Amerikanen Reacts To Svenska Klassiker: Thomas Rusiak - Hiphopper

[@pereklund9172]

Being a swede it is very obvious that the text is self ironic. He is not making fun of hiphop as a genre, but at some people calling themselves hiphopper.

[@monkeyofavon]

Detta. Den här låten kom när hiphop förmodligen var som populärast i Sverige och det var superviktigt att vara "äkta" för att vara någon inom scenen, till den grad att det blev löjligt.

[@molnet999]

ja det handlar även om att bara svennar ens sa hiphoppare, "hiphopper" låter skitkonstigt på engelska

[@nielsholbraad1803]

Sä mycket bättre att Rusiak gör en jävla bra låt på den bakkrund :-)

[@vakistania]

As people have said, it isn't making fun of hiphop because Rusiak definitely is into hiphop, it is making fun of the late 90s/early millenium swedish hiphop culture. Back then, hiphop fashion was everywhere, and a lot of people acted like they were hiphop while listening to rap metal or skate punk (the suburb teen kind with rap element). The song is making fun of people feeling that they are hiphop just because they bought a hoodie. His other songs also have the same rock elements to the beat, but his style of singing is a lot more in tune with 90s rap, so he definitely knew that what he is doing in this song isnt considered hiphop in that sense, its more of a commentary and a time capsule that will be hard to understand. Maybe after you listen to some more swedish 90s rap and maybe stuff like Clawfinger you'll see traces of it.

[@EllakGr]

I agree that Clawfinger is a good place to start when it comes to swedish rap metal. Some of their lyrics hasn’t aged too well imho , but I recommend ’Two Sides’ a starting point. Nice groove and thoughtful lyrics.

[@sirseigan]

Ohhh Clawfinger - I had totally forgotten about them haha perhaps time to go down memory lane 😄

[@DaP84]

The reason why this one is so poppy is that this is like a cross-over collab to promote each other. This track is more of a Teddybears Sthlm song (they are the originators of "Punkrocker", not Ceasar's Palace), and then Tomas featured on the rap driven track "Rock n Roll Highschool" on Teddybears' album with same title. The rest of Thomas Rusiak's album is rap.

[@olahellsten818]

I think you should have listened to Punkrocker first. Might have put it in context. Or perhaps Torgny Melins’ cover ”Dancebander”.

[@tangfors]

The Sounds - Living in America Is a tip on a song. It is an American critical song. A little fun fact is also that The sounds is one of Dave Grohl's favorite bands, and that Rammstein were inspired from this song and borrowed the chorus to their hit song America.

[@HugoLindmark]

Well, jag skulle säga att det var lite otur att någon hade skrivit att det här var en "parodi" på hiphop och hiphopkulturen, vilket jag inte skulle säga att det är. Thomas Rusiak har ju varit en centralgestalt inom den svenska hiphopscenen. Så han är absolut ingen utomstående som kommer in och gör narr av hiphopen. Utan snarast en självironisk låt, alternativt att håna folk som använder hiphopen som accessoar. Jag skulle kanske rekommendera Whole lot of things från samma album för att få ett mer rättvist intryckt av vad Rusiak gjorde.

[@nyana73]

Eller ännu bättre, Existence!

[@nielsholbraad1803]

To be clowning within a genre succesfully, you have to be competent within your genre - Rusiak is MASTERING his genre!

[@DaP84]

Caesar's Palace did not make the original. Swedish experimental band Teddybears Sthlm made the original same year as "Hiphopper", which they also feature in (they are in the music vid) and co-produced. Caesar's Palace also dropped their cover that year. 2006 Teddybears Sthlm re-recorded "Punkrocker" with punk icon Iggy Pop on vocals and in music vid, which became a minor hit the following year.

[@herrglad9726]

But some of the members of Caesars Palace were also in Teddybears. And Rusiak was producing Teddybears (or if it was the other way around?) Anyway, best version is "Punksvin" by Snutjävel.

[@MotorDevil777]

På temat hiphop, föreslår Promoe - These Walls Dont't Lie, hade varit kul att se en reaktion på!

[@filiplillevars3567]

100%!

[@yeahbee8237]

Long Distance Runner!

