Eksodus

Eksodus
Studio album by Eko Fresh
Publication (s)	23rd August 2013
Label (s)	Seven Days Music ( Sony Music )
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Rap , German hip-hop
Title (number)	CD 1: 21/22 CD 2: 12/13/13
running time	CD 1: 71:19 / 75:40 CD 2: 44:23 / 50:31 / 49:38
production	Phat Crispy Ear2ThaBeat Isy B Reaf Joshimixu Serious Sam Streetcinema Baloko Rocdabeat (NGU Records)
chronology Ek to the Roots (2012) Eksodus German Dream (2014)
Single release August 9, 2013 Good Morning

Eksodus ( Latin exodus 'excerpt') is the seventh solo album by the German rapper Eko Fresh . It was released on August 23, 2013 via the Sony Music label Seven Days Music as a standard edition and limited fan box, exclusively on Amazon , including DVD, instrumentals, jersey and poster. The album contains a solo CD and a feature CD with guest contributions from various national and international rappers.

production

The music on the album was produced by nine different producers. With 16 instrumentals, most of them come from Phat Crispy , who worked with Ear2ThaBeat on seven of these productions. Isy B contributed seven more productions and Streetcinema and Serious Sam each produced three pieces. In addition, one instrumental each comes from Joshimixu , Rocdabeat (NGU Records), Reaf and Baloko.

Cover design

The album cover is based on the cover of the sound carrier Dangerous by Michael Jackson . It is a painted picture of Eko Fresh's face surrounded by many different people and things related to Eko Fresh's career. Among them is the Turkish crescent , the coat of arms of his native Cologne, a green Opel Commodore , with which the artist's grandfather is said to have driven from Turkey to Germany. In addition, a boombox , cassettes by the US rap groups NWA and Diggin 'in the Crates as well as the rappers Big Pun and Canibus and the German rap online format Shut up . In addition to the late hip-hop greats Tupac Shakur and The Notorious BIG , Eko's own headphone collection Eko Beats and his former tour sponsor, the fashion company Eckō Unlimited, are featured on the cover. The same goes for wrestlers Hulk Hogan and Doink . Eko Fresh is an avowed wrestling fan and appeared temporarily for the German promotion German Stampede Wrestling . The cover also contains allusions to the TV formats The Perfect Celebrity Dinner , The VIP Dog Professional and the TV total Autoball World Cup and Wok World Cup , in which Eko took part, as well as his previous publications Now we come to the things , pressure on Play , King of Germany , LOVE and now we get back to things . The same applies to the singer Nino de Angelo , with whom Eko released a new edition of his single Jenseits von Eden in 2011 . Other musical companions shown are Eko's singer Valezka , who has since been in a relationship with Eko, rappers Kool Savas , Bushido and Azad , former BMG boss Thomas M. Stein and singer Yvonne Catterfeld , for whom Eko Fresh and Dieter Bohlen wrote the text for the Number 1 hit You broke my heart wrote. With the presenter Visa Vie , who works at 16bars.de and 98.8 Kiss FM , Tobias Kargoll from the website hiphop.de and the Backspin editor-in-chief Niko Hüls, representatives of the German rap scene media are also illustrated on the cover.

Guest Posts

Only the two German singers Julian Williams and Ado Kojo can be heard on the solo CD, singing the refrains of the songs Guten Morgen and Schöner Tag . In addition, the German rapper Trooper Da Don is represented on the Trooper Skit .

The 12 or 13 songs on the feature CD contain a number of guest contributions from various national and international rappers. Among them are both artists who come from the environment of Eko Freshs Label German Dream ( Farid Bang , Summer Cem , Capkekz ), as well as some surprising guests ( Caput , Azad , Ferris MC ). Other German rappers who have guest appearances are Bushido , Pillath , SSIO , Serc, Brutos Brutaloz, Serious Sam, Massiv , Frauenarzt , MoTrip , Ali As , Shindy , Jeyz , Tatwaffe , Elmo , Sinan-G , Atesh, Maskoe, Separate , Sülo the Boss, Pappa Landliebe, ShimmyMC and Timeless. In addition, various American artists are represented on the album: Nine , Cassidy , Cuban Link , Krayzie Bone , Lil Eazy-E and Hussein Fatal .

