From Demo Tape to Record Label: The Creation and Release of the First Czech Rap Tracks Cover Image

Od dema k labelu: Tvorba a vydávání prvních českých rapových nahrávek
From Demo Tape to Record Label: The Creation and Release of the First Czech Rap Tracks

Author(s): Michaela Musilová
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Oral history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: rap; hip hop; oral history;

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the strategies and principles that the first Czech rappers followed in recording and distributing their music. It examines the circumstances of official and unofficial music releases, with a focus on the values held by artists at the time. The thesis covers the period from the first amateur demo recordings to the first CD release, which is perceived by the rap scene as the „real one“. The main sources consist of interviews with narrators who were active members of the first rap generation or who played a key role in the emergence of the hip-hop subculture in the 1990s.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-25
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Czech
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