[@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns]

Melodin är exakt samma som låten Punkrocker. De har bara skrivit annan text. Det var ju väldigt nytt att rappa (på svenska) på den tiden. Petter, Eye n I, Rusiak o andra var rätt tidiga. Jag har alltid tänkt att han sjunger andras fördomar eller i alla fall ironisk fördomsbild. Lite Offspring-inspirerat oxå kanske, Pretty fly är ju typ samtida. Tänker dock att det mest var ett studioskämt från början.

[@goatpunk]

Jag har fått för mig att den handlar om människor som så gärna vill vara en del av det som är det häftiga för tillfället utan att egentligen bry sig om vad det är. Hiphop var det nya heta då och då skulle många kopiera en stil de såg i populära musikvideos och vara hiphop som fan. Kunde lika gärna vara något helt annat som man gick all in på.

[@sirseigan]

Ja man behöver nog se den här låten i sitt (svenska) sammanhang. Jag tror också att man bör höra den tillsammans med "Punkrocker" för att greppa grejen eftersom de är som spegelbilder av varandra samtidigt som att de två subkulturena vid tidpunkten ofta speglade varandra i Sverige så till vida att folk gärna gick all in i utan att kanske riiiktigt veta vad det handlade om bara för att det var hett (med en del komiska grejer/situationer som resultat) 🙂 Så bör nog ses ur ett sent 90-tals sammanhang; en tid då subkulturen blev mainstream, med allt vad det innebar ("subculture as an accessory") 🙂 Så precis som sagts; mindre att göra med subkulturen i sig och mer om folket som hävdar att de är en del av den för att vara "inne".

[@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns]

@@goatpunk Ja när du säger det, precis så var det ju

[@Botvind]

I would say that you could listen to almost any of the other tracks from the album Magic Villa to see the real rapper Thomas Rusiak. Hiphopper was the biggest hit, but probably one of his worst songs for us young hiphop heads who loved him as the central figure he was in the swedish hip hop scene early 2000s, and a swedish rapper who offered something that felt more "osvenskt" than Petter, Ken Ring, Blues and the other big swedish rappers of that time. My favourites from that album is probably Breakout, Magic Villa and Whole Lot of Things but also Suckers and Suckers pt. 2 were awesome too, but none of them really considered swedish classics since they didn't reach the main stream media in the same way, so might not be a fit for this channel.

[@frurichardsson9239]

Nej, nej, nej! Låten var ingen diss av amerikansk hiphop. De var självironiska, låten handlade om att älska hiphopmusik så mycket att det är ens identitet. Precis som originalet 'Punkrocker' av Teddybear Stockholms gjorde.

[@hoggeboris]

Sister Surround . The soundtrack of our life

[@tommyb6381]

Thomas is a REALLY good rapper, a true Mc although he didn't wear the style of clothes etc. But he's a Swedish Hiphop legend (he's a brilliant producer also) and HE RAPS on almost all the other songs and especially earlier in his career. He Is a rapper that tried different styles sometimes.

[@sampetersson5887]

Yes check out sherlock its a old rap group he was in

[@kyrastube]

the obvious follow up to this is "punkrocker" by teddybears sthlm

[@DXman222]

Thomas Rusiak is a pioneer in swedish hiphop. when it comes to lyrics and producing. he has worked world wide with he´s stuff. this track is more like something fun and a remake of the pop version

[@MrLilja]

Wow, homework: not done. Poor Rusiak... Have a listen to his album "Magic Villa"

[@torpmicke]

Lite svensk funk/jazz/soul/r'n'b från 90-talet. Musikkollektivet Blacknuss där artister som Lisa Nilson, Titiyo, Jennifer Brown och många fler varit med. "Roll with me" med Robyn!

[@loki76]

Also you must hear the original song punkrocker to understand why hip-hopper sounds the way it does. Teddybears Sthlm is involved in both songs. The other one is iggy pop and teddybears.

[@thesavagemunk2976]

Ayo - Betongdjungelboken

[@Deidara85]

Ayo: "Svenska tjejer som blir våldtagna förtjänar det"

[@mattiasandersson4731]

Säger som många andra, det är en "känga" till alla wannabees back in the days. Tycker personligen att punk rocker är bättre. Dessutom är Teddybears lite kult! 😀

[@nejtackfu]

Ok I haven't fact checked so please do correct me if I'm wrong but from how I remember it this song came out when every other kid at my school (högstadiet) called themselves a hiphopper, all it took was pretty much baggy jeans so it kind of blended with the skaters :D also these were 99,9% white kids who probably had no clue about the origins of the trends. Teddybears' song Punkrocker was about prejudice about punk kids I think so what I figured is they did this colab with Rusiak about the new thing everyone was buying in to. I might be way off though. On the subject, I would love to hear your view on Petter's "Det går bra nu", but be sure to get the back story before you listen to it otherwise you will probably be very annoyed... it's pretty good, same sample as Tipsy.

