Sonnenbank Flavour
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"Sonnenbank Flavour" is the second single of Bushido
Bushido (rapper)
Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...

's album Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück
Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück
Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück is the fourth solo album by Bushido.The title alludes to his first solo album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline.- Information :...

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Background

In this song, Bushido uses words that rhyme together but do not form complete sentences. Bushido confirmed in an interview that he wanted, besides twenty normal tracks, another track that sounded different. He also said that on paper, it doesn't make sense at first glance, but when people listen to it they will understand what's going on.

The single reached spot 15 in the German charts.

Controversy

The line: "Doreen, Maskenmann, AIDS-Test: positiv" (German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

: "Doreen, Maskman, AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 test: positive") sparked controversies, as many fans believed that Bushido was mocking Doreen Steinert and Sido
Sido (rapper)
Paul Hartmut Würdig , better known as Sido, is a German rapper.The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" or "Scheiße in dein Ohr" in earlier times.Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics...

 with this line. Bushido denied those claims in an MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 Urban interview with Patrice Bouédibéla
Patrice Bouédibéla
Patrice Bouédibéla is a German television presenter.In the spring 1996 Bouédibéla was discovered in a Berlin nightclub for the television show “MTV Road Rules” and toured with four other participants across Europe...

 and said that he meant the mask man in his video, who wears a Goofy
Goofy
Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck...

 mask.
He also took aim at Amstaff Muzx, most notably Bass Sultan Hengzt
Bass Sultan Hengzt
Fabio Ferzan Cataldi better known by his stage name Bass Sultan Hengzt is a German rapper of Italian and Turkish descent.- 2001-2002: Early carrer :...

, Raptile
Raptile
Addis Mussa , better known by his stage names Addis & Raptile, is a German-Ethiopian rapper, producer and songwriter...

, Rapsoul
Rapsoul
- History :Färger and Neumann first worked together producing remixes for the Frankfurt record label 3p , working with the German pop/soul band Glashaus and female rapper Sabrina Setlur. The two first appeared together as a rap duo as Dreckskind & Pechvogel - History :Färger and Neumann first...

 and Curse
Curse (rapper)
Michael Kurth , better known as Curse, is a former hip hop artist from Minden, Germany.- Biography :Curse has had a long musical past. In his youth, he played songs like "Zwei Mal In Den Kopf" in his former band Phat Kicks...

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Music video

The music video was directed by Hinrich Pflug and produced by Katapult. It released 20 October 2006 and premiered at MTV-TRL
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

. The video was shot in a studio with a blue-screen background.

To produce a video that fit the song lyrics, the shots were switched during Bushido's performance to the objects or persons which were mentioned; in addition, the background switches between the colours white and black.
Eko Fresh
Eko Fresh
Ekrem Bora , better known as Eko Fresh and also as Elektro Eko, is a German rapper of Turkish descent.- Early life :...

 and Baba Saad
Baba Saad
Saad El-Haddad , better known by his stage names Baba Saad or just Saad, is a German rapper of Lebanese heritage.- Early life :...

also had cameo appearances.
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