The last of its kind (album)

chronology
The last of its kind
Afrob studio album
Publication ; (s)	2009
admission	2008-2009
Label (s)	G-Lette Music / Intergroove
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	15th
running time	61 min 22 s
occupation	Afrob, Lisi , Brixx , Dean Dawson , DJ Rocky, Cassandra Steen , Samy Deluxe , Camouflow, Sarah, Habesha, Jayson Biggz
production	DJ Rocky, Terrance, Sholar, Bock auf'n Beat, Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth, Montana Beats, Rafik

The last of its kind is the fourth solo album by the rapper Afrob .

info

The album was released four years after Afrob's album Hammer in September 2009 on his own label G-Lette Music and was at number 70 in the German Media Control Charts for a week.

production

Several producers were involved in the creation of the album: Rafik ( You know (what I want) ), Montana Beats ( Mein Kampf ) and four songs each: Bock auf'n Beat and Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth. Furthermore, DJ Rocky produced three, Terrance and Sholar each one.

The album has many guest appearances, for example Cassandra Steen , Brixx and Sarah contributed a hook, the rapper Lisi is represented with a hook as well as a verse. Afrob's long-time companions Dean Dawson , Samy Deluxe and DJ Rocky are also part of the party, as well as new guests such as Jayson Biggz and Camouflow.

Singles

In June 2009 the first promo single Where Have The Rappers Goed To ? released. The second single, What do you want? .

Track list

#	title	Producer (s)	Guest appearances	Duration
1	"Where did the rappers go ?!"	DJ Rocky		2:37
2	"What's going on?"	Terrance	Lisi	3:54
3	"What do you want?"	Sholar		4:06
4th	"Fast number"	Fancy a beat	Brixx & Dean Dawson	2:39
5	"Baby girl"	Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth	DJ Rocky	3:58
6th	"So long ago"	Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth	Lisi	5:14
7th	"My fight"	Montana beats		4:30
8th	"You, me & them"	DJ Rocky	Cassandra Steen	4:24
9	"ASD Comeback"	DJ Rocky	Samy Deluxe	5:14
10	"Do my thing"	Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth	Camouflow	4:25
11	"Alone"	Fancy a beat		4:09
12	"Gief stimulus package VI"	Fancy a beat	Sarah	4:18
13	"You know what I want)"	Rafik	Habesha	4:17
14th	"I want you"	Fancy a beat	Jayson Biggz	3:49
15th	"Spectacular 2009"	Sebastian Bazee Wohlgemuth		3:48

Information about the songs

In Where the rappers are out ?! shows Afrob his current perspective on the German hip-hop scene. (Quote: "I give an autograph, you take the photos with cell phones / You recognize me, no matter what stealth mode / He is the last of his kind, please shut up / I put rap in our circle and never in the teen press ")

What do you want? takes up the subject of politics and social grievances. It goes u. a. about rising unemployment, about parents who make mistakes in bringing up their children and about the Middle East conflict .

Gief Economic Stimulus Package VI takes up the issue of the Middle East conflict again. (Quote: "It was a very long time ago and I talked about Arabs / Israelis are still killing babies in Gaza / Imagine someone comes to your country / sends you to the camp, a stranger in your own country / robs you of the basis of your existence / Nobody asked, with the power of the UN /.../ I am not against Jews and against Israel politics / If you say that, you are not an anti-Semite / Innocents died in a suicide bombing / Is the answer then another mass grave? ")

On Mein Kampf , Afrob deals with unemployment. Here he combines this problem with the fact that many rappers earn little money at a time when their hobby or profession is very time-consuming and hardly offers any space for another real job, but almost nobody buys CDs anymore. (Quote: "I saw 1000 rappers coming as they thought it was their time / The campaign is running, but not to their satisfaction / German rappers are getting smarter, have high school diplomas /.../ It doesn't matter whether they're from the street, with zero education and a lot of drugs / "Yes, we can!" is not a new slogan for us ")

Spectacular 2009 is a follow-up to the song of the same name from Afrob's first album "Rolle mit Hip Hop". ("Here I am sitting again with a pad and paper / 4 years without a plate, I am so highly motivated / I am so committed and so highly talented / The cake is in the oven with the baking paper /.../ I do my thing, I am 31 years old and have a child / Everything is changing /.../ I'm growing up, look how I grow / Man, you're in my way, ey, I need more space ")

marketing

After the album was announced for September in May 2009, the first single "Where are the rappers?" of the album can be downloaded free of charge from week 24. There was also a competition on Afrob's official website under the motto "The last of its kind".

Videos were made for two tracks on the album. The first clip of "Where did the rappers go ?!" was released in June 2009. The video for "What do you want?" Followed in September, which was kept completely in black and white.

Afrob organized a tour for the album in November 2009. It began on November 5th with a concert in Mainz and ended after five concerts on November 20th in Trier . He also appeared in the opening act of the Samy Deluxe tour at the same time .

Furthermore, Afrob was able to draw attention to his album in various TV programs, for example he was a guest on on3-südwild , a broadcast of the Bavarian Radio , where he presented two songs from the album live. He was also in the ZDF documentation Dis Wo Ich Herkomm - The Germany trip of Samy Deluxe to see. In this, the organization Crossover eV organized a trip to Germany together with Samy Deluxe, on which five young people accompanied Samy Deluxe on his two-week trip through the republic. He also took part in the final live discussion on this trip.