Aggro Berlin

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Aggro Berlin
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded2001
FounderSpecter, Halil and Spaiche
StatusDefunct
Genre Hip hop, gangsta rap
Country of originGermany
Location Berlin, Germany

Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. [1] Three artists (Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure. Since the end of 2007, it used to be a sub-label of Universal.

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"Aggro" is German slang for having an aggressive attitude (as in British English).

History

The label was founded on 1 January 2001 by Berlin rappers Specter, Spaiche and Halil. The first signed artists were Sido and B-Tight. Later, the label also signed Bushido. The same year it released EP Das Mic und ich by A.i.d.S (formerly Royal TS) on the label, which was the first release of Aggro Berlin. In 2002 released the two samplers Aggro Ansage Nr. 1 and Aggro Ansage Nr. 2, which contains tracks by its signed artists. Fler was also featured on the second sampler, but he had not yet signed on to the label. Bushido and Fler released, in the same year, the collabo album, entitled Carlo Cokxxx Nutten .

In 2003, Aggro Berlin released Bushido's debut album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline , which was indexed by the BPjM (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young People).

Later, in 2004, Sido's debut album, Maske sold more than 100,000 copies in less than a month. In September of that year, the rapper won a prestigious German music award for "Best Newcomer", but his album had been indexed.

In June 2004, Bushido left the label and signed with Universal.

G-Hot's contract ran out in Autumn 2006. After the song "Keine Toleranz" (No Tolerance) appeared on the internet in July 2007, Aggro Berlin renounced any further business association with him. The song, which featured Boss A, discriminates against homosexuals and calls to kill homosexuals. It was not officially released by any label and G-Hot stated that it had been recorded many years prior to its leak and was never intended to be released.

According to Sido and Fler in an interview with the German hip-hop magazine Juice , Aggro Berlin has not been a fully independent label since October 2007 but now collaborates with Universal Records.

Notable former artists

ActYears on the labelAlbums under Aggro BerlinDescription
Bushido 2001–20042Rapper from Berlin with Tunisian roots. His debut album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline (2003), reached #88 in the charts. In 2004, he left the label after a dispute with the three bosses.
Fler 2003–20096Rapper from Berlin. He left in March 2009, a month before the label's closure.
Sido 2001–20094Rapper from Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg of Sinti descent.
B-Tight 2001–20092Rapper from Berlin of African American descent. He was born in Palm Springs, California, but grew up in Germany.
Tony D2005–20091Rapper from Berlin-Kreuzberg with Lebanese roots.
Kitty Kat 2006–2009-Rapper from Berlin. She was the only female artist on the label.

Releases

Albums

YearTitleArtistsChart PositionsStatus
GER AUT
2001Splash Special A.i.d.S.
Das Mic und ich
2002Alles ist die Sekte: Album Nr. 3
Aggro Ansage Nr. 1Aggro Berlin
Carlo Cokxxx Nutten Sonny Black (Bushido) & Frank White (Fler)
Der Neger (in mir) B-Tight
Aggro Ansage Nr. 2Aggro Berlin
2003Garnich so schlimmA.i.d.S.
Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline Bushido87
Aggro Ansage Nr. 3Aggro Berlin
2004 Maske Sido 3Gold
Aggro Ansage Nr. 4Aggro Berlin9Gold
2005 Neue Deutsche Welle Fler5
Heiße WareB-Tight & Tony D
Dein LieblingsalbumDeine Lieblingsrapper2
Aggro Ansage Nr. 5Aggro Berlin7Gold
2006 Trendsetter Fler4
Ich Sido4Gold
2007Willkommen in AbschaumcityMC Bogy92
Neger NegerB-Tight6
Eine Hand wäscht die AndereSido21
Airmax MuzikFler13
Alles oder NichtsJom & Said
TotalschadenTony D21
Ghetto RomantikB-Tight54
Auferstanden aus RuinenJoe Rilla
2008 Fremd im eigenen Land Fler7
Ich und meine Maske Sido1Gold
Südberlin Maskulin Frank White (Fler) & Godsilla 22
GoldständerB-Tight36
Aggro Anti Ansage Nr. 8Aggro Berlin25
2009 Fler Fler

Singles

YearTitleArtistChart positionAlbum
Germany Austria
2003"Bei Nacht" Bushido Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline
"Gemein wie 10"
2004"Mein Block" Sido 13 Maske
"Arschficksong"63
"Fuffies im Club"18Maske
"Aggroberlina" Fler 59
2005"Mama ist stolz"Sido25
"NDW 2005"Fler9 Neue Deutsche Welle
"Steh wieder auf"Deine Lieblings Rapper12Dein Lieblings Album
"A.G.G.R.O./Nach eigenen Regeln" B-Tight feat. G-Hot & Tony D22
"Aggroberlin Zeit"Aggro Ansage Nr. 5
2006"Wahlkampf"Sido feat. G-Hot36
"Papa ist zurück"Fler23 Trendsetter
Cüs JungeFler feat. Muhabbet51
X-TasyB-Tight
StraßenjungeSido20Maske
Weihnachtssong 200634
2007Teil von mir14 Ich
Ich binsB-Tight45
Schlechtes VorbildSido18Ich
Der CoolsteB-Tight92
TotalschadenTony D53Totalschaden
2008Deutscha Bad BoyFler16
Augen auf/Halt dein MaulSido7 Ich und meine Maske
Carmen17
2009"Beweg dein Arsch"Sido feat. Scooter, Kitty Kat & Tony D17
"Check mich aus"Fler74 Fler
"Ich sing nicht mehr für dich"Fler feat. Doreen Steinert33

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References

  1. ↑ "Aggro Berlin". 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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