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Daily Discussion Thread 12/24/2019 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 12/24/2019 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 12/24/2019

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 12:27 PM PST

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

This thread is for:

  • objective questions with right/wrong answers (e.g. "Does anyone know what is happening with MIXTAPE?", "What is the sample in SONG?")
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Travis Scott announces JACK BOYS out this week

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 03:05 PM PST

Compilation album for his label Cactus Jack

tweet

instagram teaser

Current roster includes:

  • Travis Scott
  • Sheck Wes
  • Don Toliver
  • Octavian
  • Luxury Tax
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[LEAK] Travis Scott - Highest In The Room (Original Version) [feat. Lil Baby]

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 02:53 PM PST

DaBaby Responds to Being Detained Last Night

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 11:48 AM PST

https://twitter.com/DaBabyDaBaby/status/1209558719849279488

Someone died last night while the police department wasting resources and officers to harass me in attempt to make a bad example out of me. When in reality, i'm the most positive example the city of Charlotte got. Especially for anybody in the streets of Charlotte and the KIDS.

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(DISCUSSION) Tyler, the Creator - Bastard (10 Years later)

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 04:19 PM PST

On December 25th, 2009, Tyler the Creator self-released his first album/mixtape "Bastard" for free online. The album was produced by Tyler himself using FL Studio and features appearances from Odd Future members such as Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis and Hodgy Beats.

The album was met with critical acclaim but also caused controvery among the Conservative Party in the UK, which led to Tyler getting banned from the UK. "Bastard" helped Tyler and Odd Future get significant exposure within the rap community and was an important step for internet-based independent/DIY music.

What are your thoughts on this album? Crazy how it's already been 10 years...

Tyler, The Creator - Bastard (YouTube Link)

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[FRESH VIDEO] Capital STEEZ - King Steelo

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 11:27 AM PST

What are the top 3 rap albums or mixtape of 2019?

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 06:47 PM PST

It can be albums or mixtapes. But the top 3 of 2019.

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Roddy Ricch Is Rap’s Quiet, Calculated New Star

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 08:34 AM PST

[FRESH] Teejayx6 - Merry XMAS

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 09:05 PM PST

[GAME THREAD] BLONDED HOLIDAY

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 08:24 AM PST

9AM LA / 12PM NYC / 5PM LDN.

just confirmed on apple music's twitter: https://twitter.com/applemusic/status/1209507442226352128?s=21

songs:

  1. Mariah Carey - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
  2. Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - Electricity
  3. Octo Octa - Deep Connections
  4. 645AR - I Want The Money (feat. SenseiATL)
  5. Shuggie Otis - Island Letter
  6. Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  7. The Christmas All Stars & Joseph Simmons - Santa Baby (feat. Salt-N-Pepa, Onyx, Snoop Dogg, P. Diddy, Keith Murray & Mase)
  8. TRU - Christmas in the Ghetto
  9. Machine Girl - Athoth a Go!! Go!!
  10. Solange - Almeda (feat. The-Dream & Playboi Carti)
  11. Dungeon Family - Follow the Light
  12. Laurice - Disco Spaceship
  13. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (Demo)
  14. Purple Mountains - Snow is Falling in Manhattan
  15. George Jones & The Jones Boys - Lonely Christmas Call
  16. Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas (Fan Club Mix)
  17. George Clanton - Livin' Loose
  18. Sleaford Mods - Discourse
  19. RP Boo - U-Don't No
  20. Headie One - Home
  21. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu
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Rapper Bvlly identified as victim of deadly shooting at Oshawa complex

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 05:08 PM PST

Q-Tip comes out at Roc Marciano show (Sony Hall 12/23)

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 06:40 AM PST

Benny The Butcher - "Broken Bottles" (prod. by The Alchemist) (Official Music Video)

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 04:45 PM PST

Paul Wall - "Sittin' Sidewayz"

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 08:40 PM PST

A guide to Romanian Hip-Hop

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 05:57 AM PST

In 1989 Romania went through a revolution and we finally got rid of communism. The youngsters back then started to import many thing from abroad, especially from USA, and hip-hop culture was no exception.

The beginnings

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B.U.G Mafia

In 1993 the first big rap group emerged and it was called R.A.C.L.A. Founded by Krash-X, Big Demo, Rimaru and Clonatu', Rimaru being one of the fastest rappers in Romania, check 2:25 for example. Also in 1993 another group was founded, called M&G which adopted more of a reggaeton style with songs like Să dansăm or Asalt Raggafonic. Today these groups are no longer making music, Rimaru released some songs a few years ago but that's it, they were popular in the 90's and early 2000's.

