Blumentopf
| Blumentopf | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Munich, Germany |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1992 2016 |
| Labels | Four Music, EMI |
| Website | www.blumentopf.com |
| Past members |
Cajus Heinzmann (Heinemann) Bernhard Wunderlich (Holunder) Florian Schuster (Schu) Roger Manglus (Roger) Sebastian Weiss (Sepalot) |
Blumentopf ("Flower pot") were a German hip hop band from Freising, near Munich.
In the early days of the band, the members met irregularly and did not have ambitions to become professional musicians. Each week a new name was chosen. The band was invited to perform at a festival for their first live show. The name at the time was Blumentopf and once it appeared on promotional posters for the festival, it stuck.
They released their first album in 1997 on Four Music. They have released five more albums as a group, along with songs released on compilations, and various side projects. Until thir dissolution in 2016, they were signed to record label EMI.
The band consisted of five members: rappers Cajus Heinzmann (Cajus, Heinemann, Master P), Bernhard Wunderlich (Holunder, Holundermann, Wunder), Florian Schuster (Flo, Kung Schu, Schu), Roger Manglus (Roger, Specht) and Sebastian Weiss (DJ Sepalot).
In October 2015, they announced that they would dissolve the group and played their last concert in Munich on October 22, 2016, thanking all fans for their continuous support throughout the band's 24-year history.
Blumentopf was known for using a Storytelling style. They used humor, irony, and a lot of wordplay to tell stories about everyday life, relationship, parties, both true and fictitious.
Other songs can be placed in the conscious hip hop genre, commenting on current issues. The song Danke Bush! ("Thank you, Bush") presents a critical view of the politics of George W. Bush. Several songs also suggest that drugs and hip hop are not directly connected. One such song is Nur dass ihr wisst ("Just so you know"). In the lead-up to the 2009 German federal election, the group appeared in a Wahlwerbespot ("election advertisement") in which they encouraged Germans to vote. They expressed the importance of learning about the candidates and using their right to vote, emphasizing how little effort it really would take.
Blumentopf's first three albums have a very old school hip hop feel. The fourth album Gern geschehen saw powerful synth beats unusual ideas as seen in Jeder zweite linkt dich, which uses samples from the song Santa Baby for the entire beat. This was continued in the fifth album Musikmaschine ("Music machine"), which has a song using skateboard noises for the majority of the beat. The band members themselves have learned instruments so they can play their songs. They hoped to develop these opportunities further.
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