue that the traditional view of a common Finno-Sam ...
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Amoc (rapper)
Mikkâl Antti Morottaja (born 1984 in Inari, Finland), known by his stage name Amoc ( ; an acronym for Aanaar Master of the Ceremony)Blomqvist Tatu; Halkiluoma Maria. Translated by Mervi Hämäläinen''Festival News'' - ''Rapping in the Inari Sámi language'' 9 March 2007. Archived frothe originalon 3 April 2015. is a Sámi rapper. He is noted for rapping in the severely threatened language of Inari Sámi. He was named as Finland's Young European of 2007. Biography Amoc is of ethnic Finnish as well as Sámi descent. In addition to rapping in Inari Sámi, Amoc has also taught the language at various times at schools in Inari.''Amoc is rapping the Sámi language onto the map''
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Redrama
Lasse Mellberg (born 2 October 1977), better known by his stage name Redrama, is a Finnish rapper. He made a breakthrough in 2003. Redrama, who performs primarily in English, but also in Swedish and Finnish was part of a hip-hop group Alien Allies which also included the Norwegian Paperboys and Madcon. Redrama won the English-language Finnish championship of rapping in 2001 and he also won the Finnish Grammy ( Emma) award for The Best Hip Hop Album in 2005. His first EP, ''Redrama EP'', was released in 2001. The EP included seven tracks and it was released by Incredible Productions. In 2002, Redrama signed a recording contract with Virgin UK and his debut album, ''Everyday Soundtrack'', was released in 2003. His second studio album, ''Street Music'', was released two years later. In 2005, Redrama won an EBBA Award. European Border Breakers Awards is presented annually to ten emerging artists or groups who have reached audiences outside their own countries with their first inte ...
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