Alphagene | ||||
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Released | 16 November 2007 (Germany) | |||
Genre | German hip hop | |||
Label | Selfmade Records | |||
Producer | Rizbo, Jimmy Ledrac, Vizir | |||
Kollegah chronology | ||||
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Alphagene ("Alpha genes") is the debut studio album by German rapper Kollegah, released on 16 November 2007 through Selfmade Records.
After the release of his mixtape Boss der Bosse, Kollegah started to work on his debut album which had taken him nine months to finish. For six months he worked on his records so intensively that he had no contact to his family and friends during that time.
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Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume, known professionally as Kollegah, is a German rapper. He releases his music via his own label, Alpha Music Empire.
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Jung, brutal, gutaussehend is the first collaborative studio album by German rappers Kollegah and Farid Bang. It was released on 19 June 2009 through Selfmade Records.
Zuhältertape Volume 3 is the third mixtape by German rapper Kollegah, released on 19 December 2009 by Selfmade Records. This mixtape is the sequel to Boss der Bosse (2006). Hip hop producers including Hookbeatz, B-Case, Six June and Rizbo were involved in the production.
German rapper Kollegah has released nine studio albums, ten mixtapes, six extended plays, three label samplers, two compilation albums, five collaborative albums and sixty-six singles. His debut album Alphagene (2007) entered the charts at number 51 in Germany. His follow-up eponymous 2008 record experienced similar moderate success. His fourth studio album Bossaura was released in October 2011 and peaked at number five in his native country. To date, the rapper has released three more albums: King (2014), Zuhältertape Volume 4 (2015) and Imperator (2016); both King and Imperator topped the album charts in German-speaking Europe and were certified gold and platinum in Germany and Austria.
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