that's funny ... i am doing flash animations for their website right now ...
you can check the unfinished preview right here:
http://aggroberlin.de/lieblingsrapper/xxxxactually, i have to admit that i am not really into german hiphop, beeing a frenchman and groving up with acts like akhenaton & iam, lunatic/booba, saian supa crew, ntm, lone & busta flex .... i hardly ever found any german stuff that could take it to a comparable level.
the french really found their own way of "hiphop" and their own sound!
the germans have done it "the american way" for too long ...
to answer your question .... the aggro people come from from a rugged environment, but they aint really gangsta. i dont think berlin has ever really been gangsta.
and what can i recommend?
defenitely my boy marc (dj hype) & his pianoman Jim Dunloop:
http://www.myspace.com/dunloop http://www.myspace.com/marchypehttp://www.marc-hype.comone of my old crews (with new name now):
http://www.ostblokk.deDj werd from berlin (he's sido's live deejay) and his project Long Lost Relatives:
http://www.myspace.com/longlostrelative