#bomfunk mc

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

note: i've had to increase the tempo very slightly in order to be able to upload it.

Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler 1999

"Freestyler" was released in Finland in 1999 as the third single from Bomfunk MC's debut studio album, In Stereo. It was released internationally in February 2000 and became a chart-topping hit worldwide, reaching number one in eleven countries. In Finland, the album resulted in Emma awards for best new band, best debut album, best song ("Freestyler"), and best producer.

The music video for the song was mainly filmed at the Hakaniemi metro station, an underground station on the Helsinki Metro line in Finland and with platforms 21 metres below sea level. For the twentieth anniversary in 2019, a new music video was produced featuring the original band members, with updates to reflect developments in technology and culture.

Despite the many nos from first time listeners, the poll won by a very slight margin; 51,6% total yes votes vs 48,4% total no.

[otthonzulles]

feel old yet

[riotineveryone]

FI-Tampere 29.01.2024

FI-Tampere 29.01.2024

There's so much going on in such a short video clip, love it! Love them! They're bringing light in every day❤️🖤🎪🎈

[clairefable]

Listen I love Freestyler as much as the next millenial but let it be known that Bomfunk MCs had other absolute bangers

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: October 30, 1999

Lyrics:

Freestyler

Rock the microphone

Carry on with the freestyler

I got to throw on and go on

You know I gots to flow on

Selectors on the radio play us

'Cause we're friendly for ozone

But that's not all so hold on tight

As I rock the mic right

Oh, excuse me, pardon

As I synchronise with the analysed

Upcomin' vibes, the session

Let there be a lesson, question

You carry protection

Or will your heart go on

Like Celine Dion

Karma Chameleon

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

Styles, steelos

We bring many kilos

So you could pick yours from the various

Ambitious, nutritious, delicious, delirious or vicious

Just tell us, we deliver anything

From acappellas to propellers

Suckers get jealous but they're soft like marshmallows

You know they can't handle us like Debbie does Dallas

Yeah, we come scandalous so who the fuck is Alice

She from Buckingham Palace?

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Freestyler

Rock the microphone

Carry on with the freestyler

Songwriter:

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome

As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Jaakko Sakari Salovaara / Raymond Ebanks

SongFacts:

👉📖

[raivokasmagma]

Kirpparilöytyö

Kävin Ruotsin puolella kirpparilla ja sieltä löytyi tämä klassikko. Kaikkihan ovat kuulleet Freestylerin, ehkä B-Boys & Flygirlsin, mutta entäs se muu albumi?

Pitääpä yrittää alusta loppuun kuunella. Ainakin kun arvosteluita lueskelin netin syövereistä, ei kovin mairittelevia...

[ueslangeais]

Bomfunk MC's - (Crack It) Something Going On (slowed version)

[rotteprinsen]

The limbed and headed machine of pain and undignified suffering is firing up again. It wants to walk the desert. Hurting. Longing. Dancing to disco music.

TRACKLIST

Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top

Life During Wartime, Talking Heads

Hit It and Quit It, Funkadelic

Jimmy, Renda se, Tom Ze and Valdez

Schizophrenia, Sonic Youth

Just Like Heaven, The Cure

Martha, Tim Buckley

Goodbye Sober Day, Mr. Bungle

Freestyler, Bomfunk MC's

Heart of Glass, Blondie

Hello Mary, King Dude

[yokyopeli]

Today, December 8th, is the day of Jean Sibelius, Finnish national composer, and the day of Finnish music, so I am finally gonna make this post I've been meaning to do for months:

Finnish music Käärijä fans should know.

Basically this is a collection of some music Käärijä refers to in his music. I'm mostly gonna do the songs on Fantastista and Cha Cha Cha Mixtape and the new singles.

Bomfunk MC's

Bomfunk MC's Freestyler (Viulunkieli) (1999/2019)

One of the biggest songs in Europe in '99/-00. They made a remake in 2019 that made people mad because the lead character in the music video was now a girl.

They had other hit songs you might have heard if you were alive in the early 2000s. The rapper, Raymond Ebanks, was one of if not the first black people to make Finnish rap.

(Darude Sandstorm 2000)

(Quick shoutout to fellow Eurovision participant Darude for this actual banger. Yes this is Finnish. The music video was shot in Helsinki)

Frööbelin Palikat

Frööbelin Palikat- Sutsisatsi satsaa. (1990s-)

Remember when Käärijä bought a shirt of A fan's back during a gig? Yeah, it was a Frööbelin Palikat shirt.

This is a kid's band from the 90s that was a part of all Finnish kids' childhoods. I chose this banger but there are many more.

Känkkäränkkä

Mikko Alatalo- Känkkäränkkä (1981)

This is the 'känkkäränkkä päivä' Käärijä talks about in Hirttää kiinni.

Anssi Kela

Anssi Kela 1972.

Kiertävä sirkus and Menestynyt yksilö refer to this song.

Matti Nykänen

Matti Nykänen Elämä on laiffii (2006)

It's Crazy It's Party.

Fintelligens

Fintelligens Kaikki Peliin (2003)

Today's new song Toiset Samanlaiset is a feature with Elastinen, one half of Fintelligens. One of the early people seriously making rap in Finnish. Käärijä has said he was a fan of them when he was young. This is a hockey song, so I went with that.

Moottoritie on kuuma

Pelle Miljoona Moottoritie on kuuma (1980)

Kinda referred to in Kiertävä sirkus but it's a fun song.

