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To paraphrase Harry Doyle: this ain't the best blog about Lausanne hip hop for nothing. Want to know who the latest sensation on the Swiss hip hop scene is? Well, you came to the right place! Now, most of you are probably rolling your eyes and saying, "Duh, this is just going to be an update about how Stress ( my previous favorite swiss rapper -ed. ) has a new album that just dropped on April 3 and how he is coming to Lausanne on the 30th for a concert." Wrong. This blog isn't about old info that you could find anywhere; this blog is about what is happening right now on the streets and what everyone will be talking about next . Wanna know who's next? One word: Sisma . (p.s. do not click on that link unless you actually like myspace pages). Fig. 1: Proof that wearing a bandanna does not automatically make you cool. Sisma is from the mean streets of Bellinzona, aka "B'Zone", population 17,111, in Ticino but has recently relocated to Lausanne, p...

Probably the two most common questions people ask me about this blog are, "What can you tell me about the swiss hip-hop scene?" and "How are you, my little son?" Until this weekend, the answers to those questions were, "not much" and "I'm fine, Mom." Thankfully, this weekend I got my first taste of Suisse-Romande hip hop and it was not bad at all. This weekend was Label Suisse , which in addition to being a clever pun was also a weekend-long party featuring dozens of free concerts in a handful of venues across Lausanne. The party was supposed to commemorate the opening of the new M2 metro line, but since that won't actually open for another month, Party-goers were forced to wait inline for a half-hour if they wanted a special "test ride" this weekend. At any rate, it was a huge deal and an estimated 300,000 people showed up for the excitement, and I was one of them. And, if that wasn't enough, meanwhlie the Comptoir Sui...