Just D 2459291 219316004 2008-06-14T17:18:23Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{unreferenced|date=January 2008}} {{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | Name = Just D | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Sweden]] | Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | Years_active = | Label = | Associated_acts = | URL = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Gurra G]] (Gustave Lund)<br>Dr C ([[Wille Crafoord]])<br>[[Pedda P]] (Peder Ernerot) }} '''Just D''' is a now defunct [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[hip hop music|hip hop]] trio that consisted of [[Gurra G]] (Gustave Lund), Dr C ([[Wille Crafoord]]) and [[Pedda P]] (Peder Ernerot). The Swedish meaning of the name is equivalent to "That's right!". 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. Just D 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. Just D's presentation of rap music had a certain irony and some might say parody to it. In contrast to the majority of Swedish hip hop artists in the 1990s, none of the members in Just D had an [[Immigration|immigrant]] background, which according to some{{who?}} contributed to their marketablity to the Swedish public. Their lyrics referred to ''förortsdjungeln'' (the suburban jungle) i.e. Swedish immigrant-dominated working-class suburbs, however, the members of Just D came from affluent homes, and [[Wille Crafoord]] is a member of the [[Swedish nobility]]. However, when the next wave of Swedish language rap music came, Swedish audiences had become ready for the rhymes of [[The Latin Kings]], [[Infinite Mass]], [[Petter Askergren|Petter]], [[Blues (artist)|Blues]] and [[Feven]]. ==See also== * [[Swedish hip hop]] [[Category:Swedish hip hop groups]] {{hiphop-stub}} [[pt:Just D]] [[sv:Just D]]