Seeed

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Seeed
Seeed in 2013
Seeed in 2013
Background information
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresDancehall, reggae fusion, reggae, hip hop
Years active1998–present
LabelsDownbeat Records
MembersAlfi Trowers
Based
Moritz Delgado
Peter Fox
Frank Dellé
DJ Luke (until 2002: DJ Illvibe)
Jerome "Tchamp" Bugnon
"Dubmaster" Reibold
"Rudeboy" Rudy
Tobsen Cordes
Past membersBoundzound (deceased)
Websiteseeed.de

Seeed is a German hip hop, reggae and dancehall band based in Berlin. Founded in 1998, they have become well known in Germany and its neighboring countries.

Musical style and lyrics

Hip Hop Open Stuttgart 2001
Seeed performing in 2015

Seeed consists of eleven band members, including three singers, a horn section and a DJ. Seeed is recognized for their catchy fusional mix of German hip hop, reggae and dancehall styles and their use of horns, which is unusual in contemporary popular music. They have worked with Cee-Lo Green, Anthony B, Tanya Stephens, General Degree as well as other Jamaican artists and producers. Almost all of their music releases feature a popular guest experience.[1] Seeed's lyrics are in German, English and Patois. Their biggest hits in the German Sprachraum were "Dickes B", "Aufstehn", "Ding" and "Music Monks". Although their lyrics are in English and German, most of the songs in German were completely translated into English for the international releases of the Albums Next! and Music Monks.[2]

History

Their first hit was "Dickes B", an ode to Berlin. They won three ECHO Awards. With the international versions of Music Monks and Next!, they found broader success in Germany's neighboring countries, especially France. After their initial success with "Dickes B", in the year 2000, they released their first full-length album a few months later, in 2001: New Dubby Conquerors.

In September 2012, Seeed released their fourth studio album, Seeed, their first release in six years. In the meantime, members Peter Fox, Dellé and Demba Nabé (Boundzound) each released solo albums. The album Seeed went straight to number 1 in the German Albums Chart. It was the first time an album of Seeed achieved the top of the albums chart.

On 31 May 2018, Demba Nabé (Boundzound) died at the age of 46.[3]

On 18 April 2019, Seeed released their first Single "Ticket" after Nabé's death. The band dedicated this song to their former member.[4]

The fifth album "Bam Bam" was released 4 October 2019.[5]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions Certifications
GER
[6] 		AUT
[7] 		FR SWI
[8]
2001 New Dubby Conquerors 17 34 — —
2003 Music Monks 4 12 — 15
  • GER: Gold
2005 Next! 2 3 71 11
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
2006 Live 3 4 — 26
  • GER: Gold
2012 Seeed 1 2 — 5
  • GER: Platinum
2019 Bam Bam 2 3 — 3

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
GER
[6] 		AUT SWI EUR
2000 "New Dubby Conquerors" — — — — New Dubby Conquerors
"The Tide Is High" — — — —
2001 "Dickes B" (featuring Black Kappa) 27 68 91 —
"Riddim No. 1" — — — —
"Dancehall Caballeros" 44 — — —
2002 "Waterpumpee" (featuring Anthony B) — — — — Waterpumpee/Music Monks
2003 "Music Monks" 27 28 81 — Music Monks
"Shake Baby Shake" (featuring Elephant Man) — — — — Electric Boogie/Music Monks
"What You Deserve Is What You Get" 48 — — —
2004 "Release" 54 47 71 — Music Monks
2005 "Aufstehn!" (featuring Cee-Lo Green) 5 14 28 20 Next!
"Schwinger" 68 57 — —
2006 "Ding" 5 4 27 13
"Slowlife" — — — —
2011 "Molotov" 12 — — — Seeed
2012 "Beautiful" 22 47 — —
"Augenbling" 7 12 15 —
2013 "Deine Zeit" 70 — — —
2014 "Cherry Oh" 16 41 64 — Non-album single
2019 "Ticket" 63 — — — Bam Bam
"Lass sie gehn" 42 — — —
"G€ld" 59 — — —
"Sie is geladen" (featuring Nura) 88 — — —

EPs

  • 2002: Waterpumpee
  • 2003: The Electric Boogie
  • 2005: Aufstehn!
  • 2011: Molotov / Wonderful Life
  • 2012: Beautiful

DVD

  • 2006: Live!

Riddims

  • "Rodeo" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
  • "Rodeo Refix" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
  • "High Noon" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
  • "Curefix" (2004 Germaican Rec.)
  • "Doctors Darling" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
  • "Electric Boogie" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
  • "Pharaoh" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
  • "FrogAss" (2001 Germaican Rec.)

References

  1. ^ "Seeed". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Seeed music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ Hofmann, Laura (1 June 2018). "Seeed-Frontmann Demba Nabé gestorben". Tagesspiegel.de (in German). Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ Seeed – TICKET (official Video), archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 2 December 2019
  5. ^ "Seeed – Bam Bam". Discogs. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Discographie Seeed". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Discographie Seeed". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Discographie Seeed". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

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