Airmax Muzik
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23 |
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72:00 |
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DJ Desue, Montana and others |
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Airmax Muzik is the second mixtape by the rapper Fler . It was released on February 2, 2007 on the independent label Aggro Berlin . Like Fler's first mixtape FLER 90210 , Airmax Muzik was mixed by DJ Desue . The Berliner was able to win the hip-hop musician DJ Kayslay from Manhattan as host . In September 2009 it was announced that the mixtape had been indexed by the federal inspection agency for media harmful to minors.
In 2011 Fler released his sixth regular solo album called Airmax Muzik II .
General information
The title refers to the Air Max running shoe produced by Nike , which has been in production since 1987 and is particularly popular in the hip-hop scene.
The songs on the album can be assigned to the field of battle rap . In contrast to Trendsetter and Neue Deutsche Welle , Fler does without personal songs. In terms of content, Fler replies on various pieces to diss songs that rap colleagues have directed against Fler in the previous months. The rapper attacks Bushido , D-Irie , Raptile and Baba Saad , among others .
Track list
- DJ Desue & DJ Kay Slay - Intro - 0:49
- Airmax Muzik - 2:06
- LMS - 2:50 (reason for indexing)
- Boys in Quarter 2007 - 4:29
- Like an Eagle (feat. Shizoe) - 3:42
- Gangster Politics - 2:55
- Fuck you, pay me - 2:58 ( reason for indexing)
- 100 bars - 3:13
- Carnage - 1:40
- Another 100 bars - 3:31
- What is beef? (feat. Sido & Alpa Gun) - 4:13
- AGGRO Flow - 3:10
- Berlin Flair - 2:52
- When the good die early !? - 3:10
- Clap Clap (A knife in the stomach) - 2:28 (reason for indexing)
- Berlin Zoo (feat.Massiv) - 3:32
- Voll Assi Flair (feat.G-Hot & Frauenarzt) - 4:33
- Who wants stress? (feat. Massiv) - 4:04
- I'm ticking on the block - 3:26
- Disswut ( feat.Dissput ) - 3:03
- Pop-Muzik (feat.G-Hot) - 3:47
- This is going on! (feat. Alpa Gun & Bass Sultan Hengzt) - 4:28
- DJ Kay Slay Outro - 0:50
Guest Posts
Airmax Muzik contains a large number of guest contributions by German hip-hop musicians. These are all Berlin rappers. The rapper Massiv and Sektenmuzik member Alpa Gun , who switched from Horrorkore Entertainment to Sony BMG in 2007, are each featured on the mixtape with two guest appearances. As a representative of the label Aggro Berlin, Sido are on the song Was is Beef? and G-Hot can be heard on the pieces Pop-Muzik and Voll Assi Flair . Furthermore, the rappers Frauenarzt and Bass Sultan Hengzt are each represented with a contribution on Airmax Muzik . The singer Shizoe , who has already worked with Fler for the album Trendsetter , sings the refrain of the song Wie ein Adler . For the first time on a release of the independent label Aggro Berlin, the Duo Dissput is represented on Disswut .
production
The German hip-hop musicians DJ Desue , Montana Beatz, Tai Jason and Shuko were involved in the production of the mixtape . DJ Desue produced the song Who wants stress? . Shuko contributed the beats to the pieces Jungs im Viertel , Wie ein Adler , Gangster Politik , When the Good Die Early and Berlin Zoo .
