Snowgoons Explained
Snowgoons |
Origin: | Germany |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Years Active: | 1999–present |
Current Members: | Det Gunner DJ Illegal Sicknature |
Past Members: | J.S. Kuster DJ Waxwork Torben |
Snowgoons is a German underground hip hop production team composed of DJ Illegal (Manuu Rückert) and Det Gunner (D. Keller). In 2011, producers Sicknature (Jeppe Andersen) from Denmark and J.S. Kuster (Johann Sebastian Kuster) from Germany joined the group.
History
Det and DJ Illegal first started in 1999 as the two original members. In 2006, they decided to add a third member, Torben from Germany, who was a part of the group until 2008. After Torben left, they decided to add a third member again in the same year, 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] In 2020, J.S. Kuster departed from Snowgoons and then started to go by the name Tengo and formed a duo rap group with the German rapper named BX under the name “Tengo & BX”.
Members
Current members
- Det Gunner (1999-present)
- DJ Illegal (1999-present)
- Sicknature (2011-present)
- BoFaat (2023-)
Former members
- Torben (2006-2008)
- Torben (2008-2009)
- J.S. Kuster (2011-2020)
Discography
Albums
Year | Album details |
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2007 | German Lugers- Released: 27 February 2007
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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- Released: 27 October 2009
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2010 | Kraftwerk- Released: 7 December 2010
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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] - Released: 25 October 2011
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2011 | Sparta (featuring M.O.P.)[7] - Released: 21 November 2011
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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)[10] [11] - Released: 9 April 2013[12]
- Label: Goon MuSick/Illseed/RBC Records
- Format: CD
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2013 | CoVirt Ops: Infantry[13] (featuring Virtuoso)[14] Released: 16 July 2013[15]
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2013 | Black Snow 2[16] - Released: 13 December 2013[17]
- Label: Goon MuSick
- Format: CD, Vinyl LP
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2014 | - Wakedafucup
(featuring Onyx)[18] - Released: 18 March 2014[19]
- Label: Goon MuSick/Mad Money
- Format: CD, LP
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2014 | Grind Over Matter (featuring Aspects)- Released: 29 August 2014[20]
- Label: Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2014 | KillaGoons (featuring Killakikitt)- Released: 6 September 2014[21] [22]
- Label: Scarcity Budapest/Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2014 | Bodhiguard (featuring Absztrakkt)- Released: 17 October 2014[23]
- Label: 58Muzik
- Format: CD, LP
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2015 | Trapped in America (featuring N.B.S.)- Released: 14 July 2015[24]
- Label: Big Bang Records/Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2015 | Gebrüder Grimm (English and German album)[25] [26] - Released: 4 September 2015[27]
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2016 | GoonBap- Released: 12 December 2016[28]
- Label: Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2018 | King (featuring Nine)[29] - Released: 9 September 2018
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2019 | Misanthrop (featuring Marph)- Released: 28 February 2019[30]
- Label: Goon MuSick/
- Format: CD, LP
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2019 | Infantry - Released: 29 March 2019[31]
- Label: Goon MuSick/
- Format: CD, LP
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2019 | From Jersey to Germany - Released: 20 April 2019[32]
- Label: Goon MuSick/
- Format: CD, LP
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2019 | SnowMads (featuring Onyx)- Released: 15 November 2019[33]
- Label: Goon MuSick/Mad Money
- Format: CD, LP
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2020 | Still Trapped in America (featuring N.B.S.)- Released: 6 November 2020[34]
- Label: Big Bang Records/Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2021 | The Come Up (featuring K-Prez) [35]
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2021 | Blood Oath (featuring Beni-Hana* & Qualm)[36] - Released: 20 November 2021
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2022 | Renaissance Kings[37] - Released: 14 January 2022
