angedella isafella (notmusic@hotmail.com)
Sat, 04 Dec 1999 19:48:20 GMT
dear list: where can i get french hip hop beyond Mc Solaar. Btw the song he
had on "Return of the Cool vol, 5 sampled serge gainsbourg
>From: "Beside" <beside@makeme.com>
>To: "Juuso Koponen" <mekaanikko@dlc.fi>, <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: downtempo in movies
>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 20:06:54 +0100
>
>From: Juuso Koponen <mekaanikko@dlc.fi>
> > I have to comment on that. I'm no hiphop freak, but my personal opinion
> >(shared by many here at the edge of Europe, that is, Finland) is, that
> >lately (say, from 1996 or so), French hiphop in average has been a way
> >more innovative, interesting and maybe even techincally on a higher
> >level, than its US counterpart.
>
>I havent heard too much french hiphop, but there really is *alot* of US
>hiphop which is *very* inovative. Check the stuff from Anticon (sole, dose
>one, them, etc), blackalicious and latyrx, anything related to Project
>Blowed, Living Legends, Divine Styler ("wordpower 2" has been out in the
>states for close to a year, but will get its european release trough mowax
>soon), Company Flow (faaar from my faves, but atleast El-P's beats are
>innovative).. etc. There is so much stuff going on over there that (sadly)
>never gets much attention.
>
>And as for being "technicaly good", i cant even remember the last time i
>heard a album as well produced as Blackalicious' "nia".
>
> >lotsa fine current hiphop artists, too (Mos Def, Sir Menelik, Peanut
> >Butter Wolf, just to name a few),
>
>Ill agree that Mos Def is nice, but i really cant get into Sir.Menelik...
>having a weird flow is ok, but you have to be able to back it up with good
>lyrics.. as far as i see it thats where he fails. And Peanut Butter Wolf..
>hmm.. hes a decent producer, but apart from "run the line" i still havent
>been able to move me.. atleast not in the same way as producers like Fat
>Jack, Primo, DJ Shadow, Chief Xcel, Evidence and Mighty Mi.
>
> >respect to the originators, but there is a lot great stuff out here too.
> >>From France, Germany (tho that's not so much my cup of tea), UK, Sweden,
> >even a few groups out of Finland (well, mostly it's not so great, but
> >there are some nice groups)
>
>Word to Finland! I dont know why, but it seems like LA and Bay Area hiphop
>is pretty big over there. If im not mistaken, B-Boy Kingdom even has heads
>over in Finland!. Ive only heard one group from Finland, cant remember
>their
>name, but they sounded very westcoast'ish (and i mean that in a good
>way!)... much better than what i had expected.
>Sweden isnt half bad either.. ive been pumping the new Petter album for the
>last couple of weeks, even Ayo's album is nice. (i really should get ahold
>of some Loop Troop tho).
>
>Anyway.. you should look into some of the independent stuff (more
>independent than PBWolf) coming out of LA and the Bay... im sure some of it
>must be available in Finland (since B-Boy Kingdom has people over there).
>
>p's
>Beside
>
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