Promoe
Encyclopedia
Promoe is a Swedish rapper
, and member of Swedish hip hop
group Looptroop Rockers, formed in Västerås
, Sweden
, 1992. He released his fourth album in 2009 entitled Kråksången, and later the same year followed up with the mixtape Bondfångeri. Promoe has a background of graffiti
-writing and many of his songs deal with graffiti.
Promoe released his third album in 2006, entitled White Man's Burden. This was followed with a DVD titled Standard Bearer, which includes a documentary about the development of White Man's Burden and a concert from Copenhagen
.
In 2006 the German rapper Kool Savas
released a diss track in which he slighted Promoe among other German and international artists. Promoe's response was the song "Sag Was" which he posted on premier German hip hop site rap.de, and was also released on a 7" LP and also on the CD of Standard Bearer in 2007. It has gone as yet without answer.
Promoe has been featured on many tracks with both Swedish and international artists. The song "These Walls Don't Lie", produced by DJ Large
and mixed by Soundism
, used a sample from Hugo Montenegro's "Classical Gas", which had already been known for its use in "Mama" by late New York based rapper Big Punisher.
In 2009, Promoe released his first Swedish album called Kråksången. The first single, "Svennebanan", was a huge hit and received much airtime on several radio stations as well as 120,000 views after seven days on YouTube
. "Svennebanan" reached #1 in the official Swedish singles chart
. The song is highly critical of the Swedish population, but the song's Euro disco
beat made it popular for reasons other than the lyrical message. This was addressed in the song "Skäggig Vegan" (Bearded Vegan), the song has the very same beat as "Svennebanan" and the two titles are pronounced similar to each other.
The original text: (in Swedish)
"Toppar listor i Danmark och Belgien, tror du att det är min drivkraft? Tänk igen. Det var seriös kritik av en kultur som får oss att må som skit. Men du kan välja att lyssna på eurodisco slingan så kan jag sälja fler singlar."
Promoe-Skäggig Vegan
The second single off the album, "Mammas Gata", was released on September 11. He also released a mixtape called Bondfångeri in September.
Download Bondfångeri mixtape
"Scimmie Metropolitane" [oo Boo Vibration and Promoe]2010)
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
, and member of Swedish hip hop
Swedish hip hop
Emerging in the first half of the 1980s, Swedish hip hop was first heard from the cities of Stockholm and Malmö. In the early days, most rappers in Sweden rapped in English. Funkalics and The Latin Kings, two very different acts united by their innovative use of the Swedish language, debuted a...
group Looptroop Rockers, formed in Västerås
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, 1992. He released his fourth album in 2009 entitled Kråksången, and later the same year followed up with the mixtape Bondfångeri. Promoe has a background of graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
-writing and many of his songs deal with graffiti.
Place in contemporary hip hop
With well over a quarter of a million accumulated plays on his MySpace page, he was the most listened-to Swedish hip hop artist in February 2007. Having hundreds of international gigs under his belt, he is one of the most established European hip hop artists.Promoe released his third album in 2006, entitled White Man's Burden. This was followed with a DVD titled Standard Bearer, which includes a documentary about the development of White Man's Burden and a concert from Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
In 2006 the German rapper Kool Savas
Kool Savas
Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....
released a diss track in which he slighted Promoe among other German and international artists. Promoe's response was the song "Sag Was" which he posted on premier German hip hop site rap.de, and was also released on a 7" LP and also on the CD of Standard Bearer in 2007. It has gone as yet without answer.
Promoe has been featured on many tracks with both Swedish and international artists. The song "These Walls Don't Lie", produced by DJ Large
DJ Large
DJ Large is a Swedish hip-hop DJ. He is best known for his feature performances with the Swedish hip-hop group Looptroop. Along with Pst/Q and Organism 12, he is a member of Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen .-Assorted discography:*Sound From Sweden, Vol...
and mixed by Soundism
Soundism
Music producers and sound engineers Soundism, with a music recording studio located in Västerås , are part of the Swedish hip hop culture. Not only have new artists emerged, but also other actors in the hip hop culture that are less visible to the general public...
, used a sample from Hugo Montenegro's "Classical Gas", which had already been known for its use in "Mama" by late New York based rapper Big Punisher.
In 2009, Promoe released his first Swedish album called Kråksången. The first single, "Svennebanan", was a huge hit and received much airtime on several radio stations as well as 120,000 views after seven days on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. "Svennebanan" reached #1 in the official Swedish singles chart
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....
. The song is highly critical of the Swedish population, but the song's Euro disco
Euro disco
Euro disco is an all encompassing colloquial term used to describe a variety of European electronic dance music that first originated from disco in the 1970s; incorporating elements of pop, New Wave and rock into disco-like continuous dance atmosphere...
beat made it popular for reasons other than the lyrical message. This was addressed in the song "Skäggig Vegan" (Bearded Vegan), the song has the very same beat as "Svennebanan" and the two titles are pronounced similar to each other.
The original text: (in Swedish)
"Toppar listor i Danmark och Belgien, tror du att det är min drivkraft? Tänk igen. Det var seriös kritik av en kultur som får oss att må som skit. Men du kan välja att lyssna på eurodisco slingan så kan jag sälja fler singlar."
Promoe-Skäggig Vegan
The second single off the album, "Mammas Gata", was released on September 11. He also released a mixtape called Bondfångeri in September.
Download Bondfångeri mixtape
Discography
- Fuck A Record Deal EP 1996 With Akem and Looptroop.
- Government Music (2001)
- Long Distance Runner (2004)
- White Man's Burden (2006)
- Standard Bearer (2007) Documentary film and live show DVD plus a CD with rare Tracks.
- Kråksången (2009)
- Bondfångeri mixtape (Mixtape 2009)
"Scimmie Metropolitane" [oo Boo Vibration and Promoe]2010)