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2022 | Blood Oath (featuring Beni-Hana)[38] - Released: 18 February 2022
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2022 | Hellspawn(featuring Benny Holiday & Gibby Stites)
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2023 | Goon Mode(featuring Grind Mode Cypher)
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Mixtapes/compilations
Year | Album details |
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2009 | German Snow- Released: 2009
- Format: CD
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2010 | Black Luger- Released: 2010
- Format: CD
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2010 | Sicknature & Snowgoons: Banished From Home- Released: 17 January 2010
- Format: CD
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2015 | Independent Warriors[39] - Released: 22 May 2015
- Label: Goon MuSick
- Format: CD
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2015 | The Best Of Snowgoons[40]
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Other
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
Year | Album details |
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1999 | Limitless Prospects (EP)
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2002 | The Sicknature (mixtape)
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2006 | Storm Of The Century Mixtape featuring Capione
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2007 | Honey I'm Home
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2013 | Nature of the Contaminated- Released: 30 September 2013[41]
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2017 | Copenhagen Kaiju (EP)- Released: 24 November 2017[42]
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2023 | Paintings of a Withering Forest
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Production discography
- 2003
- Donald D – The Return of the Culture
- 2005
- Doujah Raze – The Inauguration
- Majik Most – Who What When Where (feat. Celph Titled)
- 2006
- ATMA - The Halls of Amenti
- The Devil'z Rejects – Incredibles
- The Devil'z Rejectz – Dead Man Walking
- 2007
- 2008
- Brooklyn Academy – The Last Passion
- Brooklyn Academy – Black Out (feat. 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 (feat. Cynthia Holliday)
- 2009
- NATO ft J-Ro (The Alkaholiks) – Cross Boarders
- NATO – Broadcast (feat. Blak Twang & Seanie T.)
- Nervous Wreck & Chino XL – Knucklesandwich
- Godilla – Lion's Den / The Getback (feat. Adlib & UG)
- King & The Cauze – Snowgoons (feat. Adlib, Ali Armz & Godilla)
- Randam Luck – Street Goons (feat. Jimmy Powers)
- Randam Luck – Verbal Holocaust remix (feat. Ill Bill)
- Randam Luck – Raw remix (feat. Vinnie Paz)
- Viro the Virus – Heat
- Para Bellum – Az Első Menet
- Para Bellum – Torkolattűz
- Sick Jacken (of Psycho Realm) – Sick Life (feat. Cynic & Bacardi Riam)
- 2010
- Psych Ward – Lost Planet (feat. Snored Putz)
- Chief Kamachi – 2nd Lecture
- M-Dot – The Real & the Raw remix (feat. Jaysaun of Special Teamz)
- Mark Deez – The Oracle (feat. 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 Decibels (feat. Exlib, Meth Mouth & Nems)
- Powder – Flowers
- N.B.S. – B.O.S.T.O.N.
- 2011
- Killakikitt – Intro
- Killakikitt – A kocka el van vetve (feat. NKS)
- 2012
- N.B.S. – The Essence of Real Rap (feat. Akrobatik)
- 2013
- Demigodz – The Summer of Sam
- Nature – New York Niggaz
- Psych Ward – Subterranean (feat. Solomon Child, J Reno & Banish)
- Hus Kingpin – Pyramid Points (feat. Rozewood)
- N.B.S. – Perm Time
- N.B.S. – Smiley (feat. Smiley & Sicknature)
- 2014
- 2016
References
- Other sources
Notes and References
- Web site: HHUG Interview with DJ Illegal (of Snowgoons) – Kraftwerk – Hip Hop Underground . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623041139/http://www.hiphopug.com/1/post/2010/12/hhug-interview-with-dj-illegal-of-snowgoons-kraftwerk.html . dead . 23 June 2011 . Hiphopug.com.
- Web site: Krush Unit vs. Snowgoons album 2010!! . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/OUO1Dg-Lshw . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube . 12 December 2009 . 7 January 2014.
- Web site: Goon MuSick. facebook.com.
- Web site: Sicknature & Snowgoons interview with HIP HOP! . 3 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101220135555/http://www.snowgoons.de/blog/?p=26 . 20 December 2010 .
- Web site: Dez Flight . Viro The Virus – Virohazard (Remix EP) (2011) . Dez Flight Underground . 28 June 2011.
- Web site: Snowgoons & Reef The Lost Cauze New Album! . 2023-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006010755/http://www.snowgoons.de/blog/?p=258 . 6 October 2011 . en.
