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词条 Die Fantastischen Vier
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  1. History

  2. Discography

     Albums  Singles 

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Die Fantastischen Vier
| image = FANTA 4.jpg
| caption = Die Fantastischen Vier in 1999
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Stuttgart, Germany
| genre = German hip hop, pop rap
| years_active = 1986 (1989) – present
| label = Four Music, Sony BMG
| website = Official website
| current_members = Michael Beck
Thomas Dürr
Michael B. Schmidt
Andreas Rieke
}}Die Fantastischen Vier ({{IPA-de|diː fanˈtastɪʃən ˈfiːɐ̯}}), also known as Fanta 4, is a German pop-rap group from Stuttgart, Germany, named after the German title of Marvel's Fantastic Four. The members are Smudo (Michael Bernd Schmidt), And.Ypsilon (Andreas Rieke), Thomas D (Thomas Dürr), also dubbed "Hausmeister" (janitor), and Dee Jot Hausmarke (Michi Beck). They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, among the first groups to rap in the German language.[1]

History

In the middle of the 1980s, Rieke and Schmidt formed the Terminal Team, Dürr and Beck joined in 1989. Under the new name Die Fantastischen Vier (literally: "The Fantastic Four"), they made German hip hop, or Deutschen Sprechgesang (German spoken-song) as they called it, popular in Germany. Although there were German hip-hop artists prior to them (such as Advanced Chemistry from Heidelberg) it was Die Fantastischen Vier who registered the first chart hit with their 1992 single "Die da?!" from the album 4 Gewinnt, hitting #2 in Germany and #1 in Austria and Switzerland.

After traveling to Los Angeles in the late 1980s, the group realized the lack of connection between the struggles of "the poor Blacks in the United States and middle-class Whites in Germany,"[1] and made a conscious effort to move away from the typical and cliché American gangster rap. The group never got involved with US-American gangsta rap clichés, reacting with tongue-in-cheek humor to verbal attacks of alleged German gangsta rappers. In the albums following 4 Gewinnt, the band matured and progressed to a more serious and philosophic style.

The band was extremely successful in the 1990s, when they released their hit single Die Da?! (Her?! The One Over There?!) in 1992. It was arguably the first German hip hop hit and also the breakthrough for Fanta 4.[2]

In addition to the group's works, Thomas D, Hausmarke and Ypsilon also produced successful solo albums and the four had their own weekly show Die 4. Dimension, named after their third album, which aired on the German pay TV channel Premiere in 1993/1994.

At the 1996 Popkomm in Cologne, Die Fantastischen Vier announced the establishment of their label, Four Music. Headquarters were in Stuttgart, but were later moved to Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Three years later, the group's 7th album 99 was released on their own label, with 4 singles from the album following. After the #2 hit "MfG", three singles were released at the same time, a first in German music business. Each one can be associated with one of the rappers: "Le Smou" (The Smou; Smudo), "Michi Beck in Hell" (Michi Beck) and "Buenos Dias Messias" (Good day, Messiah; Thomas D).

In late September 2004, Die Fantastischen Vier released the album Viel, the following tour being their most successful and best-attended to date.

In 2005, Fanta 4's first greatest hits album was published. It includes all singles, as well as several other songs and rare footage from the band's early days, when they were still called "Terminal Team" and rapped in English.

On 7 April 2007, the number-one album Fornika was released, preceded by the single "Ernten was wir säen" (Reap what we sow).

Their song "Ernten was wir säen" was released as a download for Legends of Rock in December 2007 and was recently covered by Oomph!.

They are also the German voices of the Penguins (Michael Beck as Skipper, Thomas D. as Kowalski, Andreas Rieke as Rico and Michael Bernd Schmidt as Private) in the Madagascar film series.

In 2010, Für Dich Immer Noch Fanta Sie peaked again at number one of the German charts.

The 2014 release of the album Rekord marked the 25th anniversary of the band. It also topped the charts in Germany.

