German Hip Hop

• 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 Eifeldt, 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
• Brger Lars Dietrich
• Bushido
• Caput
• City Nord
• Clueso
• Die Coolen Sue 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 protg, 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.
• Fnf 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
• Maulheld und Zubrot ("Rap from the East - a crew called RMF")
• Main Concept
• Massive Tne ("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
• Rdelheim 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.
• Too Strong from Dortmund
• Torch
• Der Wolf
• Zentrifugal

Projects and Supergroups

• Brothers Keepers is an anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop, reggae and soul musicians.
• The Kolchose is a federation of groups from Stuttgart, including Freundeskreis, Afrob and Massive Tne
• Mongo Clikke is a collective of Hamburg rappers, primarily comprising Ferris MC, Mister Schnabel, Samy Deluxe, Doppelkopf, Fnf Sterne Deluxe, Dendemann from Eins Zwo and Jan Eifeldt aka Boba Ffett from the Beginner.

References

• Sascha Verlan, Hannes Loh: 20 Jahre HipHop in Deutschland. Hannibal Verlag, 2000

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