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- MikeonTV, on 04/17/2008, -32/+155"A Swedish hip-hop artist" ....you can stop right there.
- racco, on 04/17/2008, -1/+69Hip-Hop was built on Mixtapes & Bootlegs, find a Hip Hop artist that will back the IFPI and you have found nothing but a bitch
- Junel, on 04/17/2008, -5/+55Any artist who is standing up against the gestapo tactics of these organizations is a good start.
- Kasot, on 04/17/2008, -4/+49IFPI, RIAA, MPAA and the rest of the mafiaa can just stop producing entertainment. I bet most of their income comes from suing people to pay for piracy, not selling music. ***** cancer.
- racco, on 04/17/2008, -7/+51most idiots would say the same about a Canadian Hip-Hop artist. if they did 'stop right there' they would miss some good Hip Hop
look around you. the world is bigger than America - LANjackal, on 04/17/2008, -2/+32Filesharing is engrained into Scandinavian youth culture. Standing against it is suicide for any artist.
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -10/+38what does he rap about? Bridges? Snow?
- Jesty, on 04/17/2008, -2/+25"Slipknot" ...you can stop right there.
- 0260, on 04/17/2008, -0/+23his gold plated ikea and volvo with spinnerss
- geoken, on 04/17/2008, -0/+22Or scaring people into paying royalties. They sent a letter to my wife (who owns an aerobics studio) telling here she needs to pay royalties for the music she plays. The letter/brochure contained many falsehhods, not the least of which was the claim that royalty free aerobics CD's she purchases fall under the RIAA's jurisdiction (it was actually the Canadian wing of the RIAA, the CRIA).
They also made such bold claims as (paraphrasing) "You should assume all the music you play is under the CRIA's jurisdiction" (despite the fact that she doesn't play any music that I haven't verified through RIAA radar and 95% of the music she plays is independent house).
We obviously knew enough to laugh at their letter, but most people would beleive their deceptive claims and pay up. - sparql, on 04/17/2008, -5/+21You do know that not all hip-hop is about being "gangstah" right?
- houndeyex, on 04/17/2008, -1/+14Yetis.
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -9/+21I'm sorry but most European rap is just as corny as it gets personally. I swear i've given it so many chances... At least the drug rappers in America keep some sort of "hard" standard. Digg me down whatever, I don't care.
- twiztidsinz, on 04/17/2008, -1/+12Who cares if they dont have rights to his work.... they deserve a share of his money for absolutely no reason!
- ipek, on 04/17/2008, -3/+12Smart move!
- whataboutdave, on 04/17/2008, -1/+10I was just about to agree with you until I realized I couldn't name a singe Canadian hip-hop act besides the Swollen Members.
- artfiend77, on 04/17/2008, -2/+10Hip Hop isn't dead, it's in a damn coma. We can thank people like K-OS, Immortal Techique, Aesop Rock and many others for keeping it alive.
- prompel, on 04/17/2008, -1/+8When any collection of elemental particles grow large and complex enough, it comes alive. Like the IFPI and MAFIAA. Now they are afraid of death, and does *anything* to insure their own continued existence. Time to die, dinosaurs!
- ZannaDiosa, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7Thank you. :)
- kylere, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6I wish some of my fellow Diggers would grow up, the important part of the ARTICLE is “In fact, they [IFPI] didn’t even own the rights to his music.” and has nothing to do with WHO or WHAT type of music/artist is involved.
- frogman54, on 04/17/2008, -2/+8It seems in the world of metaphor, a Swedish hip-hop star helping to fight the evil record companies is a bit like bringing a knife...wait...no...a paper clip to a gun fight.
- bjornski, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5"Bio-tches don't know 'bout my Vo-vo!"
- danarama, on 04/17/2008, -2/+7some of the best hiphop in the world is in the england. just another dumb ass stigma. roots manuva is the *****. start with him.
- falafelkiosken, on 04/17/2008, -3/+7it's funny how everybody is expert at Swedish hip-hop before they even have heard any.
