Norsk rap research

10.july 1984 in Oslo Colosseum Cinema

Beat street came to Norway, this started a wave of Hip-Hop and rap in Norway.

A member from Klovner i Kamp Sid that you have had to have seen that film to be a rapper in Norway

The music, in the beginning, was heavily inspired by American rap culture you can see this with groups like A-team, Tommy Tee and B. O. L. T. Warhead. A-team and B. O. L. T. Warhead was the first rap groups to get any success in Norway. 

“Rap kommer fra hjertet, og vil alltid eksistere.”– Jayski from A-Team to Dagens Næringsliv, 4. april 1991.

Translation: «Rap comes from the heart, it will always exist»

The hip-hop culture in Oslo had evolved quite a bit since 1984 to 1991 Marky Mark had a concert in Oslo, but he was meet with booing and people turned around and flipped them off. 

This was a huge victory for Norway’s hip hop and rap culture, they had put the commercialization of music behind them, in that also most of the American hip-hop and rap. They did not want to listen to sellouts, that no longer believed in what they rapped, like vanilla ice, MC hammer, and others. Norway's most popular rap group was L. A. W, B. O. L. T. Warhead and A-team. 

The hip-hop and rap culture was truly a way of life, that there was a sort of uniform, military clothing, dark sunglasses, berets. They were still influenced by Public enemy, this was mostly because they continued to rap about important questions within politics and societal problems.

The first Norwegian rap record was Rage by A-team in 1991. This record was positively received and sold quite a lot of records. They were inspired by public enemy and British hip-hop or britcore. Britcore has a more aggressive expression than American rap. They did not bother about singing the chorus. They were hardcore hip-hop and hip-hop for them was about politics, and their slogan was «No sell outs!».

As an answer to the commercialization of the hip-hop culture, they turned down the possibility to profit from their success. They started a new crew with the rappers from Alien-1 and rocket inanition to Tommy Tee. They created one of the other fairly well-known groups B.O.L.T. Warhead they did not get as much success as A-team had with their first single in 1993. 

The hip-hop culture was based on hardcore skaters and other people that were not accepted in society. 

A-team played down the foundation for Norwegian hip-hop. 

B. O. L. T. Warhead had the opportunity to warm up for Public Enemy. 

— Det var min første ordentlige hiphop-konsert. Jeg hadde vært på MC Hammer tidligere, men dette var noe helt annet. Jeg visste ikke engang at B.O.L.T. Warhead var norske, for det var jo en svarting som rappa. Jeg er blitt kjent med Leo senere, og han er dritkul. Han sier at han bare spiller Equicez av norsk hiphop i sjappa si, forteller F’EM one i Equicez.

«-That was my first real hip-hop concert. I had seen MC Hammer previously, but this was something completely different. I did not even know that B.O.L.T. Warhead was Norwegian, because the guy rapping was of color. I have now gotten to know Leo, he is awesome.» 

Hip-hop and rap get a bad rep because people vandalize buildings and other public places with graffiti.  There were huge media campaigns put in place to avoid this.

1995

Gatas parliament put out one og the first albums in Norwegian. «Ellers takk». It was not met with any dramatical reception, it was just an album. The second album, on the other hand, was a huge success. 

The rap ganger continues to pick up steam with the more mainstream crowd throughout the nineties and two thousand 

Tungtvann gives out the EP "Reinspikka Hip hop" follows that with "Nord og ned" the year after, it was positively received. They are the first rappers to be allowed sucsess in Noway with a rougher sound according to Vinni from Paperboys. 

ScandalNavia vol.1, et samlealbum med en drøss skandinaviske artister, slippes i 2000.

Apollo publishes the EP Scenario in 2000.

Pen Jakke gives out Østen in 2000.

Madcon publishes “God Forgive Me” in 2000.

Norwegian Hood is arranged in Oslo at Rockefeller in 2001. 

this continues till 2013 when Karpe Diem sold out Oslo Spektrum which is Norway's biggest concert arena 

Nico & Vinz(known as Envy) gives out the single "One Song" in 2011 and follows with "I'm Wrong" in 2013, they get international recognition. Norwegian rap is slightly changing at this point, as it is reaching a different crowd, there is more of a pop vibe over a lot of it. most rappers sing the chorus this is a huge contrast to A-Team. 

Arif, is the years  Urørt-winner in 2013.

Karpe Diem sell out Oslo Spektrum three times in 2017.

Hkeem and Temurs “Fy faen” is performed in front of tens of thousands people at Rådhusplassen in the same year. 

Linda Vidala, with King Skurk One, created the summers biggest hit the summer of 2017, “Bængshot”. this is a crude song more along the lines of American rappers in the nineties. Knut Arild Hareide, Kristelig Folkepartis leader, is under the conception that it should not the played by NRK P3. this is not the normal music at this point 

Cezinando publishes the album "Noen ganger og andre" this to great reviews. He is found all over the Norwegian music scene 

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