King of Germany (Album)
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| Studio album by Eko Fresh | |||||||||
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22nd September 2017 |
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| Label (s) | German Dream Empire , Sony Music | ||||||||
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18th |
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67:29 |
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König von Deutschland is the tenth solo album by German rapper Eko Fresh . It was released on September 22, 2017 via the German Dream Empire label and is distributed by Sony Music . The album was released as a standard edition and as a box set, including instrumentals and the albums Ekaveli II and Ek II the Roots .
production
The album was mainly produced by music producers Phat Crispy , Ear2ThaBeat and Deemah who produced a total of 13 of the 18 songs. The music for three songs comes from Goldfinger Beatz, while Beatzarre , Malik Quality, Hitnapperz and Johnny Pepp each contributed an instrumental.
Cover design
The album cover shows Eko Fresh, who is sitting on an armchair, wearing a suit and tie and looking at the viewer. He wears a crooked crown on his head. In the upper part of the picture are the white lettering Eko Fresh and König von Deutschland . The background is dark gray.
Guest Posts
In addition to Eko Fresh, a total of 27 other artists are represented on 13 songs on the album. The rapper Bushido has a guest appearance in the song Gheddo Finale , while the rappers Kollegah , Farid Bang and Deemah can be heard on Bordstein Westfalen . The comedian Khalid Bounouar supported Eko Fresh on Almanis , and the play No Limit is a collaboration with rappers Olexesh , solid , Sierra Kidd , DCVDNS and Fiend. On Life Goes On , Eko Fresh works with the musician Nedim Hazar , while the hip-hop group Culcha Candela has a guest post on Shit doesn't matter . The rapper Ferris MC is featured on To Remember Reloaded , the chorus of which is based on Ferris' 2003 song To Remember . The rappers Frauenarzt and Silkk the Shocker can be heard on the track Taco Bell , while What happened to the world is a collaboration with the rapper MoTrip and the singer Sebastian Krumbiegel . The piece Mach ma no films is a Massenkollabo with the actors Kida Ramadan , Frederick Lau , Elyas M'Barek , Sami Nasser and the rappers Sido and Veysel . Other guest appearances come from the rap group 257ers ( radio ), the rappers Hasan.K and Gringo ( come in my hood ) and the musician Samy ( moment ).
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
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| 1 | Intro | Goldfinger Beatz | 3:02 | |
| 2 | King of Germany | Phat Crispy , Ear2ThaBeat | 4:07 | |
| 3 | Still the same | Malik Quality | 3:29 | |
| 4th | Reloaded as a reminder | Ferris MC | Phat Crispy, Deemah | 3:29 |
| 5 | The best | Goldfinger Beatz | 3:34 | |
| 6th | Gheddo finale | Bushido | Phat Crispy, Deemah | 4:00 |
| 7th | Come in my hood | Hasan.K , gringo | Goldfinger Beatz, Deemah | 3:36 |
| 8th | Curb Westphalia | Kollegah , Farid Bang , Deemah | Deemah | 5:41 |
| 9 | Master P | Hitnapperz | 3:03 | |
| 10 | Almanis | Khalid Bounouar | Johnny Pepp, Deemah | 4:04 |
| 11 | Life Goes On | Nedim Hazar | Deemah | 3:16 |
| 12 | I do not give a shit | Culcha Candela | Phat Crispy, Ear2ThaBeat | 3:15 |
| 13 | moment | Samy | Deemah | 2:39 |
| 14th | Taco Bell | Gynecologist , Silkk the Shocker | Phat Crispy, Ear2ThaBeat | 3:45 |
| 15th | No limit | Olexesh , Massif , Sierra Kidd , DCVDNS , Fiend | Phat Crispy, Ear2ThaBeat | 4:39 |
| 16 | What happened to the world | MoTrip , Sebastian Krumbiegel | Phat Crispy | 4:30 |
| 17th | Don't make films | Kida Ramadan , Frederick Lau , Sido , Elyas M'Barek , Veysel , Sami Nasser | Phat Crispy, Ear2ThaBeat | 3:49 |
| 18th | radio | 257ers | Beatzarre | 3:26 |
Box set bonus albums
Ekaveli II
| # | title | Guest musician |
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| 1 | Intro | Kasinova Tha Don |
| 2 | All Eyez on Us | The Outlawz , Akay |
| 3 | Heaven is a club | |
| 4th | Morda | Mike Dalien |
| 5 | Desperado | Veysel, Mr. Capone , TQ |
| 6th | Honorable night | Coolio , Hakan Abi , Gangsta Lu, Ink Monstarr |
| 7th | Westside Don | Layzie Bone |
| 8th | Drive-by music | MC Bogy , YGD Tha Top Dogg |
Ek II the Roots
| # | title | Guest musician |
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| 1 | Intro | Stan Spit |
| 2 | Top secret | |
| 3 | Done for hip hop | SECTION |
| 4th | Slam again | ASD , onyx |
| 5 | The King | J-Hood, Pillath |
| 6th | Key Child 2018 | Cora E , Rah Digga |
| 7th | All or nothing | Xatar , Sauce Money |
| 8th | Fast Life | Brudi030, Young Dirty Bastard |
Chart successes and singles
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König von Deutschland entered the German album charts at number 4 on September 29, 2017 and was ranked 78 the following week before leaving the top 100.
On June 30, 2017, the first single König von Deutschland was released for download . The second release of Almanis followed on July 27th and on August 18th, Come in My Hood was released as the third single. The fourth song, Moment , was released on September 8th . In addition, on September 28 and October 3, 2017, videos for What happened to the world and don't shit (in a version with Bass Sultan Hengzt ) were released. A music video for the song Master P followed on October 30, 2017 .
In addition, videos were shot again for the songs All Eyez on Us , Desperado , Fast Life and Slam , which are included on the bonus albums of the box set.
reception
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| laut.de |
 
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| rappers.in |
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Robin Schmidt from laut.de rated King of Germany with two out of a possible five points. On the album, “a lot of things seem constructed and extremely predictable”, whereby Eko Fresh “hardly any new stories” came up “apart from his origins or the years of self-glorification”. The large number of feature guests is also criticized, the majority of which are not convincing. Only the song Der Beste is praised as "one of the few innovative bright spots on the record".
Yannik Gölz from rappers.in gave König von Deutschland two out of a possible six points and describes it as “one of the most tiring albums of the year”. The songs seemed “forced, wanted, unkind, uninteresting” and had neither a “musical vision”, a concept or a “common thread”. "You hardly notice that Eko Fresh is actually a very talented rapper".
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ Chart tracking King of Germany on officialcharts.de
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: rappers.in
