Background information | |
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Origin | Germany |
Genres | Hip hop |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Goon MuSick, Babygrande |
Associated acts | Army of the Pharaohs La Coka Nostra Reef the Lost Cauze Snak The Ripper OuterSpace Jedi Mind Tricks M.O.P. Edo g M-Dot Viro the Virus Sabac Red Onyx N.B.S. |
Website | www.Snowgoons.de |
Members | Det Gunner DJ Illegal Sicknature J.S. Kuster DJ Waxwork (former) Torben (former) |
Snowgoons is a German underground hip hop production team composed of DJ Illegal (Manuu Rückert) and Det (D. Keller). In 2011, producers Sicknature from Denmark and J.S. Kuster from Germany joined the group. Det and DJ Illegal first started in 1999 as the two original members. In 2008 they decided to add a third member, DJ Waxwork from Germany, who was a part of the group until 2009.The Snowgoons are known for using orchestral/epic samples and for working with underground MCs, like members of Wu-Tang Clan, AOTP, Boot Camp Click and La Coka Nostra. The team cite DJ Premier, Alchemist and RZA as influences.[1] They have released several Snowgoons albums. They also did several collaboration albums with artists like Reef the Lost Cauze, M.O.P., PMD and Sean Strange (as Goondox) and Onyx. They planned to release an album with the hiphop group Krush Unit for several years,[2] but the album was never released.
In 2011, they launched their own record label called Goon MuSick.[3]
XRated (Snowgoons DJs) The Snowgoons are Hip Hop producers based in Germany. The Goons consists of DJ Illegal, Det & Sicknature. Throughout the years, the buzz surrounding the Snowgoons has steadily escalated as their gritty, authentic and eclectic beats have gained recognition in both the US as well as within the burgeoning European Hip Hop scene. I am the Day (soloist: Ben Crawley) 2. Stay With Me (soloist: Joseph Platt and Joseph Sanders-Wilde) 3. Voca Me (soloist: Christopher Robson, Joseph Platt, and Anthony Chadney) 4. A Song of Enchantment (soloist: Ben Crawley) 5. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (soloist: Ben Crawley and Joseph Platt) 7. When a Knight (soloist: Joseph Platt).
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Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
Year | Album details |
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2007 | German Lugers
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2008 | Black Snow
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2009 | A Fist in the Thought (featuring Savage Brothers & Lord Lhus)
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2009 | The Trojan Horse
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2010 | Kraftwerk
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2011 | The Iron Fist (featuring Savage Brothers & Lord Lhus)[4]
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2011 | Virohazard (Remix EP) (featuring Viro the Virus)[5]
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2011 | Your Favorite MC (featuring Reef the Lost Cauze)[6]
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2011 | Sparta (featuring M.O.P.)[7]
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2012 | Terroristen Volk (German album)[8]
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2012 | Snowgoons Dynasty[9]
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2013 | Welcome to The Goondox (feat. PMD & Sean Strange as Goondox)[8][10][11]
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2013 | CoVirt Ops: Infantry[13] (featuring Virtuoso)[8][14]
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2013 | Black Snow 2[16]
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2014 | #Wakedafucup (featuring Onyx)[18]
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2014 | Grind Over Matter (feat. Aspects)
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2014 | KillaGoons (feat. Killakikitt)
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2014 | Bodhiguard (feat. Absztrakkt)
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2015 | Trapped in America (feat. N.B.S.)
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2015 | Gebrüder Grimm (English and German album)[25][26]
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2016 | GoonBap
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2018 | King (feat. Nine)[29]
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TBA | Onyx vs. M.O.P. (featuring Onyx and M.O.P.)
