1) German Hip-hop perfo… Read Full Bio ↴Name applies to multiple artist(s)/group(s):
1) German Hip-hop performer
2) Danish vocalist and electronica producer
3) Spanish Hip-hop performer
4) American ensemble
5) Japanese traditional ensemble
6) Mandarine Rap Artist TONE -please tag as 仲维军
7) American metal band
8) French Hip-hop performer
(1) Tone is a German hip-hop artist, born in Frankfurt. As part of Konkret Finn (the first German battlecrew) along with his former partner lz, he was one of the inventors of German battle rap.
After "Konkret Finn" broke up, Tone considered starting a solo career and was featured on songs of artists such as Azad, the Brothers Keepers, Curse, D-Flame, J-Luv, Killa Hakan, Melbeatz, Samy Deluxe, the Stieber Twins and Roey Marquis II.
His solo breakthrough came in 2004, when he formed "Fourtress" with Bintia and Billy Davis and toured all over Germany. One year later, he was featured on German star Xavier Naidoo's release "Bist du am Leben interessiert?", and also released his first solo album, "Zukunftsmusik".
(2) With her abstract break beats, fragile voice and mesmerizing lyrics, female artist Tone has found an impressive outlet for her inner musical strengths, creating experimental ambient electronica sounds ranging from uplifting moods to bleak shades of melancholy.
Musically, Tone - who carries the civil name Sofie Nielsen - creates a remarkable audiovisual realm in which her light and spell-binding voice adds to a bedrock of crunchy break beats, abstract compositional structures and melodic sounds and samples. Not being a typical songwriter in terms of clinging to the usage of the traditional structure of verses and choruses, Tone relies on improvisation and creative exploration in the creation of her unpredictable musical landscapes - while adding daunting, yet compelling lyrics - and thereby drawing listeners into her musical and atmospheric universe of thoughts, sounds and a myriad of emotional expressions.
Tone’s live performance is a spectacular experience. Accompanied by VJ Kristian Ravn Ellestad, the two blend together in an audiovisual symbiosis accentuating the moods of Tone’s emotionally charged music. Tone and Kristian have cooperated in making small individual movie loops to each of her tracks, adding coherency and an abstract kind of storytelling to the performance.
Tone is signed to Urlyd, an independent Danish record label.
(3) Tone is one of the most original MCs in Spain. With a style you may have never heard in a hip hop artist, Tone fills his songs with dark, claustrophobic pictures, being extremely well accompanied by Dark la eMe's almost trip hop instrumentals. He has created and developed his unique style through hundreds of shows and one album (2005). The underground spanish hip hop scene awaits his next album.
Discography:
1. Tr3s ojos en la espalda
2. Algunos Cortes (2005)
(4) Tone was formed in Washington DC in 1991 by Norm Veenstra, with the goal of creating dynamic instrumental music using a layered, multiple electric guitar format. Operating within a rock context, with a drummer, one or two bass players, and as many as six guitarists, the result was a sound that gladly accepted the unambiguous tonality of popular music yet still found room for meaningful dissonance - austere, dramatic, and loud. With an unmistakable lineage (Savage Republic, Nice Strong Arm, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham), Tone set about its earliest performances with the determination and belief that there was still room for intelligent instrumental music.
While Tone's first shows were often described as relentlessly raw, by the time of their first recording sessions in 1993 and 1994 they had evolved a more precise, if not polished, approach. One of the more fascinating characteristics of the band came about in their early performances, when sounds that no one actually played arose as a natural occurrence of the harmonic interplay of multiple guitars. Eschewing the theatrics of the guitar solo and the seductive allure of electronic effects in favour of highly arranged ensemble work and bright glowing power amp tubes, Tone delivered their first CD in November of 1994, Build (on Dischord/IPR), an EP of six songs that used layered and repeated interlocking guitar parts as compositional building blocks.
(5) TONE is a Western ensemble comprised of three musicians, who play the shakuhachi (an instrument representative of Japan), and the guitar. The trio's leader, Yukihiko Mitsuka, is well known not only as a shakuhachi player, but as a master craftsman of the instrument, as well. TONE expresses the elegance of traditional Japanese music, and is currently well-received in live performances in many parts of Japan.
