Melbeatz

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Rapper's Delight
	Singles
	OK! (with Kool Savas & Samy Deluxe )

Melbeatz (2008)

Melbeatz (2001)

Melbeatz (born July 18, 1977 in Berlin ; real name Melanie Wilhelm ) is a German hip hop producer. Since she is one of the few producers in the hip-hop genre in German-speaking countries , she is often referred to in the scene as the “Queen of Beats”.

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Melbeatz grew up as an only child in Berlin and attended a total of nine schools. The numerous school changes came about through many moves in her youth. After living in Baden-Württemberg for a year and a half , she had to switch from grammar school to secondary school on her return, where she stayed in the meantime. After she had finished secondary school without a qualification, she later made up her secondary and extended secondary school diplomas at evening schools. A secondary school leaving certificate that was planned afterwards was no longer achieved. Due to graffiti - vandalism they came often in their youth with police and justice in conflict.

She came into contact with music through her long-term partner Kool Savas , whom she had met through membership in a graffiti group. In November 1996 she began to produce her first beats on a tape. In the meantime, she gave up her actual career aspiration to become a graphic designer. Until 2001 she worked on a side job alongside her music career. She has been a vegetarian since she was seventeen , and has been largely vegan for the last millennium .

Career

In 1996 she joined the band MOR , founded by Kool Savas , Justus and Fumanschu , whose album NLP , which was released in 2001, she produced and which reached number 65 in the German album charts. In the fall of 2001, however, she left them again with Savas.

In May 2002, Kool Savas founded the record label Optik Records , where Melbeatz was the first female artist to sign. Immediately afterwards, DJ Nicon , Valezka and Eko Fresh also joined this Sony BMG sub-label. Until its dissolution in 2009, she worked there as a producer of various artists of this label, in addition to the aforementioned for the artists Amar , Caput , Ercandize , Franky Kubrick and Moe Mitchell , who have since been signed . So Kool Savas' debut album The Best Day of My Life was produced by her, as was Eko Fresh's debut hit König von Deutschland , although it left Optik Records immediately afterwards .

Melbeatz released their long-planned debut album Rapper's Delight in 2004 , which includes guest appearances by rappers such as Kanye West , Mobb Deep , Azad , Curse , Olli Banjo , Ol 'Dirty Bastard and Illmatic and reached number 32 on the album charts. From this album comes the single OK , which Melbeatz recorded with Kool Savas and Samy Deluxe . The beats of many of the songs she produces are very much inspired by the synthesizer sound of the 1980s. At first she had no role models among producers. Only Timbaland became a point of reference for them in this regard. For some time now she has been part of the Hätrz production team together with Bazz .

In 2004, 2005 and 2006 she received a JUICE award in the “Best Producer” category. In 2007 and 2009 she was voted best producer at the hiphop.de awards.

She was also involved in creating the soundtracks for the films Let's Break (Adil goes) by Esther Gronenborn, Kings and for Knallhart by Detlev Buck .

Melbeatz is an integral part of the dance project " Durstlöscher " together with the singer Alexandra Prince . The first music video Dance to the End was released on February 23, 2012.

equipment

Melbeatz has a home studio in her apartment. In the beginning she mainly worked with a Music Production Center 4000. She now also uses Cubase from Steinberg .

Discography

Own discography

title	Art	Publication date	Chart position	Cover
OK! (feat. Kool Savas and Samy Deluxe)	single	June 7, 2004	25th
Rapper's Delight	album	June 7, 2004	32

Produced titles

Interpreter	title	Art	Publication date	Chart position
Various	Berlin No. 1 vol. 1	Sampler	1997
Various	Berlin No. 1 vol. 2	Sampler	1998
Shadow	abundance	album	1998
Fuat	Hassickdir	album	1999
Various	Splash! Allstars Event Album	Sampler	June 16, 2000
Various	Masterblaster I Juice Compilation	Sampler	March 26, 2001
MOR	NLP	album	April 30, 2001	65
Real estate	Ladies choice	single	2001
Various	Splash! Allstars Event Album	Sampler	June 15, 2001
Kool Savas	House + boat	EP	July 23, 2001	53
J-Luv	?	EP	October 29, 2001
Eko Fresh	Now let's get to the matter	EP	December 10, 2001
J-Luv	Dirty & tight	single	March 25, 2002	50
Various	Rap.de Allstars	Sampler	May 13, 2002
J-Luv	Because you love me	single	June 24, 2002	51
J-Luv	Contrasts	album	July 8, 2002	22nd
Various	Splash! Masterblaster 2002	Sampler	July 15, 2002
Various	Optic Mixtape Vol. 1	Sampler	August 26, 2002
Kool Savas	Till 'Ab Joe	single	October 7, 2002	35
Kool Savas	The best day of my life	album	November 4, 2002	6th
Kool Savas feat. Optics crew	Optic Anthem	single	January 13, 2003	48
Kool Savas feat. Valezka	The best day of my life	single	April 14, 2003	45
Eko Fresh	King of Germany	single	July 7, 2003	15th
Ashanti	Rain on me (Melbeatz Remix)	single	November 24, 2003
Kool Savas feat. Lumidee	The best days are numbered	single	March 8, 2004	32
Kool Savas	The best days are numbered	album	August 20, 2004	12
Various	OPTIK TAKEOVER 04 - Summer Edition	Sampler	August 20, 2004
Illmat! C	Officillz Bootleg	album	August 20, 2004
Ercandize & DJ Catch	Ear2TheStreet 2	Mixtape	September 25, 2004
Various	Tony Hawk Underground 2 - Grind on	Sampler	October 15, 2004
Caput	The Caputte view	Mixtape	February 7, 2005
Kool Savas	The judgment	single	March 7, 2005	Free track
Kool Savas	The John Bello Story	Mixtape	May 17, 2005	17th
Various	Our block - compilation	Sampler	August 20, 2006
Army optics	This is OR!	single	September 1, 2006	28
Various	Look takeover!	Sampler	September 15, 2006	8th
Ercandize	Burned earth	album	April 13, 2007	71
Kool Savas	The proof	single	September 28, 2007	Free track
Kool Savas	Dead or alive	album	November 2, 2007	10
Kool Savas	Dead or alive	single	December 7, 2007	63
Kool Savas	John Bello Story 3	album	March 12, 2010	4th
Maeckes	one	Remix album	November 11, 2010	-
Sasha Strunin	Game over	single	September 7, 2011
The polar	I'm with you (Melbeatz Remix)	single	September 9, 2011
Moe Mitchell	MMS	album	April 27, 2012	40
Cossu	You can do everything	Juice Exclusive	December 18, 2014	k. A.
Milonair feat. arrest warrant	This existence	single	4th March 2016
Infinit	On principle	album	26th August 2017
Glass bead game	Love is safe	song	April 20, 2018	Album track