[@yeahbee8237]

Psycho Cowboy pants!

[@UtanPersonligtAnsvar]

Other bands has been doing versions of this song as well. "Synthpopper" is some sort of computer game-pop and legendary Träd Gräs och Stenar has made it into a song Greateful Dead had been proud of. But the best version is Iggy Pop with Teddybears.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

There are several versions of this song, I think the most popular one is Punk Rocker by Iggy. Edit: I shouldn't say "by", it's a colab between Teddybears STHLM and Iggy Pop

[@Zorbeltuss]

Thomas Rusiak var involverad i svenska scenen iallafall i några år innan sitt album, hiphopper är en klassiker tekniskt sett men skulle nog ligga lägst på min lista av rekommenderade låtar från just Rusiak. Men svensk hiphop på engelska så vill jag nog rekommendera en annan klassiker, Bullet av Infinite Mass.

[@tangfors]

Agree with others Tomas was (is) a famous rapper, as well as producer of hip hop music. So it's self-ironic. It came at just the right time when Hip hop started to be considered a bit quirky, besides, he did a rock / pop song even though it was a cover, but that got many who had previously said that Rapare are not musicians to keep quiet.

[@bbeightynine]

I think the Teddybears Sthlm original version is more of a classic.

[@pubbiehive]

Rusiak is probably one of the best hip hop producers, especially of the early era of Swedish hip hop, some of the best beats on old Petter and Ken Ring records were made by him.

[@emilivarssons]

Jonathan gotta say i love the reaction videos and since you mentioned the band formarly known as Caecars Palace i've got a good swedish song for you.. Caesars - Jerk it out

[@iamapotato]

100% certified B-B-BANGER

[@MrNiklasengstrm]

Teddybears also did a punkrocker version with Iggy pop

[@mickaelruokonen3351]

Please react to Fattaru, mina hundar.. Swedish classic hip hop 🤩✌

[@JohnnyJoe]

"Äppelknyckarjazz" av Movits"-

[@icesam931]

A classic

[@Huxteble]

Artisterna till den här låten skrivs egentligen "Tomas Rusiak featuring Teddybears STHLM". Att Teddybears är med på denna tolkning av sin egen hit är skälet till inslagen av elektronika och punk i ljudet och till trummorna och gitarren i videon. Att låten var populär beror nog också på att den är så enkel att fylleskråla till på helgkvällar på landets uteställen. När folk är fulla gör dom inga genreanalyser.

[@skankox69]

Rap-influenced rock/punk or vice versa wasn't new when this came out. Beastie Boys or Run DMC 1986! Ice-T with his band Body Count early 90's! Judgement Night soundtrack 1993!

[@bounzig]

The song is 23 years old man, and it's not a rap song just because it's named hiphopper. This was a summer hit in the 2000. It's not wack, it's ironic.

[@frostrhino]

Probably mostly a bias thing. I think it's a pretty good, catchy song. But I didn't grow up in rap culture, so I can't feel offended by it.

[@Carstensenson]

who is J Rollin.

[@whateva77]

As other pointed out, not dissing hip-hop. Rusiak was a hip-hop pioneer in Sweden. Just making fun of the stereotype that was often projected on him. But understand it looks otherwise without that context. FUN-FACT: Rusiak produced the beat for Slick Rick’s Frozen on the Art of Storytelling (which Slick Rick calls so-so in the lyrics to the song 🤣) RECOMMENDED REACTION: Petter - Vinden har vänt. The first (at least many would argue) mainstream hip-hop hit in Swedish and Rusiak raps the lyrics.

[@annacederwall3309]

Please kolla in teddybears och ggy pops version av Punkrocker. Iggy tog det med en klackspark!😉

[@Herr_U]

I suspect there is a cultural mistranslation here; in swedish culture you are more subdued, so what is considered "showy" in US culture is considered "gaudy" or "tacky" in swedish culture. Also it is influenced by the original punk version, and that punk version rips hard into punk culture with a hefty dose of self-irony. Or put another way, picture GWB singing the thing and you'll probably get closer to the sense of the song. (And wow, ZTV, now that is a blast from the past) Edit: used "flashy" instead of "showy" first

[@ZetaReticuli87]

One time Bam Margera from Jackass met with Teddybears and apparently trashed their instruments. Needless to say that Teddybears was mad as hell for it.

