Die Firma
Encyclopedia
Die Firma is a hip hop
group formed in 1996 in Cologne
, Germany
. The group consists of Tatwaffe (Alexander Trabhoven), Def Benski Obiwahn (Ben Hartung) and Fader Gladiator (Daniel Sluga). To date, they have released six albums. Their second album already sold over 80.000 copies in Germany and reached number 8 on the German album charts. But they are best known for their year 2005 hit “Die Eine” (“The one”), which peaked at number 2 on the German single charts. The band refers to its own style as: “Lyrics about beats which represent good and evil.”
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group formed in 1996 in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The group consists of Tatwaffe (Alexander Trabhoven), Def Benski Obiwahn (Ben Hartung) and Fader Gladiator (Daniel Sluga). To date, they have released six albums. Their second album already sold over 80.000 copies in Germany and reached number 8 on the German album charts. But they are best known for their year 2005 hit “Die Eine” (“The one”), which peaked at number 2 on the German single charts. The band refers to its own style as: “Lyrics about beats which represent good and evil.”
Albums
- 1998: Spiel des Lebens
- 1999: Das Zweite Kapitel
- 2002: Das dritte Auge
- 2005: Krieg und Frieden
- 2007: Goldene Zeiten
- 2009: Gesammelte Werke
- 2010: Das Sechste Kapitel
Singles
- 1996: Die Eine 96
- 1999: Scheiß auf die Hookline
- 1999: Kap der guten Hoffnung
- 1999: Das neue Jahrtausend
- 2002: Hör ma!
- 2002: Strassenfest
- 2003: Kein Ende in Sicht
- 2005: Die Eine 2005
- 2005: Spiel des Lebens
- 2007: Glücksprinzip
- 2007: Wunder
- 2007: Wunschzettel (feat. CJ Taylor)
- 2008: Scheiss auf die Hookline II
External links
- Official Website (German)
- [ Die Firma at allmusic.com]
- Die Firma at discogs.com