In 1994 the two biggest rap groups to this day in Romania appeared. First B.U.G Mafia or Bucharest Underground Mafia with it's members being Uzzi, Caddilac or Caddy and Tataee, considered to be the first gangsta rap group from Romania, ispired directly from N.W.A and other west coast groups from that time. Throughout the years, the group endured a long-standing controversy due to the explicit and confrontational nature of their lyrics. Focusing on subjects such as the post-communist romanian political class, poverty and crime in Romania's communist-built housing projects or their recurring hostility towards romanian police. Some well known songs from them consist of: După Blocuri, Străzile, Pantelimonu' Petrece, Un 2 și Trei de 0, Poezie de Stradă. To this day their songs are being played in nightclubs, at parties, in cars and sometimes they might throw some concerts, but the new wave of rappers are taking over, which I'll talk about later in this post. Se ridică în aer is one of their newest songs and it's a collab with a new wave rapper, Super Ed.

As I said above, in 1994 two of the biggest rap groups were founded, the second one being Paraziții. The group consists of Cheloo, Ombladon and FreakaDaDisk. This is one of their first songs, and it's translation is "Around" but if you merge "In" with "Jur" it says "Injur" which means I swear and as you can imagine it sounded bad, really bad and their lyrics let's say they were mostly swearing as the title suggests. But they got better over the years, and mostly in their songs they talk about poverty, police, drinking, politicians and hood life but it's very different from B.U.G Mafia and you can check for yourself: Din Colțul Blocului which talks about the hood life, drinking and not giving a f, Vicii which is a song about vices and how they affect everybody, Poliția Trece which is a newer songs and talks about, you've guessed it, police and how dumb they are, Bad Joke which is a song in english and I found it very funny. In Jos Cenzura they talk about censorship in our country but especially in the music industry and how their songs are not being played on radio or TV. Today Paraziții are still being listened to, they might still throw concerts and release some songs but again, the new wave is taking over and maybe the nostalgic ones will listen to them.

In 1996 another group appeared and took Romania by storm, called La Familia made of Sișu and Puya, ispired by the West Coast hip hop, they too had songs about the hood life which sounded in a more commercial way, let's say. To the end of the 90's romanian rap groups were divided too in East and West coast, and it had nothing to do with geography, but from which part they took inspiration. Mentored by fellow gangsta rap group B.U.G Mafia, they quickly emerged as one of Romania's most popular rap acts in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003, group member Sișu was sentenced to three years in prison after being arrested by the romanian police in a widely publicized drug-trafficking case. The group also lost the rights to its name after a public feud with former mentors B.U.G Mafia. Some of their most known songs are: Tuper de Borfaș, Vorbe, Viață Bună. They too released some songs recently, Dulce Răzbunare which talk about the new wave and that they're not true rappers.

The 2000's

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C.T.C

In the early 2000's hip hop in Romania started to decline because of the uprising of electronic and pop music across the country , the most well known groups remaining B.U.G Mafia and Paraziții, La Familia started to fade away because of the arrest of Sișu, but some new names apperead on the scene and by the late 2000's and early 2010's Romania had a big line up of rappers and finally some big solo artists which were inspired by the early groups and also by American rappers. This line up consisted of: Guess Who which was mentored by Paraziții but later had a beef with them and this is a song with them released in 2005. These are his most popular songs: Manifest, Onoare and Locul Potrivit.

Grasu XXL with songs that are still listened to this day, let's say that he released mostly club bangers like Turbofin, Fară Filtru, Tare Frate and Dă-te Mai Așa.

Another solo rapper which is popular to this day is Spike which was also affiliated with Paraziții but him too left the group. These are some popular songs from him: Drumurile, Scandal, Manele and Salcâmii.

In 2007 Guess Who and Grasu XXL started their own record label called Okapi Sound and released songs with some of the rappers from that time like: LaLa Song, Didaia.

Another group that was formed in the 2000's is CTC or Controlul Tehnic de Calitate, founded by Vlad Dobrescu, Deliric, Doc and DJ Paul. Most of their songs are not labeled as CTC but they mostly use their names in the title of a song and they too got their own record label called Facem Records. They're one of the biggest names in the rap scene in Romania being relevant today too and they got famous because they sounded different from the rap sound from that time. Some of their most popular songs are: Linii de Tramvai, Ceai, Globul de Cristal, SUD and Praf wihch is a diss track for Ombladon from Paraziții.

Deliric it's the most famous from this group and he's very popular in Romania, he has his clothing brand too called PORC which is popular among youngsters but his sound is very different and that's due to his affiliation with Silent Strike and I can recommend these songs: Ambrozie, $efu, Mâine, Zâmbim Fals, Independent.

Another popular rap group that influenced many teens in the late 2000's and early 2010's was Specii, mainly because they talked about drug abuse and that was something no other group was talking about at that time. It's members were Dragonu', Chimie and Gazah. The group no longer exists or it doesn't releases anyting, Dragonu' converted to a religious life after taking too many drugs and Chimie releases a song now and then or maybe a feature. But their songs influenced a generation and are still listened today, songs like: Dia'gnoza, Farmacia de la Colț, 4 ziua, Maimuțe de Stradă and a recent songs which talks about the drug abuse and how bad it made their lives Greșelile Tinereții.

