Slovenian hip hop

The roots of Slovenian hip hop go back to Socialist Yugoslavia, since rap motifs were traced in the albums of various artists, but it is impossible to say with accuracy who was the founder of hip hop in Slovenia. Its development intensified in the 1980s, when in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia the first hip-hop dances began to be performed, popularly called ефefurур ( Slovenian Čefur , distorted kafir ). In 1994, the first clean rap album by Ali-En was released.

In 1997, the rap duo Dandrough released the album “Ko pride Bog” ( Slovene. When God Comes ). Until 2000 rap albums were not released then, but Slovenian skier, medalist of the 1994 Olympic Games Yure Koshir , who released the album “Kartelova teorija” ( Slovenian Cartel Theory ) together with his group “Pasij Kartel” ( Slovenian ), started to popularize hip-hop The Dog Cartel ) in 1998. The album, which had the strongest influence on the whole Slovenian hip-hop, was the disc “Trnow Stajl” ( Slovenian. Trnovsky style ), released by rapper Klemen Klemen on Menart Records . At the same time, the compilation "Radyoyo: Za narodov Blagor - 5'00" of fame "was released, which opened up many new stars on the Slovenian hip-hop scene.

Since 2001, the Slovenian national freestyle rap championship has been held: the winners of rap battles in different years in the classic and thematic freestyle were N'toko , Amo Socialec , Trkaj , Pižama and Unknown MC . Of the other participants, 6pack Čakur became famous, taking 2nd place in 2001. In 2002, the duo Murat & Jose released the disc "V besedi je moč" ( Slovenian. Strength in conversation ), which became one of the best-selling both in Slovenia and in Southern Europe. N'Toko and Amo Socialec collaborated with Nika Records .

In 2004-2006, more hip-hop albums were released in Slovenia than in previous years combined. The quality, however, was not high, as there were few official releases, and demos were better than the final versions. In those years, the faces of Slovenian hip-hop were Eyeceeou , Mrigo (founders of independent labels), the pioneer of Slovenian gangsta rap mc_DM from Maribor , Ali En ; Ezy-g ; Tekochee kru ; Dandrough and many other copycats. Out of street rap stood out the band Badale .

In 2007, Rhyme G released the album "Rhymes and Bosnians" about the street atmosphere of Celje's life. In 2009, Ledeni became the first trap artist , and in 2009 rapper Šunka released “Hip hop Kygla”. Further popularizers in the late 2000s and early 2010s are artists such as Samo Boris, Valterap, N'toko and Velebor.

Opinions on the development of rap in Slovenia are currently diverging: the Velebor group believes that Slovenian rap is much stronger than in previous years ^[1] ; rapper Dalaj Eegol is critical of some members of the rap scene and believes that even young performers like Balau, Flamie, Slovenac, Dravlje Crew, Katana in Triiipie may be in the habit of copying samples and style from Jay-Z , Eminem , Tupac and thereby doom yourself to failure ^[2] .

Slovenian hip-hop artists at one time tried to break through to Eurovision, but so far none of their attempts have been successful. The last attempt was made by D Base in 2016 with the composition “Spet živ” ^[3] .

• List of hip-hop artists from Slovenia

• Slovenian rap scene