The boy from back then
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| Kay One's studio album | |||||||||
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18/23 |
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65:23 |
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The boy from back then is the fifth solo album by German rapper Kay One . It was released on September 2, 2016 as a standard and deluxe edition, including a bonus EP, instrumentals , DVD , t-shirt and poster.
production
The album was produced by music producer Gorex , among others .
Cover design
The album cover shows Kay One walking down a street with his head bowed. He is wearing sunglasses and his jacket over his shoulder. In the background you can see the landscape, mountains and cloudy skies. In the upper part of the picture are the brown lettering Kay One and The Boy from Back then .
Guest Posts
In addition to Kay One, other artists are represented on ten or 13 songs on the album. Singer Michelle Mendes has five guest contributions on the songs The Oil Has Turned To Blood , Beverly Hills , Sometime , Exchanged and Memorial , while American R&B singer Brandon Beal can be heard on Shake That . The track Baller is a collaboration with the German rapper Manuellsen and on Immortal Kay One is supported by the singer Philippe Heithier . The Australian singer Faydee also has guest appearances on the pieces Believe and One Day . The bonus EP of the deluxe edition also contains contributions by the US singer Mario Winans ( What Happened ) and the rappers Al-Gear and Nizar (both on shaving ) as well as by Michelle Mendes ( Tomorrow Is Never Coming ).
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 1 | Paff Paff Pass | 3:14 | |
| 2 | Shake That | Brandon Beal | 4:16 |
| 3 | Lookalikes | 2:37 | |
| 4th | The boy from back then | 3:16 | |
| 5 | Mr. Reichert | 3:57 | |
| 6th | Leather jacket | 3:12 | |
| 7th | The oil turned to blood | Michelle Mendes | 3:53 |
| 8th | Believe | Faydee | 3:55 |
| 9 | Baller | Manual | 4:06 |
| 10 | Beverly Hills | Michelle Mendes | 3:03 |
| 11 | Sometime | Michelle Mendes | 5:13 |
| 12 | Mile High Club | 3:03 | |
| 13 | Immortal | Philippe Heithier | 3:32 |
| 14th | GTA | 3:09 | |
| 15th | Exchanged | Michelle Mendes | 3:36 |
| 16 | One day | Faydee | 4:30 |
| 17th | Scrooge McDuck | 2:45 | |
| 18th | monument | Michelle Mendes | 4:09 |
Deluxe Edition Bonus XP:
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 1 | Tomorrow Is Never Coming | Michelle Mendes | |
| 2 | Shave | Al-Gear and Nizar | |
| 3 | Thriller from Manila | ||
| 4th | what happened | Mario Winans | |
| 5 | Freestyle |
Chart successes and singles
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| laut.de |
 
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The boy from back then entered the German charts at number 3 on September 9, 2016 and stayed in the top 100 for four weeks.
On July 29, 2016, a split video for the songs Lookalikes and Mile High Club was released, which were released as singles for download at the same time . The third release for the title song The Boy from Back then was released on August 19 and on August 23, 2016 a music video for the track The oil turned to blood followed . The fourth single Believe was released on August 26, 2016 and a video for Immortal was released on February 26, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources album: DE / AT / CH
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: rappers.in
- ↑ Rating: Backspin
- ↑ Chart tracking The boy from back then on officialcharts.de