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TBA | TBA (feat. Reef the Lost Cauze)[31]
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TBA | TBA (featuring Sabac Red)[32]
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Mixtapes/Compilations[edit]
Year | Album details |
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2009 | German Snow
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2010 | Black Luger
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2010 | Sicknature & Snowgoons: Banished From Home
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2015 | Independent Warriors[33]
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2015 | The Best Of Snowgoons[34]
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![Free Free](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1919708852_10.jpg)
Other[edit]
Year | Album details |
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2004 | Clip Full of Ammo/ The Inauguration/ Hard to Catch
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2009 | German Lugers + Black Snow (Instrumentals)
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Sicknature[edit]
![Snowgoons Snowgoons](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125844493/154386485.jpg)
Year | Album details |
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1999 | Limitless Prospects (EP)
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2002 | The Sicknature (mixtape)
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2007 | Honey I'm Home
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2013 | Nature of the Contaminated
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2017 | Copenhagen Kaiju (EP)
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Production discography[edit]
- 2003
- Donald D – The Return of the Culture
- 2005
- Doujah Raze – The Inauguration
- Majik Most – Who What When Where (ft. Celph Titled)
- 2006
- The Devil'z Rejects – Incredibles
- The Devil'z Rejectz – Dead Man Walking
- 2007
- Apathy – A.O.T.P.
- 2008
- Brooklyn Academy – The Last Passion
- Brooklyn Academy – Black Out (ft. Jean Grae)
- Canibus & Oobe – PL∞-Spitfest (Poet Laureate Infinity Mix)
- Canibus – War (Poet Laureate Infinity Mix)
- Dra-Q & Damion Davis – Rewind that sh!t
- King Syze – Cement Work
- Sabac Red – The Commitment
- Doap Nixon – Heaven Is Calling (ft. Cynthia Holliday)
- 2009
- NATO ft J-Ro (The Alkaholiks) – Cross Boarders
- NATO – Broadcast (ft. Blak Twang & Seanie T.)
- Nervous Wreck & Chino XL – Knucklesandwich
- Godilla – Lion's Den / The Getback (ft. Adlib & UG)
- King & The Cauze – Snowgoons (ft. Adlib, Ali Armz & Godilla)
- Randam Luck – Street Goons (ft. Jimmy Powers)
- Randam Luck – Verbal Holocaust remix (ft. Ill Bill)
- Randam Luck – Raw remix (ft. Vinnie Paz)
- Viro the Virus – Heat
- Para Bellum – Az Első Menet
- Para Bellum – Torkolattűz
- Sick Jacken (of Psycho Realm) – Sick Life (ft. Cynic & Bacardi Riam)
- 2010
- Psych Ward – Lost Planet (ft. Snored Putz)
- Chief Kamachi – 2nd Lecture
- M-Dot – The Real & the Raw remix (ft. Jaysaun of Special Teamz)
- Mark Deez – The Oracle (ft. Dr iLL & Powder)
- Mark Deez – I'm Here Now
- Fanatik – Franchement
- Revolution of the Mind – Die for My People
- The Lost Children of Babylon – Babylon A.D.
- The Lost Children of Babylon – Skull & Bones
- The Lost Children of Babylon – Beware The Zeitgeist
- The Lost Children of Babylon – The Venus Project
- Sean Strange – Diabolical Decibles (ft. Exlib, Meth Mouth & Nems)
- Powder – Flowers
- N.B.S. – B.O.S.T.O.N.
- 2011
- Killakikitt – Intro
- Killakikitt – A kocka el van vetve (ft. NKS)
- 2012
- N.B.S. – The Essence of Real Rap (ft. Akrobatik)
- 2013
- Demigodz – The Summer of Sam
- Nature – New York Niggaz
- Psych Ward – Subterranean (ft. Solomon Child, J Reno & Banish)
- Hus Kingpin – Pyramid Points (ft. Rozewood)
- N.B.S. – Perm Time
- N.B.S. – Smiley (ft. Smiley & Sicknature)
- 2014
- Diabolic - Suffolk's Most Wanted (ft. R.A. the Rugged Man)
- Diabolic - Bad Dream
- 2016
- Golden Era Cypher
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References[edit]
- ^'HHUG Interview with DJ Illegal (of Snowgoons) – Kraftwerk – Hip Hop Underground'. Hiphopug.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011.
- ^'Krush Unit vs. Snowgoons album 2010!!'. YouTube. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^'Goon MuSick'. www.facebook.com.
- ^https://web.archive.org/web/20101220135555/http://www.snowgoons.de/blog/?p=26. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.Missing or empty
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(help) - ^Dez Flight (28 June 2011). 'Viro The Virus – Virohazard (Remix EP) (2011)'. Dez Flight Underground.
