ersguterjunge
{{Short description|Independent German hip hop label}}
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{{Lowercase title}}
{{infobox record label
| name= ersguterjunge
| image = Ersguterjunge Logo.svg
| image_size = 250
| founded = 2004
| defunct =
| founder = Bushido and D-Bo
| distributor = Sony BMG
| genre = Hip hop
| country = Germany
| location = Berlin
| url =
}}
ersguterjunge is an independent German hip hop label distributed by Sony BMG. It was founded by rappers D-Bo and Bushido in 2004, after he left the indie label Aggro Berlin. Bushido is the managing director.[http://www.flashmag.de/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=696&Itemid=50 Rap label report at flashmag.de] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070520203709/http://www.flashmag.de/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=696&Itemid=50 |date=20 May 2007 }} ersguterjunge is a reflexion on some of Germany's immigrant population's slang for standard German "er ist ein guter Junge" ("he is a good boy").
History
Bass Sultan Hengzt was signed in 2005,[http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=6944&CFID=5027894&CFTOKEN=13291884 Bass Sultan Hengzt ist guter Junge! (hiphop.de)]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but left shortly after the release of his album Rap braucht immer noch kein Abitur. DJ Ilan and DJ Devin also left, due to personal issues, and were replaced by producers Chakuza and DJ Stickle, alias Beatlefield.[http://www.dj-qpin.com/interview_bushido.htm Interview mit Bushido auf dj-qpin.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070930001036/http://www.dj-qpin.com/interview_bushido.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}
Two more artists were signed little later: Screwaholic now part of Anno Domini Nation,[http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=9323 Ersguterproducer: Screwaholic bei Ersguterjunge gesigned (hiphop.de)]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} a producer, and Bizzy Montana,[http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/305215 jetzt.sueddeutsche.de] a rapper and producer.
Female rapper Bahar left the label, because in her opinion it did not provide the possibility of a successful album release.[http://www.rheinhiphop.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=2 Bahar verlässt ersguterjunge (rheinhiphop.de)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070930135930/http://www.rheinhiphop.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=2 |date=30 September 2007 }}
Nyze, who had been on several ersguterjunge releases, was signed in December 2006 and his album Geben & Nehmen was released in January 2007. Eko Fresh also signed in the same month, and Saad renewed his contract to release another album.[http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=10511&CFID=5027894&CFTOKEN=13291884 Eko unterschreibt bei egj, Saad verlängert seinen Vertrag (hiphop.de)]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In early 2007 Bushido started the girl group Bisou, which consists of former candidates of the German version of Popstars.[http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2007/02/28/14526/index.htm Bushido lüftet Girlband-Namen (laut.de)]
With Kay One[http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=10785&CFID=5027894&CFTOKEN=13291884 Kay One unterschreibt bei Bushido (hiphop.de)]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Tarééc,[http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=10970 Neues ersguterjunge Signing: Tarééc (hiphop.de)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070810160426/http://www.hiphop.de/de/home.cfm?p=10970 |date=10 August 2007 }} two more artists were signed.
In May 2010, released Kay One's debut album Kenneth allein zu Haus. The album reached Top 10 in the charts.{{cite web |url=http://www.ersguterjunge.de/index2.html |title=www.ersguterjunge.de |access-date=18 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529115927/http://www.ersguterjunge.de/index2.html |archive-date=29 May 2010 }}
Artists
=Current acts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Act
!Year signed !Albums under ersguterjunge !Description |
|---|
| Bushido
| style="text-align:center;"|2004 | style="text-align:center;"|18 |Rapper from Bonn. He founded the label in 2004 after leaving Aggro Berlin. He is also the managing director. |
=Former acts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Act
!Years on the label !Albums under ersguterjunge !Description |
|---|
| Bass Sultan Hengzt
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |Rapper from Berlin. He released his album Rap braucht immer noch kein Abitur on the label.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiphop.de/magazin/news/detail/2005/01/28/bass-sultan-hengzt-ist-guter-junge-40785/|title=Bass Sultan Hengzt ist guter Junge!|date=28 January 2005|access-date=17 August 2012|archive-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128080221/http://www.hiphop.de/magazin/news/detail/2005/01/28/bass-sultan-hengzt-ist-guter-junge-40785/|url-status=dead}} Shortly after he left the label and that led to a conflict with Bushido. |
| Bahar
| style="text-align:center;"|2005–2006 | style="text-align:center;"| - |Rapper of Iranian descent and the first female artist who signed. She has been featured on the albums of her label mates. She left the label because of "missing perspective".{{cite web |url=http://www.rap.de/news/2033 |title=Und weg ist sie |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005732/http://www.rap.de/news/2033 |archive-date=2 May 2014 }} |
| Billy (formerly Billy13)
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004/2005-2006 | style="text-align:center;"| - |Singer and rapper. |
| Bisou
| style="text-align:center;"|2007–2008 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |Girl group composed of Eliana D'Ippolito, Elvira Michieva and Kristina Neuwert, formed by Bushido. In 2008, the group split up. |
| Eko Fresh
| style="text-align:center;"|2006–2008 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |Rapper from Mönchengladbach. He has an own label called German Dream Entertainment. |
| D-Bo
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |Rapper from Göttingen and co-founder. He co-produced numerous Bushido albums and was as well featured. After leaving the label, he formed the label Wolfpack Entertainment.{{cite web |url=http://www.rap.de/news/4033 |title=D-Bo verlässt ersguterjunge |access-date=2 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323020635/http://www.rap.de/news/4033 |archive-date=23 March 2013 }} |
| Tarééc
