Seeed

Seeed is a German hip hop, reggae and dancehall band based in Berlin. Founded in 1998, they have become well known in Germany and its neighboring countries.

Seeed
Seeed in 2013
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Dancehall, reggae fusion, reggae, hip hop
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Downbeat Records
Members	Alfi Trowers Based Moritz Delgado Peter Fox Frank Dellé DJ Luke Jerome "Tchamp" Bugnon "Dubmaster" Reibold "Rudeboy" Rudy Tobsen Cordes
Past members	Boundzound (deceased) DJ Illvibe
Website	seeed.de

Not to be confused with Seed.

Musical style and lyrics

Hip Hop Open Stuttgart 2001

Seeed performing in 2015

Seeed consists of eleven band members, including three singers, a horn section and a DJ. Seeed is recognized for their catchy fusional mix of German hip hop, reggae and dancehall styles and their use of horns, which is unusual in contemporary popular music. They have worked with Cee-Lo Green, Anthony B, Tanya Stephens, General Degree as well as other Jamaican artists and producers. Almost all of their music releases feature a popular guest experience.^[1] Seeed's lyrics are in German, English and Patois. Their biggest hits in the German Sprachraum were "Dickes B", "Aufstehn", "Ding" and "Music Monks". Although their lyrics are in English and German, most of the songs in German were completely translated into English for the international releases of the Albums Next! and Music Monks.^[2]

History

Their first hit was "Dickes B", an ode to Berlin. They won three ECHO Awards. With the international versions of Music Monks and Next!, they found broader success in Germany's neighboring countries, especially France. After their initial success with "Dickes B", in the year 2000, they released their first full-length album a few months later, in 2001: New Dubby Conquerors.

In September 2012, Seeed released their fourth studio album, Seeed, their first release in six years. In the meantime, members Peter Fox, Dellé and Demba Nabé (Boundzound) each released solo albums. The album Seeed went straight to number 1 in the German Albums Chart. It was the first time an album of Seeed achieved the top of the albums chart.

On 31 May 2018, Demba Nabé (Boundzound) died at the age of 46.^[3]

On 18 April 2019, Seeed released their first Single "Ticket" after Nabé's death. The band dedicated this song to their former member.^[4]

The fifth album "Bam Bam" was released 4 October 2019.^[5]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions				Certifications
		GER [6]	AUT [7]	FR	SWI [8]
2001	New Dubby Conquerors	17	34	—	—	GER: Gold
2003	Music Monks	4	12	—	15	GER: Gold
2005	Next!	2	3	71	11	GER: Platinum AUT: Gold
2006	Live	3	4	—	26	GER: Gold
2012	Seeed	1	2	—	5	GER: Platinum
2019	Bam Bam	2	3	—	3

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		GER [6]	AUT	SWI	EUR
2000	"New Dubby Conquerors"	—	—	—	—	New Dubby Conquerors
	"The Tide Is High"	—	—	—	—
2001	"Dickes B" (featuring Black Kappa)	27	68	91	—
	"Riddim No. 1"	—	—	—	—
	"Dancehall Caballeros"	44	—	—	—
2002	"Waterpumpee" (featuring Anthony B)	—	—	—	—	Waterpumpee/Music Monks
2003	"Music Monks"	27	28	81	—	Music Monks
	"Shake Baby Shake" (featuring Elephant Man)	—	—	—	—	Electric Boogie/Music Monks
	"What You Deserve Is What You Get"	48	—	—	—
2004	"Release"	54	47	71	—	Music Monks
2005	"Aufstehn!" (featuring Cee-Lo Green)	5	14	28	20	Next!
	"Schwinger"	68	57	—	—
2006	"Ding"	5	4	27	13
	"Slowlife"	—	—	—	—
2011	"Molotov"	12	—	—	—	Seeed
2012	"Beautiful"	22	47	—	—
	"Augenbling"	7	12	15	—
2013	"Deine Zeit"	70	—	—	—
2014	"Cherry Oh"	16	41	64	—	Non-album single
2019	"Ticket"	63	—	—	—	Bam Bam
	"Lass sie gehn"	42	—	—	—
	"G€ld"	59	—	—	—
	"Sie is geladen" (featuring Nura)	88	—	—	—

EPs

• 2002: Waterpumpee
• 2003: The Electric Boogie
• 2005: Aufstehn!
• 2011: Molotov / Wonderful Life
• 2012: Beautiful

DVD

• 2006: Live!

Riddims

• "Rodeo" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
• "Rodeo Refix" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
• "High Noon" (2005 Germaican Rec.)
• "Curefix" (2004 Germaican Rec.)
• "Doctors Darling" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
• "Electric Boogie" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
• "Pharaoh" (2003 Germaican Rec.)
• "FrogAss" (2001 Germaican Rec.)