Ekrem Bora (born 3 September 1983), known professionally as Eko Fresh, is a German rapper of Turkish descent.ALEM, EKO FRESH-EK IS BACK Retrieved 5 September 2010 Eko Fresh auf Twitter: "@xRay_RU halber Kurde halber Türke aber eigentlich ja deutscher" / Twitter, Retrieved 20 May 2019
Biography Bora was born in Cologne and grew up in Mönchengladbach, raised by his single mother, a postal worker. He began rapping at age 14 and eventually dropped out of school in tenth grade. Afterwards, he started working in a shoe store to make ends meet. While working his retail gig, Bora met Kool Savas, who agreed to produce his 2001 Royal Bunker debut EP, "Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen".
The German Stampede Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in Cologne, featured Bora.HAMBURG WEB, Stampede Wrestling GSW Northern Night Retrieved 5 September 2010 He had wrestling matches in promotional events including Night in Motion X, Southern Conflict II, X-Limits, Battlefield 2008, and Northern Night since 2007.Online World of Wrestling, Retrieved 5 September 2010
Beginning in 2010, Eko Fresh began an extremely prolific run, releasing four new albums over a three year span. In 2013, he delivered the wildly successful Eksodus which topped the charts in Germany and reached the top ten in Austria and Switzerland as well.
Feuds with other rappers
In 2004, Eko Fresh started a feud with his song "Die Abrechnung", where he criticized his former mentors Kool Savas, Optik Records, Bushido and Aggro Berlin. The song was released on 23 December 2004 on Juice CD # 49 and is a diss track against various other rappers, including his former mentor Kool Savas. With the track billing in which he attacked Savas and Optik Records, he laid the foundation for the battle. Savas is suppressing his labelmates and MOR, Sava's former crew, would also have disintegrated for this reason, the statement said. The Berlin label Aggro and Bushido are also dissected in the track. However, he overdid it a little, which Sava's answer track quickly clarified the verdict. Many rappers replied to "Die Abrechnung", including Illmatic with "4Eko" and Fler with "Hollywoodtürke". Rappers from Optik Records also reacted: Caput with "Ich geb n fuck" and Ercandize with "Verdanken".
Discography
Eko Fresh has released 10 studio albums, two collaboration albums, three extended tracks, three compilation albums, 18 singles (including three singles as featured artist) and 45 free tracks.
Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales GER AUT SWI 2003 Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld Released: 3 November 2003 Label: Subword (Sony Music Austria) Formats: Audio CD 16 — — 2006 Hart(z) IV Released: 23 June 2006 Label: Subword Formats: Audio CD 24 70 — 2007 Ekaveli Released: 23 November 2007 Label: ersguterjunge/Sony BMG Formats: CD 100 — — 2010 Was kostet die Welt? Released: 25 June 2010 Label: Seven Days Music (Sony Music) Formats: CD 36 — 97 2011 Ekrem Released: 2 September 2011 Label: Seven Days Music (Sony Music) Formats: CD 5 33 15 2012 Ek to the Roots Released: 31 August 2012 Label: SONY (Sony Music) Formats: CD 3 10 4 2013 Eksodus Released: 23 August 2013 Label: SONY (Sony Music) Formats: CD 1 6 2 2014 Deutscher Traum Released: 14 November 2014 Label: 99999 (Groove Attack) Formats: CD 6 10 7 2016 Freezy Released: 22 April 2016 Label: GoodToGo Formats: CD, digital download 4 14 13 2017 König von Deutschland Released: 22 September 2017 Label: German Dream Empire Formats: CD, digital download 4 16 102018 Legende (Best Of) Released: 24 August 2018 Label: RECORDJET Formats: CD, digital download———20202020 Bars (The Goat)———
Compilation albums Year Title Chart positions Sales GER AUT SWI2001Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen — — —2003König von Deutschland — — —2005Eko Fresh Presents German Dream Allstars 56 — —Elektro Eko: Fick deine Story — — —Elektro Eko: Fick immer noch deine Story — — —