The new wave

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Ian and Azteca

In 2014-2015 Romania experienced a new sound, of course inspired from USA, and I'm talking about trap. One of the first to experience this new sound was ȘATRA B.E.N.Z, a group founded by Lu-k Beats, their producer and it's members Killa Fonic, Keed, Super ED and Nosfe, but Killa Fonic left the group recently. At first they weren't received well by the audience, and that's because it was a complete new sound from what people were used to but they slowly started to catch up and let's say they paved the way for many new artists. Some of their early songs are: traparmy, Vocile and Vine Șatra and these are some newer songs BANK, Dubai and Bernabeu.

Nane, it's another famous rapper which switched to trap but he succeeded in doing it and it's one of the best from the new wave. His old songs sounded like this and this is him now with songs like: B.M.V, FRATE-MIU, CARTIERU' ARDE, NIKE UM.

Ian and Azteca are a duo who formed Ocult Records and they hopped on this new wave bringing the audience closer to the genre with songs like: Bag un Blunt, NEFIU, FLEXEZ, Player, Mili and Jared Leto.

Another popular rapper is Abi, which most people take as a joke or hate him because he's flexing in every video and in Romania it's something a person shouldn't do because most of the people here are poor, but his songs are catchy: [Papuci Gucci or Gucci Flip Flops, Rege pa România, ABILLI with Amuly which is associated with Satra B.E.N.Z.

Aerozen x Tussin are some young rappers which are starting to get popular with only 2 songs at the moment, Miliarde and Rechinii.

Yakki, another young one which is getting more and more popular, has some catchy songs too 6AM and PLUTO.

GOLANI, is a group that appeared in 2016 and they're pretty popular, and like Satra they first received hate because of the new sound but people like them now. The groups consists of OG Eastbull (the most famous from them), Shay, Alex Sosa and Mago del Blocco. GOLANI is a group founded in Italy by romanians living there and OG Eastbull got famous for some songs in italian. Some of their songs consist of GOLAN REMIX, Miami, A.C.A.B. and the most recent one from OG Eastbull, Nane and Tovaritch CONTACTU .

As I said above, recently Killa Fonic left Satra B.E.N.Z and started a solo career, which is very successful and it's very appreciated by the public, with songs like: Nimeni, Richie Rich, DVNS, Has Mo Pele.

Subcarpați it's a group that are part of the new wave, but they added something different, romanian traditional folk elements to hip hop beats, and I must say that they're a genre on their own. The group it's made of MC Bean, Aforic, Argatu' and Vali Umbră. Some of their most famous songs are: Dă-i Foale, Oamenii Mei, Rege pe Deal, '84-'85.

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And this is the current state of hip hop in Romania today, with young artists getting famous and old ones being mad because they're stealing their audience, mixed feelings and the genre getting more popular. I didn't cover all the artists because It would've been a very long list but I tried to write about the most important ones and feel free to comment if you wanted to see somebody you like. Hip hop culture it's very big in Romania, it always was and I wanted the rest of the world to know about it and sorry for any mistakes I've made. Hope you enjoy!

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KEY! & Kenny Beats - Love On Ice (feat. 6LACK)

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 07:02 PM PST

[FRESH] Kodak Black - Harriet Tubman

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 09:22 PM PST

Mac Miller - My Favorite Part (feat. Ariana Grande) (Live)

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 10:03 PM PST

Rappers Bvlly and Why-S have died in separate shootings

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 03:03 PM PST

Ab-Soul - Bloody Waters ft. Anderson .Paak and James Blake

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 03:14 PM PST

Viper - I Ball For Gunshots

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 12:46 PM PST

[Discussion] favorite depressing rap songs ever?

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 08:44 PM PST

If I Had by Eminem, Suicidal Thoughts by B.I.G., Fly Away by the Flatbush Zombies. what's your favorite lyrical odyssey about depression, suicidal thoughts and such?

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Chance The Rapper & Jeremih - Stranger At The Table

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 09:08 AM PST

[FRESH] Chief Keef - Bang Bang

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 04:00 AM PST

[FRESH] Smino a.k.a. Atlanta Claus - High 4 Da Highladays

Posted: 24 Dec 2019 06:37 PM PST
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Moronic Mondays - Weekly Question Thread - December 23, 2019 - HipHop

Moronic Mondays - Weekly Question Thread - December 23, 2019 - HipHop

Moronic Mondays - Weekly Question Thread - December 23, 2019

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 07:32 AM PST

Have a question that you need answered? Was it not answered last week? Did not get a satisfying answer? Or a question that you feel is too small to make a new thread for? Maybe something you think everyone but you knows?

Ask that question in this thread.

Questions must be on topic, concise, and answerable. Answers must be a real answer that solves the question. Do not ask a question that can be covered in the resources section.

