Hannicap Circus
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| Bizarre studio album | ||||
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June 28, 2005 |
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| Label (s) | Sanctuary Records | |||
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20th |
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66:45 |
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Hannicap Circus is the first solo album by the American rapper Bizarre . It was released on June 28, 2005 on the Sanctuary Records label .
production
Max Cousse, Jeremy Geffen, Bizarre and Mathew Knowles were executive producers on the album . The music producer Hi-Tek and Mr. Porter produced three songs on the album, while Ruk and TNyce contributed two instrumentals. Other music comes from Eminem , Erick Sermon , Raphael Saadiq , Shea, Sicknotes, Chav Guevara, Sol Messiah, Shaphan Williams and J Thrill.
Cover design
The album cover shows Bizarre, who is sitting shirtless on a bed, wearing a white nightcap and looking at the viewer. Another person, cuddly toys and a cage with a white chicken can be seen in the background. At the top of the picture is the gray lettering bizarre and at the bottom left is the title Hanni Cap Circus in yellow.
Guest Posts
In addition to Bizarre, other artists are represented on ten tracks on the album. The rapper Eminem is involved in the song Hip Hop , while the singer Sindee Syringe can be heard on Fuck Your Life . Bizarre rap group D12 appears on the track Nuthin 'at All and the track Ghetto Music is a collaboration with rappers Swifty , stic.man and King Gordy. The rappers Devin the Dude , Big Boi and Kon Artis have a guest appearance on Porno Bitches and Young Miles is featured in the intro . Bizarre also works on Doctor Doctor with rapper Obie Trice and singer Dion, while on Coming Home he is supported by rapper Kuniva and singer Raphael Saadiq . Jeff Bass and Torrey Holloway are also involved in the Public Service Announcement and Life Styles skits .
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
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| 1 | Public Service Announcement (Skit) | Jeff Bass | 0:26 | |
| 2 | Intro | Young Miles | Ruk, TNyce | 1:38 |
| 3 | Gospel Weed Song | Shea | 3:35 | |
| 4th | Fuck your life | Sindee Syringe | Mr. Porter | 4:29 |
| 5 | Fat Father (Skit) | 1:46 | ||
| 6th | Let the record skip | Ruk, TNyce | 2:45 | |
| 7th | I'm in Luv Witchu | Hi-Tek | 2:44 | |
| 8th | Rock star | Eminem | 3:01 | |
| 9 | Ghetto Music | Swifty , stic.man, King Gordy | Sick notes | 4:33 |
| 10 | Life Styles (Skit) | Torrey Holloway | 1:22 | |
| 11 | I'm so cool | Chav Guevara | 4:18 | |
| 12 | Porn bitches | Devin the Dude , Big Boi , Kon Artis | Mr. Porter | 4:38 |
| 13 | Crush on you | Sol Messiah | 2:54 | |
| 14th | Bad day | Erick Sermon | 5:08 | |
| 15th | I need a friend | Shaphan Williams | 2:57 | |
| 16 | One chance | J thrill | 4:03 | |
| 17th | hip hop | Eminem | Hi-Tek | 4:31 |
| 18th | Doctor Doctor | Obie Trice , Dion | Hi-Tek | 3:43 |
| 19th | Coming home | Raphael Saadiq , Kuniva | Raphael Saadiq | 3:46 |
| 20th | Nuthin 'at All | D12 | Mr. Porter | 4:28 |
Chart successes and singles
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Hannicap Circus entered the US album charts on July 16, 2005 and reached the highest position at number 48, staying in the top 200 for three weeks. The album also hit the charts in the UK and was ranked 43rd, while in Germany it missed the Top 100.
The song Rockstar was released as a single on June 20, 2005 and reached number 93 in the German charts.
reception
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| Metacritic | 44% |
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| cdstarts.de |
 
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André Depcke from the website cdstarts.de rated Hannicap Circus with eight out of a possible ten points. He attests to Bizarre's “wonderfully sick humor” and “delicious lyrics” that make the album “so worth listening to”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
- ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from July 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
