Ali As

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Ali As, 2008
Ali As, 2008
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Amnesia
  DE 17th 01/23/2015 (1 week)
  AT 46 01/23/2015 (1 week)
  CH 37 01/18/2015 (1 week)
Euphoria
  DE 6th 04/08/2016 (3 weeks)
  AT 16 04/15/2016 (1 week)
  CH 24 04/10/2016 (1 week)
Insomnia
  DE 10 07/07/2017 (2 weeks)
  AT 40 07/14/2017 (1 week)
  CH 46 07/09/2017 (1 week)
Mohamed Ali (with MoTrip )
  DE 43 December 14, 2018 (1 week)
  CH 90 December 16, 2018 (1 week)
Singles
Let Them Dance (Square Dance) ( feat.Namika )
  DE 37 
gold
gold
03/11/2016 (23 weeks)
Black roses (with Kollegah )
  DE 75 December 16, 2016 (1 week)
Heroin (feat. Juju )
  DE 85 02/09/2018 (1 week)

Ali As , real name Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry (born July 15, 1979 in Munich ) is a German rapper of Pakistani descent. Until the beginning of 2013 he was also known as Ali A $ . He is under contract with Four Music .

life and career

Chaudhry grew up in the Solln district of Munich . In 1998 he graduated from high school in the Bavarian capital and then enrolled at a university for theater studies . Chaudhry dropped out after just a month. He then worked as an editor for the talk show Fliege , which was presented in the Bavaria film studios and broadcast by ARD . This was followed by work for a film company, for which Chaudhry worked as a "junior producer".

At the age of fifteen, the future rapper began making music for the first time . He initially participated in the Artzone group . In 1999 she gave her first appearances at the Flavaclub in Munich, where Chaudhry gave freestyles . In 2001, the Munich - based company released the EP Bös witzisch together with Passt Shawn under the group name Buff-A-Lot & Passt Shawn . Southern Comfort followed a year later , an album that Chaudhry had recorded with his group Monaco Lightz , which consists of him, Weeh 78 and Passt Shawn.

The members of the Monaco Lightz group ended their collaboration in the following years and Ali As began to work as a solo artist. The rapper first released the mixtapes A $ talavista, Baby! and I'm a star, get me out of here! . In 2006 he was signed by Samy Deluxe on the music label Deluxe Records . In addition to his solo career, Ali As is part of the formation The New South . With this he published the mixtape Xklusiv 2 - The New South in 2007 . In 2007 the mixtape How to Build a Bomb was the first release on Deluxe Records . The sound carrier represents the first part of the so-called "bombs" trilogy. On May 16, 2008, the mixtape The Countdown is running was published as the second part.

In August 2008 Ali As worked alongside Bintia and Xatar as a so-called "rap coach" on the RTL 2 show Der Bluff . In it, the rapper was supposed to put a literature student in the role of a credible gangsta rapper . The media response to the TV show was very negative.

The rapper's first album should be released on October 17th. This was postponed at short notice and an EP with the title Wer am 17.10. released is stupid and made available for free. The album was finally released on October 24, 2008 under the title Bomb and features guest contributions from Emory and Samy Deluxe. The first single I'm a star, get me out of here! appeared on October 3rd as a "digital release".

On December 19, 2008, Liebling, I have shrunk the label, released a sampler from the Deluxe Records label. A video was made for the title Once Upon a Time by Ali As. In 2009 Ali As played a role in the film Nanga Parbat , in which the Sigi Löw memorial expedition is the theme.

In December 2010 Ali As released the song Der Verweis , which is directed against Casper .

From 2011 to 2013 Ali As was a member of the crossover band Kellerkommando , which combines traditional folk music with elements of rap, electro and other stylistic devices.

In addition, the Munich-based man with Pakistani roots released the EP EMWIMO on May 3, 2013 , which means "Hey, man, where is my output?" stands. The title of his EP is based on the mystery / sci-fi film “ Hey man, where is my car? ", This is how the rapper / artist wants to use" self-humor to draw attention to the time before EMWIMO ", where he brought about" little or hardly any musical output ". "0815-Beats" were deliberately avoided in the EP. The EP is still the secret favorite for some fans and the forerunner of the Amnesia , Euphoria and Insomnia trilogy .