Resources

Common Questions

Pronunciation Guide

  • RZA - Rizzah

  • GZA- jiz-zah

  • SZA- sizz-zah

  • Smoke DZA - Smoke Dizz-ah

  • Jhené Aiko - juh-nay. ahh-ee-ko

  • Danny Brown's Ad-lib - Style

  • Nujabes - New-jah-bes

  • Rakim - Rah-kim

  • IAMSU! I-am-sue

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Daily Discussion Thread 12/23/2019

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 11:55 AM PST

Welcome to the /r/hiphopheads daily discussion thread!

This thread is for:

  • objective questions with right/wrong answers (e.g. "Does anyone know what is happening with MIXTAPE?", "What is the sample in SONG?")
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[FRESH] Drake - War

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 09:06 PM PST

[FRESH] Tyler, The Creator - BEST INTEREST

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 09:58 AM PST

[FRESH] TYLER, THE CREATOR - GROUP B

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:18 AM PST

Rapper Lil Wayne is passenger on plane being searched in Miami by federal agents, sources say

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 03:29 PM PST

[DISCUSSION] /r/hhh predicts 2020 in hip-hop

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:35 AM PST

Since a similar thread from a year ago is on the front page, I figured I might as well start up this year's version. What's going to happen next year?

For example:

[EASY MODE] Drake breaks streaming records with his next album. It's his most R&B-focused album yet.

[HARD MODE] Juice WRLD's first posthumous album is received better by critics than both of the albums he made while still alive.

[NOSTRADAMUS] Vince Staples will release an album that is in no way up to par with his previous work. It will be critically panned. He will then use its poor reception as a convenient excuse to quit music entirely and pivot into acting. He will eventually reveal that this was his plan all along, and the album was intentionally mediocre.

[WISHFUL THINKING] Young Thug and Travis Scott finally drop the collab album we've all been waiting for.

[GOD PLEASE] Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan finally reconcile and start working on Tha Tour Pt. 2, which will be slated to drop in February 2021.

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Brent Faiyaz - 'FUCK THE WORLD' album drops February 7th 2020

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 12:18 PM PST

[1 Year Later] HHH’s 2019 Hip-Hop Predictions

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 08:45 AM PST

[LEAK] Playboi Carti - Go Up (She Wanna)

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 01:07 PM PST

Singer Rayana Jay accuses GoldLink of stealing her song on U Say (feat. Tyler, the Creator and Jay Prince)

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 09:13 PM PST

Rich Homie Quan appears on The Durtty Boyz Show, says that while he and Young Thug have not discussed collab, he would be open to it if it made sense.

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:59 AM PST

Interview

Here's the Thug clip:

"I wouldn't be against it. As long as it made sense, you feel me? It's always been what the people has made it to be. 'Til this day me and bruh ain't never had no conversation about that. So, even if the conversation did happen, I don't know what kind of turn it would take. I'm all ears, put it like that."

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A Guide to 2010's danish Hip Hop scene

Posted: 23 Dec 2019 03:09 PM PST

Like in the US, hip hop took over as the most popular music genre in the country in Denmark this decade. Danish rappers have always pulled a lot of inspiration from the american scene such as West Coast and Crunk instrumentals. In the 2010s, they continued to do so, but the american scene wasn't the number one inspiration, since French, British and Spanish music really was easy to find in most of the big danish acts. We have a huge hip hop scene and people who are not ethnic danish have made it really big in the mainstream and here is a guide to their music.

Molo (Short for Molotov Movement for the record)

The biggest artists in Denmark for the past couple of years have been Molo, which is a group consisting of Gilli, Benny Jamz, Branco and Stepz (Branco and Stepz have always made music together in their duo, MellemFingaMuzik). Before Molo, Gilli and Benny Jamz were in the same collective B.O.C, which they still are apart of, though B.O.C have not made music together as a collective for a couple of years now. Still, their other members, such as KESI and Noah Carter are still heavyweights in the game, making solo music and often featuring on each others music.

Most of Molo's lyrics are about drug dealing, flexing and the ghetto, whenever they make music together, but as individuals they also touch other subjects in their solo music. In the summer of 2018, they dropped their album M.O.L.O., which is actually a dope album, with no attemps to make radio hits and it's just hard hitting street rap. Their singles though, are big trap bangers for the most, which often has a hook from Gilli (who is the biggest solo name in Denmark hands down)

Suggestions:

Skejsen (Skejs is an old danish term for money)

Bølgen (The Wave)

the beat on this one is sooo fire, and can even be found on YouTube, as a Drake x Tory Lanez type beat

Rolig (Easy or Calm Down)

whether this is Gilli song or a Molo song is not known (since there is no Benny Jamz verse, and instead features another rapper, Sivas). This song has never been released so it's technically a leak, but it still became a hit, in the streets at least. Danish hip hop has had huge problems with leaks during this decade, and many potential has gone lost due to leaks. Molo, even had a whole album, Les Sabotages, which might have been scrapped due to leaks. Still, Rolig, is probably my personal favorite Molo song, due to it's lyrics being deeper and it actually has a good message connected to it.

