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Low bap
is a subgenre of the
Greek
hip hop music
scene that emerged in the mid-1990s as the sound of the prominent Greek hip hop group
Active Member
.
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It is characterized by slower
tempo
and
rapping
than usual, often combined with lyrics with sociopolitical content.
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The words "low bap" is derived from the
boom bap
hip hop subgenre from the East Coast of the United States. The low bap movement has been expanded, so that today it includes bookstores, youth centers, and specialized magazines. Cinematic attempts, concerts, and festivals have also taken place in an effort to broaden the scope of the movement, and introduce new bands to the genre's range of followers.
Low bap has its beginnings in
Perama
, an industrial suburb of
Piraeus
in
Athens Urban Area
.
Origin
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In June 1992, during a live performance of
Public Enemy
in
Nikaia
,
B. D. Foxmoor
and MCD met each other and created one of the first Greek
hip hop groups
, Active Member. In 1995, hip hop music was not well known in Greece. Active Member attracted big discographic companies and signed up with the consortium Warner (
Warner Music Group
). A few months later, the third album of Active Member was produced, under the name
To Megalo Kolpo
(The Great Wangle), and became widely known. On that album, Active Member decided to rename hip hop as they had taken it in, thus naming it "low bap."
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