Asphalt Massaka Explained

Asphalt Massaka
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Farid Bang
Cover:	Asphalt Massaka.jpeg
Released:	4 July 2008
Genre:	Hip hop, battle rap
Label:	Selfmade Records
Next Title:	Jung, brutal, gutaussehend
Next Year:	2009

Asphalt Massaka is the debut album by German rapper Farid Bang. It released on 4 July 2008 over German Dream Entertainment. The feature part of "Mein Block" was changed in the 2015 re-release and digital release from Deso Dogg to a new part by the rapper Jasko.

Musical style

The album contains mainly battle rap tracks and diss tracks, including "Asphalt Massaka" and "Der Härteste im Land". Except for "Zweimal im Leben", a storytelling track, and "Jüngste Tag", a thoughtful song.

According to an interview with Toxik from hiphop.de, Farid Bang explained that his disses and insults towards some German rappers are only to be taken "sportive".^[1]

Track listing

Samples

• "Wer ist Düsseldorf" contains a sample of "Seven Notes in Black" by The Vince Tempera Orchestra^{[2] [3]}

Marketing

A video was filmed for the track "An die Wand". This album didn´t rise in the charts.

External links

• http://www.16bars.de/db/album/580/asphalt-massaka/
• Ehrlacher, Frank (4 July 2008), Asphalt Massaka | Farid Bang | CD-Album | 2008 | cd-lexikon.de (in German), retrieved 8 November 2023
• "Farid Bang Interview Part 1 - HipHop.de". hiphop.de. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farid Bang Interview Part 2 . HipHop.de . 14 January 2012.
2. Web site: - YouTube . .
3. Web site: 'Seven Notes in Black' by the Vince Tempera Orchestra (1977) . .