'''Dutch hip hop''' or '''Nederhop''' is [[hip hop music]] created by musicians in the [[Netherlands]].

==Early days==

In 1986, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] rap duo [[MC Miker G & DJ Sven]] (Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen) had a top 10 hit across Europe with "Holiday Rap", which sampled [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's]] "Holiday". Another 1980s group was the [[Osdorp Posse]], who first started to record tracks in Dutch.

In 1992, Osdorp Posse released their debut album ''Osdorp Stijl'', which was the first hip hop in Dutch ever.{{Fact|date=May 2007}} They started out translating [[N.W.A.]] songs to [[Dutch language|Dutch]], though later, wrote their own rhymes in Dutch. Their beats, created by producer Seda, have a familiar heavy sound and are similar to U.S. old school hip hop. Frontman Def-P describes it as [[hardcore rap]]. In the 17 years of de Osdorp Posse's existence, the crew never really changed their style and are still making hardcore hip hop.

Notable in the late 80s were All Star Fresh of [[King Bee]] topping charts with: "Back by dope demand" in early [[1990 in music|1990]] and Rudeboy of [[Urban Dance Squad]] who, at the time, were arguably more widely known in [[New York City]] than Holland.

==Later days==

After the first Osdorp Posse demo cassette they toured around the Netherlands. In Deventer they found the first followers and the first Dutch language hip hop scene. The first hip hop groups after Osdorp Posse were Zuid-Oost Posse and Maastraat Mannen. These groups did concerts all over the Netherlands. Maasstraat became famous as the first group combining reggae with Dutch lyrics, inspiring for example Postmen.

Another Dutch-language rapper is [[Extince]], who in 1995 took Nederhop to a new (commercial) level. With two of his singles ''Spraakwater'' and ''Kaal of Kammen'' being major hits in the mid-1990s, Extince was the first Dutch rapper making the [[MegaCharts|Dutch charts]].Other notable acts include [[Ali B|Ali B.]] (who has been featured on other artists' tracks, most significantly with [[Marco Borsato]] on the song "Wat zou je doen?" for the charity [[War Child (charity)|War Child]]) who achieved solo success with "Leipe mocro flavour". Together with his cousin Yes-R he made an international remix of "Ghetto" together with Akon.; the duo [[Lange Frans & Baas B]] with their patriotic but introspective "[[Het land van (song)|Het Land Van]]"; and [[Yes-R]]. Other notable groups are "[[Opgezwolle]]" (consisting of rapper Sticky Steez, rapper Frico Rico and DJ Delic) and [[Brainpower]].

There were two styles dominating the Dutch hip hop landscape: [[Extince]], known for his easy flows, catchy songs and funky tunes, while hardcore performers like [[Westklan]] and [[Osdorp Posse]] found their own niche group of fans.

In the mid 1990s [[The Postmen]] were topping the charts with their rap/[[reggae]] mix.

==Recently==

In the early 2000s the MC fronted band [[Relax (band)|Relax]] got much airplay, as did [[Spookrijders (band)|de Spookrijders]].

A combination of these two styles gave birth to de Spookrijders, a three man hip hop group founded in 1996. With MC's Stefan and Clyde rapping about their personal lives and life in Amsterdam as a black man, de Spookrijders even gained respect from non-hip hop musicians and fans. Most people admired the work of producer/DJ Cliff 'the Jazz' Nille after releasing Spookrijders debut album'''De Echte Shit''. In 1999 de Spookrijders hit the charts twice with the hits ''Klokkenluiders'' and ''Ik ben de man''. Both these songs appeared on the second album, ''Klokkenluiders van Amsterdam''. After some personal argues among the three crewmembers, de Spookrijders split up in 2003, after releasing their and final third album ''Hee... Spookies!!''

[[Opgezwolle]], a group from [[Zwolle]] latest album, "Eigen Wereld" (Own world) appeared in the 'Album Top 100' at number 4; the highest notation of a Dutch rap-album ever.

