{{Short description|Japanese hip-hop group}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Scha Dara Parr | image = Scha Dara Parr - live in Shibuya - 2022 Aug 17 09-29PM.jpeg | alt = | caption = Scha Dara Parr live in a [[Shibuya]] club in 2022. | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Japan]] | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]]<br>[[J-pop]] | years_active = 1988–present | label = {{ubl|Major Force|File Records|[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Epic Records Japan]]|[[Ki/oon Records]]|[[EMI Music Japan]]|[[Warner Music Japan]]|[[Avex Group|Tearbridge Records]]|[[Space Shower Music]]}} | spinoffs = SCHA DARA PARR KARANO [[Rhymester (group) | RHYMESTER]] | website = [http://www.schadaraparr.net Official website] | current_members = {{ubl|Ani|Bose|Shinco}} | past_members = }} [[File:Scha dara parr-live-july2011.jpg|thumb|Scha Dara Parr live in 2011 (on the left in blue uniforms).]] {{nihongo|'''Scha Dara Parr'''|スチャダラパー|Suchadarapā}}, or '''SDP''' for short, is a three-member [[Japan]]ese [[Hip hop|hip-hop]] group that formed in 1988 and debuted in 1990. ==History== The group consists of two [[MC]]s, Bose and Ani, and one [[DJ]], Shinco. Scha Dara Parr is often compared to rap trio the [[Beastie Boys]] due to their similar lyrical stylings, presence, and music. When pushed to describe the rebelliousness of their music, the group commented that many of their songs are simply fragments of conversation without polite words.<ref name="sdp_nytimes">{{cite news|title='Rappers' Credo: No Sex, Please? We're Japanese' from ''The New York Times'', January 29, 1996|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E6DE1039F93AA15752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|access-date=2010-02-14|first=Nicholas D.|last=Kristof|date=January 29, 1996}}</ref>
The group is best known for their 1994 hit single, {{nihongo|"Kon'ya wa Boogie-Back"|今夜はブギー・バック|Kon'ya wa Bugī Bakku}} featuring {{nihongo|[[Kenji Ozawa]]|小沢 健二}}, which attained sales of over 500,000 units. The song is based on samples from [[En Vogue]]'s 1992 single, "[[Give It Up, Turn It Loose]]."{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
Scha Dara Parr gained minor US recognition by appearing on [[De La Soul]]'s 1993 album, [[Buhloone Mindstate]]. The group rapped in a mixture of mostly Japanese and some English on the track "Long Island Wildin'".
The 1991 single "Game Boyz" (ゲームボーイズ) from the group's second album "Towering Nonsense" (タワリングナンセンス) was featured in the Japanese commercial for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Scha-Dara-Parr-Game-Boyz/release/8933712|title=Scha Dara Parr - Game Boyz|website=Discogs|date=12 December 1991 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Scha-Dara-Parr-Towering-Nonsense/release/2672729|title=スチャダラパー* = Scha Dara Parr - タワリングナンセンス = Towering Nonsense|website=Discogs| date=10 October 1991 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=70&v=cjpHzLYHkwA|title=Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past SNES Japanese Commercial #1|last=Zelda Dungeon|date=31 October 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> By the end of 2013, when ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]'' was released as a sequel to ''Link to the Past'', Scha Dara Parr wrote a rap for a Japanese commercial for this game. This eventually became its own sequel-- "Game Boyz 2" (ゲームボーイズ 2), released on their album 1212 in 2015.
==Members== * Ani: Yōsuke Matsumoto (松本洋介) - MC * Bose: Makoto Kōshima (光嶋誠) - MC * Shinco: Shinsuke Matsumoto (松本真介) - DJ
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Scha Dara Daisakusen'' (1990) * ''Towering Nonsense'' (1991) * ''[[Wild Fancy Alliance]]'' (1993) * ''[[5th Wheel 2 The Coach]]'' (1995) * ''Gūzen no Album'' (1996) * ''fun-key LP'' (1998) * ''Docompact Disc'' (2000) * ''The 9th Sense'' (2004) * ''Con10po'' (2006) * ''11'' (2009) * ''1212'' (2015)
===Extended plays=== * ''Scha Dara Gaiden'' (1994) * ''Anishinbou'' (2016)
===Compilation albums=== * ''Potent Hits ~Single Collection~'' (1994) * ''Toshiba Classic 95-97'' (1998) * ''CAN YOU COLLABORATE?~best collaboration songs&music clips'' (2008) * ''Best of Schadaraparr 1990-2010'' (2010)
===Remix albums=== * ''Cycle Hits ~remix Best Collection~'' (1995)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.schadaraparr.net Official website] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Scha+Dara+Parr Profile on Discogs]
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