Almaz

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Almaz
Kurdo's studio album

Publication
(s)

2015

Label (s) Almaz Musiq

Format (s)

CD , digital

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

19th

chronology
Slum Dog Millionaire
(2014) 		Almaz Criminals from the Desert
(2016)

Almaz is the second solo album by the German- Iraqi rapper Kurdo . It was released on January 23, 2015 via the Almaz Musiq label .

Track list

  1. Business
  2. My world
  3. Almaz Musiq
  4. magic
  5. A Signal (feat. RAF Camora )
  6. Airport
  7. Maurice
  8. mummy
  9. Crescent moon
  10. Casino Royal
  11. So many
  12. Desert flower
  13. Three friends
  14. Hayat
  15. I can do it
  16. Everything OK
  17. Ajnabi Europa (feat. NOR) (Premium Edition bonus track)
  18. 7Halal ( feat.KC Rebell ) (Premium Edition bonus track)
  19. 24H (feat. Xatar ) (Premium Edition bonus track)
  20. Gauads (bonus track of the iTunes version)
  21. Still me (iTunes version bonus track)

reception

Oliver Marquart reviewed Almaz for Rap.de. Kurdo "continues to draw his haunting images with a few lines that are quickly and apparently carelessly thrown down ", distinguishes himself from society and confesses to the " outlaw lifestyle." “ Almaz is carried by“ Kurdo's ability to tell stories ”. Musically, you can still hear “ the tried and tested mixture of trap basslines, sluggish drums and oriental tones. “The pieces Meine Welt , Casino Royal , Halbmond and Mama , on the other hand, are“ significantly more melodic and reduced. "

The editorial team of the Backspin Hip Hop magazine rated Almaz with an average of 4.9 out of 10 points. For example, the editor Daniel praises the “ abundance of foreign words and the oriental-inspired beats. “On the other hand, some hooklines for his“ taste are too R'n'B- heavy. "According to Shana, Kurdo does not manage to" stand out from the German street rap scene, which is now admittedly quite well established. "In terms of the" stories told and [the] atmosphere conveyed ", the album was" certainly interesting " to Elena .

Florian Peking from MZEE criticizes in his review that the album lacks fresh ideas. Although " the hard rap of the Heidelberger [...] in terms of credibility can hardly be doubted ", Kurdo almost never succeeds in captivating the listener and Almaz is also not very multifaceted instrumentally .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rap.de: Kurdo - Almaz (Review). Retrieved June 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Backspin.de: Kurdo - "Almaz". Retrieved June 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Florian Peking: Kurdo - Almaz. Retrieved on August 17, 2019 (German).