Promoe
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Place in contemporary hip hop
Promoe released his third album in 2006, entitled White Man's Burden. It was followed by a DVD titled Standard Bearer, which included 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 where he slighted Promoe, German artists, and international artists. Promoe responded with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", which he posted on the German hip hop site rap.de, and was also released on a 7" LP and the CD of Standard Bearer in 2007. Kool Savas did not respond.
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,[2] 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.
On September 2, 2009, Promoe released the mixtape Script error: No such module "Lang"..[3]
Promoe released Script error: No such module "Lang". in 2009, which was his first album in Swedish. The song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", featured on Script error: No such module "Lang"., received airtime on several radio stations and 120,000 views after seven days on YouTube.[4] "Script error: No such module "Lang"." reached #1 on Script error: No such module "Lang".. The song criticizes Swedish culture by mockingly using the Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Literal translation) stereotype. The song became popular,Template:According to whom allegedly because of the song's Eurodisco beat, which was commented on in the song "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Template:Lit). "Script error: No such module "Lang"." uses the same beat as "Script error: No such module "Lang".", and the titles are pronounced similarly. The lyrics to "Script error: No such module "Lang"." are critical to the reception of "Script error: No such module "Lang".":
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The second single featured on Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Script error: No such module "Lang".", was released on September 11, 2009.[5]
Discography
- Government Music (2001)
- The Long Distance Runner (2004)
- White Man's Burden (2006)
- Standard Bearer (2007)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2009)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2009)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2015)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2016)
- Public Enemy (2019) – Collaboration between Promoe and Don Martin[6]
- The Art of Losing (2019)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (2020)
Personal life
Promoe engages in running and released a song titled "Long Distance Runner" in 2004, recorded and mixed by Soundism's Vladi Vargas and produced by Embee.[7] Promoe has participated in the Sahara Marathon in 2016 and the Kilimanjaro Marathon in 2014.[8][9]
See also
- Swedish hip hop
- Looptroop Rockers
- Eastern Sunz, a hip hop duo who featured Promoe in one of their albums[10]
References
External links
- Looptroop official website
- Promoe unofficial fansite
- Promoe's MySpace
- Cmotan MC vs Promoe - Nursery Rhymes
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