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NYU Presentation: Israeli Hip Hop II

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rtrnyuWhere are Israeli hip hoppers getting their inspiration?  How are they connecting to their audience?

Sagol 59:

  • 44 years old and has had an active hip hop career since 2000.  He’s made albums, appeared on kids specials, and he writes about music for Israeli papers and on his own blog.  And he’s a really nice guy, to boot.  He’s covered hip hop classics in Hebrew, used Israeli samples, and has collaborated with other artists, Israeli and otherwise, to make music of various genres.  
  • Listen to Prison Song.
  • Refer to Westerns with Cool G Rap
  • Listen to Milk Flows, Honey Beats.

Cohenbeats:

  • At 25 he feels his career in Israel peaked, and is making a go of it in Los Angeles.  
  • He’s made 2 albums with Cohen@Mushon. They have awesome videos.
  • Cohen’s real interest is in making beats.  He can
  • dig through crates of Israeli vinyl, and pull out some very unique samples.  When I say “dig through crates” I mean his own record collection, which, as it turns out, has some common and not so common Israeli music from the 60s, 70s and 80s.  
  • Arik Einstein – Eretz Israel
  • A Little Different – Guru
  • The Sea-Ders – Thanks A Lot
  • Cohenbeats – Milk and Honey: Arik, Guru, Cedars

Connections:

Questions and Comments:

  • Why is Israeli hip-hop less politicized now? Were there other factors besides Subliminal that aided to the fall of Israeli hip-hop? How can Israeli hip-hop reach the status and influence it had in the late 1990s/early 2000s?
  • “Kwame De La Fox had to beg the army radio station for a weekly late night hip hop statement. This aspect of hip hop is similar to the early treatment Mizrahi music which struggled to get radio time.”

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