Massive tones
| Massive tones | |
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 Massive tones at the Splash Festival 2000 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Stuttgart , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Hip hop |
| founding | 1991 |
| Founding members | |
| João dos Santos, called Ju alias Mister Santos | |
MC |
Wasilios Ntuanoglu, called Wasi alias Duan Wasi |
MC |
Jean-Christoph Ritter , called Schowi |
| Alexander Scheffel, called Alex alias DJ 5th tone |
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| Current occupation | |
MC |
João dos Santos, called Ju alias Mister Santos |
MC |
Jean-Christoph Ritter, called Schowi |
DJ |
Alexander Scheffel, called Alex alias DJ 5th tone |
Massive tones is a German hip-hop - group . It was founded by Schowi , Ju , Wasi and DJ 5ter Ton in 1991 in Stuttgart .
history
The four founding members from the Stuttgart hip-hop scene initially orientated themselves on American and French role models such as Beastie Boys , Public Enemy and Ultramagnetic MC’s before they found their own style. In 1993 they joined forces with other hip-hop musicians, breakdancers and graffiti artists to form the Stuttgart collective farm . Besides Massive Töne, Afrob , Freundeskreis , DJ Thomilla and Breite Seite were the most famous members. In the years 1994 to 1995 Massive Töne appeared as guests or opening act on most of the major hip-hop concerts; The best known are the touring class of 94 and class of 95 ( MZEE ), where they worked with Fettes Brot , Spax , Absolute Beginner , the Stieber Twins , MC Rene and others.
The 1996 debut album Kopfnicker (MZEE), which made their name known throughout the scene, is still considered the most important of the group today. In 1998 they switched to the major label Eastwest and produced the single Bewegungs , the video of which was a success in Germany. They recorded tracks together with well-known artists such as Blahzay Blahzay or the French hip-hop group IAM , thus creating a total of four single releases from their 1999 album Überfall , which became the group's most successful album. The song 2Mille was recorded for the French action comedy Taxi Taxi (2000) .
In 2000 the group split from Wasi . This was followed by the establishment of her own label, Kopfnicker Records . Headnicker Records - the album - was released as a label portrait in the same year . In 2002, the album MT3 was released , whose single Cruisen reached number 5 in the charts. The content of the 14 tracks on the album is far apart, from the pure party hits like Im Club to socially critical songs like Deutschland, Deutschland .
In 2005, the last album so far, Back to the Future , was released, but it was unable to build on the commercial success of the two previous albums.
On February 9, 2006, Massive Töne represented Baden-Württemberg with the title Mein Job at the Bundesvision Song Contest and achieved 9th place with 47 points.
On July 18, 2015, Massive Töne played some of their most successful songs as one of two surprise guests at the last HipHop Open in Stuttgart in front of headliner Marsimoto , such as Traumreise, Cruisen, and the mother city dedicated to the city of Stuttgart .
In August 2015, Ju emigrated to Lisbon , Portugal .
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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| 1996 | Nod | - | - | - |
First published: October 29, 1996
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| 1999 | Raid |
DE6 (21 weeks) DE |
AT47 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: April 19, 1999
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| 2002 | MT3 |
DE7 (20 weeks) DE |
AT12 (10 weeks) AT |
CH32 (8 weeks) CH |
First published: August 5, 2002
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| 2005 | Back to the Future |
DE55 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH63 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: October 14, 2005
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EPs
| year | title | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ... poet in Stuttgart | First published: February 24, 1995 |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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| 1999 | Chartbreaker (Once a Star and Back) Assault |
DE39 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: March 29, 1999
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| Never raid without her |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 15, 1999
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| 2000 | 2 Mille Taxi Taxi (OST) |
DE69 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First release: July 31, 2000
feat. Vanessa Mason |
| 2002 |
Cruising MT3 |
DE5 (17 weeks) DE |
AT15 (17 weeks) AT |
CH25 (13 weeks) CH |
First published: July 8, 2002
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| Money or love MT3 |
DE45 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 4, 2002
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| 2003 | Dream trip MT3 |
DE43 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: February 10, 2003
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| Stress single track |
DE59 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: August 11, 2003
feat. Fetsum |
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| 2005 | Top model back to the future |
DE31 (9 weeks) DE |
AT64 (3 weeks) AT |
CH90 (1 week) CH |
First published: September 19, 2005
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| 2006 | My job back to the future |
DE78 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: March 10, 2006
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More singles
- 1995: She is in danger
- 1996: nodding
- 1998: difference
- 1999: Rap game
Others
- 1995: The sound makes the music The class of '95 (LP, comp, album),
- 2005: Boomerang (RMX) ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice CD # 57)
- 2005: 덩덕 쿵 (Retire) (from the album Double Dynamite) collaboration with the Korean group Dynamic Duo
Web links
- Massive sounds at laut.de.
- Massive tones at Discogs (English)
- Interview at Germanrhymes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rap Pfister: Massive Töne - Mutterstadt, Traumreise & Cruisen (Live in Stuttgart, HipHop Open 2015 07/18/15). July 20, 2015, accessed April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Massive tones. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ MISTER SANTOS. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources albums: DE AT CH