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  Swiss hip hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swiss hip hop is not a genre of hip hop music, but covers all hip hop music from Switzerland.
Early Swiss German rappers started rapping in English, but after the bilingual track "Murder by Dialect" by P27 featuring Black Tiger, rappers switched to their native Swiss German dialects.
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swiss_hip_hop   (184 words)

  
 Cuban hip hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The change in both attitude towards hip hop and the move towards home grown expression was in part facilitated by the involvement of Nehanda Abiodun, a U.S. Black Liberation Army activist in political exile in Cuba.
Cuban hip hop takes place within the context of Fidel Castro's maxim "within the revolution everything" which allows for critical debate as long as it isn't seen to be counter-revolutionary.
Fidel was so impressed that he called hip hop "the vanguard of the revolution" and was even seen rapping alongside the group Doble Filo at the opening of a baseball game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuban_hip_hop   (1059 words)

  
 Hip hop music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hip hop music is also erroneously used at times to describe related genres of music, such as contemporary RandB, which are primarily sung, probably for increasing their commercial appeal; while singing is commonly present in hip hop tracks, the main vocal (if there are vocals) is always rapped.
Hip hop Kool DJ Herc, in contrast, originated the practice of isolating and extending only the break—a short percussion solo interlude—by mixing between two copies of the same record.
Hip hop music is a part of hip hop, a cultural movement that includes the activities of breakdancing and graffiti art, as well as associated slang, fashion and other elements.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hip_hop_music   (5497 words)

  
 Swiss hip hop: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The swiss confederation or switzerland is a landlocked federal state in europe, which borders germany, france, italy, austria and liechtenste...
Hip hop music is a style of popular music....
German hip hop is the german manifestation of hip hop music....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sw/swiss_hip_hop.htm   (447 words)

  
 Swiss hip hop
Swiss rap is a subgenre of rap music.
Early Swiss German rappers started rapping in English, but after the bilingual track "Murder by Dialect" by P27 featuring Black Tiger[?], rappers switcvhed to their native Swiss German dialects.
Rappers from the French-speaking part (where dialects died out) and from the Italian-speaking part (where most people mix dialects and Standard Italian freely) only rap in the standard languages.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Swiss_hip_hop.html   (87 words)

  
 Old school hip hop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The very first hip hop to come of the block parties of New York in the 1970s and early 1980s is called old school hip hop.
Also compared with later hip hop school had a high amount of female even though none reached quite the level fame of their male counterparts.
The first recordings of old school hip were The Sugarhill Gang 's " Rapper's Delight " and Fatback 's " King Tim III ".
www.freeglossary.com /Rap_music/Old_School   (390 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/swisssosolid
Swiss, at only 23 years of age this Battersea born music kid is a veteran of the UK's street music scene.
With experience far beyond his young years Swiss has been able to sample the highs and lows of the music industry and is back hard at work to recapture and exceed the past glories he achieved with his former band 'So Solid'.
In fact Swiss was the first ever DJ to spin on the station, at that time he wasn't in So Solid but So Solid had started the station so through his work on Delight he earned himself a place in the infamous crew.
www.myspace.com /swisssosolid   (1342 words)

  
 MENTAL COMBAT
The waning of the music scene and the demise of the old clubs coincide with the era of the burning of the neighborhood and the emergence of hip hop.
Hip hop is commonly thought to be an African-american cultural form.
Mambo to Hip Hop is about how creative expression helped to foster community in the Bronx, and about how people used and are using that as a resource for cultural and civic renewal.
mentalcombat.blogspot.com   (2190 words)

  
 Dmoz Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
B-Boys.com - Hip hop rap music forum with links to underground hip-hop sites, graffiti pictures, deejay bios, breakdance crews, MC freestyle lyrics, spotlights, forums and news on b-boy culture.
Breakatlanta - Hip Hop culture event for b-boys, b-girls, djs, mcs and graffiti artists.
Hip Hop Summit - Non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization.
directory.watchez.com /dir/Society/Subcultures/Hip-Hop   (548 words)

  
 djspotlight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
That was hip hop for me. This today is mostly just rap.
Hip hop together with RnB, besides house music is today most mainstream dance music in most of the Europe.
Every time when there is a good hip hop show it’s sold out over here.
www.352elements.com /djspotlight.html   (1001 words)

  
 Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
With two newly released compilations, their catalogue moves away from strictly hip hop into different musical angles, though the link with the hip hop loving crowd is always there.
With the passing of Nelly, the hip hop community has lost a modest but highly skilled emcee whose lyrics were tales from the grassroots of society.
More than a few hip hop heads all around the world started this new year with the feeling that their favoured culture is in a state of emergency.
www.africanhiphop.com   (2115 words)

