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3Die Fantastischen Vier, founded 1989, are a rap group from Stuttgart, Germany. In their 25 years of making music, they had not a single line-up change and consist of Michael "Smudo" Bernd Schmitt (rap), Thomas "D." Dürr (rap), Michael "Michi" Beck (rap, DJ) and Andreas "And. Y" (spoken Andi Ypsilon) Rieke (keyboards, production).
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5They released eight studio albums and six live albums. In 2009, their long time manager and friend Andreas "Bär" Läsker produced a tribute album for their 20 years anniversary.
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7'''Studio Albums:'''
8* ''Jetzt gehts ab'' (1991)
9* ''Vier Gewinnt'' (1992)
10* ''Die Vierte Dimension'' (1993)
11* ''Lauschgift'' (1995)
12* 4:99 (1999)
13* ''Viel'' (2004)
14* ''Fornika'' (2007)
15* ''Für dich immer noch Fanta Sie'' (2010)
16* ''Rekord'' (2014)
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18!!The band provides examples of:
19* AgeProgressionSong: "Geboren" ("Born") is a procession of Age Progression Four-Liners in the verses.
20* AudienceParticipationSong: "Was geht", "Die da". The "Vier, vier, vier" chant of "Vier Gewinnt" may also count as this.
21* BoastfulRap: "Zu geil für diese Welt" ("Too wicked for this world")
22* BreakupSong: "Sie ist weg" ("She's Gone") ("I blew it" version), "Raus" ("Out") (starts as "teetering on the brink", but turns out to be more straightforward). "Troy" casts the band and the listener as the parties in a relationship, consisting of the band promising to henceforth be faithful (the title is the German word for "faithful", though pronounced the English way for no reason).
23* ChessWithDeath: Or rather, "Rap Battle with Satan" comes about in the climax of "Michi Beck in Hell"
24* ConsciousHipHop: They have some songs like this. "Gebt uns ruhig die Schuld" manages to combine this and party hip hop
25* ClusterFBomb: "Arschloch" combines this with HairTriggerTemper.
26* DarkerAndEdgier: While the band had songs with shades of this before, "Buenos dias Messias" is completely devoid of their usual lightheartedness and banter.
27* EvilSoundsDeep: Satan in "Michi Beck in Hell".
28* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The last scene in "Michi Beck in Hell".
29* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Vier gewinnt" is full of {{Title Drop}}s of songs on the eponymous album and drops the title of the next album.
30* HeavyMeta: "Hip Hop Musik".
31* IAmSong: Every one of their members has at least one:
32** Thomas D. has "Hausmeister Thomas D.", Michi Beck has "Der Picknicker" And. Y has "Nenn ihn Präsident"; Smudo holds the recod with "Le Smou", "Smudo in Zukunft", "Smudo schweift aus", "S.M.U.D.O. Ich bin halt so" and "Mikrofonprofessor".
33** "Vier Gewinnt", "Jetzt passt auf" and "Jetzt gehts ab" are this for the whole band.
34* ListSong: "MFG (Mit freundlichen Grüßen)" has verses composed almost entirely of [[FunWithAcronyms acronyms]].
35* LongRunnerLineUp}}: Unchanged since 1989.
36* MidVidSkit: "Troy" ("Ich bin ein Smou! Ich bin kein Sma.")
37* MotorMouth: All three of their rappers can perform this.
38* NumberOfTheBeast: In "Michi Beck in hell", this comes up
39-->Ich spuckte sechshundertsechsundsechzig Styles binnen kürzester Zeit ("I spat six hundred and sixty six styles in seconds flat")
40* RecordNeedleScratch: Occurs in "Es wird Regen geben" ("There Will Be Rain"), immediately following the line "Ging das zu schnell, setz die Nadel zurück" ("If that was too fast, put the needle back").
41* StageName: Every band member has one or more.
42* TheQuietOne}}: And. Y is almost never heard, save two songs from the band's early years, were he has exactly ''one line'' both times
43* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Genug ist genug", "Schmock".
44* TrueCompanions: They haven't changed line up in 25 years and would probably quit as a group if one of them did.

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