Stories lurk beneath the beautifully renovated skin of his hometown of Dresden. The essence of these stories needs to be extracted like the flesh of an overripe mango, that - if you cut a little deeper - can hardly hold on to its skin. Alphonzo plays with ease between trap, 80s funk and boombap.
"Mango Pulp" converts the vibe of old Al Pacino movies into German rap. Alphonzo's strength lies in the quiet observation of his immediate surroundings: the "Yippies" in the conspiracy "cult" on the net, but also his own demons and inadequacies. Lyrics, beats, live instruments - everything comes from one source on "Mango Pulp". On album number two Alphonzo does without collaborations and shows his complete range bandwidth as a producer and multi-instrumentalist.
Somewhere between rap, pop and glam rock, Alphonzo has created his very own space. The result is like a rarity: a truly timeless long-player that gets by gets by without filler. Here you can unpack the label "Grown Man Rap" without shame. which stands for musical maturity and innovation. If David Bowie had made rap, he would have wanted to be on this album.