  
 Hip Hop Press - Hip Hop Press Releases
HIP HOP 101 is the one year old hip hop music and culture platform created by hip hop aficionado and fan, Nadine Michel.
Hip hop impresario and 2006 honoree Russell Simmons and rap legend/Law & Order star and host of this year's "VH1 Hip Hop Honors" Ice T were also on hand for the announcement at City Hall today.
These workshops are designed to teach the youth of today about the positive power of music and hip hop and to encourage these students to find healthy ways to express themselves, while being respectful and true to the art.
www.netweed.com /hiphoppress   (12838 words)

  
 Rap Magazines
Dedicated to underground and independent hip hop in UK and across the globe.
Swiss magazine providing hip-hop news, album reviews with audio samples, interviews with international and national hip-hop artists.
Magazine of hip hop music, culture, and politics.
www.world-newspapers.com /rap.html   (169 words)

  
 Hip Hop Music Directory at Linkcentre.com
Vitalbeats.com is your #1 source for hip hop beat and rap beat instrumentals.
Hip Hop mixtapes UK is releasing a free hip hop mixtape from the UK every two months.
Hip Hop, Rap, Electro at Hyper-Music - CD singles, CDs, rare CD singles, rare CDs...
linkcentre.com /entertainment/Music/Hip-Hop-Music/2.php   (796 words)

  
 Primitive Lyrics -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Primitive Lyrics (aka as "PL") is a hip hop crew, founded 1991 in Zürich, Switzerland.
The group was one of the first Swiss dialect hip hop crews.
In 1995 PL released a second maxi single and in 1997 their second album called PLAG, meaning 'pleague' in Swiss German.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Primitive_Lyrics   (214 words)

  
 Hip Hop Schallplatten Vinyl Records Disques Dischi Discos
Hip Hop Schallplatten Vinyl Records Disques Dischi Discos
Hip Hop + Rap Vinyl-Schallplatten, Singles, LPs, Maxis - Hip hop vinyl records, 45s, 12 inch maxis, LPs - Disques de vinyle 33 et 45
tours hip hop - Dischi al vinile 33, 45 giri hip hop - Discos de vinilo hip hop.
www.recordland.ch /Hip_Hop_Schall.htm   (324 words)

  
 Hiphop-Directory : General Hip Hop Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
O.N.U.A.G. is a hiphop-community from Germany, trying to connect people with a love for hip hop who feel that the "family"-aspect within the hiphop-scene needs to be brought back again.
A portal to hip hop in Philadelphia - Listings of weekly events, local radio & TV information, record reviews, video, and more.
Pinoyrap is a website about hip hop culture in The Philippines.
www.hiphop-directory.com /General_Hip_Hop_Sites/more6.php   (750 words)

  
 PHONE-SOFT INTERNET DIRECTORY INTERNATIONAL:RAP / HIP HOP MUSIC MAGAZINES
Elements - In-depth coverage of the hip hop music scene.
Insomniac Magazine - Hip hop magazine is underground hip hop for those who can't sleep.
Philly Word - Covers the hip hop scene and culture in Philadelphia.
www.phs2.net /cwi/L3/o7638i.htm   (449 words)

  
 blog.myspace.com/stealthmag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Perhaps there is condescension towards non-US hip hop but in a country where there are tens of thousands of MC's rapping in American accents about American issues, are they interested in listening to a Melbourne or Adelaide MC rap about issues of relevance to them...?
I met up with some great people but didn't come back with one French hip hop release that I liked (a couple were OK but nothing I've been reaching for repeatedly).
Sektion Kuchikschtli are an indie hip hop act that went gold last year.
blog.myspace.com /stealthmag   (2257 words)

  
 Hip Hop Jewels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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hip hop jewels offers the biggest, most hip hop jewels.
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jewel.berh.be /hip-hop-jewels.html   (422 words)

  
 Spin Science - Online Resource - DJ Supreme
If you have more than a passing interest in hip hop or scratching, chances are the name Supreme won’t be new to you.
Regarded as a legend both by scratch and hip hop fans, Supreme was the DJ and producer behind the legendary group Hijack and is responsible for inspiring an entire generation of scratch DJs from the UK to the US West Coast.
That was pretty fast for the time, no other hip hop was really at that speed (except maybe ‘Raw’ by Daddy Kane and a couple of Rakim tracks) but for me it was perfect.
www.spinscience.org.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=50   (5813 words)

  
 m r b l u n t . c o m
This site is about a group of clowns that combine traditional clowning with Punk rock, reinventing the role of traditional clowning for a mature audience in the millenium....
Defstar: Swiss Hip Hop Crew from Zurich (Semantik & Kevlar, Fuko-Style) - Bandinfos, Pics, Sounds, dope Freestyle-Board and Graffiti-Section......
Hip hop in the tradition of innovators such as Rakim, Gang Starr, KRS, G Rap, Slick Rick, Kane, Nas, Ras Kass, Jay-Z, Dre, and Wu-Tang Clan.
www.mrblunt.com /booyow/index.php?ParentID=12&pos=10   (181 words)

