Finnish hip hop
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Finnish hip hop music is an increasingly robust part of the Finnish music scene.[citation needed] While some crews based in Finland (Bomfunk MC's, Don Johnson Big Band, Kwan) choose to record their rhymes in English, the majority use Finnish.[citation needed] The first recordings were released in the late 1980s but the real boom of Finnish hip hop came in the late 1990s. Since then, the number of crews recording has increased dramatically. The best-selling crew has been Fintelligens,[citation needed] with several top 10 albums and singles. The best-selling solo artist is Pikku G,[citation needed] who was only 15 years old when he made the album Räjähdysvaara (Explosion Danger), which sold more than 120,000 copies in Finland,[citation needed] going quadruple platinum.[citation needed] Several years after that he made an album called Suora Lähetys, but it did not sell nearly as well as Räjähdysvaara.
Some well-known Finnish hip hop crews include:
Some well-known solo artists:
[edit] External links
- [1] Finnish hip hop portal based around the "Basso" magazine
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