''MTV Unplugged'' is part of the ''

MTV Unplugged ''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV. It showcases recorded live performances of popular music artists playing acoustic instrument, acoustic or "unplugged" variations of songs. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999. F ...

'' series and the second live album of

German hip hop German hip hop (locally known as ''Deutschrap'', ''Deutsch'' meaning German) refers to hip hop music in the German language. Elements of American hip hop culture, such as graffiti art and breakdancing, diffused into Western Europe in the ea ...

group

Die Fantastischen Vier Die Fantastischen Vier (, "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemi ...

. The group were the second German-speaking artists to make an appearance on ''MTV Unplugged'', after

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in 1995. Contrary to the wishes of the producers, the concert was not recorded in MTV studios in London, but in the Balver Höhle (''Balver cave''), a cave in the

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used mainly for Balver Märchenwochen. The album peaked at No. 6 in the

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as wells as at No. 7 and No. 18 in Austria and Switzerland.

Track listing

#"Neues Land" - 3:16 #"Die Stadt die es nicht gibt" - 4:47 #"Der Picknicker" - 4:23 #"Jetzt geht's ab" - 3:07 #"Hammer" - 4:55 #"Raus" - 4:17 #"Millionen Legionen" - 6:14 #"Le Smou" - 4:30 #"Ganz normal" - 3:33 #"Sie ist weg" - 3:54 #"Tag am Meer" - 5:05 #"Weiter als du denkst" - 5:13 #"Konsum" - 4:26 #"Buenos Dias Messias" - 4:50 #"Schizophren" - 4:52 #"MfG" - 4:17

Additional musicians

*Flo Dauner *Lillo Scrimalli *Markus Kössler *Roland Peil *Markus Birkle *Michael Heupel *Anja Bukovec *Marko Hval *Gareth Lubbe *Maike Schmersahl *Ruben Mesado *Mirjam Trück *Razvan Popovici *Gabriel Mesado *Matthias Trück *Emanuela Simeonova *Manu & Matei Constantin

Singles

References

External links

Official website
(in German)
discography
at

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