Romanian hip hop
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Romanian hip hop is currently growing in popularity in Romania. The sound is similar to that of French and German acts. The main theme is politics, based on anti-system protest, and social, underlining the rich-poor gap and the low quality of the new, post-Communist, enriched class. Bucharest is the main center, since most of other bands/rappers from outside the city would still come there for recording.
Once dominated by BUG Mafia (Bucharest Underground Mafia), the market is currently the fiefdom of Paraziţii. An important moment in Romanian hip hop history was the support Morometzii gave to Traian Băsescu and his centrist political alliance during 2004, through the anti-system (in fact against the then-ruling Social Democratic Party) songs România, trezeşte-te! ("Romania, wake up!") and În luptǎ cu Puterea ("Fighting the Power").
2006 was a great year for Romanian hip hop, especially for the underground scene. Independent labels as Hades Records or Facem Records finally got out of the box with albums that soon reached the stores at a national level. Also a big step in the evolution of Romanian hip hop was the Summer Jam 2006 hip hop festival that took place in Bucharest. Created and supervised by Hades Records/Hades Events, Summer Jam was the first of its kind and size in Romania, uniting more than 20 artists and bands over 2 days of show, including DJ contests, breakdance shows, streetball contests and a lot of high quality hip hop. The producers of the show said that much more is to be expected for 2007's edition.
[edit] List of performers/bands
- 1-Q Sapro
- 6ase 6ase & Mark
- Ad Litteram
- Aforic (Constanţa)
- Anonim (Bucharest)
- BUG Mafia (from Pantelimon neighbourhood of Bucharest)
- Bani Gheaţă (Bucharest)
- Barac
- Bitză (Bucharest)
- Brugner
- Byga (Craiova)
- Ca$$a Loco (Bistriţa)
- Cast (Bucharest)
- C.I.A. (Craiova)
- C.T.C. (Bucharest)
- Codu' Penal (Ploieşti)
- Cosa Nostra (Bucharest)
- Chucho (Bucharest)
- D Jinks (Bucharest)
- Da Hood (Bucharest)
- Deceneu, former member of Ghetto Dacii (Bucharest)
- Dreptul la Cuvânt (Arad)
- Don Baxter (Bucharest)
- Explicit (Bucharest)
- Fratziman (Timişoara)
- Fără Limită (Bucharest)
- Funktastics
- Ghetto Dacii (Bucharest/Buzău/Tecuci)
- Grasu XXL
- H-Sonor
- Honey (Bucharest)
- Il-Egal (Bucharest)
- KaTaNa (Bucharest)
- Korekt
- K-Gula (Bucharest)
- KST
- La Familia (Balta-Albă/Sălăjan, Bucharest)
- Marijuana (Bucharest)
- M&G (Bucharest)
- Morometzii (Bucharest)
- Nea Kalu & La Fiks
- Nea Găbitz (Bucharest/Chicago)
- Paraziţii (from Colentina neighbourhood of Bucharest)
- Pacha-Man (Timişoara)
- POS (Power Of Speech) (Bucharest)
- Puterea Cuvântului
- R.A.C.L.A. (Bucharest)
- RapArta (Bucharest)
- Real (Arad)
- Revillo (Arad)
- SkizZo Skillz (Timişoara)
- Spike
- S.M.M.O.G. (Galaţi)
- SUSpect
- Sotto Inteso
- Stil Abil (Constanţa)
- Tempesta Crew (Bucharest)
- The Mosh (Craiova)
- Tranda (Constanţa)
- U.S.M. (Underground Sound Masters)
- Verbal (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
- Verdikt (Bucharest)
- Veritasaga
- Vexatu Vexx (Bucharest)
- Zale (Bucharest)
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