Looptroop Rockers

Looptroop Rockers

Artist

The Swedish hip-hop band Looptroop Rockers, which originated in the area of Västerås, Sweden, got its start as Looptroop in 1992 when high school buddies, Promoe, Embee and Cosmic joined forces to start releasing cassettes to friends and the local hiphop scene in Västerås. In 1995, the trio was joined by the final member, Supreme.

Under the group’s original name Looptroop, they independently released four full-length albums on cassette and several vinyl EPs and 12” vinyls. The albums included Superstars (1993), Threesicksteez (1995), From the Waxcabinet (1996) and Punx Not Dead (1998). By the time the group started its own record label called David Vs. Goliath (commonly referred to as DvsG), they were also able to land a big distribution deal with Burning Heart Records. This lead to the release of Modern Day City Symphony (2000), The Struggle Continues (2002) and Fort Europa (2005).

After the Fort Europa tour, Cosmic dropped off to focus on other things than music. The group then changed the name to Looptroop Rockers which already had been their unofficial name since the late 90’s and they released their fourth studio album Good Things (2008). A couple of years later Cosmic found new energy and love for making music again so reunited they released Professional Dreamers (2011), Mitt Hjärta Är En Bomb (2013), which is their first full length album in Swedish, and Naked Swedes (2014).

In 2017 they celebrated 25 years together and in March were inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.