In 2018, the single "Zusammen", featuring Clueso, from the album Captain Fantastic was chosen as the official song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by German public broadcaster Das Erste.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleChart positions
Germany Austria Switzerland
1991 Jetzt geht's ab!22
1992 4 Gewinnt333
1993 Die 4. Dimension142327
1994 Megavier21
1995 Lauschgift2105
1996 Live und direkt1730
1999 99111
2000 MTV Unplugged6718
2003 Live in Stuttgart8150
2004 Viel224
2005 Viel live46
Best of 1990-2005263229
2007 Fornika142
2009 Heimspiel125464
2010 Für Dich Immer Noch Fanta Sie121
2014 Rekord142
2015 Vier und Jetzt: Best Of 1990-201565222
2018 Captain Fantastic23
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Singles

YearTitleChart positions
Germany Austria Switzerland
1991 "Mikrofonprofessor"1
"Hausmeister Thomas D."2
1992 "Die da"3211
"Frohes Fest"41520
"Hausmeister Thomas D. '92"2
1993 "Saft"51938
"Lass die Sonne rein"692
"Zu geil für diese Welt"7(as Megavier)2220
1994 "Tag am Meer"8
1995 "Sie ist weg"91162
1996 "Populär"104139
"Nur in deinem Kopf"1181
"Raus"125638
1997 "Der Picknicker"1342
1999 "MfG"14222
"Le Smou"1568
"Buenos Dias Messias"1687
"Michi Beck in Hell"
2000 "Tag am Meer (Unplugged)"867
2001 "Sie ist weg (Unplugged)"98150
2004 "Troy"1791122
"Sommerregen"18446674
"Geboren"194848
2007 "Ernten was wir säen"20123525
"Einfach sein"21111322
"Ichisichisichisich"2245--
2008 "Yeah Yeah Yeah"86--
2010 "Gebt uns ruhig die Schuld (den Rest könnt ihr behalten)"23102210
"Danke"2436[4]5756
2014 "25"1553-
"Und los"255371
2015 "Name drauf"26(feat. Seven)---
2017 "Endzeitstimmung"27---
2018 "Tunnel"28---
"Zusammen"29(feat. Clueso)232
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35
"Hitisn"---
Title translations:
  1. "Microphone Professor"
  1. "Janitor Thomas D." (Thomas D.'s "title" of Hausmeister is also something of a play on words, as the literal meaning of the fragments Haus("house") and Meister("master") (alluding to house music) is also implied)
  1. "Her" or "This one over there" ("Die" describing a feminine grammatical gender implies the fact that the group is talking about a female person.)
  1. "Merry Celebration" (literally); "Merry Christmas" (actual meaning)
  1. "Juice"
  1. "Let the Sun come in" (literally); "Let the sunshine in" (actual meaning)
  1. "Too Horny for this World" (literally); "Too Hot for this World" (actual slang meaning)
  1. "Day at the ocean" or "Day at the seaside"
  1. "She Is Gone"
  1. "Popular"
  1. "Only in your Head"
  1. "Get Out"
  1. "The Picnicker"
  1. ("MfG" is the official German abbreviation for "Mit freundlichen Grüßen" which means "With Best Regards")
  1. ("Le" is a masculine grammatical gender in French language and implies the fact that "Smou" is a male person.)
  1. "Buenos Dias Messiah!" ("¡Buenos Días!" is the Spanish expression for "Good Morning!")
  1. (Though being spelled "Troy", the song's lyrics make clear that the word (even in just the sentence where it is used) is meant to be a homophone to German "treu" which means "loyal" and "faithful". They, however, pronounce it rather like the English word.)
  1. "Summer Rain"
  1. "Born"
  1. "Reap What We Sow"
  1. "Be Easy" or "Just Be" (literally); The chorus of the song is "Everything could be so simple"
  1. "IisIisIisI" (read as "I is I is I is I"; "is" is the nonstandard term for the 3. person form of the German verb "sein", which means "to be". Connected to "Ich" = "I" there is a volitional grammatical incorrectness)
  1. "Just put the blame on us or "Give us only the guilt"(but keep the rest for yourselves)"
  1. "Thank you"
  1. "And go"
  1. "Marked with Name"
  1. "Apocalyptic Mood"
  1. "Tunnel"
  1. "Together"

See also

  • Son Goku (band)

References

1. ^Brown, Timothy S. “‘Keeping it Real’ in a Different ‘Hood: (African-) Americanization and Hip-hop in Germany.” In The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 137-50. London
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/die_fantastischen_vier|title=Yahoo|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/oe3austriatop40longplay/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts|website=oe3.ORF.at}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/platz-eins-der-charts-linkin-park-sind-zurueck.html|title=GfK Entertainment - Platz eins der Charts: Linkin Park sind zurück|publisher=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/oe3austriatop40/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40: Single-Charts - Ö3 Charts|website=oe3.ORF.at}}

External links

{{Commons category}}
  • {{official|http://www.diefantastischenvier.de/ }} {{de icon}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070501094226/http://english.fourmusic.com/ Four Music]
  • Discography at Discogs
  • Fantastischen Vier Music Page
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