Numerous songs by Airmax Muzik are based on international productions. Among other things, the beat of One Blood by rapper The Game for the title Blutbad , the beat of Gard la pêche by Booba for the song LMS , the clap back beat by Ja Rule for the title Clap Clap (A knife in the stomach) , the beat of the D12 piece Fight Music for the song Airmax Muzik and the beat of I'll Whip Ya Head Boy from 50 Cent for the piece of music Fick dich, pay me . The beats of the tracks 100 Bars and Ich ticke am Block are also from G Unit. From Germany, Fler took the beat of the song You have made us so, produced by Paul NZA , which appeared on the album Ich , for its title Das is los! accepted.
illustration
The cover of the mixtape shows Fler standing in front of a wall sprayed with graffiti . Another wall, a piece of a bridge and a high-rise building can be seen in the background. The rapper is the focus of the cover and is almost completely recorded. The picture was taken from a low angle view. Fler wears jeans, Nike shoes and a leather jacket and bends his right leg against the wall . The rapper's gaze goes over the camera and his right hand is holding various banknotes. Over the photo is written AIRMAX MUZIK in red, reminiscent of graffiti . Fler's logo can be seen in the upper right corner. The consumer information that can be found on every Aggro Berlin sound carrier can be seen in the lower left corner.
marketing
At Airmax Muzik two videos were produced. The first clip was the song Was is Beef? , on which Alpa Gun and Sido are represented, shot. In addition to the interpreters of the song, the rap artists Smoky , Tony D and G-Hot also appear in the video. The video clip consists of scenes in which Sido, Alpa and Fler stand in front of a black or white background and recordings in front of the Downstairs store in Berlin . Although the video clip was originally only supposed to be available as a download, Fler got the opportunity to present the video on January 30, 2007 on the TV program MTV Urban . The second video became Das ist los! turned. The piece includes guest contributions by Bass Sultan Hengzt and Alpa Gun, who also appear in the video. Sido and some other protagonists can also be seen in the video. Both videos were shot by Flers himself.
In April 2007 Fler was on tour. This was called Airmax Muzik Tour Austria . Fler presented his mixtape in the Austrian cities of Graz , Klagenfurt and Vienna . As support, DJ Desue , G-Hot and DJ Manny accompanied Marc Fler. In May, Fler should also give some concerts in Germany and Switzerland. The tour had to be canceled due to illness.
reception
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Airmax Muzik entered the eighth calendar week of 2007 at number 13 on the album charts. In the weeks that followed, the record took positions 60, 68 and 74 before leaving the charts.
According to Fler, Airmax Muzik was pre-ordered more often than his regular album Trendsetter . The trend charts of the first day of sale said that Airmax Muzik was 6th in the album charts, on the second day of sale the mixtape was at position 20.
In the March 2008 edition of the hip-hop magazine Juice , Airmax Muzik was voted first in the Mixtape National category by readers of the magazine as part of the Juice Awards .
criticism
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The website Laut.de rated Airmax Muzik with two out of a possible five evaluation points. Various aspects of the sound carrier are criticized negatively in the review. The editor responsible, Philipp Gässlein, accuses Fler of a lack of creativity in the design of the rhymes and criticizes the fact that Fler copied his role model Kool Savas on the song LMS , but could not achieve his technical level.
"Especially when you are exasperated and want to swing the hammer again and admit that any criticism of Fler makes as much sense as trying to teach a goldfish to freestyle rap because the man doesn't want to improve himself - just then comes" Like an eagle " and rolls me completely flat. Why [...] doesn't Fler show us more often that he's got something like that? Finely rhymed, close text, a straight beat, and Shizoe's hook fits as well as Fler's proclaimed giant puller in a West Berlin subway tunnel. [...] Unfortunately, Fler does not reach this level on the release, but I have to attest to him that he is making an effort. "100 Bars" is really nice, and on part two he disses with "Shit on Billshido, ErsguterTokioHotel / you are falling over in a row, like on Domino Day " as aptly as in the whole ordeal with Eko Fresh . "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mediabiz.de: Bundesprüfstelle indexes "Airmax Muzik" by Fler
- ↑ GMX.net: Video for Was is Beef?
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH
- ↑ Musicline.de: Chart tracking Airmax Muzik ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Juice Awards 2007 - evaluation ( Memento from September 13, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ^ Laut.de: Evaluation of the mixtape
Web links
- Official homepage of Fler
- DJ Kay Slay Homepage ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Interview on Clubber's Guide ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Interview on Hiphopstylez.com ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )