Musical artist
Anthony Pengel (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as U-Niq, is a Dutch rapper from Rotterdam. He was part of the rap group The Most Official.[1]
Originally interested in football (he was a youth player for Feyenoord)[citation needed], U-Niq began rapping at age 13, influenced by Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.[citation needed] His 1999 debut album Married to Music was released by Sony.[citation needed] While spending some time in jail (he did not disclose why, and says he was acquitted), he decided to rap in Dutch; his first Dutch-language album, Rotterdam, was released by Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch and contained the singles "Rotterdam" and "Klein klein jongetje".[2]
Discography
Albums
Album title |
Release date |
Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Comments
|
Date of entry |
Highest |
Weeks
|
Married to Music |
2000 |
- |
|
|
|
Rotterdam[3] |
2006 |
15-07-2006 |
78 |
1 |
|
Het kapitalisme[4] |
2008 |
08-03-2008 |
31 |
2 |
|
Scheepsrecht[5] |
2011 |
16-04-2011 |
38 |
1* |
|
Singles
Single title |
Release date |
Charting in the Dutch Top 40 |
Comments
|
Date of entry |
Highest |
Weeks
|
"I Used to Cry" |
1999 |
- |
|
|
|
"Married to Music" |
1999 |
- |
|
|
|
"Yours Exclusive" |
2000 |
- |
|
|
|
"Wildin' Out" |
2001 |
- |
|
|
|
EPs
Other
Year
|
Title
|
Album
|
Name
|
with
|
Name
|
Album Artist
|
1998 |
"Corrosion" |
Postmen & Sonny D |
Documents |
Postmen
|
1999 |
"Hate Me Now" |
Nas |
Nastradamus (NL versie) |
Nas
|
2001 |
"Curriculum" |
Postmen, Sonny D, Ganza & E-Life |
Revival |
Postmen
|
2002 |
"Chemistry" |
E-Life |
E=mc² |
E-Life
|
2007 |
"Coke op 't Gas" |
Kempi, Salah Edin, Feis & Winne |
Mixtape 3.1 |
Kempi
|
2009 |
"Geef 8 Remix" |
Winne, Eddy Ra, Lotto, Crimson, Alex, Alee Rock, Millz & Feis |
Winne Zonder Strijd |
Winne
|
Awards and nominations
References