Barack Osama
| Barack Osama | |
|---|---|
| Fler | |
| publication | February 8, 2013 |
| length | 4:28 min. |
| Genre (s) | Hip hop |
| music | Hijackers |
| Label | Masculine |
| album | Blue blood |
Barack Osama is a song from the album Blaues Blut by the German rapper Fler . It was released on February 8, 2013 in the form of a single and a music video on the music label Masculin .
content
Barack Osama has elements of battle rap : Fler upgrades himself a lot, stylizes himself as powerful (“If you attack me, I have to laugh - LOL”, “I'll come over and buy your ass - that's money”) and does Threats of violence against a vague “you” (“I'll put salt in your wound, you little boy”). The scenario and the self-styling correspond to the genre of gangsta rap .
Track list
Track list of the CD Barack Osama von Fler. In addition to the original version, the single also has a “masculine remix” and an “instrumental version”.
| # | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barack Osama (Original) | Hijackers | 4:28 | |
| 2 | Barack Osama (instrumental) | Hijackers | 4:28 | |
| 3 | Barack Osama (Masculine Remix) | Jihad & Silla | Hijackers | 3:22 |
| 4th | Barack Osama (music video) | catapult | 5:30 |
Versions
The version released on February 3, 2013 differs from the album version, as the beat runs longer in some parts of the music video and you can therefore hear pauses in the song. As a result, the video is 5:30 minutes long and the song is only 4:28 minutes.
Charts and chart placement
In the first week Barack Osama reached number 68 in the German single charts and the following week the song left the hit parade again. In Austria and Switzerland, the song could not place in the top 100 of the single charts.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
68 (1 week) | 1 |
marketing
On December 27, 2012 it was announced that Fler will shoot the music video for Barack Osama on January 5, 2013. On January 30, 2013, a making-of for the video was published on YouTube . The single is the harbinger of Fler's album Blaues Blut , which was originally due to be released on March 1, 2013, but whose release was postponed to April 19, 2013. With the release of the single Barack Osama , the rapper G-Hot announced that he would henceforth perform under the name Jihad .
Music video
On February 3, the music video for Barack Osama was released on YouTube. The music video was shot by Katapult . So far, the music video on YouTube has been viewed almost 900,000 times. It shows Fler in front of two microphones , similar to a politician, with two German flags behind him. Fler is also shown with black sunglasses and a dark-skinned model . The music video shows a robbery and finally an exchange of fire. The rapper Silla can also be seen in the video. According to Fler's own statement, the music video for Barack Osama is said to have cost around 40,000 euros .
Individual evidence
- ↑ itunes.apple.com
- ↑ Chart sources: DE
- ↑ maskulinofficial.com ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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.
- ↑ youtube.com ( Memento from January 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ rappers.in
- ↑ youtube.com
- ↑ rapztv.de