Gilli

As previously mentioned, Gilli, is the biggest name in danish hip hop, and he has been for the past couple of years. His career began with B.O.C back in 2010-11-ish. They started by making Grime music, similar to the English Grime music and has dropped a few Grime classics around this time. In 2014, he had the lead role in the movie, Ækte Vare (The Real Deal/Thing), which is directed Fenar Ahmad, who is a young talented movie director and also very close friends with Molo and Gilli. Ækte Vare tells the story of Gilli's come up in the game similar to 8 Mile and Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. To supply Ækte Vare, Gilli released an 8-track-EP, under the same name which has gotten somewhat classic status in Denmark. On Ækte Vare, Gilli and his producers (Benny Jamz and Jens Ole McCoy at the time) had evolved from the Grime sound, into a more autotune filled universe, but still with hard beats and great technical raps.

Grime suggestion:

Fissehul (with KESI)

Fissehul literally means Pussy Hole and was both Gilli and KESI's first song that created some buzz, they were around 17-18 years old when this was made. This was produced by Benny Jamz, who was a great Grime producer, but nowadays he mostly focuses on his solo rapping career, more than producing, though from time to time produces some heat.

Best songs from Ækte Vare:

Knokler Hårdt ("knokle" means to work very hard, so it basically means, Going Hard In or something similar)

Probably Gilli's best song according to many. It has a fantastic beat produced by Jens Ole McCoy, and Gilli exhibits great flows in the verses and delivers great lyrical work. Though it's a fast rapping track, most people know the lyrics to this song, and has become one of the most iconic rap songs from this decade to the younger generation.

Penge Kommer Går (Money Comes And Goes)

Another Jens Ole beat, and Gilli again has some of his memorable lyrics and flows on this track.

Ung Entreprenør (ft. MellemFingaMuzik) (Young Entrepreneur)

One of the hardest, most grimy danish songs you'll ever find, and MellemFingaMuzik comes in with a dangerous feature.

In the summer 2019, Gilli released his technical debut album, Kiko, after 5 years of waiting, but he still consistently released music throughout this time, and his name just got bigger and bigger. From 2015-2019, he changed his (and the entire scenes) sound a couple of times, released a ton of singles, and had a lot of songs leaked (which may be the reason why no album was released)

In 2015, he released Orale (chicano word for hell yeah, but it has no real meaning, but is used a lot in speaking language), a song which built on his sound from Ækte Vare, but with more of a mainstream trap touch to it. He also released C'est La Vie (french for That's Life), which features MellemFingaMuzik, and a whole new sound, which would dominate danish hip hop, for years to come. The Afrotrap sound, which formerly was huge in France and southern regions of Europe and often features a spanish guitar on the instrumental. Gilli had the biggest Afrotrap songs in Denmark, and notable producers who made popular Afrotrap beats are Kewan Padre and Hennedub(who has tried to make it big in America these past couple of years.

The Afrotrap sound is easy to recognize to due it's tropical instrumentation, song structure, and lyrics about how tough a life on the streets can be.

Afrotrap Gilli classics:

C'est La Vie (ft. MellemFingaMuzik)

Tidligt Op (Early Up, as in waking early up in the morning. The Hook goes "Late to bed and early up")

Habibi Aiwa (Hold On, My Dear in Arabic iirc)

Rica (ft. KESI & Sivas)

Spanish for hot girl, Rica is more of a spanish inspired afrotrap song, and was a huge summer hit.

Langsom (Slow in danish)

During this time, Gilli had a lot of songs leaked, and some of them even became moderate hits. He announced an album back in 2016, but only dropped singles for around 3 years afterwards. This was due to leaks, but also the fact that danish rappers would gain more streams for only releasing a single, than an whole album, because the scene weren't big enough at the time. That changed in 2019 however were pretty much every single rapper released an album. Also Gilli of course. He dropped the album, Kiko, and he has announced an album with Branco from MellemFingaMuzik dropping in January, called Euro Connection. They have already released a couple of singles together in 2019. Nicki Pooyandeh produced almost the entire Kiko album, and has produced pretty much everything the Molo members have been releasing for the past two years now.

Best songs from Kiko (Kiko is a spanish name, but also the spanish version of the danish Kian, which is Gilli's birth name)

Vai Amor (You can't really translate Vai Amor into english, but it's portuguese and means something similar to Go Love)

The biggest summer hit in Denmark in 2019 by a mile. You could literally go nowhere without this song being played everywhere. It's a Baile Funk inspired song, a sound that was all over Kiko. Baile Funk is a Brazilian hip hop sub-genre, and Gilli even went to Rio to shoot the video.

