Solgt Ud!
Solgt Ud! (meaning "Sold Out!") is an album by the Danish rapper Kølig Kaj. It is quite a normal type of rap album for its day with a couple of short skits included which was really the done thing for rap albums of the late 90s. The only thing that is significantly different with this album is that it is in Danish as opposed to the usual English.
Kølig Kaj has featured as a guest rapper on other Danish language rap albums by other Danish rappers, however "Solgt Ud!" is the only album to feature Kølig Kaj as the main artist in his own right.
The skits on this album are all under a minute in length.
There are a couple of sounds included that would be familiar to English speaking audiences. The track called "Golden Kaj" reproduces a little bit of the James Bond "Goldeneye" theme, although it is quite clearly not Tina Turner's vocals. The track entitled "Det lille hus på landet" (The little house in the country), has a similar feel to Will Smith's rap version of "Just the Two of Us", even though it is quite clearly not the same song.
The skit entitled Halløj på Hotellet, shares its name with the Danish title for the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. The word Halløj means something between "fun" and "trouble" in English.
Signe is a girl's name, hence the reason it remains the same when translated.
"U la la lej" is a meaningless title, the English equivalent would be something like "La la la" or "Ooh Laa laa" to the French. Lej is pronounced as "lie".
This album includes the song that Kølig Kaj performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, entitled "Stemmen i mit liv" (The voice in my life).
This album was released on the Virgin Records Denmark record label. Catalogue number is Virgin 8440552. It is also credited to Track Team Productions. It was only released in Denmark and is considered a collector's item as original copies are very hard to find and are therefore worth a lot of money.
Track listing
- Intro (0:17)
- Golden Kaj (2:42)
- Stemmen i mit liv (3:01) (The voice in my life)
- Ali Ali (3:01)
- Det lille hus på landet (4:05) (The little house in the country)
- Smukke Signe (4:06) (Beautiful Signe)
- Rastamand (0:59) (Rastaman)
- Den Lyriske Professor (4:03) (The Professor of Lyrics, or the Lyrical Professor)
- U la la lej (Elevator Woman) (4:38)
- Den forsigtige Saks (4:08) (The careful Scissors)
- Kaj Ultra (0:52)
- Gnuer på lur (4:48) (Wilderbeasts on the watch)
- Den Kaotiske Flyver (3:39) (The Chaotic Pilot)
- Halløj på Hotellet (0:33) (Fun <or trouble> in the Hotel)
- Hotel Kølig Inn (6:55) (Cool Hotel Inn)