Jan Phillip Eißfeldt, better known as Jan Delay is a german hip hop-artist. He is a member of La Boom and Beginner, formerly Absolute Beginner. Besides hip hop many of his songs can be considered as reggae or dub. Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Beginner (formerly Absolute Beginner - note that Beginner is the German plural) is the name of a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Eißfeldt, Denyo and DJ Mad Band history The group was founded as Absolute Beginners in 1991, initially with six members: Jan, Denyo, Mardin, DJ Burn, Nabil... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ...

Jan Delay's lisping, nasal voice is one of his most important characteristics. He likes to hide behind sunglasses and under hoods. Furthermore he is famous for his preferance for Nike "Air Max" shoes, seen on several Beginner covers. His lyrics usually are very humorous but are also socially critical and heavy influenced by his past in the punk music scene of Hamburg. Hamburgs central promenade Jungfernstieg on the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ...

In the German hip hop magazine Juice he was the only national artist receiving the "6 crowns", the highest rating possible, for his solo album „Searching For The Jan Soul Rebels“.

Pseudonyms

• Jan Delay
• Eizi Eiz
• Eißfeldt (65)
• Boba Ffett
• Spliff Richard
• Alfred Hitzkopf (according to the song K2)
• Mario Bassler
• La boom
• quote from the song "Wer Bistn Du": „[…]I've got more than 24 different names in my signature“ (translated)

Discography (selection)

• „Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann“ — (cover version from Nena's song of the same name)
• „Ich möchte nicht, dass Ihr meine Lieder singt!“, „Vergiftet“ and „B-Seite“ from his solo album „Searching For The Jan Soul Rebels“
• „Liebes Lied“, „Hammerhart“, „Füchse“ and „Fäule“ (as a member of „(Absolute) Beginner“)
• „Vorsprechtermin“ (with Sleepwalker and the HH-City-Allstars)
• „Die Welt steht still“ (with Sam Ragga Band)

In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ... Nena, a popular German singer. ... A German Reggae band with only 2 albums: Loktown Hi-Life and The Sound Of Sam Ragga ...

External links

• Portrait of Jan Delay at laut.de (German)
• Fan page of Jan Delay (German)