Classic (album)
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| Studio album by Bushido and Shindy | ||||
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November 6, 2015 |
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| Label (s) | Ersguterjunge , Sony Music | |||
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CD, download |
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Title (number) |
14/16 |
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running time |
45:00 min. / 53:40 min. |
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Classic ( spelling CLA $$ IC ) is a collab album by the two rappers Bushido and Shindy . It was released on November 6, 2015 via the Ersguterjunge and Sony Music labels as a standard edition and box set, including two bonus songs, instrumentals , a cappellas , libretto, t-shirt, poster and music cassette .
production
The album was produced by Bushido and Shindy themselves, as well as music producers Beatzarre and Djorkaeff .
Cover design
The album cover shows a black and white photo of a woman with freckles, who wears chains in front of her face and forms the letter C with her right hand . In the upper part of the picture are the white lettering Bushido & Shindy and CLA $$ IC . All lettering on the album, including the title itself and the title list on the back, show only the lower half of the letters as a stylistic feature.
Guest Posts
In addition to Bushido and Shindy, other artists are represented on three or four songs on the album. The rapper Marteria has a guest appearance on the song Gravitation , while the singer Yasha sings the chorus of Freier Fall nach oben . The rapper Ali Bumaye, who is under contract with Bushido, can be heard on Über alles . In addition, the rappers Money Boy and Hustensaft Jüngling are on a hidden track following the bonus song Isn't everything represented.
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 1 | Break bread | 2:49 | |
| 2 | CLA $$ IC | 3:46 | |
| 3 | G $ D | 3:09 | |
| 4th | megalomania | 4:07 | |
| 5 | Gravity | Marteria | 3:34 |
| 6th | $ onny | 1:23 | |
| 7th | Hate to lose | 3:04 | |
| 8th | FAZ | 3:04 | |
| 9 | Noble | 4:11 | |
| 10 | $ hindy | 1:43 | |
| 11 | Free fall to the top | Yasha | 4:21 |
| 12 | Live rap | 2:56 | |
| 13 | Shine | 3:23 | |
| 14th | Above all | Ali Bumaye | 3:36 |
Bonus songs of the box set:
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 15th | Mama knows too | 3:13 | |
| 16 | Isn't everything | Money boy and cough syrup young man | 5:27 |
+ Instrumentals and a cappellas
Chart successes
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CLA $$ IC entered the German as well as the Austrian and Swiss album charts at number 1. In the German annual charts for 2015, the sound carrier was ranked 20th.
marketing
In the run-up to the album, music videos for the songs Brot break , G $ D and CLA $$ IC were released. The song Rap Leben also appeared on Juice CD # 132. On the day of the release there was also a music video about Adel , which only shows the first half of the song.
reception
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| laut.de |
 
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The two editors Aria Nejati and Jonas Lindemann discussed the album on Hiphop.de :
Nejati reminds the album "of something that has already been there in every phase" and sounds like a satire of the album Watch The Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West . He would have wished for “a darker, more consistent approach” for CLA $$ IC . Especially Shindy need "for his Haute Couture braggadocio no annoying-blaring trumpets and odd-experimental arrangements" .
For Lindemann, on the other hand, the album “fulfilled the classic claim” . For the most part he had “nothing to complain about” because the producers Bushido , Shindy, Djorkaeff and Beatzarre had “delivered a lot” for him . Both critics positively highlight the songs Shiny and Losing Hate .
The website laut.de rated the album with two out of a possible five points and criticized, among other things, that Bushido could not keep up with Shindy in terms of rap technique:
" Bushido seems to" CLA $$ IC "[...] at times like a clumsy defender who doesn't know what to do other than to get the opposing striker off his feet with a bloodstreak. Actually, it doesn't matter that Bushido seems to be overwhelmed by the productions every now and then and flows alongside the beat. As is well known, technical versatility has never been one of his strengths; the Berliner has always been characterized by an inimitable attitude, as he repeatedly demonstrated on "Sonny Black". But little of that remains on "CLA $$ IC", the two protagonists circulate too much thematically about themselves and their bank balance. [...] The "Watch The Throne" feeling that there was somehow more in it degrades "CLA $$ IC" to an album that is surprisingly neutral considering its protagonists. "
The website rap.de praised the good production of CLA $$ IC , whereas the text content was sometimes described as weak:
“ Lyrically elegant, but content-wise, the album babbles quite uneventfully, but earth-shattering content is not the crux of the matter here anyway. The undisputed star of the album are the high-gloss productions that the duo created together with Djorkaeff and Beatzarre. Every single beat shines with high society glamor, sounds like the soundtrack of a strictly secret meeting of an occult power elite in the torchlight, but it is never applied too thick and pompous. [...] It is simply a melodious album, which has a noteworthy independent and high quality sound, but after a few times of listening it will probably disappear with me. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ DE: Annual charts # 20
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: backspin.de
- ↑ Rating: rappers.in
- ↑ Aria Nejati and Jonas Lindemann: Hiphop.de discusses: Is "CLA $$ IC" art or can it go away? ( German ) Hiphop.de. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
- ↑ rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
