Block letters (album)

Block letters
Azad studio album
Publication (s)	December 7, 2007
Label (s)	Bozz Music , Universal Urban
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	German hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	15th
running time	55:14
production	Shuko Brisk Fingaz Benny Blanco M3 & Noyd Max Herre UNIK Sti among others
chronology Game Over (2006) Block letters Assassin (2009)
Single releases July 13, 2007 Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) November 30, 2007 Time to Understand (This Can't Be Everything) April 18, 2008 All lies / ghetto bass

Blockschrift is the fifth solo album by the Frankfurt rapper Azad . It was released on December 7, 2007 on the Bozz Music and Universal Urban labels .

production

The songs on the album were produced by music producers Shuko , Brisk Fingaz , Benny Blanco , M3 & Noyd, Max Herre , UNIK and Sti , among others .

Cover design

Azad logo

The album cover shows Azad with a bare chest from behind. The black BLOCKschrift lettering is on his back and he also wears a silver chain with the Azad logo.

Guest Posts

In addition to Azad, other artists appear on five songs on the album. Singer Adel Tawil can be heard on Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) , while singer Joy Denalane has a guest appearance on the song I go for you . The rapper Jonesmann is represented on the track So we do that and the singer Gentleman supports Azad for a while to understand (This Can't Be Everything) . The piece Tage des Regens is also a collaboration with the singer J-Luv .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	length
1	Time to Understand (This Can't Be Everything)	gentleman	3:53
2	fighter		4:30
3	I pray to you		3:54
4th	Days of rain	J-Luv	3:59
5	Bundle by bundle		3:32
6th	We do it like this	Jonesmann	3:13
7th	I go for you	Joy Denalane	4:04
8th	1 in the game		3:43
9	Ghetto Bass		3:00
10	You're missing me		4:12
11	All lies		2:52
12	TNT		3:33
13	Monster rap		3:39
14th	Here / Trapped (Lincoln Burrows)		3:07
15th	Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you)	Adel Tawil	4:03

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Block letters   DE 37 12/21/2007 (5 weeks)   AT 59 12/21/2007 (1 week)   CH 39 12/23/2007 (4 weeks)

Singles

Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you)   DE 1 07/27/2007 (18 weeks)   AT 12 07/27/2007 (17 weeks)   CH 13 07/29/2007 (15 weeks) Time to Understand (This Can't Be Everything)   DE 30th 12/14/2007 (9 weeks)   AT 72 12/14/2007 (2 weeks) All lies / ghetto bass   DE 74 05/02/2008 (3 weeks)

Chart successes and singles

On December 21, 2007, block letters entered the German album charts at number 37 and in the following weeks occupied ranks 89 and 72. In total, it stayed in the top 100 for five weeks. In Austria the album was placed 59th and in Switzerland 39th.

The first single was on July 13, 2007, the song Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) was released as the title track for the Prison Break series. The release was much more successful than the album itself, reached number 1 in the German charts and was awarded a gold record for more than 150,000 units sold . Other singles were Time To Understand (This Can't Be Everything) (DE # 30, 9 weeks) and Alles Lügen / Ghettobass (DE # 74, 3 weeks).

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de

Philipp Gässlein from laut.de rated the album with two out of a possible five points. Azad would rap "inhibited on plastic beats" and seem to be "almost continuously applying the brakes". In addition to the vocal contributions, of which Gentleman in particular is criticized, the guest rappers were missing on the album. In addition, "none of the" block letters "battle tracks would even come close to the bone-hard classics such as" A "," 1 Mann Army "or" Blackout "".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
3. ↑ Chart tracking in block letters on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Prison Break Anthem (I believe in you) - DE: Gold
5. ↑ Rating: laut.de