More than once, every song by pako peng raises the question: Why didn’t anyone think of this before? Sometimes, someone just has to do what no one else dares to. With his super-smooth hip-house tracks, the guy with the sunglasses on his chords creates a sound that was en vogue for a while in the nineties with acts such as Fantastische Vier and Cappuccino but that seemed to disappear at some point thereafter. It’s high time that this revival was finally celebrated in style. With one banger after another, pako delivers the definitive score for the morning hours after a night of drinking – which for some is simply not over yet – in songs à la “GIT CHA” and in features with remi.fr such as “Schon leer (Oh nein)”. If German rap could manage to forget the fake attitude, to leave the AMG and grills at home, and to shed the bad mood, a stable contemporary like pako peng would likely emerge. Elegant as ivy, the well-coiffed guy presents a different side of German rap that sounds fresh and unspent. It’s not just nostalgics who have been waiting for this.