Month: May 2019
+ Øyvind Holen, «Attitudeproblem», chirag, Elaina Hercz, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, mona abdel-fadil, norway
Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part I
Over the past two posts, I have started looking at Karpe’s Heisann Montebello (2016). I have discussed «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» (“Easy to be a rebel in your basement light”) and the ways that the song addresses xenophobic, Islamophobic, and racist rhetoric. Today, I want to continue some of that same discussion by looking at another song on the album, «Attitudeproblem» … Read More Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part I
+ «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», chirag, heisann montebello, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, rap
Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part II
Today, I want to continue my discussion of Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» (“Easy to be a rebel in your basement apartment”). Again, this will not be a comprehensive discussion of the song, but hopefully it will serve as an entry point. One that I have discovered over the course of this process, and something I anticipated, is that a … Read More Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part II
+ adjø montebello, Øyvind Holen, «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», benjamin hermansen, chriag, heisann montebello, hip hop, holmlia, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, sindre bangstad
Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part I
My research into Norwegian hip hop is ever evolving. I keep finding new artists and songs everyday, but the one group that has really caught my attention is Karpe Diem, a group that consists of Magdi (Egyptian/Norwegian) and Chirag (Indian/Norwegian). Their 2015-2016 project Heisann Montebello (Hello Montebello) exists as a political statement on behalf of individuals who ask, as Pumba puts it, «Hvor faen … Read More Rhetoric of Infestation in Karpe Diem’s «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din» Part I
+ «Hvor jeg kommer fra», benjamin hermansen, bergen, Norway, Cecelia Cutlre, hip hop, norway, pumba, rap, rune bergelund steen, Unn Røyneland
Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»
When I started digging into Norwegian hip hop, I came across Pumba pretty quickly and the video for his song «Hvor jeg kommer fra» (“Where I come from”). Released in 2008, «Hvor jeg kommer fra» came seven years after the racist murder of Benjamin Hermansen, a Ghanian-Norwegian fifteen year-old, in Holmlia in Oslo. Pumba (Richard Edward Bravo) was born in Norway and is of … Read More Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»
+ Øyvind Holen, «Ghettoparasitt», Erik og Kriss, Ghetto Parasite, hip hop, Hkeem, MachoMayne, norway, rap, Skolegården
Norsk Hiphop: Hkeem’s «Ghettoparasitt»
Note: My translations may be off. I am still learning Norwegian. So, if anything is mistranslated, please let me know. As well, the second part of my lecture on The Great Gatsby will go live soon. A few weeks after we moved to Bergen last August, I heard some music coming from outside. There was a pop up stage down the road, with various … Read More Norsk Hiphop: Hkeem’s «Ghettoparasitt»
