JustD

JustD was a Swedish hip hop trio formed in Stockholm in 1990. The group consisted of Gustave Lund, Wille Crafoord and Peder Ernerot. They had several chart successes during the early-mid 1990s. Their contribution to the Swedish hip hop scene is significant because they were the first successful Swedish language rap act. Their dominance in the Swedish charts during the early 1990s opened up a new market in the Swedish music scene for artists who wished to record rap music in Swedish. Previously, prior to the success of Just D, Swedish rap artists used English rhymes in a bid to succeed in the international market. Just D showed that local chart success with Swedish rhymes was a lucrative market in and of itself. Their first album were heavily influenced by De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising but after a few years the groups sound changed and they were marketed like the early incarnation of the Beastie Boys and they had the same impact on Sweden's popular music audience. They applied American hip hop rhythm & rhyme to Swedish pop music and their formula made hip hop trendy and palatable to new audiences. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_D) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)