C block
C-Block was a successful German hip-hop and dance group .
biography
In the early 1990s, dance acts like Snap! or C + C Music Factory with their hip-hop-dance sound great success in the European charts . Therefore, the producers Ullrich Buchmann, Jörg Wagner and Franky Miller (born February 26, 1966 as Frank Müller in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) decided to form their own band that positions itself in the hip-hop and dance sector.
Miller hired the two Afro-American rappers Mr. P (James White) and Red Dogg (Anthony Joseph), two former US soldiers who had stayed in Germany after the Second Gulf War , to start a music career here. In addition, the singers Raquel Gomez and Theresa "Misty" Baltimore and the singer Preston "Goldie Gold" Holloway joined the formation, which was now called C-Block, and initially worked as background singers .
In 1996 the debut single Shake Dat Azz appeared , a collaboration with Chicago rapper AK Swift , which did not reach a chart position, but was a respectable success. The breakthrough came with the follow-up single So Strung Out , a soulful ode to drug victims around the world, which also became the group's biggest hit. The song rose to the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland as well as the Austrian top 20 . Time Is Tickin 'Away was similarly successful in mid-1997. The last release from the album General Population was called Summertime and was still in the German top 20 in autumn of that year.
Mr. P left C-Block in late 1997. His position has now been taken over by Baltimore and Holloway. The result was the album Keepin 'It Real , which was significantly more pop-oriented than its predecessor, but had significantly less commercial success. The release Eternal Grace was in the German Top 10 and the Swiss Top 20 at the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998. The cover version of the Mr. Mister hit Broken Wings followed , for which only middle placements were possible.
The last time C-Block made it into the German charts at the end of 1999 with the single Keep Movin ' . Mr. P had since returned to the group, and R&B singer Jeanine Love was also recruited. When the hoped-for success did not materialize, the project was terminated at the end of 2000. The previously created album Changes was initially not released. It was only released in 2010 under the title The Last Album , but only on the Internet.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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| 1997 | General population |
DE14 (15 weeks) DE |
AT41 (3 weeks) AT |
CH10 (14 weeks) CH |
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| 1998 | Keepin 'It Real |
DE45 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH34 (2 weeks) CH |
|
More albums
- 1998: The Story of Success (promo with 5 tracks)
- 2010: The Last Album (11 mp3 files)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
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AT
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CH
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| 1996 | So Strung Out General Population |
DE4th  (24 weeks)DE |
AT14 (12 weeks) AT |
CH7 (19 weeks) CH |
|
| 1997 | Time Is Tickin 'Away General Population |
DE5 (16 weeks)DE |
AT16 (11 weeks) AT |
CH9 (12 weeks) CH |
|
| Summertime General Population |
DE19 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - | ||
| Eternal Grace Keepin 'It Real |
DE8th (13 weeks)DE |
- |
CH20 (11 weeks) CH |
||
| 1998 |
Broken Wings Keepin 'it Real |
DE27 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH31 (4 weeks) CH |
|
| 1999 | Keep Movin ' The Last Album |
DE66 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | |
More singles
- 1996: Shake Dat Azz (with AK Swift)
- 2000: The Future Is so Bright