Ruhrpott AG (RAG) was a German hip hop group formed 1996 in Bochum.
… Read Full Bio ↴Ruhrpott AG (RAG) was a German hip hop group formed 1996 in Bochum.
RAG first found recognition in the German hip hop scene in 1998, with the album Unter Tage. The second and final album Pottential followed in 2001. RAG's music was characterised by profound, poetical lyrics containing numerous similes, and by relatively restrained, often heavy and melancholic beats.
Ruhrpott is local slang for the heavily industrialised Ruhr Area of northwest Germany, and the abbreviation AG (Aktiengesellschaft) is equivalent to "plc".
Formation
RAG arose from two earlier (and still active) hip hop collectives in the Ruhr Area: Filo Joes (with the two MCs Pahel and Galla) and Raid (MC Aphroe and DJ Mr. Wiz). Mr. Wiz is from Oberhausen, rather than directly from Bochum, and Aphroe is originally from Herne. Both groups have been active in the hip hop scene since the early 1990s.
Raid and Filo Joes encountered each other at jams and other events ā they discovered they were linked by a similar mentality, and decided to make music together under the name "Ruhrpott AG". One of their earliest recordings (although not actually released until it appeared on their second album) was the original version of Tief im Westen: a stream of emotions, associations, similes and metaphors concerning the band's native region, the "Ruhrpott", painting a multi-layered and often contradictory but nevertheless affectionate picture.
After two albums the members of RAG went their separate ways in 2003. Pahel and Galla released solo albums on different labels (entitled Natur des Menschen and Swing Kid respectively), while Aphroe, who has stated on his MySpace that there will not be a third RAG album, is also pursuing a solo career. His first solo album 90 was released in 2012.
Galla died in 2011 at the age of 38 after suffering from cerebral infarction.
Lyrics and music
RAG's lyrics and beats, particularly on Unter Tage, conveyed a fairly heavy and melancholic mood, with the band members expressing their feelings about their lives in the Ruhr Area. Their complex use of language, dense with imagery, excurred at times into fantasy. They frequently used metaphors, often relating to their self-knowledge and also their place in the world, for example in the hip hop industry. The second album, Pottential, expanded their range from the early heavy, dreamlike style towards a harder-edged, more concrete lyrical approach in which the storytelling was not always shrouded in indirect imagery.
Examples of this are Nackte Stadt and Pro & Contra (both from the second album). Nackte Stadt is a collage of thoughts and feelings from various city-dwellers, who are all connected by a web of relationships that none of them can see in full. Pro & Contra, another song with a noticeably harder sound than Unter Tage, is a wordplay which builds sentences through the association of words beginning with the syllables pro and kon.
Former members
Galla
Aphroe
Pahel
Mr. Wiz
… Read Full Bio ↴Ruhrpott AG (RAG) was a German hip hop group formed 1996 in Bochum.
RAG first found recognition in the German hip hop scene in 1998, with the album Unter Tage. The second and final album Pottential followed in 2001. RAG's music was characterised by profound, poetical lyrics containing numerous similes, and by relatively restrained, often heavy and melancholic beats.
Ruhrpott is local slang for the heavily industrialised Ruhr Area of northwest Germany, and the abbreviation AG (Aktiengesellschaft) is equivalent to "plc".
Formation
RAG arose from two earlier (and still active) hip hop collectives in the Ruhr Area: Filo Joes (with the two MCs Pahel and Galla) and Raid (MC Aphroe and DJ Mr. Wiz). Mr. Wiz is from Oberhausen, rather than directly from Bochum, and Aphroe is originally from Herne. Both groups have been active in the hip hop scene since the early 1990s.
Raid and Filo Joes encountered each other at jams and other events ā they discovered they were linked by a similar mentality, and decided to make music together under the name "Ruhrpott AG". One of their earliest recordings (although not actually released until it appeared on their second album) was the original version of Tief im Westen: a stream of emotions, associations, similes and metaphors concerning the band's native region, the "Ruhrpott", painting a multi-layered and often contradictory but nevertheless affectionate picture.
After two albums the members of RAG went their separate ways in 2003. Pahel and Galla released solo albums on different labels (entitled Natur des Menschen and Swing Kid respectively), while Aphroe, who has stated on his MySpace that there will not be a third RAG album, is also pursuing a solo career. His first solo album 90 was released in 2012.
Galla died in 2011 at the age of 38 after suffering from cerebral infarction.
Lyrics and music
RAG's lyrics and beats, particularly on Unter Tage, conveyed a fairly heavy and melancholic mood, with the band members expressing their feelings about their lives in the Ruhr Area. Their complex use of language, dense with imagery, excurred at times into fantasy. They frequently used metaphors, often relating to their self-knowledge and also their place in the world, for example in the hip hop industry. The second album, Pottential, expanded their range from the early heavy, dreamlike style towards a harder-edged, more concrete lyrical approach in which the storytelling was not always shrouded in indirect imagery.