[@loki76]

Hip-Hop doesn't have to be sung in a rap style. It can be musical and rhyme sung lyrics as well. It's also more of a way of life in music with many styles. Don't think it's a parody song making fun of hip hop they are into hip hop. But it might be about posers?

[@espenanka]

Hiphopper is a cover of Teddybears STHLM's song Punkrocker...

[@chalphon4907]

This song came out around the time when Hiphop was starting to become sort of mainstream music in Sweden and it's basically a distrack where he is making fun of posers.

[@Sharpclaw2000]

hm alltså om den här låten gjorts idag, då hade man ju saknat några grejer. De jag mest hör som kritik mot rap nu är en kanske överbesatthet av "OG" status (fast säger man fortfarande så? :O), när det är uppenbart att artisten saknar "realness" helt och hållet hehe. Och man har kanske lite väl många texter som bara nämner dyra märken igen och igen, nämner alkoholtyper eller gräs igen och igen, samt att många rappare är väldigt sexistiska mot kvinnor. Men, sedan finns det ju väldigt rolig rap tycker jag, som typ WAP haha, men om man gjorde en parodi på rap då kanske man får nämna att den kan va mer vulgär än andra genrer XD. ... idag är ju rap störst på marknaden. jag tänker att man kanske tål lite parodier då. Nu misstänker jag att den här låten är lite mer självironisk, inte ironisk över genren. Men jag minns inte riktigt hur folk pratade om den låten på den tiden. den bästa kritiken mot "rap" eller mot en sådan artist jag hört i sverige, det var nog när BLM Sverige kallade Asap rockys "blm-kampanj" (filmen efter han blev fälld) för "billionaire lives matter". Känns som om man kan se en sådan attityd hos kanske många rappare..

[@lisakovanen1975]

"Sommaren är kort", Tomas Ledin. Denna låt kräver en reaktion innan sommaren är slut - alltså inom några få veckor. Om inte får du vänta till nästa sommar med att lyssna till den.

[@Huxteble]

Exakt så!

[@jonasolofsson4128]

Rockn'roll high school med Rusiak och Teddybears STHLM är mycket bättre, den borde du lyssna på :)

[@34JohannesHeinz34]

Fam, this was before we'd figured out what hip hop really was. He didn't try to make fun of hip hop. He tried to be hip hop

[@edflintlaw]

Kinda whack. New category.

[@Droglakahn]

Lot of diffrent verison of that song, Synthpopper or Dansbander for example.

[@johanribaeus]

Professor P & DJ Akilles is REAL classic Swedish hiphop. React to Mind Over Matter. You won't regret it.

[@kicki5387]

Testa Petters låt Så klart. Om du inte redan gjort det men jag har missat. Gärna med originalvideon! 🤣🤣🤣

[@bbeightynine]

You r listening to the wrong people making strange suggestions ..like Freddie Wadlings cover of Blott en dag. Yeah he is alright. But that cover version as a swedish well and broadknown classic? Naah..

[@RImeofthe]

Do Atomic Swing

[@chalphon4907]

You should really check out Ceasars Palace, songs like: Jerk it out Candy Kane Freak flag fly From the bughouse Over for it started

[@Merecir]

'Blott en dag' is a funeral hymn from 1865, not very banger-y.

[@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns]

Begravning o begravning. Det är väl verkligen hela livets psalm

[@Nomis3586]

Ohh man you have to react to looptroopers long arm of the law! this is the main hiphop in sweden!

[@erichjalmarsson6736]

”You van keep throw up im to wack” Tror han syftar på en typ av graffitimålning/grej, Throw-ups

[@satanihelvetet]

You should react to the original 'Punkrocker' by Teddy bears Stockholm.

[@YellowJacket090]

Why do I get bloodhound gang wibes lol

[@simonhs1337]

Peter Bjorn And John - Young Folks

[@yeahbee8237]

Sweden has some great hiphop acts Promoe, Looptroop, Timbuktu, Infinite Mass. Just for fun listen to Just D

[@deadheads1352]

Teddybearw are harddcore!