Culo (ft. Branco) (Culo is Spanish for Booty)

Another Baile Funk anthem, that was huge this summer. Also features elements of EDM, which danish rappers have expiremented with since the start of 2018.

Lyca (ft. KESI) (Taken from the British Mobile Networking Company, Lyca Mobile)

Dag 1 (Day 1)

Recommended singles with Branco from 2019

London Town

This song has become a huuuge hit in the past couple of months, and to be honest, it's a fucking banger.

All In

KESI

Also a member of B.O.C, KESI started out as a young Grime artist. These days, he is closest thing to Drake that Denmark has. He is not nearly as street as Gilli or Branco is, but he is very versatile, can both rap and sing, cover multiple subjects and is very charismatic. He was also the first from B.O.C to get mainstream attention back in 2012. He has two albums, the Grime debut album from 2012, Bomber Over Centrum (means Bombs Over The Centre as is what B.O.C is short for), mostly produced by Benny Jamz, and Barn Af Byen (Child of The City) from 2015, mostly produced by Jens Ole McCoy. After his two albums, he started releasing singles regularly like everybody else, and most of his biggest hits, spawned from here.

Suggestions from Bomber Over Centrum

Født I Dag (ft. Benny Jamz) (Born Today) GREAT VIDEO!

Gadehjørne (ft. Gilli & StreetMass) (Street Corner) ALSO A GREAT VIDEO + GREAT PRODUCTION!

Bomber Over Centrum (ft. B.O.C)

Features every single B.O.C member, including a CTK (now known as Noah Carter), who was in prison at the time. Now he's out and actually making music in english.

Suggestions from Barn Af Byen:

Søvnløs (Sleepless)

Dumme Penge (Stupid Money)

These songs aren't really that good tbh, but were huge hits back in 2014-15. Has a Mustard feel on the production.

Kesi's best singles (these are mostly produced by Hennedub):

Mamacita (ft. Benny Jamz)

Op (ft. Benny Jamz & Gilli) (Up)

This song is a fucking banger, and features a great video which was shot in New York

Kom Over (Come Over)

More of a pop tune, but still has a good vibe

Ekstra (Extra)

Su Casa (ft. Gilli) (Mi Casa es Su Casa in spanish -> My House is Your House in English)

Lav Lav (ft. Benny Jamz, MellemFingaMuzik) (Make Make)

This song leaked and was never really released, but it's fucking fire, and contains a great verse from Benny Jamz.

In 2019, KESI didn't release an album like everybody else, however he released an EP, 888,entirely produced by Hennedub

Best songs from 888

Ik' Sådan Der (ft. Benny Jamz) (Not Like That)

BDK (ft. Gilli) (it's unknown what BDK stands for and what it exactly means)

MellemFingaMuzik (MiddleFingerMusic) - Branco and Stepz

These guys started out back in around 2013-14, releasing their self-titled EP. Back then, they weren't really big, and were mostly played in more rough neighborhoods. Branco and Stepz are both former criminals, and their music has always been heavily influenced by their rough past. Their early sound was really rough and unapologetic, and most people got afraid just by hearing their name.

Then in 2015, they released their modern classic, MILITANT MENTALITET (Militant Mentality). This album might be best album of every single album mentioned in this thread. It contains every single good element about MellemFingaMuzik and is a real game changer in danish hip hop. It has 6 features from Gilli - including A.P. MØLLER (A.P. Møller is legendary danish business and billionaire who founded MAERSK) and COCAINA (Spanish for cocaine). It marks the official beginning of Molo, since Benny Jamz is also featured a couple of times on this album.

After the success of MILITANT MENTALITET, MellemFingaMuzik has been teasing a sequel ever since. Since then, a lot of songs have been leaked and they have also released a couple of singles. In the start of 2019, neither Stepz or Branco had any solo work apart from a couple of features, until they both released their debut solo albums in 2019. Branco has become a very popular solo artist this year, after releasing a banger album in BABA BUSINESS (Baba is dad in turkish iirc) and a bunch of popular singles with Gilli. Stepz' album STEPZOLOGI (Stepzology) also brought a bunch of popularity, but mostly on street plan. Whether a MILITANT MENTALITET II is coming or not is unknown, but it's definitely one of the more anticipated albums in danish hip hop right now.

Pre-MILITANT MENTALITET songs

PEPSI

Was released as a hype track for MellemFingaMuzik, and it's a masterpiece.

A.P. MØLLER (ft. Gilli)

COCAINA (ft. Gilli)

Post-MILITANT MENTALITET songs

JACKPOT (ft. Benny Jamz)

One of the Afrotrap tracks that defined the Afrobeat era in danish hip hop.

AMG

This was the first danish hip hop song with an EDM sound to it. A lot of songs have tried to copy this since AMG was released.

JUNGLE

The latest song they've released under the name MellemFingaMuzik.

