German rap is something like the acoustic gold of the hour, which is no longer mined in German radio and TV stations.

This music can be found on the internet, shared publicly, or via boomboxes at the quarry pond.

Evil tongues could say that lyrics and sounds are interchangeable - similar to the design of modern cars.

This promotes the nostalgic longing for clear edges - in cars and music.

And just as youngtimers from the nineties are increasing in value, the generation of fourtysomethings is reflecting on their musical roots.

Their sound is not determined by guitars, but by beats and samples, by records and self-made mixers.

Television is now attempting to log into just such a historical landmark.

One example of this is Anke Greifeneder, Executive Producer at Warner Brother Fiction, who says in an interview with the FAZ: "The MTV show "Yo!MTV Raps" was like a gateway to a new world for me at the time." It's more indie heard, "but artists like Public Enemy, Notorious BIG, Warren G or in Germany the absolute beginner, circle of friends impressed me.

Hip hop was new then.

The beats blew my mind.

I grew up in the Black Forest, and hip-hop showed me how much more there is out there.”

Which would describe the exposition for Greifeneder's "Almost Fly" solidly.

The six-part series airs Mondays May 2 at 9 p.m. on Warner TV Series.

There is a double episode to start with.

It's aimed at "nostalgics who discovered hip-hop themselves in the '90s," says Greifeneder, "but also music fans in general who recognize the passion that our main characters Ben and Walt developed when they first met get in touch with American hip-hop.

After all, it's about music as an expression of an attitude to life.” At the same time, “Almost Fly” with topics such as “uncertainty about one's own future, family pressure, racism and first love” is also relevant for young people today.

"They're rediscovering the nineties, and the music in particular is more popular than ever," says Greifeneder.

Really, can they get away with this?

Unfortunately, "Almost Fly" is a real test for hip-hop fans.

The opening scene at a gas station in a nowhere called Eichfeld is set to the blues classic "I Put A Spell On You," and it takes thirty minutes for a hip-hop combo created especially for the series to take the stage in an American barracks and raps.

The enthusiasm of the audience does not yet reveal itself to the viewer if he has held out until then.

Because the spiritus rector of "Almost Fly", Florian Gaag, who combines the idea, script and direction, not only has the world of the eighties and nineties - with Golf I, Ford Fiesta, 123er Benz, Saab 90 and Ford Fiesta ( driven here by young Nazis) and crocheted toilet roll on the rear shelf - lovingly resurrected,

he also rediscovered the slowness of '90s TV productions and took his time introducing the characters.

Rather laboriously, Gaag Gag builds on Gag.

The fatherless GI son Ben (Andrew Porfitz) and Walter (Samuel Benito), the introverted son of the gas station tenant Schuster, and the nerdy Nik (Simon Fabian) prepare for a low-tension life in the provinces - until one evening like lightning when DJ Nasty (David Mayonga aka Roger Rekless) touches her young life in his almost otherworldly Cadillac convertible and crew, wrapped in hip-hop basses.

From now on, it's just a matter of making it to the barracks for the gig - even if it's in the trunk of the goofy, cartoon-style small-town crooks,

who worship Al Pacino as Tony Montana from "Scarface".

The fact that these soon become deceived cheaters, while the three teenagers, who have so far been disadvantaged by life, are rehearsing as Atomic Trinity, dead brave, for the performance at the school festival - also to finally have chances with the opposite sex - all this comes together and flies in one go Voltage level of: Really, can they get away with it now?

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can they get away with it now?

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