Romanian hip hop
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Romanian hip hop is currently growing in popularity in Romania. The sound is similar to that of Latin Rap and Spanish acts. The main theme is politics, based on anti-system protest, and social, underlining the rich-poor gap and the low quality of the new, post-Communist, enriched class. Bucharest is the main center, since most of other groups/rappers from outside the city would still come there for recording.
Once dominated by B.U.G. Mafia (Bucharest Underground Mafia), the market is currently the fiefdom of La Familia,Bitza, Zale and Paraziţii. An important moment in Romanian hip hop history was the support Morometzii gave to Traian Băsescu and his centrist political alliance during 2004, through the anti-system (in fact against the then-ruling Social Democratic Party) songs România, trezeşte-te! ("Romania, wake up!") and În luptă cu Puterea ("Fighting the Power").
2006 was a great year for Romanian hip hop, especially for the underground scene. Independent labels as Hades Records or Facem Records finally got out of the box with albums that soon reached the stores at a national level. Also a big step in the evolution of Romanian hip hop was the Summer Jam 2006 hip hop festival that took place in Bucharest. Created and supervised by Hades Records/Hades Events, Summer Jam was the first of its kind and size in Romania, uniting more than 20 artists and bands over 2 days of show, including DJ contests, breakdance shows, streetball contests and a lot of high quality hip hop. The producers of the show said that much more is to be expected for 2007's edition.
[edit] List of performers/bands
- 1-Q Sapro
- Ad Litteram
- Aforic (Constanţa)
- Anonim (Bucharest)
- BUG Mafia (from Pantelimon neighbourhood of Bucharest)
- Barac
- Bitză (Bucharest)
- Brugner (Bucharest)
- Byga (Craiova)
- Ca$$a Loco (Bistriţa)
- Cast (Bucharest)
- C.I.A. (Craiova)
- C.T.C. (Bucharest)
- Codu' Penal (Ploieşti)
- Chrom (Bucharest)
- Chucho (Bucharest)
- Da Hood (Bucharest) Official Da Hood website
- Deceneu, member of Baza De Agreement (Tecuci)
- Don Baxter (Bucharest)
- Epitaph (Bacau) Epitaph MySpace
- Explicit (Bucharest)
- Felie (Brasov)
- Final (Timisoara)
- FloWEED (Teleorman,Barcelona,Zaragoza)
- Fratziman (Timişoara)
- Fără Limită (Bucharest)
- Funktastics
- Ghetto Dacii (Bucharest/Buzău/Tecuci)
- Grasu XXL (Bacau)
- Grizle (Bucharest) Site-ul de MySpace al lui Grizle
- H-Sonor
- Honey (Bucharest)
- Il-Egal (Bucharest)
- KaTaNa (Bucharest) / Official KaTaNa website / Official KaTaNa MySpace
- K-Gula (Bucharest)
- Kris (Bacau) Kris MySpace
- KST
- La Familia (Balta-Albă/Sălăjan, Bucharest)
- Marijuana (Bucharest)
- M&G (Bucharest)
- Morometzii (Bucharest)
- O Bere si un Cui (Bucharest) OBC MySpace
- Paraziţii (from Colentina neighbourhood of Bucharest)
- Nane ("Orsova")
- Pacha-Man (Timişoara)
- Phossilah (Bucharest)
- Puterea Cuvântului
- R.A.C.L.A. (Bucharest) R.A.C.L.A. website
- RapArta (Bucharest) Raparta Myspace
- SkAB (Craiova)
- SkizZo Skillz (Timişoara)
- Spike
- S.M.M.O.G. (Galaţi)
- Sotto Inteso
- Tempesta Crew (Bucharest) Official Tempesta Crew MySpace
- The Mosh (Craiova)
- Tranda (Constanţa)
- Phane (Bucuresti)
- U.S.M. (Underground Sound Masters)
- Verbal (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
- Verdikt (Bucharest)
- Veritasaga Official Veritasaga website
- Vexatu Vexx (Bucharest)
- Zale (Bucharest) Official Zale website
- Skinny (Alba Iulia)
[edit] External links
- Hades Records
- Romanian hip hop: Discographies and rappers
- A Romanian hip hop radio station, one of several
- An ebook, "The first 10 years of Hip-Hop in Romania"(in Romanian)
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