Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
) is a German
rapper
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...
, singer and producer.
In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the
Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band
Glashaus.
Works
Albums
* 1989: ''Raining Rhymes''
* 1992: ''The Bastard Lookin' 4 the Light'' (1992 produced, but first published in 2000)
* 1994: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Direkt aus Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann)
* 1995: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Live aus Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann)
* 1996: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Zurück nach Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann)
* 1998: ''Geteiltes Leid I''
* 2004: ''Geteiltes Leid II''
* 2012: ''Geteiltes Leid III''
* 2017: ''Herz''
* 2020: ''Emuna''
* 2021: ''Nostalgie Tape''
Singles
* 1988: Ay-Ay-Ay (What We Do for Love) (with Rico Sparx)
* 1988: Twilight Zone
* 1989: Can This Be Love
* 1989: Raining Rhymes
* 1990: Muscles (with
Harold Faltermeyer
Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeyer (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer.
Faltermeyer is best known for composing the " Axel F" theme for the feature film '' Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the ...
)
* 1998: Hartreim Saga
* 1998: Schnaps für alle
* 1999: Skillz (with Illmat!c &
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (; born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naid ...
)
* 1999: Mein Glück
* 2000: Bonnie & Clyde 2000 (with
Cora E.
Cora E. (born ''Sylvia Macco''; 1968 in Kiel, West Germany) is a former nurse turned hip-hop artist who emerged in the early underground Germany, German hip hop culture. At the time that she came to prominence, she was not only one of the origin ...
)
* 2004: Ein schöner Tag
* 2004: 77 Minutes of Strugglin (with Illmat!c &
Kool Savas
Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish Origin. Along with Taktlo$$, he formed the highly influential German rap duo Westberlin Maskulin (1997–2000). He was also a founding me ...
)
* 2006: Gott liebt mich
* 2009: Strugglin' (2009 ISAS Remix) (with Illmat!c, Kool Savas &
Cassandra Steen
Cassandra Steen (born 9 February 1980) is a German singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the Pop music, pop/Soul music, soul trio Glashaus. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, she released her moderately suc ...
)
* 2012: Für die Ewigkeit
* 2019: Notaufnahme
* 2020: Weiße Fahne
* 2020: Wunder (with Faiz Mangat)
* 2020: Juli
* 2020: Emuna (acoustic) (with
Stefanie Kloß
Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle.
History
The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in ...
)
* 2020: Backstein
* 2020: Du
* 2021: Lappen wie Du
Lawsuit with Kraftwerk
Pelham used for his 1997 song "Nur mir" a two-second sample of
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (, ) is a Germany, German Electronic music, electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk was among the first successful a ...
's "Metall auf Metall" from 1977. As a result, Kraftwerk sued Pelham for copyright infringement. The case continued for over 20 years, with Pelham ultimately losing in 2020. However, as copyright law changed shortly afterwards, the ruling doesn't apply to the current law, and the lawsuits for the use of the sample after June 2021 continue.
Legal Tribune Online: Kraftwerk-Fall geht noch mal zum EuGH
(in German)
References
External links
ImGlashaus.de
(in German)
Website by Moses Pelham
Stadt Frankfurt am Main zeichnet Moses Pelham mit der Goetheplakette aus
(in German)
(in German)
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Living people
1974 births
Musicians from Frankfurt
German male rappers
21st-century German male singers
German record producers
German people of African-American descent