German hip hop
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| Music of Germany | ||
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| Popular and modern | German electronic music>Electronic - Rock (Krautrock) - Hip hop - Alpine New Wave - Highlife - Cabaret - Volksmusic - Schlager - Klezmer - Heavy metal | |
| Classical | Chorale - German opera>Opera - Baroque - Classical - Romantic | |
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| Awards | German Music Instrument Prize - German Music Awards | |
| Charts | Media Control | |
| Festivals | Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Donaueschinger Musiktage | |
| Media | Keys (magazine)>Keys | |
| National anthem | "Das Lied der Deutschen" | |
| Regional music | ||
| Bavaria - Danish-German - Swabia - Sorbia - Northern Germany | ||
| Other Germanic areas | ||
| Austria - Denmark - Flanders - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - Netherlands | ||
German hip hop is the German manifestation of hip hop music. Germany ranks third in annual sales of hip hop music, after the United States and France.
By the 1980s, elements of hip hop culture such as Graffiti art and breakdancing had become well known across Western Europe. The music itself became commercially available in the latter half of the decade.
In the early 1990s, Die Fantastischen Vier (The Fantastic Four) became the first German hip hop group to achieve commercial success, and they helped to popularize the genre. According to the European Music Office's report entitled Music in Europe, Die Fantastischen Vier originally appealed to young, mainstream audiences. Displeased by this development, they responded by adopting a harder sound.
The most important centers of German hip hop culture are Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Munich, and to a lesser extent Frankfurt am Main and the Ruhrgebiet.
Contemporary German hip hop can be divided into two broad categories: commercial and underground.
Commercial
Performers who have achieved commercial success include Curse, Samy Deluxe, Bushido and Kool Savas. Major labels include Optik Records, Deluxe Records, Yo Mama and Aggro Berlin [link].Underground
The German underground hip hop scene is centered in Berlin. The many underground rappers in this city include Kaisaschnitt, Uzi & Blokkmonsta or MC Basstard. Some of them make Psychorap; this is evident in names of their albums, such as "Stacheldrahtmörda" (barbed wire murderer), "Hirntod" (brain death) or "Zuchtmeista."See also: History of Berlin-rap
See also
References
- Sascha Verlan, Hannes Loh: 20 Jahre HipHop in Deutschland. Hannibal Verlag, 2000
External links
- [GermanRhymes.de] - German Hip Hop Online Magazine with Hip Hop News, Interviews, Specials, Reports, Links..
- [Hiphop.de] - German hip hop online magazine and community with a lot of hip hop & rap music blogs and podcasts.
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