I'm not a hiphopper, but Advance Patrol is one of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOU-JLTGqBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk6Kb0JFO-Q
it's just one artist among many - bjornski, on 04/17/2008, -3/+7I think some of the Brit-hop is kinda trippy. I kind of like some of the "speed rap" stuff.
/and they're normally literate, which is more than I can say for half of the American gangsta-crap. - whataboutdave, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Not all blues music is composed by people who are feeling depressed. It just happens that some of the best is.
- robthom, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5I'm torn. I want to digg for pirate bay, but...
- artfiend77, on 04/17/2008, -2/+6Stop listening to MTV and look elsewhere for your Hip Hop fix.
- atticus8, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5+1 on Roots Manuva, but let us not forget Dizzee Rascal or MC Solaar. Listen / read the lyrics to "Solaar Pleure" and tell me it doesn't top, in lyrical depth of thought, 99% of the ***** out there, American or otherwise.
- digitalpencil, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4That's despicable, i'm glad you knew enough about the subject but as you said, they'll be lots of other out there, receiving similar letters who are less informed and could be bought over by these scare tactics. ***** the RI.. er.. CRIA!
- danarama, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4i wouldn't say it started with them at all. they were just sampled by the first actual hiphop artists in the us. it started more with beat poetry and funk.
- SuperVepr308, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5How in the world do you call Slipknot/Pantera/Dry Kill Logic/etc EMO????? Have you ever listened to any of them?
- slstsang, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5Smart move, that's one way to get your name out, now people wanna what your music sound like.
- frogman54, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Everybody thinks they're a ninja now. Sheesh.
- juicebag, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4Maybe irrelevant to you. Since when is the only music that matters the music that is popular and influential in your country?
- frostbyt, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3But if you stab the other guy in the eyes with the paper clip and take their gun. Then the paper clip is a better weapon.
- ThomasPaine23, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Yeah I'm a COLD mo-fo, no matter what you try,
I'll pop a cap in your A$$ on a smooth sleigh-by! - justinx0r, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3How hard life is when it's dark 24 hours a day during the winter.
- blacklilyninja, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3make fun of the artist in another place...the issue is the ifpi using his name in a lawsuit. like the situation with the riaa, the artists need to take control of their own art.
- solid12345, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4Let's see rap originated out of the American ghetto and has its roots in African-American parties and break dancing. It is uniquely American and any attempts to copy it usually fail.
My problem with Euro rap for example is they try to act hip and cool but they are still wearing wind jackets, backwards baseball caps and big pants, they are 15 years behind. - inactive, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3No *****; im trying to relate here (to the common crowd) lol. I listen to all of those guys you mentioned, their actually what's worth listening to. If only they came out with cd's more often.
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5Roots Manuva pisses all over any of the corporate American ***** that people think is 'hip hop' these days. Eat ***** *****!
- zeabu, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Sweden is Europe.
- WanderlustX2, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2When has Pantera ever been mainstream? Always nice to hear people like dortiis throw a jab without giving any reference to themselves.
- Wakuna, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3Hell even Kardinal Offishall was on MTV back in the day.
But yeah, hip hop is the world's music, your missing out big time when you pass up foreign *****. - inactive, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Swollen Members are Canadian?! didn`t know that. who else is from Canada...swollen members are good but is there a combo that`s better? :) would be nice to know.
- danarama, on 04/17/2008, -3/+5and the usa imitates the world's music. it ain't a one a way street dude. your country is amazingly international and diverse. go to brooklyn.
- ZannaDiosa, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2We're not. We put lots of our own money into getting it recorded since we don't have big labels to help us out, and then we're lumped into the same category as the RIAA and the MPAA if we just want to make enough to pay for it. And then there's rent, food, etc, and with the current economic downturn where people aren't interested in going out to see live shows, well, it's enough to make us consider scrapping it all for a stable day job.
Well, almost. ;) - kajoob, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Informer, you no say daddy me snow me Ill go blame,
A licky boom boom down.
Detective mon said daddy me snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky boom boom down.
Informer, you no say daddy me snow me Ill go blame,
A licky boom boom down.
Detective mon said daddy me snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky boom boom down. -
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