Toni L

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Name = Toni L


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Toni Landomini
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Genre = German hip hop
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Years_active = 1980s-present
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Associated_acts = Advanced Chemistry, Torch
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Toni L is one of the three artists comprising the famous German rap group Advanced Chemistry formed in 1987. Born as Toni Landomini, [http://www.lastfm.com.tr/music/Toni+L?setlang=tr Toni L – Last.fm'de bedava dinleyin ] ] yet often referred to as “der pate” or “the Godfather,” [ 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. ] Toni holds German citizenship but has an Italian background. Bennett, Andy. "Hip-Hop am Main, Rappin' on the Tyne: Hip-hop Culture as a Local Construct in Two European Cities." In That's the Joint!: The Hip-hop Studies Reader, 177-200. New York; London: Routledge, 2004. ] His Italian roots provide him with material for his rap songs, such as in Advanced Chemistry’s hit single “Fremd Im Eigenen Land” (A Foreigner In My Own Country), where the group discusses the struggle to be accepted as a German. Toni has produced solo releases, beginning with his debut “Der Pate,” hence leading to his nickname. He has also founded the German hip-hop label MZEE.

Disography

Solo

* 1997 - "Der Pate"
* 2000 - "Der Funkjoker"
* 2005 - "Der Zug rollt" (Toni L & Def Cut)
* 2007 - "Funkanimal" (Toni L & Safarisounds)

mit Advanced Chemistry

* 1992 - "Fremd im eigenen Land"
* 1993 - "Welcher Pfad führt zur Geschichte?"
* 1994 - "Operation Artikel 3"
* "Dir fehlt der Funk"
* 1995 - "Advanced Chemistry"

Features

*2000 - "Wir waren mal Stars" and "Rote Wellen" by Torch (Album: "Blauer Samt")
*"Zimmer 101" by Peripherique

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