Anybody know some good foreign hip-hop and R&B?

[Sasafrás]

I've been a real hip-hop and R&B freak lately and I was trying to find some good foreign hip-hop and R&B artists from all over the world. The music ain't gotta be in English. I like French, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Spanish, Portuguese, and Tagalog mostly, but other languages are fine too. Any suggestions?

[RebeldePorLaPAZ]

Well if you like spanish rap/reggae you can search up reggaeton. Lemi hook you up with some good reggaeton artist.


Wilson y Yandel
Hector y Tito
Don Omar
Tego Calderon
Magnate y Valentino

[Ironfist]

I think Loop Troop were mentioned here before..
And thats just about only foreign one i know. I also know some slovenian though you wont find them easy..
If you do however, Kalskee is good.

Sorry for almost no help but i dont know much hip hop..

[Umoja]

I like Control Machete and Kalamashaka, but that's about as foreign as I get.

[suffianr]

You can check out Teh Tarik Crew (http://www.tehtarikcrew.com)and Too Phat (http://www.toophat.com.my), who are from Malaysia. TTC's got a really good turntablist, and Too Phat did some work with Warren G, recently. That's all I know...

[Eastside Revolt]

Detsl, Loop Troop, Task Force, Braintax.

[Rastafari]

how about some of that 80's bland ska?
Laurel Aitken (the best of 'em)
Potato 5
Rude Boy
Casino Royale
The Scooters
Mr. Review
The Toasters



oh, and don't forget to look up Dahler Mehndi!!!

[FatFreeMilk]

Um ever heard of El Diablo? Akwid? I think the latter is pretty gay but I've been seeing their comercials on the spanish channel alot lately. Oh yes and El Gran Silencio :rolleyes:

Oh and for some german hip hop try sup the chemist. The german exchange student hooked me up with this. God damn he was hot :wub: . Too bad he went back home :( I don't understand a word they're saying but it's got some good beats :)

[Eastside Revolt]

Oh yeah, and Bob Marley's son's have sort of a foreign quallity to them.

[synthesis]

http://www.italianrap.com

It's brilliant stuff. Most Italian rap is socialist or extremely left-wing.

[BOZG]

Try looking for Creative Control...have only heard a couple of songs but they weren't bad.

Ri-Ra or Rí-Ra aswell can be more funny than good.

[Collective]

As this site has a Cuban theme how about Orishas.

I think the UJC in Cuba funds a hip-hop/r&b festival every year because it is real popular over there. From what I know although drawing influences from them, a lot of Cubans have shunned the vain materialism of their American counterparts and address social issues. Hence the performers at the festival might attack the Cuban police for their attitude towards young people (healthy opposition).

Anyway, not to get off track. So yeah, I heard some Orishas...err...rapping...in Spanish while I was over there on tv and it wasn't all that bad.