Romanian hip hop

Romanian hip hop

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.

List of performers/bands

*Ad Litteram
*Aforic ("Constanţa")
*Anonim ("Bucharest")
*Bitză ("Bucharest")
*Basarab Kartel("r.MOLDOVA,or BENDER")
*BUG Mafia ("Bucharest")
*Brugner ("Bucharest")
*Cast ("Bucharest")
*Cumicu ("Cluj Napoca, neighbourhood of 'Marasti')
*C.I.A. ("Craiova")
*C.T.C. ("Bucharest")
*Da Hood ("Bucharest") [http://www.dahood.ro Official Da Hood website]
*Deceneu, member of Baza De Agreement ("Tecuci")
*Fratziman ("Timişoara")
*Funktastics
*Ghetto Dacii ("Bucharest/Buzău/Tecuci")
*KaTaNa ("Bucharest") / [http://www.trupakatana.com Official KaTaNa website] / [http://www.myspace.com/katanaro Official KaTaNa MySpace]
*K-Gula ("Bucharest")
*KST
*Codu' Penal
*Morometzii ("Bucharest")
*O Bere si un Cui ("Bucharest") [http://www.myspace.com/oberesiuncui OBC MySpace]
*Paraziţii ("from Colentina neighbourhood of Bucharest")
*Pacha-Man ("Timişoara")
*R.A.C.L.A. ("Bucharest") [http://www.racla-online.ro R.A.C.L.A. website]
*RapArta ("Bucharest") [http://www.myspace.com/rapartaonline Raparta Myspace]
*SkizZo Skillz ("Timişoara")
*Spike
*Sotto Inteso
*La Familia [http://la-familia.ro Official La Familia website]
* [http://mosh.ro The Mosh]
*Tranda ("Constanţa")
*U.S.M. (Underground Sound Masters)
*Verbal ("Râmnicu Vâlcea")
*Verdikt ("Bucharest")
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritasaga Veritasaga] [http://www.veritasaga-online.ro Official Veritasaga website]
*Vexatu Vexx ("Bucharest")
*Zale ("Bucharest") [http://www.zale.ro Official Zale website]
*Zombie Thc (Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoca)

External links

* [http://www.hadesrecords.com Hades Records]
* [http://www.nschoolmedia.com Romanian hip hop: Discographies and rappers]
* [http://radionecenzurat.com/ A Romanian hip hop radio station, one of several]
* [http://www.racla-online.com/media/Primii%2010%20ani%20de%20hip%20hop.pdf An ebook, "The first 10 years of Hip-Hop in Romania"(in Romanian)]

Basarab Cartel ( Moldova , or Bender )


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