Hip Hop Kemp 2008

Well, the Hip Hop Kemp was crazy, like every year since they started it 7 years ago. For those who are don't know 'bout it... it's the biggest festival in europe for Underground Hip Hop and the genres around, held in the Czech Republic ca. 1h drive from Prague eastwards.

On the first day we saw some great shows from Pete Philly & Perquisite from Amsterdam, perfoming with live musicians and covering some classics like King Bee's "Back By Dope Demand" (!), germany's Kool Savas first international appearance, France' own Wax Tailor with a refreshment  for all the "not 24h rap" listeners, Turntable Jazz with Frank Nitty, Guilty Simpson, Illa Jay & multiple Worldchampion Rafik on the decks ripping it totally (!), swedish quality as usual from the Looptroop Rockers and EMC with the legendary Juice Crew Member Masta Ace and his crewmates Wordsworth, Punchline & Strick. The night ended, like every year with too much drinks, at the backstage hangar listening to DJ Haitian Star's selection of good old 80s Hip Hop =)

The second day went down with highlights like Mr. Lif & Akrobatik, Majors from Denmark, i.e. Dj Static & Dj Noise, two of europe's best Hip Hop Djs, with a killer performance, Zion I with DJ Vinroc on the 1200s , the Juice Crew Queen Roxanne Shante with Bahamadia and DJ Shortee on the 12s + a great performance by Atmosphere. Once again, party till the break of dawn...

The third day started out heavy for all of us, as we were partying too hard the days before. So everybody was just waiting for the performance of The Roots... and nobody was disapointed (!!!). Later on i was rocking the Hangar with my partner Jim Dunloop on the keys and catched a beautiful crowd that really don't wanted to leave the building...

All in all it was a great experience again to see 20000 party people joining the nice atmosphere over the weekend. I just can recommend this festival to everybody in europe or who like to visit the next summer!

check : Hip Hop Kemp

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marc