Branco - BABA BUSINESS suggested songs

INGEN INTRODUKTION (4x4) (No Introduction)

The album intro that features a video that tells the story of how Branco and his childhood friend nearly died in a shooting in 2018. This episode was what lead Branco to want to release solo music.

RISIKO (Risk)

A song that tells the story about having kids meanwhile living a criminal lifestyle and how that has changed, now that he has made money from music.

EURO (ft. KESI)

Probably the biggest hit on the album, although there were no obvious radio song on this album.

P.S.G. (Penge Styrer Gaden) (Money Rules The Street)

Not on the album, but a song that was leaked and also became a hit. Branco talks about his past on this while simultaneously drops a lot of references to the most dominant French football team - Paris Saint-Germain.

Stepz - STEPZOLOGI suggested songs

Cinco De Mayo

Another EDM track, which has nearly the same flow as AMG.

Rute 141 (Route 141)

btw, Nicki Pooyandeh produced nearly both BABA BUSINESS and STEPZOLOGI himself.

Benny Jamz

Benny Jamz is the last member from Molo to cover. He started mainly as a producer for KESI and Gilli with B.O.C. Nowadays, he nearly dosen't produce anymore. His debut album 10/10, will be released in January, but he has already released some singles from that album.

He released an EP back in 2014 called Brænd System (Burn The System), which contains a lot of hate to the establishment in the lyrics. He released it under the name Høyer Øje (which either means Higher Eye or Right Eye). Brænd System didn't get the same success as the other Molo members projects did back then, however Benny has made a lot of progress since then. When Molo started releasing music together, he went back to Benny Jamz, and since then has made a lot of singles.

Benny Jamz suggestions

Tjep (ft. KESI) (Tjep is an old danish term for quick)

Spark (Kick)

A track that mostly is about weed, since Benny Jamz has always been a heavy weed smoker.

Uhh (ft. Branco & KESI) - This songs is a fucking banger!

Balou - also a fucking Banger!

Sivas

Even though Molo and KESI are the biggest acts in danish hip hop nowadays, Sivas is probably the most important rapper to this generation of rappers. His debut EP from 2013, d.a.u.d.a., was what kicked this whole generation of rappers off and pushed them into the mainstream. Along with the EP, an app was released that explained the lyrics to every song and translated every single foreign word. Because these rappers use foreign words in nearly every single song and has somewhat changed the danish language. Sivas even won an award for this. He also helped bridge the cultural between ethnic danish people and people hailing from elsewhere. Therefore, Sivas has a lot of respect in the danish game, and he is also a regular feature on Molo members songs. He has with the years became a better lyricist with every single release, and he was probably the only one releasing albums in the singles era.

Other than that, Sivas has always been using autotune in his music and he is very good at it. Nearly all of his music have been produced by his childhood friend,Reza, who also has produced a lot of Gilli and MellemFingaMuzik's early material. Nowadays, he nearly only produces for Sivas, but they still continue to elevate his autotune sound.

Suggested Sivas songs:

d.a.u.d.a. (ft. Gilli) - this song was what kicked all of these into mainstream nearly at the same time. Has a killer feature from Gilli.

Kbhavana (Copenhagen + Havana)

Det Gode Liv (The Good Life)

Kun Hinanden (ft. Gilli) (Only Each Other)

Lang Historie Kort (Long Story Short)

Sidste Timer (Last Hours)

4Livet/Capitan (For Life / Captain)

Ingen Skyer Solen Skinner (No Clouds Sun Is Shining)

Ukendt Kunstner (Unknown Artist)

Ukendt Kunstner, was a producer-rapper duo consisting of rapper, Hans Philip, and producer, Jens Ole McCoy. In 2016 they disbanded, after being on a great run of albums. They are different than everybody else here, because they aren't really rapping about the street life, but Hans still reps Nørrebro(one of DK's more tougher neighborhoods). They got together in 2012, back then, Hans Philip was a Grime rapper, riding the grime wave, under the name Skørmand (Crazy Man). Jens Ole we're just a teenager at 16 years old. When they got together, Hans dropped the Skørmand moniker, and started making lyrical rap, which came to display on their mixtapes Hælervarer A & Hælervarer B (Hælervarer = Stolen Goods).

In 2013, their debut album, Neonlys (Neon Lights) was released to great critical reception, with lyrics touching subjects, such as girls, partying, hungover and depression, with a melancholic touch to it. The title track became a big hit. They continued to release great music for a couple of years until they disbanded in 2016.

Jens Ole is probably the most versatile producer in the danish game. He can produce every single type of beat, and the musical landscape were always a level above other rappers' albums. Jens Ole went on to produce albums for Noah Carter and has even released some official soundtracks to movies. Hans didn't make music for a couple of years, until he out of nowhere came with one of the best albums of 2019 - Forevigt (Forever).

