Rapsoul
| Rapsoul | |
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 Rapsoul live at Knust in Hamburg on September 25, 2006 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Hip hop |
| founding | 2005 |
| resolution | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.rapsoul.de/ |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Christopher Jimmy Taylor |
rap |
Jan-Markus Färger |
rap |
Steve Neumann |
Rapsoul was a German hip hop group.
history
Färger and Neumann initially worked together on remixes for the Frankfurt record label 3p . Two of the remixes were produced by Glashaus for the single Du , for which the band rewrote the chorus. A previous project was a remix for Sabrina Setlur's single Baby . The two rappers performed their first joint appearances under the name Dreckskind & Pechvogel , with Jan calling himself “Dreckskind” and Steve “Pechvogel”. An EP called LebensArt by Dreckskind & Pechvogel was also released .
Planet radio was the first station to recognize the talent of Hessen. In 2004, Jan and Steve presented one of their songs in the Do It Yourself section and shortly thereafter became an integral part of the Chill & Grill tour during which the station toured Hessian swimming pools in the summer. During this time, among others, RTL became aware of the band and reported on the local program.
At the same time, Jan and Steve decided to rename the band Rapsoul together with soul singer CJ Taylor . The name describes the musical style of the group. After their first successful live performances, the band was invited to support the Backstreet Boys in October 2005 during their tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In cooperation with the Offenbach producer team Nachtwandler, the debut album Indescribable was created at the end of 2005 ; It was released on March 31, 2006. The first single was released on November 25, 2005, the track Desperate , which entered the German top 20 straight away and lasted for weeks. After the success of Desperate , the second single Gott schenk 'ihr Flügel came out on March 17th, 2006. The third single Du und Ich was released on June 23, 2006. All three singles were in the German charts. In 2006 the group's first headline tour also took place.
In 2006, the fourth single Sunshine from the album Indescribable was released . The song was recorded together with the former DSDS finalist Vanessa Jean Dedmon .
On February 14, 2008 Rapsoul took part in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 in Hanover with the song King of the World . They competed for the state of Hesse and took eighth place.
In December 2009 they gave their last two concerts before they split up.
CJ Taylor released a solo album in 2011 called Not Like Before . The EP Meine Welt followed in 2016 . Both could not place in the German charts.
Members
- Singing : CJ Taylor (born July 12, 1980 in Aschaffenburg , actually Christopher Jimmy Taylor )
- Rap : Jan Färger (born October 3, 1982 in Frankfurt am Main , actually Jan-Markus Färger )
- Rap : Steve Neumann (born June 2, 1977 in Frankfurt am Main , actually Steven Neumann )
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 AT
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 CH
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| 2006 | Indescribable |
DE18 (21 weeks) DE |
- |
CH69 (3 weeks) CH |
First published: March 31, 2006
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| 2007 | Roller coaster |
DE16 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH91 (1 week) CH |
First published: August 10, 2007
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| 2009 | Sometime |
DE61 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: July 10, 2009
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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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| 2005 | Desperate indescribable |
DE21 (15 weeks) DE |
AT51 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: November 25, 2005
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| 2006 | God give her wings Indescribable |
DE15 (12 weeks) DE |
AT47 (4 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: April 7, 2006
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| You and me indescribable |
DE27 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: June 23, 2006
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| Sunshine Indescribable |
DE17 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First release: August 16, 2006
feat. Vanessa Jean Dedmon |
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| 2007 |
First love roller coaster |
DE14 (9 weeks) DE |
AT50 (6 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: July 27, 2007
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| Laura roller coaster |
DE56 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: October 5, 2007
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| 2008 | King of the world roller coaster |
DE38 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: February 15, 2008
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| 2009 | Day one after you sometime |
DE65 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: 2009
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More singles
- 2008: Die für dich (release: August 1st, 2008)
- 2009: Sometime (release: July 17th, 2009)
Video albums
- 2006: Indescribable LIVE (release: November 17th, 2006)
Web links
- Works by and about Rapsoul in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Rapsoul at laut.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from April 5, 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.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from April 5, 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.
- ↑ a b Sources: DE AT CH