- Web site: M.O.P. Preps Collaborative Album, "Sparta," With German Production Team The Snowgoons For November 22nd Release Date . Babygrande . 22 November 2011.
- Web site: Welcome to Goonsville . Snowgoons.de .
- Web site: Horowitz . Steven J. . Snowgoons "Snowgoons Dynasty" Tracklist & Artwork | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales . HipHop DX . 6 June 2012.
- Web site: Goondox (PMD, Sean Strange & Snowgoons) – Welcome to the Goondox (TEASER VIDEO) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/seWvpw7XuQo . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube . 23 April 2011.
- Web site: Goondox (PMD, Sean Strange & Snowgoons) – VIDEO UPDATE! . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/CAnRLDw097Y . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube . 26 August 2011.
- Web site: Tijdlijnfoto's . Facebook .
- Web site: VirtuosoOver FacebookTijdlijnOver Facebook . Virtuoso – Info . Facebook .
- Web site: Virtuoso & Snowgoons "Statue" [Music Video] (produced by Sicknature of Snowgoons) |publisher=YouTube |date=24 April 2011]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/2HRzqe2NzZo . 2021-12-15 . live.
- Web site: Twitter / VirtuosoHipHop: Check the artwork for my album . Twitter.com . 7 January 2014.
- Web site: YouTube . https://web.archive.org/web/20130919062329/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZCSGfVD_6M&gl=US&hl=en . 2013-09-19 . dead. YouTube . 7 January 2014.
- Web site: Black Snow 2: Amazon.de: Musik . Amazon.de . 9 September 2009 . 7 January 2014.
- Web site: Onyx "#WAKEDAFUCUP" Cover Art. HipHopDX. 2 January 2014. HipHopDX. 9 March 2015.
- Web site: iTunes Store. . 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Grind Over Matter. Amazon Germany . 9 March 2015.
- Web site: iTunes – Music – KillaGoons by Killakikitt & Snowgoons. iTunes. 6 September 2014. 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Killakikitt & Snowgoons KillaGoons. 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Bodhiguard. Amazon Germany . 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Trapped in America by N.B.S. & Snowgoons. 14 July 2015 . itunes.apple.com.
- Web site: Snowgoons – Cover Photos – Facebook. . 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Snowgoons ft Ill Bill & Morlockk Dilemma – Van Gogh / Fernsehshow (Official Video). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/urkv6hwXmd8 . 2021-12-15 . live. 2 February 2014. YouTube. 9 March 2015.
- Web site: Gebrder Grimm. 4 September 2015. Amazon.
- Web site: Snowgoons New Album: Goon Bap (Short Movie) out now!. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1V5SIjHFL2A . 2021-12-15 . live. Snowgoons. YouTube.
- Web site: Snowgoons. Facebook. 4 February 2018.
- Web site: Misanthrop by Marph & Snowgoons - RYM/Sonemic .
- Web site: Snowgoons - Infantry . .
- Web site: From Jersey to Germany by Viro the Virus x Snowgoons - RYM/Sonemic .
- Web site: Onyx & Snowgoons - SnowMads . .
- Web site: N.B.S. And Snowgoons - Still Trapped in America . .
- Web site: K-Prez, Snowgoons - the Come up. Discogs.
- Web site: Snowgoons Presents Beni-Hana & Qualm - Blood Oath . . 1 July 2023 . en . 2021.
- Web site: Renaissance Kings . Facebook. 13 March 2022. 14 January 2022 .
- Web site: Snowgoons Presents Beni-Hana - Slash Ben Da Goon . . 30 June 2023 . en . 2022.
- Web site: Snowgoons. facebook.com.
- Web site: Artists. 14 March 2017.
- Web site: Nature Of The Contaminated | Snowgoons . Snowgoons.bandcamp.com . 30 September 2013 . 7 January 2014.
- Web site: Copenhagen Kaiju . Snowgoons. 4 February 2018.
- Web site: Paintings of a Withering Forest – Sicknature . Spotify . 2023-07-01.