Examples of this are Nackte Stadt and Pro & Contra (both from the second album). Nackte Stadt is a collage of thoughts and feelings from various city-dwellers, who are all connected by a web of relationships that none of them can see in full. Pro & Contra, another song with a noticeably harder sound than Unter Tage, is a wordplay which builds sentences through the association of words beginning with the syllables pro and kon.
Former members
Galla
Aphroe
Pahel
Mr. Wiz
Keep Yo Head above The Water And Float
RAG Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by RAG:
Automatic I don't gotta switch the gears its automatic Got a bad…
Fallen Thorn in a flesh, pain in your ass. more is…
Intro Woah woah Two a.m. hallucinogens Out of my mind new sensatio…
Kopf Stein Pflaster SprengsƤtze fĆ¼r Fahrtkosten und PennplƤtze, weil ich fĆ¼r sol…
Kreuzwortfeuer 1) Ich geb dem Lexikon das Wissen, nehm dem Nichts…
Ohne GewƤhr Ah. Das macht einen doch kaputt ey. WĆ¼hl' mit Stil, mit …
Out of Orbit the sky! Ihr braucht uns nur einmal zu begegnen wie dem…
Rag Time Ich flieg' zurĆ¼ck zu den Siebziger Jahren, in denen zwei…
Ragtime Ich flieg' zurĆ¼ck zu den Siebziger Jahren, In denen zwei…
Stratego 1) Keine VertrƤge, keine Wege.. ....fĆ¼r wirklich rare Exe…
Taking Flight Got dreams right now That are bigger than life Motherfuckers…
Terrarist War mir noch nie egal, was passiert, weil ich das…
Tief im Westen Leb' im Ballungsgebiet, das an Druckpunkten wie Fallobst aus…
Unter Tage 1) Zwar keine BIs, doch wir MCs sind unsere…
Westwind Wenn Westwinde wehen, kanns Du Ultraschall sehen,wahrnehmen,…
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@elliottsux
Okay but this is my life right now-
So basically everyone relies on me to do EVERYTHING for them but when I don't they abuse me and call me stupid, brainless, etc.
Please know that you are enough but please don't rely on everyone to do EVERYTHING for you ā¤ļø
Edit: Also Mental illness sucks š
@ansuz9358
Weāve been lying to us all this time, the actual lyrics are:
Napoli juve
Napoli napoli
Napoli juve, juve
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe I'm blind
Thinking I can see through this
And see what's behind
Got no way to prove it
So maybe I'm blind
But napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
Take a look in the mirror
And what do you see
Do you see it clearer
Or are you deceived
In what you believe
'Cause napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
Some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
Napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Don't ask my opinion
Don't ask me to lie
Then beg for forgiveness
For making you cry
Making you cry
'Cause napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Oh, some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
Napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Napoli juve
I make mistakes
Napoli juve
That's all it takes
To put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm no prophet or Messiah
Should go looking somewhere higher
Napoli juve aperol
Napoli juve aperol
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Napoli juve
I do what I can
I'm just a man
I do what I can
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
@gabymontes4307
I'm only human
I'm only, I'm only
I'm only human, human
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe I'm blind
Thinking I can see through this
And see what's behind
Got no way to prove it
So maybe I'm blind
But I'm only human after all
I'm only human after all
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
Take a look in the mirror
And what do you see
Do you see it clearer
Or are you deceived
In what you believe
'Cause I'm only human after all
You're only human after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
Some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
I'm only human after all
I'm only human after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Don't ask my opinion
Don't ask me to lie
Then beg for forgiveness
For making you cry
Making you cry
'Cause I'm only human after all
I'm only human after all
Don't put your blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
Oh, some people got the real problems
Some people out of luck
Some people think I can solve them
Lord heavens above
I'm only human after all
I'm only human after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm only human
I make mistakes
I'm only human
That's all it takes
To put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm no prophet or Messiah
Should go looking somewhere higher
I'm only human after all
I'm only human after all
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put the blame on me
I'm only human
I do what I can
I'm just a man
I do what I can
Don't put the blame on me
Don't put your blame on me
@7clouds
In your opinion, what makes us human?
@trevorsj
Who else loves this music lyric channel? š
@YaarTeraUkWala
Good night sweet dreams ā„ļø
@IzAlex._.613
I love this song :D
@rileyacton-hall2485
our hearts <3
@maddie4609
our emotions
@debtablaguy
I wish all the students who is having their exams get 95+
@blacky5091
Thanks for your wish
@XtreameBoyy
I wish 100000000000000/10000000000000 š
@user-qs6ix1qv1g
I wish you e000