Singles As lead artist Year Title Chart positions Album GER AUT SWI2003"Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld"(feat. G-Style) 5 — 29Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld2004"Die Abrechnung" — — —2006"Gheddo"(feat. Bushido) 15 40 —Hart(z) IV"Ek Is Back"(feat. G-Style) 32 — —2007"Ring frei"(feat. Bushido) 64 — —Ekaveli2010"Königin der Nacht / Arschloch"(feat. Cetin) 94 — —Was kostet die Welt?2011"Jenseits von Eden"(feat. Nino de Angelo) 64 — —Ekrem2012"Diese Zwei"(feat. Bushido) 35 53 46Ek to the Roots2013"Guten Morgen" 57 74 62Eksodus"Quotentürke" 56 — —2014"Joko Diss"(feat. Frauenarzt, Manny Marc & Bass Sultan Hengzt) 24 18 35 non-album track"U-Bahn Ficker"(feat. Joko & Klaas) — 51 —Deutscher Traum"Gheddo Reloaded"(feat. Sido) 74 — —
Collaboration singles Year Title Chart positions Album GER AUT SWI2003"Dünya Dönüyor"(with Azra) — — —Dünya Dönüyor – Die Welt dreht sich2004"Ich will dich"(with Valezka feat. Joe Budden) 57 — —L.O.V.E. (Life of Valezka & Eko)"L.O.V.E."(with Valezka) 16 — —"Eigentlich schön"(with Azra feat. Chablife & Philippe) — — —Dünya Dönüyor – Die Welt dreht sich
Free tracks YearTitleNotesLength2003 "Renexekution" Reen (formerly MC Rene) diss trackContains a sample of "Born, Never Asked" by Laurie AndersonArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 2004 "Gegensätze ziehen sich an" (Opposites attract)(feat. Bushido) "Die Abrechung" (The reckoning) "Mein Block" (Remix) (My hood) Instrumental of "Mein Block" by Sido 2005 "Nette Kanaken" (Nice wogs)(feat. Chablife) "I Need a Girl"(feat. G-Style & Caput) "Die Bestrafung" (The punishment)(feat. Summer Cem & SDiddy) 2006 "Mir steht die Rolex" "F.L.E.R." Fler diss trackInstrumental of "L.O.V.E" by Eko Fresh & Valezka "Hart hier draußen für 'n Stenz" "Für HipHop.de" (For Hiphop.de)(feat. G-Style) Released on the web site Hiphop.deAggro Berlin diss track "Warum?" (Why?)(feat. Summer Cem, Farid Urlaub & J-Luv) "Landsleute" (Farmers)(feat. Summer Cem) "Schlag Alarm" (Set off the alarm)(feat. Ramsi Aliani) "Hartz 1"(feat. Capkekz & SD) 2007 "Eksclusive" "Toy Soldier" Instrumental of "Like Toy Soldiers" by Eminem "EkAttack"(feat. Hakan Abi) "Vielen Dank" (Thank you very much)(feat. Hakan Abi) 2008 "200 Bars" (200 bars) Instrumental of "Shook Ones Part 2" by Mobb Deep 9:17"Alles oder nichts" (All or nothing)(feat. Kay One) "Es ist hart" (It's hard)(feat. Ado) "Wir killen" (We killing)(feat. Ado & Hakan Abi) "16 Bars Exclusive"(feat. Capkekz, Summer Cem, Farid Bang & Ice H) "Ich steh zu meinem Wort" "Ich bleibe hier" (I stay here)(feat. Intikam) "Mein Lifestyle" (My lifestyle) "Hollywood Türke" (Hollywood Turk) "Weil der Himmel weint" (Because heaven cries)(feat. Sharief) "Pimp der Branx" "Cologne State of Mind" "Harte Zeiten" (Hard times)(feat. Crazy Kanaks) "6 Meter 90"(feat. JokA) 2009 "Grembranxshop Exclusive" "Mein Präsident steht auf"(feat. Summer Cem) "Ich bin weg von Bushido" (I am away from Bushido) "germandreamer.de-Exklusive"(feat. Capkekz & Hakan Abi) "DBD"(feat. Sentino) "Changes"(feat. Sentino) "24 Bars Exklusive" "Day 'n Nite" (Remix) "Wo ich bleib" (Where I stay)(feat. El Chicko & Ado) "Space Is On" "Mickey Rourke" "Was weißt du davon" (What do you know about)(feat. Sharief & Farid Bang) 2010 "Angie" "Der Einspruch" (The appeal) Instrumental of "Das Urteil" by Kool Savas "Wavin' Flag" (Remix) "Sachen gibt's" "Leg das Mic weg" (Put the mic away) "Mach 'n Taui"(feat. PA Sports) "Keinen Swagger wie ich" Instrumental of "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson 2:36"Americano Mix" Remix of "We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP 4:30"I Need a Dollar" Remix of "I Need a Dollar" by Aloe Blacc "Over the Rainbow" Remix of "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, original by Judy Garland 5:042011 "300 Bars" 13:05"500 Bars" 22:202012 "Schalt die Cam an" (Turn the cam on)(Ill-yes & Aymen feat. Eko Fresh) "Scheibenwischer an" "700 Bars"(produced by Phat Crispy) Used samples:Part 1: "Make Me Say It Again Girl" by The Isley BrothersPart 2: "Wildflower" by Hank CrawfordPart 4: "Rock On" by Funkdoobiest 30:022014 "Handys runter Hände hoch" (Phones down, hands up)(feat. MoTrip) (prod. by Isy B) "WTF"(feat. Massiv)
References
External links Official website