Essahdamus

Essahdamus
Mixtape by Kool Savas
Publication (s)	October 28, 2016
Label (s)	Essah Entertainment, Sony Music
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	German hip-hop
Title (number)	18th
running time	61:19
production	Kool Savas DJ Smoove Abaz X-plosive Dj owl DJ Sir Jai Remoe Shootdown among others
chronology Martyrs (2014) Essahdamus Royal Bunker (2017)
Single releases September 9, 2016 eye October 12, 2016 I'm done October 14, 2016 triumph

Essahdamus is a mixtape by the German rapper Kool Savas . It was released on October 28, 2016 through its Essah Entertainment label and is distributed by Sony Music .

production

The music of the mixtape was produced by Kool Savas himself as well as the music producers DJ Smoove , Abaz , X-plosive , DJ Sir Jai, Remoe and Shootdown.

Cover design

The album cover is a painted picture showing a mother with her child in a train compartment. The child, who is supposed to represent Kool Savas on his journey from Turkey to Germany, turns his back on the viewer and paints the words Essahdamus on the window of the train with his fingers . Above it is the lettering Kool Savas in white letters . Outside the window you can see a soldier with a Turkish flag on his helmet and the Istanbul Sirkeci station, the terminus of the Orient Express .

Guest Posts

In addition to Kool Savas, many other artists appear on the mixtape. The singer Karen Firlej has nine guest appearances: She is mostly represented in the refrains or in the background vocals. The rapper PA Sports can be heard on two songs as well as the singer Remoe. The rappers KC Rebell , Sido , Azad , Olli Banjo and Laas Unltd work on one song each . , Cr7z , Audio88 & Yassin , Milonair , Montez, Samson Jones , Vega and Samy Deluxe with. In addition, Kool Savas' former rap crew Masters of Rap is represented on the track Rapper wie du and other guest contributions come from the singers Adesse , Moe Mitchell and Gentleman as well as the singer Polina. In addition, the music producer Abaz can be heard on Schlösser in the air and the American rapper RA the Rugged Man supports Kool Savas on Wahre Liebe .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	length
1	Anecdotes from Istanbul 2		0:34
2	Surrender	Polina	1:37
3	Baby i'm a rapper	KC Rebel , Karen Firlej	3:29
4th	I'm done	Karen Firlej, Audio88 & Yassin	5:18
5	triumph	Sido , Azad , Adesse	4:36
6th	Essahdamus	Karen Firlej	2:53
7th	Holy Skit		0:51
8th	Rappers like you	MOR	6:29
9	eye	Karen Firlej, Montez	4:17
10	meant seriously	Olli Banjo , PA Sports , Moe Mitchell	4:51
11	Stone age	Laas Unltd. , Karen Firlej, Cr7z	4:14
12	Sneakers & Heels	Milonair , Samson Jones , Remoe	3:45
13	On & On	Gentleman , PA Sports, Vega , DJ Owl	4:01
14th	True love	Samy Deluxe , RA the Rugged Man , Karen Firlej	4:47
15th	Candyman	Karen Firlej	2:29
16	Castles in the air	Abaz	2:47
17th	Listen to you (Interlude)	Karen Firlej, Remoe	1:00
18th	Essah, Essah	Karen Firlej	3:25

The limited edition also contains the instrumentals for all songs.

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Essahdamus   DE 3 04/11/2016 (9 weeks)   AT 3 11/11/2016 (4 weeks)   CH 3 11/06/2016 (6 weeks)

Singles

triumph   DE 28 10/21/2016 (4 weeks)   AT 28 10/28/2016 (1 week)   CH 31 10/23/2016 (3 weeks)

Essahdamus entered the German album charts at number 3 on November 4, 2016 and stayed in the top 100 for nine weeks. In Austria and Switzerland it was also ranked 3. In the German album charts of 2016 it was ranked 83 and in the hip-hop annual charts number 16.

The song Auge was released as the first single on September 9, 2016 . On October 12 and 14, 2016, the songs I am finished and Triumph followed . The latter rose to number 28 in the German charts. Music videos were also made for the three titles . On November 19 and December 31, 2016, videos for true love and rappers like you were also published.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
rappers.in
Backspin

On laut.de , Johannes Jimeno awarded three out of a possible five points. He criticizes the sometimes poor productions and the many singing hooks , especially by Karen Firlej. In contrast, the songs Surrender , Essah, Essah , rappers like you and Sneakers & Heels would convince. The experimental country pop song Candyman was also a success.

From rap.de got Essahdamus a positive rating. Reviewer Gilbert Nagel praised both the production and the consistently well-chosen feature guests. Savas skillfully exploits his rap technical strengths on the mixtape, whereby "neither thematic nor sound technical limitations" are made.

The website rappers.in gave the mixtape 4.5 out of a possible 6 points. The author Max thinks that "" Essahdamus "is a good and sometimes excellent mixtape". It is "better than the John Bello story parts and will probably enjoy the status of his best mixtape of the last ten years in the long term". Kool Savas skilfully exploits the freedom of a mixtape to try out new things and experiment, and most of them succeed.

MZEE.com magazine rated Essahdamus as mixed. The editor Sven Aumiller thinks that Savas' mixtape "compared to records like his debut album, which has evidently shaped the German rap landscape, [...] is almost a bit out of date." However, the publication should still be given a chance.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
3. ↑ Chart tracking Essahdamu on officialcharts.de
4. ^ German annual album charts 2016
5. ↑ HipHop annual charts 2016
6. ↑ Rating: laut.de
7. ↑ Rating: rappers.in
8. ↑ Rating: Backspin
9. ↑ Rating: rap.de
10. ↑ Sven Aumiller: Kool Savas - Essahdamus. In: MZEE.com. December 1, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2018 (German).