Maske is the debut album of the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 rapper Sido

Sido (rapper)

Paul Hartmut Würdig , better known as Sido, is a German rapper.The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" or "Scheiße in dein Ohr" in earlier times.Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics...

. The album reached gold status and sold over 180.000 sold CD's to date.

Success

The album was followed by a strong expansion and made the rapper from the Berlin underground hip hop

Underground hip hop

Underground hip hop is an umbrella term for hip hop music outside the general commercial canon. It is typically associated with independent artists, signed toindependent labels or no label at all....

 scene reach a high celebrity status. Through his collaboration by Royal Bunker and the Aggro Berlin

Aggro Berlin

Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists; Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat were signed with the label at the time of its closure....

-Samplers Aggro Ansagen 1 to 3 known.

Through Sido's success, his label colleagues Fler

Fler

Patrick Losensky better known as Fler, is a German rapper. He also uses the pseudonym Frank White after the character in King of New York....

 and Tony D

Tony D (rapper)

Muhamed Ayad better known under stage name Tony D or Tony Damager, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent. He was signed to Aggro Berlin, but later changed to Sektenmuzik.-Biography:...

 became known in public as well, Bass Sultan Hengzt

Bass Sultan Hengzt

Fabio Ferzan Cataldi better known by his stage name Bass Sultan Hengzt is a German rapper of Italian and Turkish descent.- 2001-2002: Early carrer :...

 later became known, too.

The album's three singles ("Mein Block", "Fuffies im Club", and "Mama ist stolz") were successful in the German charts.
There is a Beathoavenz Remix of Mein Block on the Juice-CD.

Track list

Notes

• "Mein Block" already released on Aggro Ansage Nr. 3 (2003)

End of year charts

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Country
! Chart
! Rank
|-
| 2005
| Germany
| IFPI
| #47