  
 Hip Hop Shoes by K-Swiss shoes at Low Prices
K-Swiss was founded by two Swiss brothers who became avid tennis players after moving to Southern California.
In 1966, they introduced the K-Swiss "Classic," the first all-leather tennis shoe with a one-piece rubber outsole, reinforced toe-design, five-stripe bands on each side, and D-Ring lacing system.
Today, the "Classic" still enjoys popularity as a clean, original, athletic look that is always appropriate off the court.
www.hiphopclothingshop.com /hip_hop_shoes/hip_hop_shoes_k_swiss.htm   (99 words)

  
 NationMaster - Statistics on Switzerland. 2105 facts and figures, stats and information on Swiss economy, crime, ...
I was shocked and sickened that the only information you had on Swiss cuisine was how many McDonald restaurants there were in the country.
There was absolutely no mention of the fondue set, toblerone or Swiss cheese just a few of what the Swiss are known for.How sad the only information you had was on that so called restaurant that he can visit any time at the mall.
I guess the language Michael is referring to is swiss german, which is, basically, a german dialect and roughly restricted to the area north of the Alps, south of the Rhine, east of the Lake of Biel and west of Lake Constance.
www.nationmaster.com /country/sz   (750 words)

  
 Hip-Hop
BrainRaps.com is a place to discuss the flavors of hip hop/rap music which speak for the people and are all too often stifled and subverted by mainstream media.
Were dedicated to serving hip hop and r&b music lovers around the world with music videos and audio links, news, contests, chat rooms, free stuff, a shout outs message board, music charts, cool merchandise and more.
Hip Hop and Rap site with new music, video, interviews, reviews, charts, release dates, artist spotlights, and much more.
www.buymixtapes.com /hip-hop.php   (4504 words)

  
 SNOW WHITE - The new film by Samir - Home
The life of 20-year-old Nico from upper class Zurich is all party, sex and drugs when she meets Carlos, the front man of a hip hop band.
Samir has furthermore managed to create a truly «Swiss» film, interweaving the French and German speaking parts of Switzerland by employing characters which regularly switch between Swiss German and French.
The male lead role is played by Carlos Leal, the lead singer of the popular Swiss hip hop band «Sens Unik».
www.snowwhite.ch /e/home.htm   (426 words)

  
 Eighth & Dawson Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Born Friday The 13Th In Long Beach California, Swiss Precise (Kbh/C2C) Is Known To Dibble Dabble In Many Art Forms.
Hip Hop Being One Of Them, Swiss Started B Boyin In The Early 80'S With Respected Break Crews Such As The Time Bandits, The Wiz Kids, As Well As The Time Knights.
After Commercialism Dominated The B Boy Scene, Swiss Decided To Pick Up A Permanent Marker And Dominate The Graphitti Market.
www.eighthanddawson.com /artist/swiss   (171 words)

  
 City Pages - Now That's Cutting Edge!
It's unavoidable, when talking with the Swiss Army, not to bring up their friendship with Slug, the globe-trotting Atmosphere MC who helped them get a foothold in the Twin Cities scene.
All the guys in the Swiss Army claim a love of hip hop, and Benson goes by the DJ name Marshall Larada in the hip-hop collective Doomtree.
Despite the band's connection to hip hop, they're not tempted on Private Ambulance to venture into that territory, or worse, to try to squeeze out a credible hybrid of the two styles--an ill-conceived plot that hatched that whole crappy Sugar Ray/Orange County scene 10 years ago.
citypages.com /databank/25/1222/article12093.asp   (1261 words)

  
 Hiphop-Directory : New Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The Criminal Minds is a Swiss hip hop group formed in the mid-80s.
A German hip hop mailorder store selling CDs, 12" & 7" singles, mixtapes, magazines, videos, DVDs etc. Located in Wuppertal, Germany.
Revolt Records is a hip hop label from Switzerland, home to Alkaline, Last Resort, Round Table Knights, Gambit, Taste, and Hundredth Monkey.
www.hiphop-directory.com /new/2004-10-17.php   (199 words)

  
 LookSmart's Furl - Latest Headlines - hiphop
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www.furl.net /furled.jsp?topic=hiphop   (660 words)

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