Aggro Berlin

Aggro Berlin
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	2001
Founder	Specter, Halil and Spaiche
Status	Defunct
Genre	Hip hop, gangsta rap
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Berlin, Germany

Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists (Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure. Since the end of 2007, it used to be a sub-label of Universal.

"Aggro" is German slang for having an aggressive attitude (as in British English).

History

The label was founded on 1 January 2001 by Berlin rappers Specter, Spaiche and Halil. The first signed artists were Sido and B-Tight. Later, the label also signed Bushido. The same year it released EP Das Mic und ich by A.i.d.S (formerly Royal TS) on the label, which was the first release of Aggro Berlin. In 2002 released the two samplers Aggro Ansage Nr. 1 and Aggro Ansage Nr. 2, which contains tracks by its signed artists. Fler was also featured on the second sampler, but he had not yet signed on to the label. Bushido and Fler released, in the same year, the collabo album, entitled Carlo Cokxxx Nutten.

In 2003, Aggro Berlin released Bushido's debut album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline, which was indexed by the BPjM (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young People).

Later, 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", but his album had been indexed.

In June 2004, Bushido left the label and signed with Universal.

G-Hot's contract ran out in Autumn 2006. After the song "Keine Toleranz" (No Tolerance) appeared on the internet in July 2007, Aggro Berlin renounced any further business association with him. The song, which featured Boss A, discriminates against homosexuals and calls to kill homosexuals. It was not officially released by any label and G-Hot stated that it had been recorded many years prior to its leak and was never intended to be released.

According to Sido and Fler in an interview with the German hip-hop magazine Juice, Aggro Berlin has not been a fully independent label since October 2007 but now collaborates with Universal Records.

Notable former artists

Act	Years on the label	Albums under Aggro Berlin	Description
Bushido	2001–2004	2	Rapper from Berlin with Tunisian roots. His debut album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline (2003), reached #88 in the charts. In 2004, he left the label after a dispute with the three bosses.
Fler	2003–2009	6	Rapper from Berlin. He left in March 2009, a month before the label's closure.
Sido	2001–2009	4	Rapper from Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg of Sinti descent.
B-Tight	2001–2009	2	Rapper from Berlin of African American descent. He was born in Palm Springs, California, but grew up in Germany.
Tony D	2005–2009	1	Rapper from Berlin-Kreuzberg with Lebanese roots.
Kitty Kat	2006–2009	-	Rapper from Berlin. She was the only female artist on the label.

Releases

Albums

Year	Title	Artists	Chart Positions		Status
			GER	AUT
2001	Splash Special	A.i.d.S.
	Das Mic und ich
2002	Alles ist die Sekte: Album Nr. 3
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 1	Aggro Berlin
	Carlo Cokxxx Nutten	Sonny Black (Bushido) & Frank White (Fler)
	Der Neger (in mir)	B-Tight
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 2	Aggro Berlin
2003	Garnich so schlimm	A.i.d.S.
	Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline	Bushido	87
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 3	Aggro Berlin
2004	Maske	Sido	3		Gold
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 4	Aggro Berlin	9		Gold
2005	Neue Deutsche Welle	Fler	5
	Heiße Ware	B-Tight & Tony D
	Dein Lieblingsalbum	Deine Lieblingsrapper	2
	Aggro Ansage Nr. 5	Aggro Berlin	7		Gold
2006	Trendsetter	Fler	4
	Ich	Sido	4		Gold
2007	Willkommen in Abschaumcity	MC Bogy	92
	Neger Neger	B-Tight	6
	Eine Hand wäscht die Andere	Sido	21
	Airmax Muzik	Fler	13
	Alles oder Nichts	Jom & Said
	Totalschaden	Tony D	21
	Ghetto Romantik	B-Tight	54
	Auferstanden aus Ruinen	Joe Rilla
2008	Fremd im eigenen Land	Fler	7
	Ich und meine Maske	Sido	1		Gold
	Südberlin Maskulin	Frank White (Fler) & Godsilla	22
	Goldständer	B-Tight	36
	Aggro Anti Ansage Nr. 8	Aggro Berlin	25
2009	Fler	Fler

Singles

Year	Title	Artist	Chart position		Album
			Germany	Austria
2003	"Bei Nacht"	Bushido			Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline
	"Gemein wie 10"
2004	"Mein Block"	Sido	13		Maske
	"Arschficksong"		63
	"Fuffies im Club"		18		Maske
	"Aggroberlina"	Fler	59
2005	"Mama ist stolz"	Sido	25
	"NDW 2005"	Fler	9		Neue Deutsche Welle
	"Steh wieder auf"	Deine Lieblings Rapper	12		Dein Lieblings Album
	"A.G.G.R.O./Nach eigenen Regeln"	B-Tight feat. G-Hot & Tony D	22
	"Aggroberlin Zeit"				Aggro Ansage Nr. 5
2006	"Wahlkampf"	Sido feat. G-Hot	36
	"Papa ist zurück"	Fler	23		Trendsetter
	Cüs Junge	Fler feat. Muhabbet	51
	X-Tasy	B-Tight
	Straßenjunge	Sido	20		Maske
	Weihnachtssong 2006		34
2007	Teil von mir		14		Ich
	Ich bins	B-Tight	45
	Schlechtes Vorbild	Sido	18		Ich
	Der Coolste	B-Tight	92
	Totalschaden	Tony D	53		Totalschaden
2008	Deutscha Bad Boy	Fler	16
	Augen auf/Halt dein Maul	Sido	7		Ich und meine Maske
	Carmen		17
2009	"Beweg dein Arsch"	Sido feat. Scooter, Kitty Kat & Tony D	17
	"Check mich aus"	Fler	74		Fler
	"Ich sing nicht mehr für dich"	Fler feat. Doreen Steinert	33

See also

• List of record labels
• List of hip hop record labels

External links

• Official website (archived)