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Osdorp Posse was one of the first rap groups to produce rap music in the Dutch language. ‘The Posse’ was formed in 1989 by Def-P (lead singer), King (backup vocal), IJsblok (backup vocal) and Seda (beat creator). Due to their fairly hard and extreme views on everyday life portrayed in their songs, they soon had a fairly large fan base in the Dutch underground scene.

Their debut album Osdorp Stijl released in 1992 contained songs like "Moordenaar!" (Murderer!), "Katholieke trut" (Catholic bitch) and "Commerciële AIDS" (Commercial AIDS). This album set the tone, by using hardcore beats combined with a hardcore message shouted out by a seemingly furious Def-P. The main subjects handled in their songs were the poor quality and lack of creativity in commercial music ("Commerciële AIDS"); religious fanaticism ("Katholieke trut"); and the excessive misuse of beer ("Bier").

In 1993 the album Roffer dan Ooit was released. However the Dutch radio accused the band of "playing ghetto" and added that a band who raps in the Amsterdam dialect cannot be taken seriously:

"Op deze CD staat bijvoorbeeld ook de Osdorp Posse, he. Een crew die in het Nederlands, het Amsterdams rapt. En zij doen daarop onder andere het nummer "Moordenaar!". Ja, ik denk dat dat niet echt bijdraagt aan het serieus nemen van hip-hop want dat is toch een beetje ghetto'tje spelen." (On this CD, also, stands the Osdorp Posse. A group from this country which raps in the Amsterdam dialect. And who also performed to others the song "Murderer!". Yes, I think that this marriage does not contribute anything serious to hip-hop, for it's all a little ghetto game.")

The same year a new album was released: Vlijmscherp and on this album the group commented about their treatment in the Dutch media. In one of the songs from the album, "Ghetto'tje spelen" (a pun on "ghetto te spelen"; "Ghetto Game", but basically means "Playing Ghetto"), the DJ who accused the Posse of "playing ghetto" was insulted by Def-P in the following lyric:

Kaaskop, kut, houd je idioten smoel, (Cheese-head, cunt, shut your dumb mouth up)
want je weet niet waarover je praat ('Cause you don't know what you're talking about)

The song also contained another criticism thrown by Def-P:

Want wat weet jij van ghettos, bitch? (What do you know of ghettos, bitch?)

Due to the explicit nature of the "kaaskop kut" ("cheese-head cunt") lyric (which was later misconstrued as "achterlijke kaaskop kut" ["retarded cheese-head cunt"]), the group were banned all over the Dutch radio. Public and commercial radio stations refused to air music from Osdorp Posse.

This did not imply the end of Osdorp Posse, but a dramatic change in style and in 1995 Afslag Osdorp was released, which was considered by many as their finest album in which social issues like prostitution, real love, domestic abuse and religion were covered. The radiostation Villa 69 played one song once, providing the total media exposure to date.

In 1996 the band played with death metal band Nembrionic which resulted in Briljant, Hard en Geslepen in which hip hop and metal were combined. In 1998 they started their own record label, Ramp Records. Osdorp Posse managed to get their first Top-10 hit in 2000 with the single "Origineel Amsterdams" and after the single entered the Top-10 Dutch radio and television started to play them again. The lead rapper Def-P also started to embark on solo projects from 2001 onwards, the most successful being Def P & The Beatbusters.

Discography

Albums

  • Osdorp Stijl (Osdorp Style) (1992)
  • Roffer dan Ooit (Rougher than Ever)(1992)
  • Vlijmscherp (Razour sharp) (1993)
  • Afslag Osdorp (Lower Osdorp) (1995)
  • Briljant, Hard en Geslepen (Brilliant, Hard, and Dragged) (1996)
  • Geendagsvlieg (1997)
  • Oud & Nieuw (Old and New) (1998)
  • Kernramp (Core Disaster) (2000)
  • Tegenstrijd (Fight Against) (2003)
  • Hollandse Hardcore Hiphop Helden (Dutch Heroes of Hardcore Hiphop) (2005)

Singles

File:Osdorp Posse Origineel Amsterdams Cover.jpg
Cover of "Origineel Amsterdams"
  • "Hardcore Leeft" (Hardcore Lives) (March 1994)
  • "Ongeplugd" (Unplugged) (December 1994)
  • "Origineel Amsterdams" (Original Amsterdam) (2000)
  • "Chemoderniseerd" (Modernized) featuring Blind Justice (2000)
  • "Ik Eerst/Jongens Uit De Industrie" (I'm The First/The Boys of the Industry) (2003)
  • "Fok Jou!" (Fuck You!) (2003)
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