City Cobra
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| Label (s) | ersguterjunge | |||
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ersgutesstudio, Berlin |
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City Cobra is the first solo album by the Austrian rapper Chakuza . It was released on March 2, 2007 through Bushido's music label ersguterjunge .
Track list
- Intro
- Thank God
- Where are you now?
- Days of thunder
- Your children (feat. Bushido )
- Hollywood ripe
- Killamusic
- Open your eyes, shut the lid
- Should all go under
- City Cobra ( feat.Raf Camora )
- Salem
- What do you think? (feat. Sprachtot )
- Damn song
- This one
- Over the top
- Outro
production
Most of the productions come from the producer duo Beatlefield , which consists of Chakuza and DJ Stickle. You drove the music to intro , where are you now? , Your children , Salem , what do you think? , A damn song and this one too. Tobstarr, a producer close to Beatlefield, produced the tracks Thank God and Over the Top . The production of Hollywoodreif was taken over by the Frankfurt hip-hop producer Crada, while Sumo was responsible for the background music for Killamusic . Raf Camora is responsible for the music from eyes to mouth . Screwaholic also appeared as a producer . His production can be assigned to the title Outro . STI, who was previously under contract with Azad 's Bozz Music label , also contributed music. Chakuza used it for the songs Days of Thunder , Should All Go Down and City Cobra .
DJ Stickle took over the mixing in the ersgutes studio in Berlin. In this process, all audio tracks are merged. It is the last work on the music before mastering . This was done by Dirk Niemeier in the Emil Berliner Studios .
Guest Posts
There are a total of three guest posts on City Cobra . On the first single, your children , Chakuza is supported by his label boss at the time, Bushido . The refrain from the title track City Cobra is sung by Raf Camora . The last song was What do you think? recorded together with the Mannheim rapper Sprachtot , who now appears under his real name Marc Reis .
illustration
The cover is designed in black , gray and white . It shows a picture of Chakuza from a point of view slightly below normal perspective. He wears a black leather jacket and a baseball cap to baseball's New York Yankees . In the background you can see high-rise buildings of a city. The blurring effect was used. City Cobra is written above Chakuza's head . In the lower half of the picture is the Chakuzas logo.
marketing
At City Cobra two were singles extracted. The title Your Children was presented as the first single , which Chakuza recorded together with Bushido . The single was released on February 23, 2007, reached number 25 in Germany, number 51 in Austria and stayed in the charts for 13 and 4 weeks respectively. In addition to the original, the instrumental and the corresponding video, the maxi contained two remixes by Raf Camora and Screwaholic and the corresponding instrumentals.
The second single Should all go down was released on May 18, 2007. In addition to the original, the bonus tracks Everything is perfect and Gift as well as the video and an exclusive remix by Beatlefield were included. The single reached number 72 in the German charts. After four weeks, it had to leave the top 100 again.
reception
criticism
The music magazine laut.de rated City Cobra with two out of a possible five stars. Editor Dani Fromm attested the album to be good approaches. For example, he praised the music, which “starts with theatrical intro imposing that pushes itself from the background over helicopter and background noises, to pitched voice samples ('God be thanks'), rumbling bass carpets ('Tage Des Donners') , gloomy, atmospheric piano passages ('This One'), 'Hollywood-ready' revue interludes and even electric guitars ('Killamusic') through to the outro "display a" pleasant variety and high class ". The texts were also highlighted positively. Although these are partly uninnovative, they are authentic and cover a wide range of topics. The unshakable uniformity in the lecture was named as the greatest flaw . Only in the title track City Cobra does this not take place either in the sung Hook Camoras or in Chakuza's rap.
The hip-hop magazine HipHop-Jam.net awarded the album four out of five mics. The author particularly praised the fast flows, the rough voice and the unique Austrian accent that took some getting used to . The productions were divided into two styles, “on the one hand hammering and dark” and on the other hand “melancholy and calm”. Overall, Chakuza was certified as a clear improvement compared to the previous Streettape Search & Destroy .
The website Rap4Fame rated Chakuza's debut with three out of a maximum of five crowns. Chakuza's style has been described as "vocal, punchy, charged, aggressive, deep, thoughtful and sarcastic". The main point of criticism was the monotonous manner of presentation, which is particularly important with the title Should all go down . Overall, City Cobra was labeled a successful debut album.
The editors of cdstarts.de distributed City Cobra five out of ten. The music was praised, which would "set the musical bar relatively high". However, mainly a few primitive and level lines of text were criticized. There are only “four to five above-average tracks” on the album, “of which, however, only half are permanently stuck in the ear”.
Chart success
City Cobra entered the German album charts at number ten in the 12th week of 2007 , and stayed in the charts for a total of nine weeks. On March 16, 2007, the album reached number 41 in the Austrian charts. Later it fell to positions 56, 42, 67, 55, 62 and 67 before it could no longer classify itself in the top 100. This represented Chakuza's first placement as a solo artist in the Austrian charts.
Web links
- Review by laut.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ “It's not fun at all, despite good approaches.” Laut.de, accessed on May 18, 2007 .
- ↑ Review of City Cobra . HipHop-Jam.net, accessed March 13, 2007 .
- ↑ Review of City Cobra . Rap4Fame.de, accessed on March 16, 2007 .
- ↑ Review of City Cobra . cdstarts.de, accessed in 2007 .
- ↑ Chart tracking City Cobra at austriancharts. austriancharts.at, accessed in 2007 .