[Zanth]

k-os

 

[tiantan]

haha kind of funny i was listening to 'foreign' hip hop as we speak, i'm a huge fan of foreign hip hop, i have a lot of what you mentioned because my ancestors are from there as well as well as other areas, nonetheless i have literally SLEWS of 'foreign' hip hop and actually prefer it more so than english/american just because i'm sort of a language freak and other stuff...

TURKISH
Sagopa Kajmer (my all time favorite)
Kolera (another one of my favorites)
Ceza
Ayben
Sultana
Zet
Fuat
Killa Hakan (german/turkish)
Cartel (german/turkish)
Aziza A.
Dr. Fuchs
Nefret
Silahsız Kuvvet
Raffine
Pit 10
Esin Iris
Rapizm Cagla
Nebula
Rapangels
Azad (german/turkish)
Makale (turkish, but live in sweden)
Efsun
Sansar Salvo
Sansar
Emre Baransal
Mizole Mirach
A.P.O.
Abluka Alarm


(there's a lot of turkish rap/hip hop...lots of underground, but this should do for now, also if you can get it check out the Turkish Hip Hop Documentary entitled CNN Türk Belgesel)

BRAZIL
MV Bill (one of my favorites and well known)
Marcelo D2
Império ZO
Dupla Mente
Consciência Humana

PORTUGAL
Sam The Kid
Valete

ITALY
Sangue Misto (another favorite of mine)
99 Posse (another favorite)
Assalti Frontali
Bassi Maestro
Co'Sang (another fav)
Club Dogo
Cor Veleno
La Pina
MC Deux

GREECE
Sadahzinia (another fav, created a greek style of hip hop called 'low bap')
Active Member

ARMENIAN
Hay Tgheq

AFRICA (continent of)
Daara J

LEBANESE/FRENCH MIX:
Clotaire K
MBS

PALESTINIAN
Dam
Ramallah Underground

ISREAL
Sabliminal
Hadag Nachash
Vulkan

CROATIAN/SERBIAN/BALKAN
Tram 11 (another fav)
Bad Copy
Ajs Nigrutin
Edo Maajka (very popular)
Elemental (another fav)
Cinkusi
Forum Allstarz
El Bahattee
Balkan Playaz
Bolesna Braca
The Beat Fleet

DUTCH/GERMAN
Corea E (another favorite)
Stieber Twins (another fav)
Pyranja
Opgezwolle
Kool Savas & Azad (turkish/german)
Umes

FRANCE
Akhenaton
I AM
Fonky Family
Akissa
Bams (another favorite)
Buckshot LeFonque
Diams
Faf LaRage
Freeman
Keny Arkana (another fav)
Koma & Lady Laistee
La Cliqua
Oxmo Puccino
Saian Super Crew
Sens Unik
Soon E MC
Sté Strausz

(there is a lot of french hip hop out there, scene is huge)


POLAND
O.S.T.R.
2cztery7
Stare Miasto (another fav)
Fisz* (another fav)
Emade* (another fav)
Fisz & Emade*
7 Lez
52 Debiec
AbraDab
Analogia
Eldo (considered really good)
Bez Cenzury
Don Gural Esko
Fenomen
Flexxip
Fokus
FU
Grammatik (considered a classic, member Eldo in this group)
Hemp Gru
Inespe (a fav)
Jacaszek
K.A.S.T.A. Sklad
Kaliber 44 (another classic)
Killaz Group
Liroy (old skool)
Medi Top Glon
Molesta (another classic group)
Mor W.A. (a fav)
Paktofonika
Peja (many like him)
Pezet
Plomien 81
Ski Sklad
Spisek
Styl V.IP
WSP (a fav)
WWO (a fav)
Tymon

(there is a huge polish hip hop scene, also if you can get it, check out the Polish Hip Hop Documentary entitled Blokersi)

SLOVAK
Momo

ARGENTINA
Actitud Maria Marta

SPANISH LANGUAGE:
Nach Scratch
Arianna Puello (a fav)
Mala Rodriguez
Falsalarma
Jefe De La M
Klaroscuro
Control Machete (another fav)
Hammurabi
Makiza
Orishas (another fav)
SFDK
Sheyla
Silvia Amal
Son D Kalle
Syla O Sone
Ursula
Vafe Jhous
Yaina