Forevigt is a special album. It has no features, nearly no rapping and all of the songs is just Hans singing. He has become a great singer and has transformed himself into somewhat of a danish version of Frank Ocean.

Ukendt Kunstner suggestions:

København (ft. Murro) (Copenhagen)

Hans raps about Copenhagen as if it's a girl over a 16 year old Jens Ole's production.

Betonjunglen (ft. Gilli, Kimbo, Semih Automatisk) (The Concrete Jungle)

Neonlys (Neon Lights)

Langt Væk (Far Away) - MASTERPIECE!

Stein Bagger (ft. Sivas)

Stein Bagger was a dane, who cheated the danish government for millions of money.

Alting / Ingenting (Everything / Nothing)

Gennem Byen (Through The City)

Overleve (Survive) - Outro song on their last album - MASTERPIECE!

Hans Philip - Forevigt suggestions

Siger Ingenting (Saying Nothing)

Dagdrøm [1] (Daydream)

Saa Blaa (So Blue)

Noah Carter

Noah Carter came up with B.O.C early this decade under the name CTK (acronym for CarterTheKid). Around 2011, he went to jail for unknown reasons. In the coming years he would be shoutouted on many songs including d.a.u.d.a. and Betonjunglen. When he got out he released Couch Dreams, and album entirely produced by Jens Ole McCoy and all the songs were in english. The album was met with great reception, however the follow up to Couch Dreams, 2nd Demo, didn't live up to it's expectations though Jens Ole again were all over the production.

Noah Carter suggestions

Come Alive

Do You

Birmingham Freestyle

Wise Up - Great Outro!!

B.O.

No Favors / 5000

Ok, so those are the biggest names in danish hip hop, but here's a few I'll have to talk about for this thread.

Jamaika

Young danish rapper with a slick voice, who croons about life in the ghetto and life of crime. Seems to never stay out of jail sadly. Fun fact: up until this point, he has only released projects on January 1st.

Blodskudt (Blood Money) - Top 5 song in this thread hands down

Problemer Sover Ik (Problems Don't Sleep)

Picasso (ft. Branco)

NODE

Fun rapper who is easily recognizable by his weird voice and big beard. The most Oui, is the most streamed song on Spotify here.

Oui (ft. Sivas & Gilli) (French for yes)

Super Mario

Pakker Bar (Just Packin')

Carmon

Came up along with Jamaika and also has problems with the law. One of the hardest rappers in the game.

Jailhouse (ft. Branco)

Bando

Stadig Original (Still Original)

Fouli

Gaden (The Street)

ICEKIID

ICEKIID made Afrotrap before Gilli and is the self-proclaimed King of The Afrobeat in Danish Hip Hop. His song, Gulddans, were made for FC Copenhagen, when they won their 12th Danish Championship in 2017.

Gulddans (Gold Dance)

Øjne På Mig (ft. KESI) (Eyes On Me)

Artigeardit

Ardit is different, because he has better bars and are better lyrical than most here, though he dosen't talk about the streets, but more about doing drugs and partying - though with self insight.

værformig

Joggingsæt (Tracksuit) - HEAT!

Sleiman

Had some huge Afrobeat hits back in 2015-16. A song with him, Gilli and 6ix9ine recently leaked, where Gilli disses 6ix9ine!

Bomaye (ft. Livid & MellemFingaMuzik)

R.E.D. (ft. 6ix9ine, Gilli)

ATYPISK

An OG, who was active with his group, MFS, in the 2010s. Also legitimately a gang member to this day.

Kærlighed (ft. Gilli & KESI) (Love)

TLDR

Ok, so I know just listening to ~85 songs in one setting is tough, so I made a Spotify playlist with all of these songs, and it'd be so cool if you guys checked it out!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xwDjthwscGkTYPUK2gkkd?si=vhSARUOnTD-ySD8rK9rPlw

If you have any questions regarding danish hip hop, then please feel free to ask!

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A$AP Rocky - Sundress

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Yung Lean - Miami Ultras

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Gucci Mane - Embarrassed (feat. Post Malone, RiFF RAFF & Lil B)

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[FRESH EP] XV - First Draft EP

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Apple Music

YouTube

Will edit with link for Spotify etc when it releases there.

Tracklist:

1) Revenge of the Nerds V

2) The Instrumental

3) The Wave

4) The Death

5) Bat Signal

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M.I.A. - Bad Girls

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Lupe Fiasco - Schemes

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PSA Ghetto Boys Willie D. Friday My Cousin Hopped In With A Drunk Driver. Guess Who Got Killed?

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[FRESH VIDEO] Brent Faiyaz - Rehab (Winter In Paris)

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[FRESH] Freddie Dredd - Cha Cha (Official Video)

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City Morgue, ZillaKami - 16 TOES

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[FRESH VIDEO] D Smoke - Lil’ Red (Official Video)

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Pi'erre Bourne - Honeyberry

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