(6) TONE (仲维军) is a MC/rapper singer song writer from Taiwan
(7) TONE is a metal band in Greenville, SC. https://tonesc.bandcamp.com/
(8) Tone is a french artist who has been performing on the Twitch platform since 2019. With the support of his community of 30,000 followers on the streaming platform, the artist more recently decided to embark 100% on this musical project, with the composition of a first EP released in December 2021.
With or without you
tone Lyrics
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Cause you know how a nigga gets down
So tell me is you with me
Cause nigga I aint got no time to fuck around
I hear myself saying fuck these niggas
Cause I was born all on my own
And really I dont trust these niggas
I swear they all plotting on my thrown
Deferent types of feelings same feelings for the coppers
Different types of molly so they drink a lot of aqua
Different bags of drugs probably came from Guatemala
$700 for the coke its $250 for the la la
I hit the bodega and do some business with the gualas
A couple guava juices and some chicken empanadas
Say whats up to papi daughter I'm supposed to see her mañana
Fuck her like a mighty king and she with it I call her Nala
And you can see the coke in her eyes all in her nostrils
Black on black suits it feel like La Cosa Nostra
My niggaz out here mobbing you singing you Franc Sinatra
We at the table popping these bottles for different pastas
Feel like you niggas plotting it's possibly in your postures
But my niggas get it popping yall probably just impostors
And aint no weapon formed could possibly ever prosper
I can see this when I say it its probably on the prompters
Nah, its picture perfect cause I paint a perfect picture nigga
Blue bills and blue heels on my bitches nigga
Blue pills and new crills in the kitchen nigga
A spoon filled with new thrills got you twitching nigga
Uh, and you can feel it all in your veins
It's rushing like adrenaline through all of your pains
Your people changing on you is just apart of the fame
And losing your teammates is just apart of the game
My nigga, I felt the rain and that's apart of my shame
Now I got two twin glocks but they hardly the same
I'ma fucking living target niggas hardly could aim
My nigga this is food for thought you niggaz starving your brain
Im still the handsome mother fucker kicks cammo for the summer
More ammo for the rubber grip candles for your mother
I gamble for my supper quick samples of the butter
If they like it then they come back no scandals I'ma hustler
I'm just dapping all my niggas, I'm hugging all my brothers
And if I dont make it back tonight then tell mommy I love her
I gotta get this paper I got work up in the cupboard
I done started with the pills that I was pushing in the suburbs
And Lord I know I'm doing wrong I pray for being stubborn
But I've been a different nigga since I came back from the southern
Since I came back from the southern
It's blood sweat & tears its surviving or its suffering is you with me
So nigga is you with me
Cause you know how a nigga gets down
So tell me is you with me
Cause nigga I aint got no time to fuck around
I hear myself saying fuck these niggas
Cause I was born all on my own
And really I dont trust these niggas
I swear they all plotting on my thrown
The lyrics to Tone's song "With or without you" express a sense of self-reliance and distrust towards others. The singer asserts their independence and determination to succeed, stating that they were born on their own and don't need to rely on anyone else. They express a lack of trust towards others, believing that everyone is plotting against them. The lyrics also touch upon themes of drugs and the dangerous lifestyle associated with it, with references to different types of drugs and engaging in illegal activities. Despite the hardships the singer has faced, they remain resilient and focused on their goals, willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. The lyrics convey a mix of self-confidence, caution, and the desire to make it big in a challenging environment.
Line by Line Meaning
So nigga is you with me
Do you support and stand with me, my friend?
Cause you know how a nigga gets down
Since you're aware of my personality and actions
So tell me is you with me
Please confirm if you are truly on my side
Cause nigga I aint got no time to fuck around
Because I have no time to waste on meaningless activities
I hear myself saying fuck these niggas
I find myself expressing frustration towards certain individuals
Cause I was born all on my own
Since I entered this world without relying on others
And really I dont trust these niggas
Honestly, I do not have faith in these individuals
I swear they all plotting on my throne
I strongly believe that they are scheming to take my position of power
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Anthony Rucker
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