In the mid 2000s [[Cilvaringz]], [[Ali B]] and [[Raymzter]] have commercially been successful and [[Lange Frans & Baas B]] have had multiple #1 hits. In 2005, [[De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig]] ("The youth of today") were successful with ''[[Watskeburt]]?!'' ("''Wuzhappenin?!''").

Rapper [[Jawat]] won the "[[Grote prijs van Nederland]]" 2006.

Another Dutch hiphop Duo are Pete Philly & Perquisite who are already well known in Holland and even in Japan.

== The attitude to life ==
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The attitude to life of Dutch hip hop has several sides. In Dutch hip hop there are [[gangsta rap|gangsta]] [[rapper]]s, more commercial rappers, and rappers who do something without looking what for style they are.

===Gangsta===

Dutch gangsta hip hop]] doesn't have much different groups and the most known one is [[THC]] (Tuindorp Hustler Click), [[Heinek'n]] and [[Nino]]. The beats don't differ much from the [[United States|American]] [[Beat (music)|beats]] and the [[lyrics]] are often about what they see and what happens to them in a world ruled by [[criminalism]].
Another rapper who is coming out of the gangsta scene and is trying to be more critical to the system in [[the Netherlands]] is [[AppA]] a former [[THC]] member who has left the group

===Commercial success===

The commercial succes of Dutch hip hop is largely made by [[Brainpower]], [[Yes-R]], [[Ali B]], [[Lange Frans & Baas B]] and [[Extince]]. For a large part of the Dutch hip hop community [[Yes-R]], [[Ali-B]] and [[Lange Frans en Baas B]] are sometimes considered fake because they do a lot of work for children TV stations. [[Brainpower]] and [[Extince]] however both enjoy a great respect for bringing up [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[Hiphop]]. Other commercial rappers are [[Kempi]] and [[De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig]].

===Zwolle, Rotterdam, Arnhem, and Amsterdam===

The [[Zwolle]] MCs are [[Blaxtar]] and his brother [[Typhoon]] and the MCs [[Phreako Rico]] and [[Sticky Steez]] from [[opgezwolle]] with their DJ [[Dippy Delic]]. Another important figure from [[Zwolle]] is DJ [[artist|Kubus]] (maybe known in [[England]] for his cooperation with [[bangbang]] making [[Album|learing curves]]). From [[Rotterdam]] and [[Arnhem]] are the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[hiphop]] artists [[Raymzter]] ([[Amsterdam]]), [[DuvelDuvel]] ([[Rotterdam]]), [[Spacekees]], [[Jiggy Djé]], and [[Terilekst]] (and others from [[Arnhem]]). The big difference from the rest of the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[hiphop]] scene are the beats who have a very low bass (especially the [[Zwolle]] artists & [[DuvelDuvel]]) [[electronic]] beats ([[Kubus]] and [[DuvelDuvel]]) or the use of more liquid and [[jazz]]y samples (Jazzy [[Opgezwolle]] and [[Arhnem]]).
Also the subjects of the lyrics are slightly different from the usual subjects of [[hiphop]] in general. They mostly rap about the [[society]], respect for women, their life before they were known and their lives now.

===Dutch oldskool===

The Dutch [[Old school|oldskool]] exists out of four primary artists, [[Osdorp Posse]], [[Extince]], [[Brainpower]], and [[Raymzter]]. [[Osdorp Posse]] make to what they self call hardcore rap and use beats that have much in common with [[N.W.A.]] (though they also worked with a [[death metal]] band). There lyrics are about [[racism]], [[prostitution]] (not always negatively), [[police]] and other social subjects. [[Extince]] uses very different, more funky kind of beats than [[Osdorp Posse]] and uses a completely different rapstyle. [[Brainpowers]] lyrics are most known to be party numbers(his nr1 record dansplaat) and about love though he has a many lyrics that are more thought through, and quite cleverly put together . [[Raymzter]] is a rapper who isn't famous for his beats but for his lyrics who are based on subjects which are inspired by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]. He raps about respect for other people (such as family and women), racism against the [[Morocco|Moroccan]] people in the Netherlands, and the thoughts of people.

== See also ==
* [[European hip hop]]

== External links ==
[http://www.nederhop.nl Nederhop Radio]

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