German hip hop

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German hip hop is the German manifestation of hip hop music. After the United States, Germany is the second-biggest hip hop nation, sales-wise.

Hip hop spread across Europe in the early 1980s. Graffiti art and breakdancing were already well-known by the time the first recordings were released later in the decade. Die Fantastischen Vier was the first hip hop crew to record, and they helped to popularize the field beginning in about 1992.

Music of Germany
History (Timeline and Samples)
Popular and modern	Electronic - Rock - Hip hop - Alpine New Wave - Highlife - Cabaret - Volksmusic - Shlager - Klezmer - Heavy metal
Classical	Chorale - Opera - Baroque - Classical - Romantic
Folk	Lieder - Oom-pah - Volkslieder - Schuchplattler - Yodelling
Awards	German Music Instrument Prize - German Music Awards
Charts	Media Control
Festivals	Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Donaueschinger Musiktage
Media	Keys, Stern
National anthem	"Das Lied der Deutschen"
Regional music
Bavaria - Danish-German - Swabia - Sorbia - Northern Germany
Other Germanic areas
Austria - Denmark - Flanders - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - Netherlands

Some crews, rappers and DJs include:

Advanced Chemistry, multicultural pioneers from Heidelberg who maintained a political and strictly underground stance. Members include Torch and Toni L, both also started solo careers.

ABS
Afrob
A.i.d.S. (Alles ist die Sekte)
ASD
Azad
Olli Banjo
Die Basis
Beginner, hip hop group from Hamburg. They are among the most successful German rappers, with their skillful lyrics mixing verbal humor and politics. Jan Ei�feldt, aka Jan Delay, and Denyo have also had significant solo releases, the former with German reggae music.
Blumentopf ("Flower Pot") from Munich are well known for their storytelling and freestyle abilities.
Das Bo
Boulevard Bou
B-Tight
B�rger Lars Dietrich
Bushido
Caput
City Nord
Die Coolen S�ue from Cologne
Cora E.
Creme de la Creme
Creutzfeld und Jakob
Curse, from Minden. Combines unusual arrangements (often with real instruments) and profound, complex, poetic rhymes.
Da Fource
Deichkind ("Dike Child")
Dendemann
D-Flame, from Frankfurt, associated with Eimsbusch. His trademark deep voice and mix of hip hop, reggae and dancehall styles create a unique blend.
Digger Dance
DJ Desue
DJ Friction
DJ Stylewarz
DJ Tomekk is important for bringing together German and US rappers for collaborations. He has overseen the production of tracks featuring GZA, Flavor Flav, KRS One, Lil Kim, Ice T and Kurupt, among others.
Doppelkopf ("Double Head")
Dynamite Deluxe
Eins Zwo ("One Two") from Hamburg are Dendemann and Fettes Brot’s ex-DJ, Rabauke. Their style is comedic and old-school.
Eko Fresh, from Berlin. This young MC was Kool Savas’s prot�g�, until their recent split. His post-adolescent humor and dry, monotonous voice can’t cover up his immense rhyming talent.
Ercandize
Erci E A German-Turkish rapper whose lyrics express the difficulties of being in a racial minority.
Fettes Brot ("Fat/Phat Bread") from Hamburg, one of the first successful German hip-hop groups. Their raps are usually humorous and of late they have experimented with different crossover sounds.
F�nf Sterne Deluxe ("Five Star Deluxe") from Hamburg who focus mainly on entertaining rhymes, but often supply innovative beats.
Die Fantastischen Vier ("The Fantastic Four") are one of the most prominent German hip hop groups. They were the first German rap group to have commercial success and the first German band to appear on MTV Unplugged.
Feinkost Paranoia
Ferris MC, from Hamburg, known for his curly blond hair, rough voice and hardcore rhymes.
Die Firma ("The Company"), from Cologne. They are a moderately successful group who were very political in their underground days, but have lately gone very commercial.
Fischmob
Fiva MC and DJ Radrum
Freundeskreis ("Circle of Friends"), from Stuttgart. Their music is a fascinating cross between hip hop and soul, with highly politicized, internationalist texts.
Germany
Headliners
Max Herre
Illmat!c
Illo
Italo Reno
Jazzkantine ("Jazz Cantine"), from Braunschweig. Cross-over between jazz, funk and hip hop music.
Kinderzimmer Productions
Der Klan ("The Clan")
Kool Savas from Berlin has been called the German Eminem. He sports aggressive and intricate, but often homophobic and misogynist battle rhymes.
Lyroholika
Main Concept
Massive T�ne ("Massive Sounds")
MC Nina
MC Rene
Mister Schnabel ("Mister Mouth")
Moqui Marbles
MOR
Pahel
Paolo 77
Moses Pelham
Phillie MC
Plattenpapzt ("Record Pope")
Pyranja
RAG
R�delheim Hartreim Projekt, Moses Pelham’s gangsta rap-influenced mid-90s hip hop project posed a more hardcore alternative to the commercial German hip-hop mainstream of the time. They had reasonable commercial success but disbanded toward the end of the nineties.
Roey Marquis II
Samy Deluxe used to be one half of Dynamite Deluxe. He is typically associated with battle-rap, equipped with multi-syllabic double-rhymes and smooth flow.
Sabrina Setlur
Sido
Spax
Spezializtz
Stieber Twins
Nico Suave
Tefla and Jaleel
Tic Tac Toe, commercial hip hop trio from the mid-90s, when few groups where successful rapping in German. The group existed for two years before collapsing surrounded by scandal.
Tobi und das Bo
Toni L.
Torch
Der Wolf
Zentrifugal