I have always taken a certain perverse pleasure in music that defies rules and genres. I enjoy the polka/punk stylings of Polkacide. I groove on Deutsch/reggae rhythm of Seeed. Even the lounge/new wave hybrid of Nouvelle Vague excites me, despite its almost hypnotic mellowness. So, what happens when you combine hip-hop with jazz and marching band instrumentation (yes, even including a sousaphone!)? You get Moop Mama from Munich, and in particular, you get their single from 2012, Liebe.A year or so ago, I wrote about another band called LaBrassBanda that has become quite popular here in Germany that comes from rural Bavaria, and that also combines rap with brass. But while LaBrassBanda brings in more classical instrumentation and influences combined with a more traditional rock and roll rhythm section, Moop Mama is essentially a marching band with vocals rapped at hyper speed. Moop Mama describes their style as "urban brass". I think of it more as a half-time-show with attitude.