[@BronxisNr1]

Kolla in Suckers eller Legends Of The Fall med Thomas Rusiak.

[@MrBjorn84]

This beat is comong frome Dead Prez - Hiphop

[@yeahbee8237]

Listen to Rusiak's in this Cold world

[@bjorx88]

Det här är typ den svenska motsvarigheten till Pretty fly (for a white guy).

[@therappats946]

Tomas rusiak loves rap. This song Thats cover on punkrocker (kid rock was feat swedish teddubears sthln) This is making fun of the genre in sweden kind of. Hard to explain, But nothing to do with making fun of hip hop. He has alot of good songs

[@thesavagemunk2976]

Advance Patrol - Para Ti

[@selar91]

You should try Rock n roll highschool with Teddybears and Thomas Rusiak instead.

[@magnus3310]

This is ironically his Least hiphop song

[@MrGunnar69]

Teddybears sthlm punkrockar iaf.

[@niklassvensson9558]

Var väl att de testade runt med teddybears shlm att slå samman varandras musikgenres för att få inspiration. Gillade mer Rock 'n' Roll Highschool som kom typ samtidigt.

[@Tangentbordsblues]

He doesn't have to rap it sounds cool anyway.

[@danielnorrelokke333]

Ztv was far better than MTV at the time. Miss it

[@idanorrman6933]

I agree with you Jonathan

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

Har aldrig hört denna skiten och det är jag glad för 😰

[@dennisemanuelsson8240]

React to Markoolio

[@SprakfaleafSweden]

Och så Dancebander med Torgny Melins. Hey, hey, hey!

[@CarnificationNow]

Och här är dansbandsversionen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICTZGVrZcZjq6s

[@izznoogood]

yo sorry for my viking rich neigbhorhood withe guy rap :P

[@roxpace]

Still loves this song but not as much as Punkrocker with the original creator Teddybears Sthlm featuring Iggy Pop. Comparing it with Kid Rock is almost insulting 😉 You have to understand also how this was typical sound for millennium music with a mix of pop, hiphop and rock. Even if Thomas Rusiak is good and you may not like this song, please check out most songs by legendary Teddybears Sthlm

[@jocke.tattoo.s]

Its a joke song😅 listen to his album magic villa, love your channel

[@sonjaolsson3257]

Bilen var ju snygg...Det var allt ...

[@Sniffzoer]

he is making fun of a subculture in sweden acting like american hiphopers but really has nothing to do with hiphop, he not rapping is part of the irony i can see how this is confusing for someone being used to the "true" hiphop culture, its not THAT hiphop he is making fun of.. i hope i make sense :)

[@michaelwirth6843]

Hes gonna bad taste, this is a really good song!!!

[@kristerforsman2448]

Jonathan it's hard to parody something that has already parodied itself unconsciously. This is not to say that there can be good music in the genre but a lot is ... crap and ridiculous.

[@buckstraw925]

A pop song, not a rap song

[@thesavagemunk2976]

Houman Sebghati - Framför allt

[@fromSweden4u]

Nah this is a rubbish song. Check out "Secret service and Magnum Bonum" instead! This is really great swedish gems.

[@erik....]

I used to love this song 20 years ago, but now.. no thanks.

[@annacederwall3309]

Sorry you take it personaly. You just did not get it.

[@j.c6204]

Its wack. Its supposed to be. Its not a tribute. Just saying

[@susannes7023]

Ok, so now I've heard this song for the first time. Hopefully also the last. Not my kind of song, as simple as that.

[@Deidara85]

Well, we can't all like Bert-Ingvars and all that other hillbilly garbage

[@susannes7023]

Never heard of him either, sorry.

[@Barbro247]

Dont blame the mediocre music. Blame whoever makes you these shitty lists, so far this year you have reacted to almost no classics.

[@tomh3999]

Och din definition av klassiker är obskyra låtar ingen hört, antar jag? För en stor del av det han lyssnar på är - just - klassiker, vare sig du vill det eller inte.

[@nejtackfu]

You can't post a comment like that without dropping a suggestion yourself

[@kriho02]

you're right, one of the most played songs of the early 2000s, how could that ever be considered a classic ...

[@Deidara85]

@@tomh3999 Så du hävdar på fullaste allvar att 'checks notes' Freddie Wadling - Blott en Dag är en svensk "klassiker"? En cover av en cover av en cover.

[@tomh3999]

@@Deidara85 Notera "en stor del".