Laiva on lastattu

Huh hah hei starts with 'rakkauden laiva on lastattu' which is a reference to this game of 'ship is loaded with' and you pick a topic and then everyone adds to it. Idk if other people play that game. Anyway someone made a song for the game.

[kathegoose]

mimic if he was cool and listened to bomfunk mc's

[bisnes-socks]

The Big Finnish Music Project for International Kääryleet, part 3.

Go to part 1 for all the context. We pick up where part 2 left off, as the list is (more or less) in chronological order.

Turn of the century is upon us in Finnish music.

Nylon Beat

An iconic girl duo who were the it girls of the turn of the century. Two nasal glam girls, who annoyed the living shit out of most men, and empowered most girls. If you are old enough to remember the likes of Spice Girls or Britney, ou know how it was back then. Nylon Beat were our version of all that. This is their biggest hit, Viimeinen, from 1999. The video is hilarious btw.

Tiktak

More girl power! And these were GIRLS, they are like 13-15 years old in the linked video. They were huuuuge especially with young girls. Songs about very relatable things like friendship, girlpower, all that. If i rember correctly, Jere has used Tiktak songs in his instagram stories before. This is their break through hit Lopeta from 1999.

Bomfunk MC's

An iconic Finnish hiphop and breakbeat group. Referenced in Viulunkieli. Freestyler is a song that broke through and topped the charts in many European countries. It was released in Finland in 1999 and in Europe in 2000. An iconic video and a song that is basically every Finnish persons national duty to know.

Darude

Sandstorm. You know Sandstorm. I know you know Sandstorm. From 2000. So here, watch Finnish people partying to Sandstorm on New Years Eve in 2016, as we were counting down the minutes to kick off the year 2017, which was the 100th year of Finnish independence. Sandstorm is the logical way to kick off a special new year.

Fintelligens

You know Elastinen from Toiset samanlaiset. Elastinen and Iso H, aka Fintelligens, were like some of the OG's of Finnish hiphop. Their influence on pretty much all Finnish rappers is kinda undenible. I chose this song, because Jere also references this in his verse on Toiset samanlaiset: listen carefully at the beginning of this song, look out for televisiooo ja radiooo.

HIM

One of the most successful Finnish bands of all time, HIM is just an icon in the world of rock. Their influence on European rock in particular is also undeniable. They used to play Tavastia every New Years eve, it was tradition. Their logo, the heartagram, is still fixed to the ceiling of Tavastia. The singer, Ville Valo, has a well regarded solo career now, also known as VV.

This is their hit Join Me in Death from 1999.

Sidenote: back in the day there was a force in the Finnish music industry known as Dynasty. Dynasty was an association and a record label, and it was made up of the three bands next on this list: The Rasmus, Killer and Kwan. Their aim was to strenghten co-operation between bands within the industry. Dynasty is why you might come across Finnish people (like myself) to whom The Rasmus, Killer and Kwan are sort of a unit if you will.

The Rasmus

You've probably seen the photo of teen Jere with Lauri Ylönen from Rasmus? And you might have heard In the Shadows - probably have if you were alive in 2003. But I chose F-F-F-Falling, because this one was one of their biggest hits in Finland before breaking through internationally. Fun fact: the current guitarist of The Rasmus started her career in Tiktak.

Killer

Sadly no longer active, Killer was a pop-rock group that had a very strong run for about 3 years and produced nothing but bops and bangers. Not the most influential groups, but here because the song is a bop and because they were a visible part of the early 2000's music scene. This is their biggest hit All I Want.

Kwan

One of the most original groups in Finnish hiphop, Kwan were massively popular in the early 2000's. They were also critically acclaimed and well respected for their unique sound and style. They disbanded a long time ago but made a wee reunion tour last summer. This is their massive hit from their first album in 2001, Late.

The Crash

If you've heard pop music in the last decade, you've probably heard something Teemu Brunila has written. You might have even heard his voice, as Cherry from Studio Killers, but i think we're still supposed to pretend it's a secret. It was never a secret to Finnish people though, because we'd recognise that voice anywhere. Because of The Crash. An iconic rock group at their height in the 2000's. Here's one of their biggest hits, Lauren Caught My Eye.

End of part 3. The next part covers mostly metal but some other early 2000's mega hits as well.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

What song did you personally like the best out of this round? Did a song make an impact right away or did it require the full version? Did the artist reveal change your opinion of the song itself for better or for worse?

(note: this is not a popularity contest or to vote for a favourite artist out of loyalty 💖 it's still about the song.)

[raelemond]

tagged by @stjohnstarling

Favorite color: when I was a child my favorite color was yellow because I felt bad for it and thought everyone hated it. now everyone buys me a specific shade of purple, which is a fine color, but an absolutely incomprehensible color to exclusively get me. what was the question again?

Currently reading: crook manifesto by colson whitehead

Last song: apparently freestyler by bomfunk mc's, according to spotify

Last film: mickey 17 (ridiculous and fun)

Last series: sherlock & daughter. no idea if it's any good, I just leave it on in the background while cleaning.

Sweet/salty/savory: depends on the day, but usually savory

Tea or coffee: tea. current obsession is matcha latte.

Working on: sacrilege, you say, and one mostly complete children's book!

tagging @jackironsides @warthogreporter and anyone else who wants to do it!

[st-florian-geyer]

Feel kinda dumb for not noticing this earlier but. Käärijä referencing Bomfunk MC's?? Hello?

[mothzapartment]

Hes so Stir Up The Bass by Bomfunk MC's coded