The Third Eye (album)
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2002 |
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18th |
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The third eye is the third studio album by the hip-hop group Die Firma . This was released on February 4, 2002 on the V2 Records label. In addition to the CD album version, a limited DVD version was released.
Emergence
Die Firma worked on The Third Eye for a full year, whereas the previous album, The Second Chapter , only took them three months.
Texts
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Storytelling
The song The Dark Side of the Moon is a typical storytelling track. It's about a futuristic conspiracy theory that takes place after the colonization of the moon. Important secrets about extraterrestrial life and technologies are withheld from people.
“[…] I just read a lot about it from different people and tried to find a theory that - in my opinion - makes everything plausible, i.e. how it could actually be. [...] And the distances between what you can develop and the reality that then comes into play is getting smaller and smaller. Therefore it was clear to me that I also had to do something that had to do with space travel, but had to do with this real objection that not everything is as one might want us to believe. "
Criticism of religion
No end in sight emerged after the terrorist attacks on September 11th and deals with religious conflicts.
“ But now there is no end in sight , a song that breaks free from this storytelling style and falls back on hard facts. I try to incorporate all possible perspectives on this topic into my text. My point of view here from Germany, the point of view of the USA, but also the impressions of the Arab nations and the views of some church leaders. With this I create a historical background that should grab the listener. "
Guest Posts
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The album contains guest contributions, so-called features , by a total of nine artists. On the track Wir sind ... the rappers Gianni, the Ventura Brothers and Nesti, all from their own label La CosaMia , as well as Da Fource, Spezializtz and Capkeks are represented. Die Firma had already been on tour with the Spezializtz , so a joint collaboration was an obvious choice. Da Fource got to know the group through contact with the Ventura Brothers. With Afrob , whom they knew from old freestyle battles in Munich and Stammheim , the hectic track arose . The collaboration was already planned for the previous album The Second Chapter , but it did not work out. Def Benski commented on the selection of the guest contributions to be found on the third album in an interview as follows: "With the features, it was simply important to us that this time we just take guys with whom we get along personally."
illustration
The cover is in comic style and shows the three rappers from a frog's perspective . One depicts a samurai holding a samurai sword, the other depicts a businessman with a pistol, and the third holds an iron chain and is dressed like a prison inmate. The background shows a moon, a cloudless sky and a skyline. The characters and buildings are blue and the background is red. The company logo is in the top left corner.
“With John Cassidy, who does Planetary , we looked for someone who suits us. This is also a magazine that fits us perfectly visually and in terms of content, because it simply deals with conspiracy theories. So we just said to ourselves that we would look for one of the most recognized comic artists of the moment and let him do the cover for us. That was the next step when it came to cover. "
DVD release
A limited DVD version was released parallel to the album , which is available from the age of 12. In addition to the songs on the album, this contains a total of nine music videos , comments by the musicians on the history of the making and the artistic intentions of their music films, as well as two making-ofs and interviews.
reception
success
The album made it into the German album charts at number 17 and in the Austrian ranked 44th One year after the release of the album, was the company for the Echo Award Hip Hop National nominated what the album The Third Eye is due .
Reviews
In a review of The Third Eye on the Hiphop.de website , the author in charge wrote that the album “meets the expectations of the boys' musical development”. In addition to a rating of five out of six possible points, the authors wrote in a summary of The Third Eye :
“The company is back and has sworn off the overloaded sounds of the 'second chapter'. Certainly an album that will satisfy both old and new fans alike. "
On the website laut.de the album was rated four out of five possible points. Furthermore, the author Stefan Johannesberg wrote:
"The three members [...] consistently continue their path of the previous discs, mostly sticking to the questioning storytelling and the bombastic beats. […] In general, this time it was not the beats of Fader Gladiator that were the 'eye-catchers' of the album, but the lyrical and flow technical development of the two Emcees really makes your heart beat faster. "
marketing
Videos
A music video was shot for the song No End in Sight , directed by Oliver Sommer .
“We didn't want to make any frills. You shouldn't make a video where the song sells itself through the video, but rather the video should at most underline the text. The text is clearly in the foreground, the music has moved completely into the background. "
trip
Two weeks after the album was released, Die Firma went on tour. This began on February 28, 2002 in Schorndorf and ended on March 17, 2002 in Bielefeld . Concerts were held in a total of 16 cities. In addition to appearances in Germany, some concerts in Austria and Switzerland were also held .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Interview on hiphop.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated January 22, 2002
- ↑ Interview on laut.de from February 14, 2002
- ↑ Album review on hiphop.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Album review on laut.de by Stefan Johannesberg
- ↑ Interview on allesreal.de ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2007 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.