On January 9, 2015, his second solo album Amnesia was released, which entered the German album charts at number 17, which is the first chart position for Ali As as a solo artist. The third solo album Euphoria was released on April 1st, 2016 and reached number 6 in the German charts. The single Lass Sie Tanz (Square Dance) released from this album , on which singer Namika is also represented, was awarded a gold record for over 200,000 units sold in Germany .

On June 30, 2017, Ali As's fourth solo album, Insomnia , was released and reached number 10 in the German charts.

In September 2018 he could be heard together with Joyce Ilg in the podcast Talk-o-mat ( Spotify ) in a live edition of the Mit Freude Podcast Fest.

On December 7th, 2018 the collaboration album Mohamed Ali was released with MoTrip . The album reached number 43 in the German charts. In 2019 they went on tour together.

Discography

Albums

Collab albums

  • 2018: Mohamed Ali (with MoTrip )

EPs

  • 2013: EMWIMO (dude, where is my output)
  • 2014: FreeAli EP
  • 2015: Amnesia 2.0
  • 2016: FreeAli 2 EP
  • 2016: FreeAli 3 EP

Mix tapes

  • 2001: Badly Funny (EP as Buff-A-Lot & Passt Shawn )
  • 2002: Southern Comfort (as Monaco Lightz )
  • 2004: A $ talavista, baby!
  • 2005: I'm a star, get me out of here!
  • 2007: Xklusiv 2 - The New South (Xklusiv Mixtapes)
  • 2007: How do you build a bomb?
  • 2008: The countdown is on
  • 2012: 1000 Bars (Mixtape together with Pretty Mo as Baåder Meinhøf )

Others

Cover of the sampler Darling, I've shrunk the label
  • 2007: Fuck What You Think (Video)
  • 2007: Congratulations (with Semi B, Pretty Mo and Big K as Der Neue Süd) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice -CD # 73)
  • 2007: DLX ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice CD # 75)
  • 2007: Christmas is just around the corner (with Pretty Mo) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice-CD # 81)
  • 2007: Zoom Zoom Zoom (Video)
  • 2008: The Countdown Has Started (with Tai Jason) (Video)
  • 2008: the bomb is here! ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice CD # 90)
  • 2008: I'm a Star, Get Me Out of Here (Video)
  • 2008: Who on October 17th released is stupid (online EP)
  • 2008: Because it's time now (Sorry Remix) (with Samy Deluxe and Tua) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice-CD # 93)
  • 2008: Once Upon a Time (Video)
  • 2008: Darling, I've shrunk the label (sampler from Deluxe Records with Samy Deluxe and Tua)
  • 2009: Knock, knock, we are there (with capital K, Semi B and Pretty Mo) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice-CD # 101)
  • 2009: Pianoman (Exclusive Juice Remix) (with Monroe ) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice-CD # 104)
  • 2009: Never Enough (Samy Deluxe feat. Ali As on The Last Dance )
  • 2010: The reprimand (title against Casper )
  • 2010: I can only win ( Eko Fresh feat. Ado Kojo, Ali As, Money Boy, Pretty Mo & Sentence on Freezy Bumaye 1.0 )
  • 2011: I don't give a fuck ( Hakan Abi feat. Ali As, Eko Fresh & Prodycem on The Big Branx Theory )
  • 2012: Class reunion (Eko Fresh feat. Ali As, MoTrip , Pappa Landliebe, Pillath, Sentence & Toni der Assi on Ek to the roots )
  • 2013: Dunnerkeil (with cellar command )
  • 2013: Gangsta Squad (Eko Fresh feat. Ali As, Jeyz, MoTrip, Shindy & Tatwaffe on Eksodus (Deluxe Edition) )
  • 2013: Hypochondria (Samy Deluxe feat. Ali As on Perlen vor die Säu )
  • 2014: Kings without a crown (Various Artists feat. Absztrakkt, Akt One, Ali As, Al Kareem, and many more on Embassy of Music )
  • 2014: Yair ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice CD # 125)
  • 2014: Intro (Felix Krull feat. Ali As on Xanadu )
  • 2014: Dr. Cooper (Allstar Remix) (Megaloh feat. Abdï, Afrob, Ali As, and many more on Dr. Cooper Remix EP )
  • 2014: Leko Mio (Eko Fresh feat. Ali As, Blumio, Brutos Brutaloz, B-Tight, and many more on Deutscher Traum )
  • 2014: Blokkhaus Allstars (Blokkmonsta feat. Ali As, Automatikk, Baba Saad, and many more on Blokkhaus )
  • 2015: Your Parents (Ado Kojo feat. Ali As on Reise X )
  • 2015: Batz (Greeny Tortellini feat. Ali As & Rapsta on Juice-CD # 127 )
  • 2015: Kaleidoskop (DJ Vito feat. Ali As & Chefket on A very relaxed thing )
  • 2015: Muhammad Ali (MoTrip feat. Ali As on Alien EP )
  • 2015: When they come (Namika feat. Ali As on Nador )
  • 2015: Still we (Namika feat. Ali As on Hellwach EP )
  • 2016: Schwarze Rosen (Kollegah feat. Ali As on Imperator )
  • 2017: Südviertel (Mc Sadri feat. Ali As on monument )
  • 2017: Ballermann 5 (Olli Banjo feat. Ali As on Urban Jungle )
  • 2017: Paris (Spinning 9 feat. Ali As on Sky Zone )
  • 2017: Just for you (Joshi Mizu feat. Ali As on Kaviar & Toast )
  • 2018: Heroin (Ali As feat.Juju )
  • 2018: Jeanny (Ali As feat. Falco )
  • 2018: Castle ( Glasperlenspiel feat. Ali As on Light & Shadow )

