Non US Hip-Hop. How do you feel about it?

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I actually recently took a trip to France, and French hip hop is... not good. Sounds like it's from the 90s. I heard a lot of record scratches.
 
What about Hip Hop from Sweden? Never been a big Hip Hop listener but Looptroop and all it's members (+their solo projects) are pretty high in my favourite artists ever. I kind of prefer their older more oldschool/political/critical stuff but the new stuff is okay as well.

Looptroop - The Struggle Continues
Looptroop - Last Song
Looptroop - Chana Masala
Looptroop - Joseph

solo stuff
Promoe - Off the record this was used in way too many graffiti videos back in the old days
Promoe - Kkkampain
Embee - Magnetism
Casual Brothers - People


Also Curse from Germany, always loved his lyrics. Also really like him live like at the record release party he did for his last record last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjaDP2UvA8
 
Always irks me that Teriyaki Boyz are known for the song that was in Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, instead of something more deserving from their discography.

A song from the same album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJm7ZPmQ96s

Also had a pretty great song with Busta Rhymes, as well as a fantastic track with Ad Rock that I can't find on YouTube unfortunately. Curious, check out Serious Japanese by Teriyaki Boyz, seriously good album.

Sadly, still waiting for a new album from Teriyaki Boyz.

Kurita's post has reminded me of Shakkazombie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3dQX2bmhc
 
I always thought that MC Solaar sounded great on the track he did with Guru, but I could never get into his own stuff.
I think part of the issue is that US hip-hop culture has been a huge influence on black culture in western nations as a whole, so it feels like non-US hip-hop is often just a pale reflection of the 'real' thing.
 
Rosvoja Torilla said:
I've grown to like Finnish rap maybe even more than US. It's a fairly new thing here. Of course it's been around since the 80's but the main language (for Finnish rap) was English until the 2000's. It was a common conception that English is the only valid language for Hip-Hop music. Luckily that view was proven wrong.

We have good producers and rappers nowadays even though we tend to borrow (copy) loads of shit from the States. Both in sound and topic. Finnish rap has no market value anywhere else. Our language sounds god-awful to outsiders.
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evil stöö is simply brilliant. Musta Barbaari is pretty good as well. :)


Guess I'll link some of my fav non-US hiphop:

French:
Sans Pression - Derriere mon Sourire

Russian:
Gamora (Serezha Mestniy) - Veneno

Japanese:
Michita - Be Quiet Mr. feat. 将絢 (Romancrew)
Michita - クモリナキアメ (featuring Meiso)
EVISBEATS feat. 田我流 - ゆれる


Mongolian:
Click Click Boom - Хар Цагаан
Tatar - Busdiin hairiig hundel

Korean:
Ignito - Rhapsody of the Devil
Revenans (ignito & dazdepth) - Manifesto
Poetic License - Life Shit
더 콰이엇(The Quiett) - People Love Yesterday
 
I used to be a big non-US hip-hop fan. I listened to hip-hop from many countries, and all of it was in their native languages. I preferred it that way when listening to hip-hop in non-English speaking countries. There was something enticing about how different languages sounded when spoken in rapped rhymes and going by the rhythm and beat.

Fettes Brot - Definition von Fett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIJd1kVa6ck

That's my favorite non-US hip-hop music video.
 
Love non us hip hop. Got fed up with all the people rapping about how much money they had... even if it was their first ever single and they are shooting a video down the street from their moms house lol. In general just got bored of it all in general.

Find it interesting to see where and when hip hop creators outside the US got their influence. People who clearly grew up listening to the mid 90's stuff has hints of it all over it for the music they make ect.
 
Fjordson said:
MF DOOM and Slick Rick are legends.

This MC Solaar track is pretty classic also.
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I didn't know MF Doom and Slick Rick were originally from another country. Thanks for the knowledge.

For UK rap I haven't found anyone really solid yet, I sort of like Roxxxan and Lady Leshurr is a guilty pleasure sometimes.

