Def P & The Beatbusters

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Name = Def P & The Beatbusters


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Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 2001-2002
Origin = Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Betuwe, The Netherlands
Genre = Old school hip hop and 2 Tone (Ska)
Label = EMI
Current_members = Pascal Griffioen (Def P)
Johan Steevens
Marco van Krieken
Michel Steevens
Iwan de Lang
Wim van de Manacker
Vincent van Lent
Deegmeester Daan
Eric Dekkers
Jasper Moes
Paul van Doorn

Def P & The Beatbusters was a temporary Dutch music group consisting of rapper Def P of the Amsterdam old-school hip-hop band Osdorp Posse and ska band The Beatbusters from the rural Betuwe area of The Netherlands.

Def P started his solo career in 1999 with the album "Cryptokilostijl". During a concert at Lowlands he was accompanied by several musicians from The Beatbusters and they already discussed whether Dutch rap, ska and raggae could be combined and in September 1999 they performed four concerts in Italy together. [ [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/beatbusters.2090.html Dutch Pop Institute: Biography Beatbusters] (Dutch)(Accessed: Aug 8, 2006)] They decide to call the combination of the two styles "Skank-hop." Since both groups had their own label (Ramp Records and Boombax Music respectively) it was decided to put the combination at EMI.

History

In the Spring of 2001 the first single was launced called "Stad & Land" (City and country) to indicate that the music was also the combination of an urban rapper with a rural ska band. The single was moderately successful however did not chart and it wasn't their priority either, since it was meant as an introduction to a tour program. In the Autumn of 2001 the album "Aangenaam" (=Pleasant [The word "Aangenaam" is often used during an introduction and means "It's a pleasure to meet you."] ) was released which was produced by Frans Hendriks in Studio Zeezicht. From then on the number of bookings for performances increased and resulted in an extensive 18 month long tour.

The record label EMI saw commercial interest in further promoting the album given the success of the tour and released the single "Bubbelbad" (=Bubblebath). [ [http://www.ramp-records.nl/defbb/bio.html Official Def P & The Beatbusters site: Biography by Def P] (Dutch) (Accessed: Aug 8, 2006)] This song was a parody on the existing pop culture of all looks and no contents, however it is rumored that the extensive list of female singers (Vengaboys, TLC, Jennifer Lopez, All Saints, Cindy Crawford, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, etc. [ [http://www.ramp-records.nl/defbb/stadtekst.html#bubbel Official Def P & The Beatbusters site: Lyrics Bubbelbad] (Dutch with typos) (Accessed: Aug 8, 2006)] ) featured in the song is also a personal preference of Def P. The song became a hit and peaked at #11 [ [http://www.popinstituut.nl/discografie/def_p___beatbusters.10949.html Dutch Pop Institute: Discography Def P & The Beatbusters] (Dutch) (Accessed: Aug 8, 2006)] in the Top 40.

Because of this hit Def P & The Beatbusters was booked on the prestigious Pinkpop festival and many other festivals like Lowlands, Bospop and Uitmarkt followed. In the June 2002 a live double CD from the Pinkpop festival was released called "Wrijving" (=Friction) and a videoclip was made to promote the single.

In December 2002 the band stopped performing after 85 shows with a last sold-out concert and has gone its separate way again with Beatbusters and Osdorp Posse respectively.

Discography

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.defp-beatbusters.nl Official website]