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Ali As  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria - Switzerland
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE
  3. ↑ a b c laut.de
  4. ↑ a b c Backspin , November 2008, p. 81.
  5. ↑ Juice , October 2008, p. 56.
  6. ↑ The new south . In: NPL 83 Recordz . ( npl83recordz.de [accessed on June 10, 2018]).
  7. ↑ The New South. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ https://hiphop.de/release/ali-wie-baut-man-eine-bombe
  9. ↑ http://noisey.vice.com/de/article/4wxkaq/ein-kanacke-der-antonn-dvok-wissen--staiger-ber-seine-zeit-mit-xatar
  10. ↑ quotemeter.de: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: RTL II show "Der Bluff": It is even worse )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.dubisteinstar.de
  11. ↑ First Goethe, then Gangsta . In: Spiegel Online
  12. ↑ Free Downloads from Ali A $, Morlockk Dilemma and V-Mann ( Memento from October 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Ali A $, the bomber ( memento of the original from October 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mtv.de
  14. ↑ Ali As - I'm a Star, Get Me Out of Here!
  15. ↑ Video for I'm a star, get me out of here! ( Memento from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Mzee.com: Once upon a time there was Ali A $
  17. ↑ Meinrap.de: Ali A $ makes his acting debut. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 23, 2010 ; Retrieved October 22, 2010 .
  18. ↑ Ali A $ - The reference (Casper Diss) ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hiphopholic.de
  19. ^ Katja Auer: Franken-Rabber. The band "Kellerkommando" from Bamberg mixes traditional Kerwal songs with hip-hop - and thus inspires an international audience. Welt Online, January 8, 2012, accessed February 18, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Rap.de Article about EMWIMO
  21. ↑ Amnesia DE # 17
  22. ↑ Euphoria DE # 6
  23. ↑ TALK-O-MAT. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
  24. ↑ With pleasure Podcast Fest | ORBANISM event directory . In: ORBANISM . ( orbanism.com [accessed November 1, 2018]).
  25. ↑ Dennis Fiedler: Baåder Meinhøf (Ali As & Pretty Mo) - 1000 Bars Mixtape Download - DHH. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Video to Fuck what you think
  27. ↑ Genius.com: Kings Without a Crown, accessed June 22, 2015
  28. ↑ Genius.com: Dr. Cooper (Allstar Remix). Retrieved July 22, 2015
  29. ↑ Genius.com: Leko Mio accessed July 22, 2015
  30. ↑ Genius.com: Blokkhaus Allstars , accessed July 22, 2015
  31. ^ Raptalk.org: Namika - Hellwach EP
personal data
SURNAME Ali As
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaudhry, Zulfiqar Ali (maiden name); Ali As
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rapper
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany