''Ich und meine Maske'' ("Me and my mask") is the third solo album by German

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

Sido. It was released on 30 May 2008 on his label

Aggro Berlin Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists ( Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure. Since the end o ...

. The style is, according to Sido, a mix between his two last albums, ''

Maske ''Maske'' (German for "Mask") is the debut album by German rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed ...

'' and '' Ich''. The album climbed to first place in the German chart and to second place in the Swiss and Austrian Charts. It reached platinum status in Switzerland and gold status in Austria.

Guest appearances

The album had many guest appearance of Sido's label mates

Fler Patrick Losenský (born 3 April 1982), known professionally as Fler, is a German rapper and the CEO of Maskulin Music Group. Career 2000–2006: Beginnings Fler was first recognized in the rap scene through collaborations with Bushido. ...

Kitty Kat Katharina Löwel (born 22 January 1982), better known under her stage name Kitty Kat or Kitten Ket, is a German rapper and singer. She became famous as an Aggro Berlin member, where she was signed from 2006 to 2009. Biography Katharina Löwel ...

, Tony D and

B-Tight Robert Edward Davis (born 28 December 1979), better known by his stage name B-Tight, is an American-born German rapper. Early life Davis was born in Palm Springs, California, to a German mother and an African American father, but grew up in ...

Sektenmuzik Sektenmuzik was a Berlin-based independent record label until mid-2012, formed by German rappers Sido and B-Tight. Sektenmuzik was founded at the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007 by Sido and B-Tight, also known as the duo A.i.d.S. The duo w ...

members

Alpa Gun Alper Sendilmen (born 4 July 1980), better known as "Alpa Gun", is a German rapper of Turkish descent. In 2004, he got signed to Berlin label Sektenmuzik and has since been a member of rap group Die Sekte Die Sekte is a German rap group from ...

and Greckoe had there guest parts on "Schule", as well as

Die Sekte Die Sekte is a German rap group from Berlin, formed in 1998 by Sido, B-Tight, Rhymin Simon and Vokalmatador. Originally it consisted of only Sido and B-Tight, also known as duo A.i.d.S. Since 2009, with the release of their debut album ''Die S ...

on the track "Meine Gang". Rapper

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, and one half of German hip hop duo Deine Lieblings Rapper, is featured on ''Tage'', along with Pillath, one half of duo Snaga & Pillath. The ''Premium Edition'' features a remix of "Halt dein Maul", with additional vocals of Kitty Kat, Willi Murda and rap duo Automatikk. The track "Ich bin so Gaga" featured Bass Sultan Hengzt. Other artists including Doreen Steinert,

Mario Barth Mario Wolfgang Barth (born 1 November 1972) is a German comedian who mainly deals with the interactions between men and women. Early life Barth was one out of six children born to a family in Berlin-Mariendorf. Raised Catholic, he served as a ...

, Joe Rilla and Azad are featured on the album. Azad, who was a former rival of Sido, had recorded with him the track "Pack schlägt sich", for showing that they officially had ended their feud. German techno band Scooter produced the song "

Beweg dein Arsch Beweg dein Arsch may refer to: * Beweg dein Arsch (LaFee song), 2007 * Beweg dein Arsch (Sido song) "Beweg dein Arsch" ("Move your ass") is a song by German rapper Sido and the fifth single from the album ''Ich und meine Maske''. It features v ...

", that samples their "

Move Your Ass! "Move Your Ass!" is a song by German band Scooter, released in January 1995 as the second single from their first studio album, '' ...and the Beat Goes On!'' (1995). In October of the same year, a ''Move Your Ass'' EP was marketed in the United ...

". "Augen auf", the album's first single, was the 72nd-best-selling single of 2008 in Germany.

Track list

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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