Crystal F.
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Crystal F (bourgeois Hauke Schmidt ; * 1988 ; in Hameln ) is a German rapper . Along with Arbok 48 and Crack Claus, he is one of the three rappers of Ruffiction , owner of the independent label Ruffiction Productions and has released several solo albums.
Life
Hauke Schmidt, who now lives in Berlin, grew up in Estorf near Nienburg and began making music professionally in 2004. In 2006 he met Crack Claus and Partisan and they decided to make music together. Crystal F, as Schmidt now called himself pseudonym, founded the label Ruffiction Productions as a side project, which was initially intended for his acquaintances, but was then used to create the rap group Doom & Death (also known as DAD) at the time still consisting of partisan, Phil and himself to market. At that time he lived in different places in Germany, moved around a lot until he finally moved to Berlin in 2009, where he still lives today. In 2007 he released the album Das wird ein Nacht as a free download with the then Ruffiction members , which was indexed by the Federal Testing Office for Media Harmful to Young People (BPjM) because of its violent lyrics . The label website was also blocked for several months. In 2009 Crystal F's first solo album Art of Death was released .
After the online EP Ruffradikal (2010), his second solo album X followed in 2012 . His album Scars , which was released on August 26, 2016, reached number 10 on the German album charts .
Music style and image
His lyrics describe violence and glorify excessive drug use.
Discography
Solo releases
- 2006: Straight outta Keller (demo CD, Watch your Back / Ruffiction)
- 2007: Short trip (promo album, ruffiction)
- 2009: Art of Death (Ruffiction)
- 2010: Ruffradikal (online EP and limited edition as album incl. Bonus songs, ruffiction )
- 2012: X (Ruffiction)
- 2016: Scars (Ruffiction)
- 2018: XX (Ruffiction)
- 2018: duct tape and cheap crack (Ruffiction)
Collaborations
- 2005: Uzi Entertainer - Komfortabel Spitten (Watch your Back)
- 2006: Uzi Entertainer - Komfortabel Spitten Directors Cut (Watch your Back)
- 2007: This will be a night (Free-Download Sampler, Ruffiction)
- 2008: Crystal, Crack & Cannibalism (with Crack Claus, Ruffiction)
- 2011: Jerks (with Serious Dan, Ruffiction)
With ruffiction
With Doom & Death
- 2006: Götterdämmerung (Ruffiction)
- 2012: Last Action Heroes (Ruffiction Productions)
Web links
- Official presence on Facebook
- Crystal F at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exR6vFH49Ic&t=63s (Min 1:36 - beginning of the year with music, Min 1:44 (Estorf), Min 1:57 (current place of residence))
- ↑ BPjM indexes albums of the small hip hop label Ruffiction. Schnittberichte.com , May 5, 2009, accessed October 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Crystal F at laut.de
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SURNAME | Crystal F. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hauke |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1988 |