Lance Butters

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Lance Butters
Lance Butters at the Splash! on 16 August 2013
Born1988
Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2006–present
Musical career
GenresBattle rap, Cloud rap
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels

Lance Butters (born 1988) is a German rapper. Born and raised in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, Butters started rapping in his youth.

Biography[edit]

Lance Butters was born in 1988 in the South German town Friedrichshafen. In his childhood, his parents divorced, which he often mentioned in his music. Between 2006 and 2010, he participated in the Reimliga Battle Arena, a German online platform for rap battles.[1] In 2010 and 2011, he participated in the Videobattleturnier (VBT), but lost against Tamo-Flage in 2016 and T-Jey in 2011.[2][3] In the years, he also released multiple freetracks with the producer Bennett One on YouTube. On 22 December 2011, he released the studio album cooking sum as a member of the Frank Castle Cooking Gang, through Bandcamp.[4] On 27 July 2012, he independently released his first solo project, the selfish EP.[5] In May 2013, he signed with Four Music, through he released the EP futureshit on 12 July 2013.[6][7] The EP charted at no. 32 for one week on the German Albums Chart,[8] while the same titled single debuted at no. 73 in Austria.[9]

His debut studio album Blaow was released on 8 May 2015 and debuted in the top ten in Germany and Austria. His second album was released on 12 October 2018.

On 20 April 2020, Butters released the single "Therapie" to commemorate the International day for cannabis.[10] The following day, he released his fifth extended play Loner through A Corn Dawg Records.[11] The same day, he announced a tour in Germany and Austria for October 2020, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to May/June 2021.[12][13]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[8] 		AUT
[9] 		SWI
[14]
Blaow 2 6 31
Angst
  • Released: 12 October 2018
  • Label: Four Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download,
 10 11 70

Extended plays[edit]

List of extended plays, with chart positions
Title Album details Peak
GER
[8]
selfish
  • Released: 27 July 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
futureshit
  • Released: 12 July 2013
  • Label: FourMusic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 32
Die Welle
(with Ahzumjot)
  • Released: 4 October 2016
  • Label: FourMusic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
Loner
  • Released: 21 April 2020
  • Label: Corn Dawg Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —

Singles[edit]

List of singles as lead artist
Title Year Album
"Wie gewohnt"
(feat. Chris Miles) 		2013 Non-album single
"Raw" 2015 Blaow
"Deal with It"
"Es zieht / Ich zieh"
"Track-by-Track Intro"
"Ohladidadida"
(feat. Dissythekid) 		2016 Non-album single
"Yeeeaaah" 2018 Angst
"So Schön"
"Keller"
"Therapie" 2020 Loner

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lance Butters" (in German). Reimliga Battle Arena. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "VBT Videos 2010 – Tamo-Flage vs. Lance Butters" (in German). rappers.in. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "VBT Videos 2011 – Lance Butters vs. Ti Jay" (in German). rappers.in. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ "cooking sum by Frank Castle Cooking Gang". 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020 – via Bandcamp.
  5. ^ "Neues von Lance Butters' EP" [New information of Lance Butters EP]. Rap.de (in German). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. ^ Jansen, Kristof (17 May 2013). "Lance Butters signt bei Four Music" [Lance Butters signs with Four Music]. Hiphop.de. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ Jansen, Kristof (21 June 2013). "Lance Butters veröffentlicht "Futureshit"-EP im Juli" [Lance Butter to release "Futureshit"-EP in July]. Hiphop.de. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Suchen nach "Lance Butters"" [Search after "Lance Butters"] (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Diskografie – Lance Butters" (in Japanese). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  10. ^ "4/20: Lance Butters "Therapie" heißt Weed" [4/20: Lance Butters "Therapie" means Weed]. Laut.de (in German). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  11. ^ Forster, Simon (21 April 2020). "Lance Butters – Loner (prod. Kidney Paradise)". Rap.de (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Loner Tour im Oktober!" [Loner Tour in October!] (in German). Lance Butters. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020 – via Instagram.
  13. ^ "Update" (in German). Lance Butters. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ "Diskografie – Capital Bra" (in German). Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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