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Gon-no-suke
Triglot
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Japan
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 Message 41 of 81
13 April 2011 at 1:03pm | IP Logged 
mick33 wrote:
Sprachprofi wrote:
Does anybody know of any rap in African languages? I heard that it's how rap was meant to
be...
This is a very late response but I was watching some videos on YouTube and one of the suggestions on the right hand side was Zola, a South African entertainer from Soweto. He often raps in Zulu and Tsotsitaal (township slang that is a mix of many languages).


Thanks for introducing me to Zulu rap! It's good to see that there are a lot of people with similar taste as me. I hope Sprachprofi will appreciate some Swahili Bongo Flava music. It is such a great language for rap.

Ferooz and Professor Jay
Nikusaidiaje?
Starehe (Great dialogue at 3:15)

Ngwair
Mikasi

Daz Baba
Title unknown, feat. Fid Q
Wife
Dunia ya leo

My favourite song by Daz Baba, Elimu dunia, seems to be gone from Youtube... If someone could help me get his CD by the same name it would be great. Swahili rap isn't something that is easily available over here in Japan.

Let's switch continent and language - Indonesian Rap by Iwa K:
Wajah Gelap
Bebas
Apa seeh (This video changed my image of indonesian ladies completely)

Edited by Gon-no-suke on 13 April 2011 at 1:50pm

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mick33
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 Message 42 of 81
03 May 2011 at 12:11am | IP Logged 
giuls wrote:
Italian rapper Frankie HI-NRG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI4sFZ_Y0Fs
That link has never worked for me, apparently that particular video is blocked in the USA. I just found a video by Frankie HI-NRG MC that I am allowed to view.

Quelli Che Benpensano

Edited by mick33 on 03 May 2011 at 7:17pm

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Ari
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 Message 43 of 81
03 May 2011 at 9:35am | IP Logged 
This thread is da bomb! But there is something missing: rap music is best in tonal languages. It adds a whole new dimension. Here are my fifty cents:

I'm not very familiar with the Mandarin rap scene (yet), but I've taken a liking to the following song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTvz-LkgOQ

(I'm at work and Chinese characters don't work properly on this computer.)

The kings of Cantonese rap is surely LMF. Warning: lots of swears ahead (but if you don't understand Cantonese that won't matter). Being a longtime student of Wing Chun, the following is naturally my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHnIqLSC7-0&feature=related

Their quick and colloquial Cantonese is pretty hard to decipher somethimes, though, even with a transcript!

---

Also, for great linguistic creativity in Swedish, make sure to check out the good old band Just D, from the nineties. Very good lyric writers. Sound is a bit (okay, a lot) Beastie Boys influenced.

Vart tog den söta lilla flickan vägen

Saker som får en att "Aah"

EDIT: More tips on Mando and Canto rap would be appreciated!

EDIT 2: Music in Spanish is some of the best in the world. I can't get enough of Calle 13's Atrevete-te-te.

Edited by Ari on 03 May 2011 at 9:39am

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NichtGut
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 Message 44 of 81
04 May 2011 at 8:08am | IP Logged 
I am a huge underground rap fan so my taste varies, however,
French rap is good so is German rap, but Dutch rap is top notch:

The flow of this song is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfZWsb0FC6M
This will make you like Dutch rap, the beat is insane

Another nice song with a solid beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLvplhFCoI&feature=related

This one has a raw feel to it with hands flying in the air while someone is killin it in a cypher :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFzi-vwm58M

Another cool song that shows a nice style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOcH4SX-Jy0

Such a solid beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GmXO_tayGE&feature=related

ohhh shake it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJuFOq9EBQ

Alright so now some fun French rap:

hahhaa oh too much fun!! fun track and great dance beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS4GlgkW5Fc

another fun track that can make you dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VxmRw6LmBQ

German

good German rap group that I didnt see mentioned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQHgUlYeT0

b-tight ishhhh bins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LePPt654LEE

thats enough for now, enjoy!!
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LorenzoGuapo
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 Message 45 of 81
17 May 2011 at 4:44pm | IP Logged 
In French I listen to Booba, here is his youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/B2ObaOfficiel

Also in French La Fouine, here is his youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/lafouineofficiel?blend=1&ob=5#p/ u
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Ari
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 Message 46 of 81
18 May 2011 at 9:05pm | IP Logged 
Since nobody answered my request for more Mando and Canto rap, I'll answer myself. I found another good
Cantonese rap group, called 農夫. I like them both because of their sweet rhythms and because of their not
feeling like they need to wear baggy pants and bling to be rappers. Except for the 冧 character in the video
below.

農夫 - 冧冧everyone

There are many more good 農夫 songs, but just click your way on YouTube and you'll find them.

I'll also add another 大懶堂/LMF song. Not because it's particularly good (thought I like it), but because it's …
particular. It shows you what a tonal language can do to rap and it's surely a test of skill for any Canto learner. If
you can keep up with this karaoke version, I take off my hat to you.

黃貴中/大懶堂 - 香港一定得

(If you're wondering about all the symbols and letters in the lyrics, they're characters too vulgar to write down.
Often there's no support for them on computers, so they get replaced like this.)
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mick33
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 Message 47 of 81
17 June 2011 at 8:30pm | IP Logged 
@Ari: Sorry for the late response. I would have replied sooner but I my old computer didn't display Chinese characters properly, but I have a new computer now and it displays Chinese characters so I hope these are helpful.

In Cantonese
T.F.P.
AF1
Turn It UP/焚機

I'm not sure if this next one is in Cantonese or Mandarin but I think he's from Hong Kong so I hope it's Cantonese

KZ
特區

I think this girl is rapping in Mandarin (supposedly Wuhan dialect, but I wouldn't really know)

段思思/duàn sī sī
信了你的邪/xìn le nǐ de xié .

I also stumbled on to a group that raps in Rumantsch

Liricas Analas
Siemis
a Casa

EDIT: Shanghainese rap (unless YouTube has misled me)
021 Crew
侬白相啥?

and Hokkien rap
麻吉/Machi
Oh, 社會

Edited by mick33 on 17 June 2011 at 9:09pm

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Marvelous
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 Message 48 of 81
07 July 2011 at 8:52pm | IP Logged 
The most ideal language for rap is Spanish as far as I'm concerned,Spanish sound totally badass especially when spoken with a Mexican accent


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