Jetzt geht's ab!

Infobox Album |
Name = Jetzt geht's ab!
Type = Album
Artist = Die Fantastischen Vier


Background =
Released = August 27, 1991
Recorded =
Genre = German hip hop
Length =
Language = German
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Andreas Rieke
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Jetzt geht's ab"
(1991)
Next album = "4 Gewinnt"
(1992)

"Jetzt geht's ab!" is the debut album of the German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier.

Originally released by Sony in 1991, the album was the first to feature exclusively German-language rap. Two members of Die Fantastischen Vier, Smudo and Thomas D, decided to create an album entirely in German after a visit to the United States inspired them. It is said that “it became apparent to them that they had nothing in common with the rappers of Los Angeles and that U.S. rappers were speaking of a real environment containing elements totally foreign to the essentially middle-class world of the vier.” [Pennay, Mark. "Rap in Germany: The Birth of a Genre." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, 111-134. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.]

Throughout the 24tracks on Jetzt geht's ab!, Die Fantastischen Vier express their views on personal relationships and intimacy, rather than focusing solely on social problems and political discourse. [http://www.diefantastischenvier.de/] It is by discussing these universal themes that Die Fantastischen Vier is able to “communicate strong emotions and shared experiences into the German sphere by shifting its subject matter.” [Pennay, Mark. "Rap in Germany: The Birth of a Genre." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, 111-134. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.]

References

Track listing

#"Jetzt passt auf" "(Pay attention now)"
#"Wo geht's lang?" "(Which way?)"
#"Hausmeister Thomas "D" (LP-Mix)" "(Caretaker Thomas "D")"
#"Grossstadt" "(City)"
#"Ich muss" "(I have to)"
#"45 Fieber" "(45 fever)"
#"Zerkratzt" "(Scratched)"
#"Mikrofonprofessor" "(Microphone professor)"
#"Fühl dich frei" "(Feel free)"
#"Dumm, das!" "(Dumb, that!)"
#"Ich krieg nie genug" "(I can't get enough)"
#"Das Interview" "(The interview)"
#"Jetzt geht's ab (Radio Edit)" "(Starting off now)"
#"Das geschieht dir recht I" "(Serves you right I)"
#"S.M.U.D.O. ich bin halt so" "(S.M.U.D.O. That's just the way I am)"
#"Das geschieht dir recht II" "(Serves you right II)"
#"Auf der flucht" "(On the run)"
#"Das geschieht dir recht III" "(Serves you right III)"
#"Kartoffelclip" "(Potato-clip)"
#"Spiesser" "(Philistine)"
#"Du Arsch" "(You arse)"
#"Hausmarke ist..." "(Hausmarke is...)"
#"Böse" "(Evil)"
#"Is ja gut jetzt" "(It's alright now...)

Personnel

*Thomas D
*SMUDO
*DJ Hausmarke
*And.ypsilon

Production

*Executive Producer: Andreas Rieke
*Co-Producer: Klaus Scharff
*Consulting Producer: Andreas "DJ Bär" Läsker

External links

* [http://www.diefantastischenvier.de/ Official website (German)]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Die+Fantastischen+Vier Discogs discography]