Anthracite (album)

anthracite
Studio album by RAF Camora
Publication (s)	August 25, 2017
Label (s)	Indipendenza
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , dancehall , reggae
Title (number)	17 (+ 6)
running time	59:34 (+ 20:45)
production	RAF Camora The Cratez X-plosive Beataura Hamudi u. a.
chronology Palms made of plastic (with Bonez MC ) (2016) anthracite Anthracite RR (2017)
Single releases April 26, 2017 Control (feat.Bonez MC, Gzuz & Maxwell) July 14, 2017 In my cloud July 21, 2017 Tried everything (feat.Bonez MC) 4th August 2017 Bye Bye 18th August 2017 Different league August 24, 2017 Primo

Anthracite is the fifth solo album by the Austrian artist RAF Camora . It was released on August 25, 2017 on his own label Indipendenza as a standard edition and box set, including a bonus EP and instrumentals.

production

The album was produced by RAF Camora itself and by music producers X-plosive , The Cratez , Beataura and Hamudi.

Cover design

The album cover refers to RAF Camora's lyrics in which he often mentions ravens . It shows a raven depicted as a red neon sign and above or below the green glowing letters Anthracite and RAF Camora . The background is shown as black raven plumage.

Guest Posts

In addition to RAF Camora, other artists are represented on seven songs on the album. The rapper Bonez MC tried out guest appearances in the songs Everything , Moment and Control , with the rappers Gzuz and Maxwell also being heard on the latter . Roots is a collaboration with reggae musician Gentleman , and rapper Kontra K appears on Never . RAF Camora works with rapper Ufo361 on Money , while rapper KC Rebell is represented on Entertainment .

The bonus EP of the box set also contains guest contributions by rappers Joshi Mizu ( Alle ) and Emirez ( Vienna (Remix) ). In addition, the rappers Gzuz ( One time too much ) and Maxwell ( All ) appear again.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Control ( feat.Bonez MC , Gzuz & Maxwell )   DE 11  platinum 04/28/2017 (32 weeks)   AT 32  gold 05/05/2017 (7 weeks)   CH 46  gold 04/30/2017 (4 weeks) Tried everything ( feat.Bonez MC )   DE 37  gold 07/28/2017 (10 weeks)   AT 33  gold 08/04/2017 (10 weeks)   CH 88 07/30/2017 (1 week) Bye Bye   DE 52 08/11/2017 (6 weeks)   AT 53 08/18/2017 (2 weeks) Different league   DE 20th  gold 08/25/2017 (10 weeks)   AT 16  gold 09/01/2017 (18 weeks)   CH 40  gold 08/27/2017 (5 weeks) Primo   DE 6th  platinum 09/01/2017 (37 weeks)   AT 8th  platinum 09/08/2017 (41 weeks)   CH 16  platinum 09/03/2017 (18 weeks) Roots (feat. Gentleman )   DE 42 09/01/2017 (3 weeks)   AT 36 09/08/2017 (3 weeks)   CH 52 09/03/2017 (2 weeks) anthracite   DE 61 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 56 09/08/2017 (1 week) Entertainment (feat. KC Rebell )   DE 63 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 65 09/08/2017 (1 week) Moment ( feat.Bonez MC )   DE 65 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 62 09/08/2017 (1 week) Vienna   DE 76 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 23 09/08/2017 (3 weeks) Money (feat. Ufo361 )   DE 83 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 73 09/08/2017 (1 week) Donna Imma   DE 88 09/01/2017 (1 week)   AT 69 09/08/2017 (1 week) Never (feat. Kontra K )   DE 90 09/01/2017 (1 week) Teflon   DE 95 09/01/2017 (1 week)

#	title	Guest musician	Producer (s)	length
1	anthracite		RAF Camora, Beataura	2:12
2	Vienna		The Cratez	3:04
3	Tried everything	Bonez MC	RAF Camora, Beataura	4:39
4th	Bye Bye		RAF Camora, Hamudi	3:43
5	Primo		RAF Camora, X-plosive	3:23
6th	Roots	gentleman	Beataura, The Cratez	4:03
7th	Donna Imma		Irievibrations Records	3:16
8th	No way	Against K	The Cratez, AriBeatz	3:21
9	Different league		RAF Camora, Beataura	3:42
10	air		RAF Camora, Beataura, The Cratez	2:49
11	Money	Ufo361	X-plosive	4:08
12	Teflon		The Cratez, Hamudi	3:34
13	moment	Bonez MC	RAF Camora, The Cratez	3:35
14th	entertainment	KC Rebell	The Cratez	3:29
15th	What now		RAF Camora	3:56
16	In my cloud		X-plosive	3:18
17th	Check	Bonez MC, Gzuz , Maxwell	RAF Camora, Beataura	3:21