SWEDEN
Timbuktu

SWITZERLAND
Anna

UKRAINIAN
Tanok Na Maydani Kongo (they are kind of a mix of hip hop/rockish kinda thing)
VovaZiLvova

RUSSIAN
Amira
Guf
Kasta
Set
Spor
Ti Trup

(huge russian scene as well)

- there's also hungarian and other places, oh shyt forgot to mention korea and japan oh well maybe i'll post that later

anyways that should be good for now, i've got huge tastes in music besides hip hop, so feel free to give me a buzzk, i'm a musical sponge

p.s. - get rid of detsl and tede they both suck, seriously lol
p.p.s - didn't mention other english dialects like maybe canada and aussie etc plus ppl already mentioned them and they are easy artists to find

 

[928GTS]

Hahahah this is bad when I recognize 95% of the names on your list for Poland and a few off of the Russian and French list.

Most of Tede's stuff is too gangster for me but a few of his songs are good,same goes for Detsl. Yeah he's a really big star in Russia but a few of his earlier songs are actually pretty good. His later "ghetto" stuff is pretty throwaway,though.

Yeah off the Polish list I forgot to mention Molesta,KASTA Sklad,Kaliber,Killaz Group,Hemp Gru,Fisz,52 Debiec,Bez Cenzury,Don Gural Esko,Fenomen,Grammatik,Liroy,Patkofonika,Pezet,Plo mien 81,Ski Sklad and WWO. So much good stuff coming out of Poland its ridiculous.

If you want a good Slovak band check out Kontrafakt,they're known for their live instrumentation when they do live shows and it just makes it ten times better. Likewise if you want a good French group check out Le Sage Poetes De La Rue.

 

[HFat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiantan /img/forum/go_quote.gif TURKISH Sagopa Kajmer (my all time favorite) Kolera (another one of my favorites) ...

This is some list tiantan! I'm potentially interested in some of that stuff but sorting through it seems daunting...

Being mostly familiar with the French stuff (that's what I speak), it seems to me your list is a mix of very different things of varying interest for someone such as me. You say Keny Arkana is a favorite for instance and that's clearly "movement" rap (I'd rather not say "underground" because that's meaningless and also because I assume she made some money in the music business) unlike (most of) the other names I recognize on your list. I wouldn't dare to ask you to add categories and details to your list considering the amount of work it would involve so I'll be content with this request: is there anything in your list that's in the same vein, that is creative, meaningful and driven?

If you haven't already, I recommend you check "la rumeur" (the older stuff in particular) which is disturbingly absent from your list, maybe because it's mainly the lyrics that are interesting.

 

[tru blu]

This thread is awesome! Definitely gets a bookmark.

 

[lexnasa]

I don't like foreign hip-hop, especially that American rubbish - they act like they invented it! Chinese hip-hop is still the best.

 

[928GTS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lexnasa /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't like foreign hip-hop, especially that American rubbish - they act like they invented it! Chinese hip-hop is still the best.

Well,we kind of did... But I will say that American hip hop today is a shadow of its former self.

Here is some of the stuff I listen to,most of this is either Slovak/Polish/Ukrainian or Russian

Bad Balance - Мало-по-Малу
Bad Balance - Выше закона
Bad Balance - Город джунглей
Bad Balance - Из Города Джунглей
Bad Balance - Каменный лес
Bad Balance - Налетчики Bad B.
Bad Balance - Новый Мир
Bad Balance - Память о Михее
Bad Balance - Чисто ПРО...
Tworzywo Sztuczne - Wielki Ciężki Słoń
Fisz - Polepione Dźwięki
Fenomen - Efekt
Fenomen - Sam Na Sam
Grammatik - 3
Grammatik - Reaktywacja
Hemp Gru - Klucz
K.A.S.T.A - Kastatomy
Kontrafakt - Dava Mi
Kontrafakt - Bozk Na Rozlucku
Molesta - Ewenement
Molesta - Nidgy Nie Mow Nigdy
O.S.T.R - 7
O.S.T.R - Jazzurekcja
Pezet Noon - Muzyka Klasyczna
PSH - Paratka Adventni Expresni Lyrici
Trotsky - Trotski
VovaZIL'vova - Вино, кобіти, патіфон
WWO - Masz I Pomysl
WWO - We Wlasnej Osobie
Zip Sklad - Chleb Powzedni
Zipera - Oparta Na Faktach Rymonacja


Well thats just a little bit of it but it should get you started