Rap without Borders - Worldwide Hip-Hop
European Rap
(excerpted from All Music Guide Essay by Alex Henderson)
..."The 'hood doesn't necessarily have to be in the United States or anywhere else in North America. Rap is huge in most parts of the world, and there are hip-hop scenes in places that range from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Tokyo, Japan to Johannesburg, South Africa. There are rappers in Mozambique; there are rappers in the Philippines and different parts of India (where numerous Indian pop singers have incorporated hip-hop elements). The main focus of this essay, however, is European rap, and that could be anything from an Irish MC in Dublin to a German rapper in Munich (which the English-language section of a German hip-hop website calls "Muthaphukkin' Money Makin' Munich"). When a European rapper talks about life in the 'hood, he/she could be talking about Venice, Italy - or perhaps the 'hood could be in Stockholm, Sweden or Barcelona, Spain. From Scandinavia to Portugal, hip-hop has been huge in Europe since the '80s"...
Jair Dynast can be classified as a rapper that knows no borders. He has lived on two continents, in two countries, on an island and in several cosmopolitan cities. This is what makes Jair a unique emcee that is versatile, willing to push boundaries, speaks to his fans on so many different levels and at the same time, gain respect and admiration from his peers.
No wonder then that his album was described as "ambitious" and "worth hunting down" in a review done in German by hiphop.ch. Jair Dynast is definitely a rapper with international appeal. Anyone that's willing to embrace change, likes depth and feeling in the music he listens to and still wants to bump to dynamite Caribbean 'riddims' in the club, needs to get on their favorite DJ to cop Jair's album, VIALENCE.
(excerpted from All Music Guide Essay by Alex Henderson)
..."The 'hood doesn't necessarily have to be in the United States or anywhere else in North America. Rap is huge in most parts of the world, and there are hip-hop scenes in places that range from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Tokyo, Japan to Johannesburg, South Africa. There are rappers in Mozambique; there are rappers in the Philippines and different parts of India (where numerous Indian pop singers have incorporated hip-hop elements). The main focus of this essay, however, is European rap, and that could be anything from an Irish MC in Dublin to a German rapper in Munich (which the English-language section of a German hip-hop website calls "Muthaphukkin' Money Makin' Munich"). When a European rapper talks about life in the 'hood, he/she could be talking about Venice, Italy - or perhaps the 'hood could be in Stockholm, Sweden or Barcelona, Spain. From Scandinavia to Portugal, hip-hop has been huge in Europe since the '80s"...
Jair Dynast can be classified as a rapper that knows no borders. He has lived on two continents, in two countries, on an island and in several cosmopolitan cities. This is what makes Jair a unique emcee that is versatile, willing to push boundaries, speaks to his fans on so many different levels and at the same time, gain respect and admiration from his peers.
No wonder then that his album was described as "ambitious" and "worth hunting down" in a review done in German by hiphop.ch. Jair Dynast is definitely a rapper with international appeal. Anyone that's willing to embrace change, likes depth and feeling in the music he listens to and still wants to bump to dynamite Caribbean 'riddims' in the club, needs to get on their favorite DJ to cop Jair's album, VIALENCE.
posted by Beau Trickey, Freelance Writer @ 6:29 AM
