B.U.G. Mafia

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Uzzi, Caddy, Tataee, DJ Swamp & friend Villy at the MTV Awards, 2004

BUG Mafia and Loredana Groza

B.U.G. Mafia (Bucharest UnderGround Mafia) is a Bucharest based hip hop crew (founded in 1993), and is among the first hip hop groups in Romania. They are gangsta rappers, who generally rap about life in the their poor neighborhood, Pantelimon; subjects include poverty, crimes, corruption, money, but they also criticize the political class in Romania. B.U.G. Mafia are very popular in Romania.

The band recorded their first album, Mafia in January 1995. The group appeared on the World Hip Hop compilation album, released in Madrid, Spain: members Uzzi, Tataee and Caddy are included with the song "Cine e cu noi?" ("Who's With Us?"), along with another Romanian artist, Nico. The song was originally released on the 2002 album B.U.G. Mafia prezintă CASA ("B.U.G. Mafia presents CASA").

1 Band members
2 Albums
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Band members

Dragoş, also known as Daddy Caddy, born 10 September 1976
Vlad, also known as Tataee, also known as Mr. Juice, born 17 October 1976
Alin, also known as Uzzi, born 26 March 1978
DJ Swamp (joined 2003)

[edit] Albums

1995 - Mafia
1996 - Înc-o zi, înc-o poveste ("Another Day, Another Story")
1996 - Născut şi crescut în Pantelimon ("Born and Raised in Pantelimon")
1997 - Hoteluri ("Hotels")
1997 - Deasupra tuturor ("Above All")
1998 - Pentru '98 ("For '98")
1998 - De cartier ("From the 'Hood")
1999 - România ("Romania")
2000 - După blocuri ("Behind the Projects"); literally blocuri is "blocks" (as in Commonwealth English "blocks of flats", U.S. English "apartment blocks") but it refers here to the massive Communist-era housing projects; in an English-language hip-hop context, the equivalent is "the Projects".
2000 - Un 2 si trei de 0 ("A 2 and Three 0's")
2000 - Întotdeauna pentru totdeauna ("Always Forever")
2001 - Poezie de stradă ("Street Poetry")
2002 - B.U.G. Mafia prezintă CASA ("B.U.G. Mafia Presents CASA")
2003 - Băieţi buni ("Goodfellas")
2005 - Străzile ("The Streets")
2006 - Viaţa noastră vol. I ("Our Life vol. I")