What's Cooking in Norway? Bad Hip-Hop [Video]

By Elina Shatkin Mon., Jan. 23 2012 at 2:56 PM

LidoLido in the "Chop It Up" video

If you're looking for a Justin Bieber clone who can rap with all the finesse and complexity of a fourth-grader, LidoLido is your boy and "Chop It Up" is your song. The Norwegian teen "hip-hop" "star" (we use both of those words loosely) has channeled his love of "the entire American lifestyle" including "the food, basketball, the language" into this oddball, one-take music video set entirely in a kitchen. [Video after the jump.]

The song features the boy rapper gawkily wandering through a kitchen as sous chefs and prep cooks use kitchen utensils to drum out a clever, clanging backbeat for LidoLido's insipid lyrics, which are anchored by the chorus: "Chop, chop it up / Mix it in a stew / Make it hot now / Make it, make it hot now."

In case you're wondering, the song is from LidoLido's forthcoming album "Pretty Girls & Grey Sweaters," which is actually Norway's national motto.

There are many things about Europe we don't understand: the relentless critique of American politics combined with the shameless and hamfisted aping of American culture, pay-per-use toilets, Eurovision. Add LidoLido to that list.

*h/t Europopped.

Elina Shatkin is a staff writer at LA Weekly. Follow her at @elinashatkin or contact her at eshatkin@laweekly.com.

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Elina Shatkin, Europop, Eurovision, Hip Hop, Kitchen, LidoLido, Music, Music Video, Norway, Rap

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Jerryj

Wow, if I hadn´t already seen the videos below I would´ve had the exact same reaction. But the kid is TALENTED:

http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/0...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Geekelena

I don't think you are very fair here. He seems to actually know music quite well, and compared to some other rappers from Norway (won't name names here ;)) who are not able to put 2 notes together he comes up with pretty good arrangements and songs if you care to listen to them. I heard the full album and it is pretty well done with a lot of creativty and a conceptual flow.(and looks like he composed eveything by himslef which is very impressive considering he is only 19). This guy knows how to put up music and I expect he will do very well in the coming years. Looks like a lot of people in Europe think the same, in the music business as well.

Nenée

Are you kidding me? LidoLido is the shit. I agree with everything in this article about europe, but not about Lido. He says himself that he can't rap, cause its a melody behind the lyrics, so he basically sings all the time. He is a musical genious. He calls his music Hip pop, because it is too melodic too be hip hop and too hip hop inspired to be just pop. Lido is awsome.