# Snowgoons

Snowgoons is a German underground hip hop production team composed of DJ Illegal (Manuu Rückert) and Det Gunner (D. Keller). In 2011, producers Sicknature (Jeppe Andersen) from Denmark and J.S. Kuster (Johann Sebastian Kuster) from Germany joined the group.

## History

Det and DJ Illegal first started in 1999 as the two original members. In 2006, they decided to add a third member, Torben from Germany, who was a part of the group until 2008. After Torben left, they decided to add a third member again in the same year, DJ Waxwork from Germany, who was a part of the group until 2009. The Snowgoons are known for using orchestral/epic samples and for working with underground MCs, like members of Wu-Tang Clan, AOTP, Boot Camp Click and La Coka Nostra. The team cite DJ Premier, Alchemist and RZA as influences. They have released several Snowgoons albums. They also did several collaboration albums with artists like Reef the Lost Cauze, M.O.P., PMD and Sean Strange (as Goondox) and Onyx. They planned to release an album with the hiphop group Krush Unit for several years, but the album was never released.
In 2011, they launched their own record label called Goon MuSick. In 2020, J.S. Kuster departed from Snowgoons and then started to go by the name Tengo and formed a duo rap group with the German rapper named BX under the name “Tengo & BX”.

## Members

Current members
* Det Gunner (1999–present)
* DJ Illegal (1999–present)
* Sicknature (2011–present)
Former members
* Torben (2006–2008)
* DJ Waxwork (2008–2009)
* J.S. Kuster (2011–2020)

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2007 | German Lugers Released: 27 February 2007 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD, Vinyl LP |
| 2008 | Black Snow Released: 20 June 2008 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD, Vinyl LP |
| 2009 | A Fist in the Thought (featuring Savage Brothers & Lord Lhus) Released: 26 May 2009 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD |
| 2009 | The Trojan Horse Released: 27 October 2009 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD |
| 2010 | Kraftwerk Released: 7 December 2010 Label: iHipHop Distribution Format: CD |
| 2011 | The Iron Fist (featuring Savage Brothers & Lord Lhus) Released: 5 April 2011 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2011 | Virohazard (Remix EP) (featuring Viro the Virus) Released: 28 June 2011 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2011 | Your Favorite MC (featuring Reef the Lost Cauze) Released: 25 October 2011 Label: iHipHop Distribution/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2011 | Sparta (featuring M.O.P.) Released: 21 November 2011 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD |
| 2012 | Terroristen Volk (German album) Released: 16 March 2012 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2012 | Snowgoons Dynasty Released: 17 July 2012 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD, Vinyl LP |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Goondox (feat. PMD & Sean Strange as Goondox) Released: 9 April 2013 Label: Goon MuSick/Illseed/RBC Records Format: CD |
| 2013 | CoVirt Ops: Infantry (featuring Virtuoso) Released: 16 July 2013 Label: Goon MuSick/Big Bang Records Format: CD |
| 2013 | Black Snow 2 Released: 13 December 2013 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD, Vinyl LP |
| 2014 | #Wakedafucup (featuring Onyx) Released: 18 March 2014 Label: Goon MuSick/Mad Money Format: CD, LP |
| 2014 | Grind Over Matter (featuring Aspects) Released: 29 August 2014 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2014 | KillaGoons (featuring Killakikitt) Released: 6 September 2014 Label: Scarcity Budapest/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2014 | Bodhiguard (featuring Absztrakkt) Released: 17 October 2014 Label: 58Muzik Format: CD, LP |
| 2015 | Trapped in America (featuring N.B.S.) Released: 14 July 2015 Label: Big Bang Records/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2015 | Gebrüder Grimm (English and German album) Released: 4 September 2015 Label: Wolfpack Entertainment/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2016 | GoonBap Released: 12 December 2016 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2018 | King (featuring Nine) Released: 9 September 2018 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2019 | Misanthrop (featuring Marph) Released: 28 February 2019 Label: Goon MuSick/ Format: CD, LP |
| 2019 | Infantry Released: 29 March 2019 Label: Goon MuSick/ Format: CD, LP |
| 2019 | From Jersey to Germany Released: 20 April 2019 Label: Goon MuSick/ Format: CD, LP |
| 2019 | SnowMads (featuring Onyx) Released: 15 November 2019 Label: Goon MuSick/Mad Money Format: CD, LP |
| 2020 | Omnicide (featuring Wise Intelligent) Released: 18 September 2020 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2020 | Still Trapped in America (featuring N.B.S.) Released: 6 November 2020 Label: Big Bang Records/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2021 | The Come Up (featuring K-Prez) Released: 6 June 2021 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2021 | Blood Oath (featuring Beni-Hana* & Qualm) Released: 20 November 2021 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2022 | 1st Of Da Month Released: 1 July 2022 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2022 | Renaissance Kings Released: 14 January 2022 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2022 | Hellspawn (featuring Benny Holiday & Gibby Stites) Released: 15 July 2022 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2022 | U.z.i. Universal Zeitgeist Intelligence (featuring Planet Asia) Released: 11 November 2022 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2023 | Goon Mode (featuring Lingo and Ayok) Released: 24 March 2023 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2023 | 1St Of Da Month Vol. 2 Released: 1 September 2023 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2024 | 1St Of Da Month Vol. 3 D Released: 1 September 2024 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |

