''Return of Hip Hop'' is the first album by hip hop producer

DJ Tomekk Tomasz Kuklicz (born 11 October 1975), known professionally as DJ Tomekk, is a Polish-born German-based hip hop DJ and record producer. Rappers who have featured in his songs include Ice-T, Fatman Scoop, Khia, Xzibit, Fler, Sido, Kurupt, Li ...

. It was released on 12 February 2001 through

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. Entirely produced by Tomekk, it features guest appearances from several German hip hop recording artists, including

MC Rene René El Khazraje (born 11 September 1976 in Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest ...

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Afrob Robert Zemichiel (born 1 August 1977), known professionally as Afrob, is a German rapper and actor. Biography Afrob was born in Venice, Italy to Eritrean parents but moved to Germany at a young age. He grew up in the German city of Stuttgart, ...

Curse A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, ...

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and

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, as well as American rappers, such as

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and

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. The album peaked at number 5 in Germany, number 27 in Switzerland and number 49 in Austria. It was supported with three charted singles: " 1, 2, 3, ... Rhymes Galore", "

Ich lebe für Hip Hop "Ich lebe für Hip Hop" ("I Live for Hip Hop") is a single by hip hop producer DJ Tomekk, released in 2000. The song features GZA, Curse, Prodigal Sunn and the Stieber Twins. With the exception of repeating the song's title, Prodigal Sunn and ...

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Return of Hip Hop (Ooh, Ooh) "Return of Hip Hop (Ooh, Ooh)" is a 2001 single by DJ Tomekk from his debut album '' Return of Hip Hop''. The song features KRS-One, Torch and MC Rene. KRS-One raps in English, Torch and MC Rene rap in German. The song peaked at No. 13 in German ...

Track listing

;Notes The German in the titles translates to: *Track 3 "Legends (Rauch was, trink was...)" - "Legends (Smoke Something, Drink Something...)" *Track 4 "Ich lebe für Hip Hop (Teil 2: Juice Crew Saga 2001)" - "I Live for Hip Hop (Part 2: Juice Crew Saga 2001)" *Track 15 "Kreislauf" - "Cycle"

Charts

References

External links

* 2001 debut albums BMG Rights Management albums Hip hop albums by German artists {{2001-hiphop-album-stub