Bonus XP Black Matter II of the box set:

#	title	Guest musician	Producer (s)	length
1	Ravens		Beataura	3:52
2	Celentano		Beataura	3:10
3	All	Maxwell , Joshi Mizu	The Cratez	4:00
4th	One too many times	Gzuz	X-plosive	3:43
5	letter		The Cratez	3:15
6th	Vienna (Remix)	Emirez	The Cratez	2:45

+ Instrumentals for all songs

Chart successes and singles

Anthracite entered the German album charts at number 1 on September 1, 2017 and was at number 7 the following week. Overall, it stayed in the top 100 for 65 weeks. The album also reached the top position in Austria and was in the top 100 for 128 weeks. In Switzerland, the album charted at number 5 and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks.

In the German annual album charts in 2017, it was ranked 37th and in Austria 21st. In 2018, the album was also placed in the annual charts in Germany and Austria, at 30th and 20th respectively. In 2019, anthracite was still 42nd in Austria represented in the annual hit parade.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (65 weeks)	65
Austria (Ö3)	1 (... Where.)	...
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 (19 weeks)	19th

Annual charts

Charts (2017)	placement
Annual charts (2017)
Germany (GfK)	37
Austria (Ö3)	21st

Charts (2018)	placement
Annual charts (2018)
Germany (GfK)	30th
Austria (Ö3)	20th

Charts (2019)	placement
Annual charts (2019)
Austria (Ö3)	42

The first single Kontrollieren was released for download on April 26, 2017 and reached number 11 in the German charts. On July 14th the song In My Cloud was published and a week later the third release, Alles samiert , was released, which reached position 46 in the German charts. On August 4, 2017, the fourth single Bye Bye was released, which reached rank 53. A week before the album was released, the penultimate release Other League followed , which was ranked 31, and the day before the album, the last single Primo was released , which reached the highest position with rank 6. After the album was released, 14 of the 17 songs entered the German charts.

Sales figures and awards

At the beginning of 2018, anthracite was awarded a gold record in Germany and Austria for more than 100,000 and 7,500 units sold respectively .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	7,500
All in all	2 × gold	107,500

The singles Alles tried and Other League also received gold for over 200,000 sales each in Germany, while Primo and Kontrollieren were awarded platinum for each more than 400,000 units sold. In Austria the singles Kontrollieren , Andere Liga and Alles tried were awarded gold for 15,000 units each. Primo achieved platinum in Austria (30,000 sales) and Switzerland (20,000 sales). In Switzerland, Kontrollieren and Other League were also able to achieve gold status with 10,000 units each.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
rappers.in

Jan Ehrhardt from the website laut.de rated anthracite with four out of a possible five points. The album is "absolutely worth listening to" and "the final emancipation from the plastic-palm hype". It carries “Camora's very personal signature” and is “his vision of modern urban music”. The artist “obviously finally found and perfected his own style”.

On rappers.in , anthracite was rated only 2.5 out of a possible six points. RAF Camora allows too many “ideas to flow unfiltered into his music”, “which in the end creates a tough, dragging and monotonous sound”. The album is a "half-hearted music Frankenstein patched together, which when trying to be everything at the same time is nothing so real anymore".

Alexander Barbian from rap.de rated the album positively. Anthracite is "the crowning glory of the rocky and multifaceted journey of a thoroughbred musician" and a work "on which almost every track has hit potential".

Steffen Bauer from MZEE wrote that although it is not "a total failure," RAF Camora has "heard much more inspired music."

laut.de listed Anthracite at number 19 of the best rap albums of 2017.

At the 2018 Echo Awards , RAF Camora was nominated nationally for the album in the Hip-Hop / Urban category.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gold & Platinum Germany. musikindustrie.de, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gold & Platinum Austria. ifpi.at, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Gold & Platinum Switzerland. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Top 100 Annual Album Charts 2017. Officialcharts.de, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Hit Parade Albums 2017. austriancharts.at, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Top 100 Annual Album Charts 2018. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Hit Parade Albums 2018. austriancharts.at, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Hit Parade Albums 2019. austriancharts.at, accessed on August 29, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Rating: laut.de
12. ↑ Rating: rappers.in
13. ↑ Rating: rap.de
14. ↑ Steffen Bauer: RAF Camora - Anthracite. In: MZEE.com. September 7, 2017, accessed on December 23, 2018 (German). 
15. ↑ Best list: laut.de