  the bomfunk mc's were a finnish breakbeat hip hop group that was active between 1998 and 2005. the group's front man was the finnish rapper b.o. dubb (born raymond ebanks, and formerly known as "b.o.w."), and the main producer was jaakko "js16" salovaara. ==history== the band's debut release was the 1999 album in stereo (sony music), which contained the singles "freestyler", "uprocking beats", and "b-boys & flygirls", all of which were popular in england. "uprocking beats" reached the #1 position on the finnish dance charts. in stereo sold over 600,000 units. the album's success led to the release of "freestyler" in scandinavia and germany; by 2000, "freestyler" was popular throughout europe, becoming the region's highest-selling single for that year. the single also reached the #1 position in turkey, australia, new zealand, denmark, norway, sweden, the netherlands, italy, and germany, and was #2 in the united kingdom. however, the single led to a minor controversy: the line, "who the fuck is alice, is she from buckingham palace?", was censored for the uk radio version, and the video featured an intensive amount of product placement for the sony company. the bomfunk mc's won the 2000 best nordic act award at the mtv europe music awards. in 2002, the group released the album burnin' sneakers, spawning the singles "super electric", "live your life" featuring max'c, and "(crack it!) something goin' on" with jessica folcker. this album gained less attention internationally, though it sold well in finland. "something goin' on" reached the german top 10. in september 2002, dj gismo decided to leave the band (shortly afterwards joining the band stonedeep), and was promptly replaced by riku pentti (dj) and okk
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