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(help) - ^'M.O.P. Preps Collaborative Album, 'Sparta,' With German Production Team The Snowgoons For November 22nd Release Date'. Babygrande. 22 November 2011.
- ^ abc'Welcome to Goonsville'. Snowgoons.de.
- ^Horowitz, Steven J. (6 June 2012). 'Snowgoons 'Snowgoons Dynasty' Tracklist & Artwork | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales'. HipHop DX.
- ^'Goondox (PMD, Sean Strange & Snowgoons) – Welcome to the Goondox (TEASER VIDEO)'. YouTube. 23 April 2011.
- ^'Goondox (PMD, Sean Strange & Snowgoons) – VIDEO UPDATE!'. YouTube. 26 August 2011.
- ^'Tijdlijnfoto's'. Facebook.
- ^VirtuosoOver FacebookTijdlijnOver Facebook. 'Virtuoso – Info'. Facebook.
- ^'Virtuoso & Snowgoons 'Statue' [Music Video] (produced by Sicknature of Snowgoons)'. YouTube. 24 April 2011.
- ^'Twitter / VirtuosoHipHop: Check the artwork for my album'. Twitter.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^'YouTube'. YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^'Black Snow 2: Amazon.de: Musik'. Amazon.de. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^HipHopDX (2 January 2014). 'Onyx '#WAKEDAFUCUP' Cover Art'. HipHopDX. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'iTunes Store'. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Grind Over Matter'. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'iTunes - Music - KillaGoons by Killakikitt & Snowgoons'. iTunes. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Killakikitt & Snowgoons KillaGoons'. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Bodhiguard'. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Trapped in America by N.B.S. & Snowgoons' – via itunes.apple.com.
- ^'Snowgoons - Cover Photos - Facebook'. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Snowgoons ft Ill Bill & Morlockk Dilemma - Van Gogh / Fernsehshow (Official Video)'. YouTube. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Gebrder Grimm'. 4 September 2015 – via Amazon.
- ^Snowgoons. 'Snowgoons New Album: Goon Bap (Short Movie) out now!' – via YouTube.
- ^'Snowgoons'. Facebook. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^'Onyx vs. M.O.P. Album produced by Snowgoons (Canceled)'. Kickstarter.
- ^'Reef The Lost Cauze - Talk To Me (Prod by Snowgoons) NEW SONG'. YouTube. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Sabac Red'. www.facebook.com.
- ^'Snowgoons'. www.facebook.com.
- ^'Artists'. 14 March 2017.
- ^'Nature Of The Contaminated | Snowgoons'. Snowgoons.bandcamp.com. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^'Copenhagen Kaiju'. Snowgoons. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snowgoons&oldid=918508101'
The Snowgoons are Hip-Hop producers based in Germany. The Goons currently consists of DJ Illegal, Det Gunner, Sicknature, & J.S. Kuster. The Snowgoons started in 1999, when longtime hip-hop fans Det and DJ Illegal teamed up in order to make beats together. In 2006, the duo, whose sound is often compared to the Wu-Tang Clan, added Torben and DJ Waxwork to their lineup, and after being signed to New York-based Babygrande Records, the Snowgoons debut album, German Lager, which featured rhymes from MCs like Celph Titled, Sean Price, Jus Allah, Chief Kamachi, MED, Rasco, and Wise Intelligent, among others, hit shelves early the following year.The Snowgoons have already released 5 albums that feature a veritable who’s who of today’s underground elite! In 2011, Snowgoons collaborated with legendary New York duo M.O.P. to release the album Sparta, as well the album Your Favorite MC, with Philly's own Reef the Lost Cauze. Throughout the years, the buzz surrounding the Snowgoons has steadily escalated as their gritty, authentic and eclectic beats have gained recognition in both the United States, as well as within the burgeoning European Hip-Hop scene. DJ Illegal & Sicknature also represent the Snowgoons liveshow and are killing stages from Europe to U.S.A. and Canada, with artists like M.O.P., La Coka Nostra, Army of the Pharaohs, Sabac Red, and many others. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.