Paraziții ( Romanian for "The

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", ) is a Romanian three-man rap and

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group founded in 1994. It consists of Cheloo (Cătălin Ștefan Ion), Ombladon (Bogdan Ionuț Păstacă), and FreakaDaDisk (Petre Urda).

History

The group was subject to multiple restrictions by the Romanian National Audiovisual Council, due to explicit language. Romanian television and radio stations were fined for playing some of their videos/songs and two videos were banned outright. This motivated their song "''Jos cenzura!''" ("Down with Censorship!") which criticized the

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government and was released shortly before the local elections in June 2004; the music video includes a monologue of

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criticising Romania's government for its censorship practices. Ombladon, member of the group, won the Best Romanian Act Award at the

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in 2004 with the song "Egali din naștere" (Born Equal). In 2003 they established their own label, "20CM Records", providing launch pads for Romanian hip hop artists Spike and Guess Who. Their first recorded track, "''În jur''" ("Around" – a

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on ''Înjur'' – I

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), dated 13 September 1994, represented Paraziții's breakthrough. At the "''Nici o problemă''" (No Problem) album release concert, a fight started due to the La Familia- R.A.C.L.A. musical war. Paraziții first performed out of

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in 2000 by participating at the "Summer Hits" festival in

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, along with the groups BUG Mafia and Zdob și Zdub. In 2002 and 2003 the group performed in tours in Germany,

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and the

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. Due to the

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, the group lost the opportunity to perform in a Canada-US tour. At the Wuppertal Rap-Attack festival (2004) Paraziții performed before

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. Paraziții were part of the campaigns "Playback" / "Shoot Yourself" (2001), in which they took a position against lip synching, and "''Instigare la cultură''" (Instigation To Culture) (2004) against ignorance among Romania's youth. Paraziții tracks were featured on movie soundtracks "Nordrand" (

), "''Visul lui Liviu''" ( Liviu's Dream), "''Milionari de weekend''" (Weekend Millionaires) and "''Marfa și banii''" (The Goods and The Money).

Discography

*1995 – '' Poezii pentru pereți'' (Poetry for the Walls) *1996 – '' Nimic normal'' (Nothing Normal) *1997 – '' Suta'' (The Hundred) *1999 – '' Nici o problemă'' (No Problem) *2000 – '' Iartă-mă'' (Forgive Me) *2001 – '' Categoria grea'' (Heavyweight) *2001 – '' Împușcă-te'' (Shoot Yourself) (maxi single) *2002 – '' În focuri'' (In Flames) (maxi single) *2002 – '' Bad Joke'' (maxi single) *2002 – '' Irefutabil'' (Irefutable) *2004 – '' Jos cenzura'' (Down with Censorship) (maxi single) *2004 – '' Best of... primii 10 ani'' (Best of... The First 10 Years) (2 CD compilation) *2005 – ''

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'' (Violent) (maxi single) *2005 – '' Confort 3'' (Low Comfort) *2007 – '' Slalom printre cretini'' (Drifting Among Morons) *2009 – '' Slalom printre cretini (Reissue)'' (Drifting Among Morons) *2010 – '' Tot ce e bun tre' să dispară'' (Everything That's Good Has To Disappear) *2016 – '' Lovitură de pedeapsă'' (Penalty Kick) *2019 – '' Arma Secretă'' (Secret Weapon) Cheloo and Ombladon also released solo albums: *2003 – ''Sindromul Tourette'' (Tourette's Syndrome) – released by Cheloo *2004 – ''Condoleanțe'' (Condolences) – released by Ombladon *2006 – ''Fabricant de gunoi'' (Garbage Manufacturer) – released by Cheloo *2007 – ''Cel mai prost din curtea școlii'' (The Dumbest in the School Yard) – released by Ombladon *2011 – ''Cel care urăște'' (The One Who Hates) – released by Cheloo *2021 - Killing The Classics - released by Cheloo

References

External links

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