### Mixtapes/compilations

| Year | Album details |
| 2009 | German Snow Released: 2009 Format: CD |
| 2010 | Black Luger Released: 2010 Format: CD |
| 2010 | Sicknature & Snowgoons: Banished From Home Released: 17 January 2010 Format: CD |
| 2015 | Independent Warriors Released: 22 May 2015 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2015 | The Best Of Snowgoons Released: 21 August 2015 Label: iHipHop Distribution/Babygrande Records Format: CD |

### Other

| Year | Album details |
| 2004 | Clip Full of Ammo/ The Inauguration/ Hard to Catch Released: 2004 Label: Hot Shit Records Format: 12" Vinyl Single |
| 2009 | German Lugers + Black Snow (Instrumentals) Released: 6 March 2009 Label: Babygrande Records Format: CD |

### Sicknature

| Year | Album details |
| 1999 | Limitless Prospects (EP) Released: 5 October 1999 Label: DTM Management Format: LP |
| 2002 | The Sicknature (mixtape) Released: 2002 Label: Final Kut Format: CD |
| 2006 | Storm Of The Century Mixtape featuring Capione Released: 2006 Label: self-released Format: CD |
| 2007 | Honey I'm Home Released: 9 October 2007 Label: Sicknature Format: CD |
| 2013 | Nature of the Contaminated Released: 30 September 2013 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD, LP |
| 2017 | Copenhagen Kaiju (EP) Released: 24 November 2017 Label: Poetic Droid/Goon MuSick Format: CD |
| 2023 | Paintings of a Withering Forest Released: 5 May 2017 Label: Goon MuSick Format: CD |

## Production discography

* 2003
** Donald D – The Return of the Culture
* 2005
** Doujah Raze – The Inauguration
** Majik Most – Who What When Where (feat. Celph Titled)
* 2006
** ATMA - The Halls of Amenti
** The Devil'z Rejects – Incredibles
** The Devil'z Rejectz – Dead Man Walking
* 2007
** Apathy – A.O.T.P.
* 2008
** Brooklyn Academy – The Last Passion
** Brooklyn Academy – Black Out (feat. Jean Grae)
** Canibus & Oobe – PL∞-Spitfest (Poet Laureate Infinity Mix)
** Canibus – War (Poet Laureate Infinity Mix)
** Dra-Q & Damion Davis – Rewind that sh!t
** King Syze – Cement Work
** Sabac Red – The Commitment
** Doap Nixon – Heaven Is Calling (feat. Cynthia Holliday)
* 2009
** NATO ft J-Ro (The Alkaholiks) – Cross Boarders
** NATO – Broadcast (feat. Blak Twang & Seanie T.)
** Nervous Wreck & Chino XL – Knucklesandwich
** Godilla – Lion's Den / The Getback (feat. Adlib & UG)
** King & The Cauze – Snowgoons (feat. Adlib, Ali Armz & Godilla)
** Randam Luck – Street Goons (feat. Jimmy Powers)
** Randam Luck – Verbal Holocaust remix (feat. Ill Bill)
** Randam Luck – Raw remix (feat. Vinnie Paz)
** Viro the Virus – Heat
** Para Bellum – Az Első Menet
** Para Bellum – Torkolattűz
** Sick Jacken (of Psycho Realm) – Sick Life (feat. Cynic & Bacardi Riam)
* 2010
** Psych Ward – Lost Planet (feat. Snored Putz)
** Chief Kamachi – 2nd Lecture
** M-Dot – The Real & the Raw remix (feat. Jaysaun of Special Teamz)
** Mark Deez – The Oracle (feat. Dr iLL & Powder)
** Mark Deez – I'm Here Now
** Fanatik – Franchement
** Revolution of the Mind – Die for My People
** The Lost Children of Babylon – Babylon A.D.
** The Lost Children of Babylon – Skull & Bones
** The Lost Children of Babylon – Beware The Zeitgeist
** The Lost Children of Babylon – The Venus Project
** Sean Strange – Diabolical Decibels (feat. Exlib, Meth Mouth & Nems)
** Powder – Flowers
** N.B.S. – B.O.S.T.O.N.
* 2011
** Killakikitt – Intro
** Killakikitt – A kocka el van vetve (feat. NKS)
* 2012
** N.B.S. – The Essence of Real Rap (feat. Akrobatik)
* 2013
** Demigodz – The Summer of Sam
** Nature – New York Niggaz
** Psych Ward – Subterranean (feat. Solomon Child, J Reno & Banish)
** Hus Kingpin – Pyramid Points (feat. Rozewood)
** N.B.S. – Perm Time
** N.B.S. – Smiley (feat. Smiley & Sicknature)
* 2014
** Diabolic – Suffolk's Most Wanted (feat. R.A. the Rugged Man)
** Diabolic – Bad Dream
* 2016
** Golden Era Cypher