''Neue Deutsche Welle'' ("New German Wave"; see

Neue Deutsche Welle Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, , "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwid ...

) is the debut 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 ...

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. T ...

, released on 2 May 2005. The album is accused of having

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

views,http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_4_30/ai_n21053972. Accessed 11 December 2007. because of his lyrics in songs like "Neue Deutsche Welle", such as: ''"Das ist schwarz, rot, gold – hart und stolz"'' ''("This is black, red, gold – hard and proud")''. The "black, red, and gold" refers to the colors of the German flag.

Controversy

Fler has been accused of nationalist views because of the album's lyrics: " ..This is black, red, gold – hard and proud, nobody noticed it, but believe me my mom is German ... The critics also accused him of using a

Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then ...

quotation, a reference to the

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. Original from Hitler: "Since 5.45 we have been shooting back". Fler's publicity: "On the 1st of May I will be shooting back". On 17 June 2005, rapper and label mate Sido said on German TV channel

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that neither Fler nor anybody else is a

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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 ...

Bushido is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle. There are multiple bushido types which evolved significantly through history. Contemporary forms of bushido are still used in the social and economic organization of Japan. ...

on the other hand, a former member of the label, claimed that it was more than "just marketing":

"It wasn't just Aggro. Fler did it on his own, as a reaction. All his friends are damn proud of being Arabs or Turks. So Fler presented himself as a proud German. ��I don't want to use my Tunesian father as an alibi, and of course friends of mine have played with Nazi references, most recently Fler, but if you use the
Reichsflagge The national flag of Germany is a tricolour (flag), tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: Sable (heraldry), black, Gules, red, and Or (heraldry), gold (german: :de:Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Sc ...
as part of your logo and ride around with skinheads in your video then you can't be surprised at this sort of reaction. I have always distanced myself from that kind of shit."

Fler defended himself, saying he dislikes Nazis:

*"I beat Nazis .. (from "A.G.G.R.O.") *"I'm not a Nazi, I'm a German with identity" *"If Nazis would rap, believe me, they all were already dead / You want to fuck somebody now? Fuck the NPD!"

Track listing

;Samples *"NDW 2005" contains a sample of "

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" by Falco.

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