German was one of the biggest Afroswing/AfroBashment tunes of 2018 from an artist who was at the time only known for parody releases and YouTube comedy. The song is EO bragging about his German Whip – a German car, often seen as a status symbol, and money.

Interestingly, the beat EO intended to use was the beat used by Ramz on his hit song Barking – however Ramz beat him to it.

In an interview, EO said about the song:

German is the first track I’ve put out. […] someone told me you need to be quite commercial, and didn’t really understand what that meant. Commercial, isn’t that like adverts and that? Like cars. So I was like hey, C’mon, I’m gonna’ rap about cars. Then I found the Barking beat, and it just flowed nicely on that…

I recorded it on that beat in August I think before Barking came out. I wanted to put it out with a music video and stuff, but then the team I was working with were just too slow, and next thing you know, someone sends me the Barking song, and I was like oh..my..god.., I wanted to cry

The original song with the Barking beat can be heard here:

After Barking was released, EO had German remixed and worked with producer JRocs to develop a unique beat for it. The second version has since racked up over 30 million views as of 10th September 2018.

Those familiar with UK music may recognise the theme, as a similarly themed song “German Whip” had a major impact on the grime scene in 2013