ISSN 2955-2206 (online)

УДК: 316.723:78]:793.31(497.11)(049.3)

Dragan Đorđević

SOUND AND FURY: NOTIONS OF THE FOLK AND THE NATIONAL 

IN THE REGIONAL HIP HOP AND ITS CRITICISM

The paper presents the challenges of the folk and the national determination in re­gio­nal hip hop practices. In addition to the dominant comparative model of inter­pretation, an archetypal example of hip hop criticism is presented, written by Nenad Čanak, a Serbian politician in the early 2000s, on the occasion of the provocative song "Govedina" by Beogradski sindikat. Far from the criticism and discourse of to­day’s hip hop collective, the paper provides a different diagnosis of the indicated cultural situation and represents a model of a different approach to hip hop practices.

Keywords: Hip hop, criticism, folk, national, popular, singer talks.