Slavcho Koviloski. MACEDONIAN HIP HOP: HARDCORE AS IT CAN BE

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Author: Slavcho Koviloski

Title: MACEDONIAN HIP HOP: HARDCORE AS IT CAN BE

Language of Paper: Macedonian 

Language of Summary: English 

Keywords: Hardcore, Macedonian Hip Hop, Macedonian language

Pages: 49-55

This paper deals with the hardness of the expression of Macedonian hip hop. The general conclusion is that the hardness of the sound signifies not only masculinity yet it also indicates the style of the hip hop artist. The most frequent topics covered by Macedonian hip hop artists are various: from the constant pressures from the in­ter­national community and intra-party misunderstandings, to inter-ethnic tensions, the collapse of TAT bank and the consequences of the continuous transition. They are the basis on which Macedonian hip hop creates explicit, cruel, and dark lyrics: hardcore to the maximum.