| style="text-align:center;"|2007–2010 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | Singer from Berlin-Neukölln. He released his debut album Hoffnung on the label, like his two singles "Für das Volk" and "Tränen lügen nicht". |
| Chakuza
| style="text-align:center;"|2005–2010 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | Rapper from Linz, Austria and one half of producer team Beatlefield. |
| Baba Saad
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |Rapper from Beirut, Lebanon. He collaborated with Bushido on Carlo Cokxxx Nutten II and released two solo albums. Currently is he founder and a signed artist of label Halunkenband. |
| Bizzy Montana
| style="text-align:center;"|2006–2011 | style="text-align:center;"| |Rapper from Müllheim. |
| Nyze
| style="text-align:center;"|2006–2011 | style="text-align:center;"| |Rapper from Saarbrücken. |
| Kay One
| style="text-align:center;"|2007–2012 | style="text-align:center;"|3 |Rapper from Friedrichshafen. He collaborated with Bushido on several releases. In 2012, he left the label after Bushido had removed his videos on YouTube. |
| Samra
| style="text-align:center;"|2017–2019 | style="text-align:center;"| | |
| Capital Bra
| style="text-align:center;"|2018–2019 | style="text-align:center;"| |
= Current producers =
Releases
{{main article|Ersguterjunge albums discography}}
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background-color:#efefef;"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Artist ! colspan="3"| Chart position ! rowspan="2"| Album |
| style="background-color:#efefef;"
! Germany ! Austria |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| "Electro Ghetto" |rowspan="2"|Bushido | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | rowspan="3"|Electro Ghetto |
| "Nie wieder"
| align="center" | 53 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| "Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" | Bushido feat. Cassandra Steen | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| "Nie ein Rapper"
| Sonny Black (Bushido) & Baba Saad | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| "Endgegner"
|rowspan="2"|Bushido | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 48 | align="center" | - | rowspan="2"|Staatsfeind Nr. 1 |
| rowspan="5"|2006
| "Augenblick" | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | - |
| "Womit hab ich das verdient"
| align="center" | 68 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | Das Leben ist Saad |
| "Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück"
|rowspan="2"|Bushido | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 34 | align="center" | - | rowspan="2"|Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück |
| "Sonnenbank Flavour"
| align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | - |
| "Vendetta"
| Chakuza, Eko Fresh & Bushido | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 53 | align="center" | - |
| rowspan="7"|2007
| "Janine" | Bushido | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | - | Von der Sykline zum Bordstein zurück |
| "Eure Kinder"
| Chakuza feat. Bushido | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 51 | align="center" | - | City Cobra |
| "Die erste Träne"
| Bisou | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 49 | align="center" | - |
| "Sollten alle untergehen"
| Chakuza | align="center" | 72 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |City Cobra |
| "Alles Verloren"
| Bushido | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 22 | 7 |
| "Ring frei"
| Eko Fresh feat. Bushido | align="center" | 64 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | |
| "Alles Gute kommt von unten"
| Bushido feat. Chakuza & Kay One | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 68 | align="center" | - | Alles Gute kommt von unten – ersguterjunge Sampler Vol. 3 |
| |rowspan="5"|2008
| "Regen" | align="center" | 67 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | Saadcore |
| "Unter der Sonne"
| align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 54 | align="center" | – |Unter der Sonne |
| "Ching Ching"
| Bushido | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 57 |
| "Für das Volk"
| Tarééc feat. Chakuza | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | Hoffnung |
| "Für immer jung"
| Bushido feat. Karel Gott | align="center" |5 | align="center" |25 | align="center" |70 | Heavy Metal Payback |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| "Ein Letzes Mal" | Nyze feat. Bushido | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| Amnezia |
| "Eine Chance/Zu Gangsta"
| Sonny Black (Bushido) & Frank White (Fler) | align="center" |26 | align="center" |26 | align="center" |
| Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten 2 |
| rowspan="8"|2010
| "Alles wird gut" | Bushido | align="center" |10 | align="center" |12 | align="center" |20 |
| "Monster in mir"
| Chakuza | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| Monster in Mir |
| "Style & das Geld"
| Kay One feat. Sonny Black (Bushido) | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| rowspan="2"| Kenneth allein zu Haus |
| "Ich brech die Herzen"
| Kay One | align="center" |67 | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| "Das alles ist Deutschland"
| Fler feat. Bushido & Sebastian Krumbiegel | align="center" |28 | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| Flersguterjunge |
| "Zeiten ändern dich"
| Bushido | align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |63 |
| "Fackeln im Wind"
| align="center" |6 | align="center" |52 | align="center" |
| Non-track album |
| "Berlins Most Wanted"
| align="center" |31 | align="center" |57 | align="center" |
| Berlins Most Wanted |
| rowspan="6"|2011
| "Vergiss mich" | Bushido feat. J-Luv | align="center" |19 | align="center" |26 | align="center" |34 |rowspan="4"| Jenseits von Gut und Böse |
| "Wie ein Löwe"
| Bushido | align="center" |
| align="center" |31
| align="center" |
| "Das ist Business"
| align="center" |
| align="center" |60
| align="center" |
| "Wärst du immer noch hier?"
| Bushido | align="center" |44 | align="center" |48 | align="center" |68 |
| "So mach ich es"
| 23 | align="center" |23 | align="center" |32 | align="center" |37 |rowspan="2"| 23 |
| "Erwachsen Sein"
| 23 feat. Peter Maffay | align="center" |29 | align="center" |29 | align="center" |
| rowspan="1"|2012
| "I Need a Girl Part 3" | Kay One feat. Mario Winans | align="center" |29 | align="center" |44 | align="center" |39 |rowspan="1"| Prince of Belvedair |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100528153241/http://www.ersguterjunge.de/
- http://www.KingofKingz.de
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100930183816/http://www.ersguterjunge.org/
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