Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010

Beating Hip Hop on its own ground - Sarah Jones


Beating the HipHop Cliché is what you will automatically want to do today if you love the music but still have a brain. Since you did not happen to get up as an underpriviledged black male in the Bronx of the 80ies or a turkish one in Berlin Neukölln, you cannot follow the tough talk.
(Unless it is self concious and female as in this non HipHop form)
Some have tried to beat Hip Hop on its own ground - with parodies, satire, all forms you can imagine.
Let's call it HipHop-Enlargement
Muschiflo's "Ficken Geld Drogen Nutten" - obviously shot in Berlin's Görlitzer Park - simply carries machismo way over the borders. Do you know all the real rappers mentioned?
Same idea with Xberg Dhirty6 Cru - convincingly simple
A little more on the subtle side are
-the 2.0-famous "Icke & Er" on the fuck all mentality.
-Adolf Noise (aka DJ Koze) with Max Goldt and "Deine Reime sind Schweine"
This one works perfectly not only because of its lyrics but the awesome beats its coming along with.
Same as KIZ, (Sexismus gegen Rechts) who are the best in "not even being a persiflage anymore".
In the end though, it is most convincing, if a woman beats Cock-Rap with its own weapons. Without arrogance, but just very souvereign performance - so did Sarah Jones in a Gil-Scott Heron "Remix"
as a stand-up
or
with DJ Vadim (one of serveral versions)
again: do you recognize all the rappers mentioned?

tataratam (and check the comments, please!)

2 Kommentare:

storchive hat gesagt…

Two more worth mentioning:

Subtle:
Viktor Marek & Jaques Palminger: "Tüdeldub"

Not so subtle:
MC Zuhaelter: "Report vom Strassenstrich"

klav hat gesagt…

I need to dig up this post just to draw your attention to an UFO on the french side i just remembered about a few days ago: Stupeflip. See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUlmjsIHwuU

Stupeflip is (was?) a 2-hits-wonder with a wonderful absurd-DYI-fuckyouall spirit that caused some stir in the french hip hop scene, divided as it was at the time along the lines of an intellectual MC Solaar (whose star was already fading) and a growing number of youngsters with a gangsta rap attitude - following granpas Suprême NTM.

You don't need to understand the lyrics in that video to figure out that Stupeflip does not fit in either of those sides.