Westberlin Maskulin was a German rap duo by Taktloss

Taktloss

Kingsly Defounga better known under his stage name Taktloss, is a German rap artist. He is known for his atypical rap-style of rhyming and pronouncing words. He is also known outside of Germany because of features and CDs with American acts from the Project Blowed.- Biography :Taktloss is a well...

 and Kool Savas

Kool Savas

Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....

. They parted in April 2000, due to "personal differences" and the duo remains defunct to this day. Neither Savas nor Taktloss have further commented on the event.

Musical style

Their lyrics were rich on metaphors and elements which some consider racist. With "Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes", they released the first example of modern day German battle rap

Battle Rap

Battle rap is a type of rapping that includes a lot of braggadocio content "combined with put-downs, insults, and disses against real or imaginary opponents"...

, which relies heavily on provocation lyrics, black humor, sophisticated rhyme patterns and simplistic beats structures, mostly loops

Music loop

In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...

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Westberlin Maskulin had influenced several rappers including 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....

, 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...

, Bushido

Bushido (rapper)

Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...

 and K.I.Z.

In 2008 Fler and Godsilla

Godsilla

Matthias Schulze better known as Silla is a German rapper, who had been signed to label I Luv Money Records. In 2010 Schulze changed his pseudonym "Godsilla" to "Silla" to avoid a lawsuit by Toho, the owners of the rights to Godzilla.- Early life :The son of an officer and a secretary, he grew...

 released the album Südberlin Maskulin

Südberlin Maskulin

Südberlin Maskulin is a collabo album by German rappers Fler and Godsilla.The title based on the rap-duo Westberlin Maskulin by Kool Savas and Taktloss, who were the first hip hop artists, who had performed German battle rap....

, as tribute to Westberlin Maskulin.

Discography

• 1997 - Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes
• 1999 - Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes LP (banned)
• 2000 - Battlekings (banned)