Conscious Rap!
curated by: Petra Erdmann Political murders in Serbia, arbitrary police
repression in Iceland, amusing wake-up calls about AIDS and safer sex from Spain, parables about soccer and the Berlusconi
government, censure of cultural macho behavior toward Turkish women, mobilization against racist slogans in France, English
survival strategies in social housing ghettos, criticism of newly rich Slovakians consuming capitalism and child pornography
... With its own political statements European hip hop has emancipated itself from being a faded copy of an American success
story. How does rap that deals critically with social political themes in artful rhymes present itself visually? That was
one of the starting points for this European survey of current hip hop videos from Europe. Ideally the compilation Conscious
Rap! generates an audiovisual map of Europe and its cultural idiosyncrasies and commonalities. An outline that probes continental
hip hop for global and local discourses. In Conscious Rap! hip hop is manifested as a popular and catchy means of conveying
real-political resistance. This is evident in the clips from the Linz formation Texta or the Ukrainian band Gryndzholy, among
others, that are critical of the government. (OmeU) Österreich Texta Widerstand A 2001, Hoanzl, 3:46 Skero Item 7 feat. Aladin
Sani & Hubert Tubbs That's life A 2004, Courtesy of the artist, 4:00 Senad Hergic / Item 7 Deutschland Samy Deluxe Meine Generation
D 2005, Emi, 3:45 Matthias Freyer Slowakei Cistychov Hanba ti SK 2004, Neighbor Beats/Emi, 2:14 JCJ Production Frankreich
La rumeur p.o.r.c F 2005, Emi, 3:20 Raphael Frydman Rumänien Bug Mafia feat. VILLY O Lume Nebuna, Nebuna De Tot RO 2005, rebel
music, 4:19 Andreea Paduraru Italien Frankie hi-nrg raplamento I 2005, bmg italia, 4:11 Frankie hi-nrg/Cristian Biondani Schweiz
Greis Global CH 2003, chlyklassRecords, 4:26 Dir: Tex Schweden Promoe These walls don‘t lie S 2004, edel, 4:05 Dahlström,
Dejert, Haglund Spanien El Chojin Lola E 2001, Boa, 3:56 ALEX Polen Peja Kurewskie Zycie PL 2005, Fonografika, 4:49 Lukasz
Tunikowski Ukraine Gryndzholy Razom Nas Bahato UA 2005, Ukrainian Records, 2:37 kinograf productions Türkei Sultana Kusu Kalkmaz
TK 2001, bluemoon recordings, 4:12 Umur Turagay Island Brjansi Blod areidum hondum IS 2005, Granir Fingur, 3:38 Grimur Anton
Gunnlaugsson UK Skinnyman Council Estate Of Mind UK 2004, self destruct music, 5:05 Greg Hall Serbien Marchelo kuca na promaji
CS 2003, bassivity rec., 3:43 Vladimir Markovic-Looney Niederlande Lange Frans & Baas B feat. Ninthe. Zinloos NL 2004, Walboomers
music, 4:36 Bosnien-Herzegowina Edo Maajka Pržiii BiH 2004, Menart Andrej Korovljev
Special 2005
Petra
Erdmann
International 2000
ca. 70 minutes
OV with English subtitles