Slovenian hip hop

Slovenian hip hop can be traced back to 1978 but all rappers were forgotten or they disappear it's still secret,how it is known there were some illegal album releases.People in Slovenian start listening to hip hop around 1977-78.The graffiti on walls first appeared in Ljubljana city then in Maribor and Celje and so on,in mid.of 80's criminal in Slovenia rose so much that the police organized speacial groups to eliminate mafia on the streets.Hip hop dancing in Slovenia sometimes called;Burek dance,bunch of young people on the streets listening and dancing.In the mid 80s were marked as the break-through of rap music in Slovenian music. Ali-En released first national rap album, that immediately became a classic, in 1989. The hip hop culture was heavily popularized by skier Jure Košir, who also released an album with his Rap Team. In 1997 Dandrough, a rap duo, released Ko pride Bog ('when God comes'). The next few years there was a small hole in hip hop scene, with only a couple of albums in 2000 Klemen Klemen released "Trnow Stajl", possibly the most influential mainstream album in Slovenian Hip Hop history of south style, at Menart Records. About the same time a first compilation of Slovenian Hip Hop artists was released at Radyoyo: Za narodov Blagor - 5'00" of fame, including various unknown rappers, that were just yet to pop up onto the scene.

In 2001, the first Freestyle rap championship was organized, launching 6pack Čukur, who placed 2nd, into the mainstream stars. The competition became a tradition and it's held every second year since then. The next year rap duo Murat & Jose released V besedi je moč becoming again of the ultimate rap albums in Slovenia and Southern Europe. Following championship was said to be the best. It spawned 2 champions, both releasing albums as an awards through Nika Records. Ntoko, an alternative rapper released it the same year as he became champion, 2003, Trkaj's album followed the next.

Hip hop culture was heavily popularized by then and artists like Samo Boris, Valterap, Ntoko, released some of the most important albums in history of Slovenian rap music.

2004 - 2006 were the most productive years, spawning more albums then all years before that together. Though the quality oscillated from album to album, mostly because of the unofficial releases and noting that the demo scene produced better tracks, some new names like Eyeceeou and Mrigo came up with excellent material, both with newly founded indie labels.

External links

* [http://www.rwc-forum.net RWC Forum - The Slovenian Battle Rap Forum]
* [http://www.monkibo.com Slovenski Hip Hop Forum]
* [http://www.dalaj.com Ali En official site]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/athletes/396.htm
* [http://saminorci.com/forum/index.php?showforum=18 SLO Hip Hop artists]