Track list

Solo CD

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Intro		Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	1:20
2	Now it's my turn		Isy B	4:42
3	The last survivor		Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	3:36
4th	Hit play		Reaf	3:33
5	101 bars		Phat Crispy	5:30
6th	The real way		Isy B	3:47
7th	EKO		Phat Crispy	3:04
8th	Runs / reaches		Isy B	4:08
9	Submission of skit		Phat Crispy	1:38
10	3 in 1		Joshimixu	3:58
11	Quota Turk		Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	3:11
12	Trooper Skit	Trooper Da Don	Phat Crispy	0:28
13	Good Morning	Julian Williams	Isy B	3:09
14th	Yoah		Phat Crispy	3:18
15th	No plan		Serious Sam	3:23
16	Beautiful day	Ado Kojo	Serious Sam	3:37
17th	My crown		Streetcinema	3:57
18th	Money on My Mind		Streetcinema	3:58
19th	Ek to the future		Phat Crispy	3:37
20th	Raptutorial 2		Isy B	3:38
21st	Old times		Isy B	3:54

ITunes Edition bonus song :

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
22nd	North Rhine-west side			4:21

Feature CD

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	The Bloody Path 2	Farid Bang	Phat Crispy	3:22
2	Freak show	Ferris MC and Nine	Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	3:54
3	Tango & Cash	Bushido	Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	3:42
4th	Fire & flame	Azad	Streetcinema	3:19
5	My closet	Pillath and Cassidy	Phat Crispy	3:27
6th	Pelican fly	SSIO and Cuban Link	Phat Crispy	3:42
7th	Here only those who do not defend themselves lose	Caput	Baloko	3:46
8th	Echoes in My Head	Krayzie Bone , Summer Cem , Serc and Ado Kojo	Rocdabeat (NGU Records)	3:24
9	friend or foe	Lil Eazy-E, Brutos Brutaloz and Serious Sam	Serious Sam	3:22
10	Rappers don't know who they are	Massiv and Hussein Fatal	Isy B	4:10
11	I am at peace with myself	Gynecologist and Capkekz	Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	3:48
12	Gangsta Squad	MoTrip , Ali As , Shindy , Jeyz and Tatwaffe	Ear2ThaBeat and Phat Crispy	4:35

Bonus song of the Amazon edition:

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
13	revolt	Elmo , Sinan-G , Atesh, Maskoe, Separate , Ado Kojo and Sülo the boss		6:08

ITunes Edition bonus song:

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
13	Head fuck	Pappa Landliebe, ShimmyMC and Timeless		5:15

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Eksodus   DE 1 06.09.2013 (4 weeks)   AT 6th 06.09.2013 (3 weeks)   CH 2 09/08/2013 (5 weeks)

Singles

Good Morning   DE 57 08/23/2013 (1 week)   AT 74 08/23/2013 (1 week)   CH 62 08/25/2013 (1 week) Quota Turk   DE 56 09/27/2013 (2 weeks)

Eksodus rose to number 1 in the German album charts in the 37th calendar week of 2013 , which is the rapper's first top position of his career. The sound carrier stayed in the top 100 for four weeks and, according to Eko Fresh, sold around 50,000 times by summer 2014.

The only single Guten Morgen was released for download on August 9, 2013 . The song entered the German charts at number 57 for a week. In addition to the video for the single, music videos were also released for the songs 101 Bars , Quotentürke and 3 in 1 as well as in the Halt die Fresse series of Now it's my turn . Quotentürke reached number 56 in the German charts due to the high number of downloads and stayed in the Top 100 for two weeks. Music videos for the songs Echos in My Head and Ich bin im Reinen mit mir were also released on September 28 and October 3, 2013, respectively.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
rap.de
hiphop.de
rappers.in

Dani Fromm from the website laut.de rated Eksodus with four out of a possible five points. She describes the album as “an all-round work that not only suggests Ekrem Bora's incredible talent, but finally makes it shine.” It is a “timeless album that has completely freed itself from the tyranny of constantly changing trends . ”The production was also a success, as“ Phat Crispy always pulls the right beat out of his hat ”. Eko Fresh could only have done without a few guests on the feature CD.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Eksodus" cover by Eko Fresh based on Michael Jackson hiphop.de, June 27, 2013, accessed on June 11, 2014
2. ↑ MeinRap.de explains the "Eksodus" cover ( memento of the original from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. meinrap.de, August 9, 2013, accessed on June 11, 2014 
3. ↑ Chart sources: DE, AT, CH ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. 
4. ↑ Chart tracking Eksodus at musicline.de ( memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Juice Eko Fresh: Ek im Game, No. 160, July / August 2014, p. 29
6. ↑ Good morning DE # 57
7. ↑ Quota Turk DE # 56
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ Rating: rap.de
10. ↑ Rating: hiphop.de
11. ↑ Rating: rappers.in