Artist: Highland
Title Of Album: Bella Stella
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: EastWest
Genre: Dance / Hip Hop
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: ~250 kbps VBR
Total Time: 58:30 min
Total Size: 108 Mb

Tracklist:
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01. Bella Stella
02. Solo Tu
03. Veni Vidi Vici
04. Se Tu Vuoi
05. Salva Mi
06. Tu Con Me
07. Che Sera
08. Angelo
09. Quo Vadis
10. La Verita
11. Piano Piano
12. E Musica
13. Bella Stella (non-rap radio version)
14. Bella Stella (extended mix)
15. Bella Stella (club mix)

Highland is a German dance/hip hop group. Their music is recognizable for using Italian and sometimes Latin singing together with hip hop beats and rapping in English. Band members are the singer Nicole Heiland and the rappers Dean Burke and Patrice "Lady Scar" Gansau. Their music is written and produced by Mike Michaels, Mark "MM" Dollar and Mark Tabak, who are also behind the artists and bands such as Music Instructor, The Boyz and Ayman. Dean Burke has also worked with Music Instructor and Lunatics. Highland as a group however existed only for a few years.

Their first single, Bella Stella, was released in 1999 and became a hit. In 2000, they released the album of the same title and with three more singles, Se Tu Vuoi, Solo Tu and Veni Vidi Vici. All of these used the same formula, Italian singing mixed with hip hop and electronic music.

In 2001, Highland also released the single Magic Fortuna, which was based on "O Fortuna", a movement from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The main difference between this song and the Bella Stella album was that it didn't feature Dean and Lady Scar, only Nicole, and the whole song was in Latin.

Highland CDs are now somewhat hard to find but can be found online and in some parts of Europe. (c)