Artist: MOK: mp3 download Genre(s): Rap: Hip-Hop Discography: Musik Oder Knast-Premium ed. Year: 2007 Tracks: 15 Hustler Year: 2007 Tracks: 21 Bad Boys 1 Year: 2007 Tracks: 1 Das Beste Year: 2006 Tracks: 14 A Berlin-born hardcore rapper of Turkish descent, MOK is connected with the popular Aggro Berlin collective as a member of Die Sekte, the label's flagship mathematical group. He has his own judge, Ersboeserjunge, for solo releases, along with a partnership with Sony BMG. Born in the Neukölln territory of Berlin, MOK (an acronym for Muzik Oder Knast -- in English, "Euphony or Prison") entered the rap industry via Bassboxxx, a pioneering independent German rap judge that was dwelling to Mach One, a fella knocker with whom he'd become acquainted. In 2002, Bassboxxx released Fick MOR, the rapper's full-length debut. MOK was afterward arrested in 2002, during the time he was working on his second album, Neukölln Hustler (later released in 2004), and was charged with bandenkriminalität (ring criminalness) and körperverletzung (battery). He was sentenced to fin years and sextet months in JVA Tegal (Justizvollzugsanstalt Tegel), the largest and 1 of the oldest prisons in Germany. With the help oneself of Aggro Berlin, noneffervescent, it was staged that he could serve an offenen vollzug (assailable execution), which, thanks to German law, applies to closely 20 percent of offenders in the country, according to statistics. Besides his legal troubles, MOK was experiencing problems with Bassboxxx. He and Tony D, another Bassboxxx affiliate, consequently recognized an invitation to fall in the Aggro Berlin collective as members of Die Sekte, the label's flagship group. Via Sektenmusik, an Aggro Berlin subsidiary company label dedicated to Sekte-related releases, MOK issued Musik Oder Knast (2005), a solo record album that addressed his legal situation in musical foothold. Three MOK releases followed in 2006 -- Das Beste, a compilation; and deuce mixtapes, Badboys and Badboys, Vol. 2 -- and a duo re-releases in 2007: Muzik Oder Knast [Premium Edition] and Badboys [Premium Edition]. Hustler (2007), MOK's number ane proper full-length since Musik Oder Knast, spawned the hit single "Large Boss," which stony-broke the Top Ten on MTV's TRL countdown in March. |
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