U-Niq | |
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Birth name | Anthony C. C. Pengel |
Born | Rotterdam, Netherlands | July 10, 1976
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation | Rapper |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | TopNotch |
Website | www |
Anthony Pengel (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as U-Niq, is a Dutch rapper from Rotterdam. He was part of the rap group The Most Official. [1]
Originally interested in football (he was a youth player for Feyenoord)[ citation needed ], U-Niq began rapping at age 13, influenced by Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.[ citation needed ] His 1999 debut album Married to Music was released by Sony.[ citation needed ] While spending some time in jail (he did not disclose why, and says he was acquitted), he decided to rap in Dutch; his first Dutch-language album, Rotterdam, was released by Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch and contained the singles "Rotterdam" and "Klein klein jongetje". [2]
Album title | Release date | Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 | Comments | ||
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Date of entry | Highest | Weeks | |||
Married to Music | 2000 | - | |||
Rotterdam [3] | 2006 | 15-07-2006 | 78 | 1 | |
Het kapitalisme [4] | 2008 | 08-03-2008 | 31 | 2 | |
Scheepsrecht [5] | 2011 | 16-04-2011 | 38 | 1* |
Single title | Release date | Charting in the Dutch Top 40 | Comments | ||
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Date of entry | Highest | Weeks | |||
"I Used to Cry" | 1999 | - | |||
"Married to Music" | 1999 | - | |||
"Yours Exclusive" | 2000 | - | |||
"Wildin' Out" | 2001 | - |
Year | Title | Album | ||
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Name | with | Name | Album Artist | |
1998 | "Corrosion" | Postmen & Sonny D | Documents | Postmen |
1999 | "Hate Me Now" | Nas | Nastradamus(NL versie) | Nas |
2001 | "Curriculum" | Postmen, Sonny D, Ganza & E-Life | Revival | Postmen |
2002 | "Chemistry" | E-Life | E=mc² | E-Life |
2007 | "Coke op 't Gas" | Kempi, Salah Edin, Feis & Winne | Mixtape 3.1 | Kempi |
2009 | "Geef 8 Remix" | Winne, Eddy Ra, Lotto, Crimson, Alex, Alee Rock, Millz & Feis | Winne Zonder Strijd | Winne |
Year | Title | Album | ||
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Name | with | Name | Artist/Producer | |
2000 | "Poverty Wisdom" | Social Life - the Album | Social Life | |
"Zoute Uitval" | Extince, E-Life, The Anonymous Mis, Shyrock & Murth The Man-O-Script | Alle 13 Dope | TopNotch | |
2007 | "Waka Mang" "Het Spel" | -Eddy Ra -Mr Probz, Winne & Eddy Ra | Hard Hard Hard Mixtape | TopNotch |
"Klein, Klein Jongetje" | Feis | TopNotch Mixtape | The Flexican - TopNotch | |
2009 | "Straatkennis, Politiek" "Tak Taki" | Royston Drenthe | Extravaganza Mixtape I Extravaganza Mixtape II | TopNotch |
2010 | "Komt Goed" | Laise | Extravaganza Mixtape V | TopNotch |
2012 | "Het Legioen" | Winne | - | TopNotch |
Year | Award | Category | Title | |
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2006 | BNN Urban Awards | Best Lyrics | Klein, Klein Jongetje [6] | Win |
2007 | BNN Urban Awards | Best Lyrics | Geen Verschil [7] | Nom |
Gouden Greep | Hardest Diss Track | Bluffer [8] | Nom |
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