- Aggro Berlin
infobox record label
founded =2001
founder = Sido
distributor =
genre =Hip hop ,Gangsta rap
country =Germany
location =Berlin ,Germany
url =Aggro Berlin is a
German hip-hop independent record label based inBerlin ,Germany . Five artists; Sido,B-Tight , Tony D,Fler and Kitty Kat are currently under the label.In 2004, Sido's debut album, "
Maske " sold more than 100,000 copies in less than a month. In September of that year, the rapper won a prestigious German music award for "Best Newcomer."The artist Bushido left the label in June 2004 for
Sony BMG .G-Hot contract ran out in Autumn 2006. After the song "Keine Toleranz" (No Tolerance) appeared on the internet in July 2007 Aggro Berlin stated that there will be no further business association to him. The song, which featured Boss A, discriminates homosexuals and calls to kill homosexuals was not officially released by any label and G-Hot stated that it had been recorded many years before the release and had never been supposed to be released.
Aggro Berlin is no longer a fully independent label since October 2007, but works with Universal now. Sido and Fler stated in an interview with the German hip-hop magazine Juice.
Name
"Aggro" (in this context a noun) is German street
slang for having an aggressive attitude.Berlin is the city where the label is headquartered. All artists signed by Aggro Berlin live in Berlin.Signed Artist
*Sido
*B-Tight
*Fler
*Tony D
*Kitty KatFormer artists
*Rhymin' Simon
*Bushido (2001-2004)
*G-Hot (2005-2007)Releases
Albums
Singles
See also
*
List of record labels External links
* [http://www.aggroberlin.de Official site]
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