My favorite rapper outside of the US though is Blitz The Ambassador who is Ghanian. His album Afropolitan Dreams made it into my top ten albums last year.

I also found a South African rapper earlier this year by the name of Yugen Blakrok that is more of a gothic/ Afrofuturist rapper. I recommend "House of Ravens" from her.

MC Melodee is also another good one. She's from the Netherlands I believe and her style reminds me of those from the 80's.
Recommended Tracks: Discodip, Sugar for Me, and Don't Front

ChocQuibTown also released their best album out this year, El Mismo. They're a Columbian hip-hop group that integrates various types of Latin music like Salsa into their music.

Nneka is primarily a singer, but she also does some rap and have done tracks with Jay Electronica, Nas, Blitz The Ambassador, and Black Thought.
Recommended rap tracks: God Knows Why and Showin Love
Recommended vocals: The Uncomfortable Truth

There are many producers I enjoy outside of the US like 20syl and Cookin Soul.

There's also Butterscotch Clinton who I'm not entirely sure about her nationality, but for the past two of three years I know she's been living in Germany. She's a beatboxer, jazz musician, and rapper. I find her beatboxing to be outstanding and she's also a pretty decent rapper.

Recommended Tracks: American beatboxing championships and You Got Me Remixed

I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting about someone else.
 
zorlaczerohero said:
Just wondering. My favorite non US, non mainstream Hip-Hop tune.

I love UK Hip-Hop, some amazing stuff coming out. What do you appreciate whether American, Euro or whatever?

I bought the heartbreak hotel on my own, with no investors. Closed it down and opened the Fuck You, get over it, Bed and Breakfast.

I love any music with a social commentary,
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I don't really class Scroobius Pip as hip hop for some reason. But he's awesome. I love pretty much everything he's done. Seen him live a few times.

You should check out his Podcast, Distraction Pieces.
 
Use to listen to ALOT of French and Montreal Hip Hop. Amazing stuff


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TwEE-N-Toast said:
Well if you're American you kind of have a way of forcing your culture down the worlds throat. So don't be surprised when we mimic your shit in some ways.
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This.
In France, we had popular US Hip Hop singers/dancers/DJs coming here really often..here's an old ass show from 1984 with Herbie Hancock & GRAND MIXER DST/DXT (names that probably won't talk to any here now) :

https://youtu.be/cZ1mm_SPlA4?t=4m41s

even Afrika Bambaataa :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1DXszYiSFQ

So yeah, we knew about Hip Hop when it was still early in the US...and this was on main TV...
 
Wanchan said:
This.
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You and anyone else that agrees with that daft comment should be euthanized. The melting pot that is the USA isn't actually defined by the economic imperialism and hegemonic trials of a selective few with political powers over the history of the country.

You wish hip hop was being forced on your people like Arab democracy. That's fucking laughable. It was appropriated through cultural sympathies and veneration of the art. Full stop.

You both should feel embarrassed.
 
Been thinking about this thread an I'm disappointed I never went with Roots Manuva at first, but he's been posted so I'll go with another UK legend Rodney P

Rodney P - The Nice Up

And his old skool crew

London Posse

More recently he worked with Roots Manuva in the atrociously titled

Blacknificent Seven

Also from back in the day my personal favourite

Derek B

And from Manchester

Ruthless Rap Assassins

Kermit went on to Black Grape, Manmade and Big Dog

This fella is most famous for rapping on the KLF track What Time Is Love?

Outlaw Posse

So old skool you can't even get it on CD!

And this one for the nerds, because we're on a video game forum after all

DJ Yoda featuring Scroobius Pip - Sega RIP

Half American this one I suppose

Credit To The Nation

Signing off with Mark B & Blade

So yeah, I like non US(read UK) hip-hop.
 
I like some german rappers. When I was a teenager I even liked pseudo-gangster rap like Aggro Berlin and Bushido. Embarrasing.

But today I really like Blumio, Blumentopf and Absolutr Beginner. I also enjoy listening to the VBT entries. Particularly Battleboi Basti, Shliiwa and Vitality.
 
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