Aggro Berlin

Aggro Berlin
Aggro Berlin
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	2001
Founder	Specter, Halil and Spaiche
Status	Defunct
Genre	Hip hop, Gangsta rap
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Berlin, Germany
Official website	www.aggroberlin.de

Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin, Germany 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.

"Aggro" (in this context a noun) 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 BPjM (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons).

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.

Artists

Former acts

Act	Years on the label	Albums under Aggro Berlin	Description
Bushido	2001–2004	2	Rapper from Berlin. 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.
G-Hot	2005–2007	1	Rapper from Berlin. He was discovered by Fler. Because of his controversial homophobia song "Keine Toleranz" the label stopped working with him.
Fler	2003–2009	6	Rapper from Berlin. He left on March 2009, a month before the label's closure.
Sido	2001–2009	4	Rapper from Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.
B-Tight	2001–2009	2	Rapper from Berlin. He was born in Palm Springs, California, but grew up in Germany.
Tony D	2005–2009	1	Rapper from Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Kitty Kat	2006–2009	-	Rapper from Berlin. She was the only female artist on the label.

Releases

Albums

Year	Title	Artists	Chart Positions		Status
Year	Title	Artists	GER	AUT	Status
2001	Splash Special	A.i.d.S.
2001	Das Mic und ich
2002	Alles ist die Sekte: Album Nr. 3
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 1	Aggro Berlin
	Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten	Sonny Black (Bushido) & Frank White (Fler)
	Der Neger (in mir)	B-Tight
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 2	Aggro Berlin
2003	Garnich so schlimm	A.i.d.S.
	Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline	Bushido	87
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 3	Aggro Berlin
2004	Maske	Sido	3		Gold
2004	Aggro Ansage Nr. 4	Aggro Berlin	9		Gold
2005	Neue Deutsche Welle	Fler	5
	Heiße Ware	B-Tight & Tony D
	Dein Lieblingsalbum	Deine Lieblingsrapper	2
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 5	Aggro Berlin	7		Gold
2006	Trendsetter	Fler	4
2006	Ich	Sido	4		Gold
2007	Willkommen in Abschaumcity	MC Bogy	92
	Neger Neger	B-Tight	6
	Eine Hand wäscht die Andere	Sido	21
	Airmax Muzik	Fler	13
	Alles oder Nichts	Jom & Said
	Totalschaden	Tony D	21
	Ghetto Romantik	B-Tight	54
	Auferstanden aus Ruinen	Joe Rilla
2008	Fremd im eigenen Land	Fler	7
	Ich und meine Maske	Sido	1		Gold
	Südberlin Maskulin	Frank White (Fler) & Godsilla	22
	Goldständer	B-Tight	36
	Aggro Anti Ansage Nr. 8	Aggro Berlin	25
2009	Fler	Fler

Singles

Year	Title	Artist	Chart position		Album
Year	Title	Artist	Germany	Austria	Album
2003	"Bei Nacht"	Bushido			Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline
2003	"Gemein wie 10"	Bushido			Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline
2004	"Mein Block"	Sido	13		Maske
	"Arschficksong"
	"Fuffies im Club"				Maske
	"Aggroberlina"	Fler	59
2005	"Mama ist stolz"	Sido
	"NDW 2005"	Fler	9		Neue Deutsche Welle
	"Steh wieder auf"	Deine Lieblings Rapper	12		Dein Lieblings Album
	"A.G.G.R.O./Nach eigenen Regeln"	B-Tight feat. G-Hot & Tony D	22
	"Aggroberlin Zeit"	B-Tight feat. G-Hot & Tony D			Aggro Ansage Nr. 5
2006	"Wahlkampf"	Sido feat. G-Hot
	"Papa ist zurück"	Fler	23		Trendsetter
	Cüs Junge	Fler feat. Muhabbet	51
	X-Tasy	B-Tight
	Straßenjunge	Sido	20		Maske
	Weihnachtssong 2006
2007	Teil von mir		14		Ich
	Ich bins	B-Tight	45
	Schlechtes Vorbild	Sido	18		Ich
	Der Coolste	B-Tight
	Totalschaden	Tony D			Totalschaden
2008	Deutscha Bad Boy	Fler	16
	Augen auf/Halt dein Maul	Sido	7		Ich und meine Maske
	Carmen	Sido
2009	"Beweg dein Arsch"	Sido feat. Scooter, Kitty Kat & Tony D
	"Check mich aus"	Fler			Fler
	"Ich sing nicht mehr für dich"	Fler feat. Doreen Steinert			Fler

Controversy

References

^ "Aggro Berlin". 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Official site

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