Contrasts (album)
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June 26, 2015 |
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2014/15 |
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| Label (s) | Showdown Records | |||
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CD, LP, MP3 |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
47:09 |
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Studio (s) |
Amber Yard Studios |
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Kontraste is the debut album by the German rapper Disarstar . It was released on June 26, 2015 on the Berlin independent label Showdown Records .
background
The album entered the German album charts at number 19. The music producer 812 Sound was executive producer . T-No, Dasmo, Enaka, Juelz Vice, Tonee, Ben Koenig, Cenzo Beatz and Vecz were also involved in the production. The musicians Hagen Stoll , Teesy and Mohammed Ali Malik are featured on the album with guest contributions.
In terms of content, the texts move in a left-wing politically motivated context.
Cover design
The album cover shows a champagne bottle with a white cloth with an inscription hanging from the opening. The cloth burns downwards. The bottle is with est. Labeled in 1994 , which is the year Disarstar was born. At the top of the picture is the white lettering Disarstar and below is the black lettering Contrasts on a white background.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | Vision (intro) | 1:19 |
| 2 | Up to the neck | 3:41 |
| 3 | Out of control | 2:50 |
| 4th | Kaleidoscope (feat.Hagen Stoll ) | 4:10 |
| 5 | Therapy lesson | 3:29 |
| 6th | who I am | 4:18 |
| 7th | 100 years | 3:27 |
| 8th | Half as wild | 3:23 |
| 9 | Close distance | 2:56 |
| 10 | Capitis Minutio Maxima | 3:18 |
| 11 | Anno 2300 | 3:47 |
| 12 | My Palace ( feat.Teesy ) | 4:03 |
| 13 | It's been a long time | 3:07 |
| 14th | Cosmology (feat.Mohammed Ali Malik) | 3:25 |
reception
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| laut.de |
 
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| rappers.in |
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The album received mixed reviews.
Laura Sprenger from the Laut.de e-zine awards two out of five stars and tends to judge negatively: Disarstar is still "powerful and determined" . But "the excessive egocentricity and the deadlocked political stance unfortunately complicate the listener often find access to the narrative." In the end, was Disarstar a rapper, which can, among other things because of its "authenticity" continue "should be kept in mind" .
For Laurens Dillmann from the hip-hop magazine Juice , the album consists of "strong egocentrism, a pinch of philosophy, now and then a jerky rhyme of purpose and social criticism from the left milieu" .
The editor of the hip-hop blog rap.de sees the album from a rather positive perspective. But it also has "weak moments" . Disarstar drifted "badly towards kitsch in the quieter songs" . He sums up that it is a "round album" which "works consistently over the entire playing time" .
From the point of view of the reviewer of the rappers.in portal , Disarstar is a “good rapper” . But "these many facets would have been better placed on many different albums, because the listening pleasure suffers tremendously" . So “the coherence falls short” and it appears “like an arbitrary collection of tracks” .
Daniel Jacobs from the youth magazine Vice writes that Disarstar “clearly shows its colors” and has “a strong opinion on all socio-political issues” .
In his review, Lukas Maier from MZEE praises the artist's “ blunt free-mouthed mentality ”, with which he manages “ to generate emotions and to drag the listener away for a certain time ”. However, he criticizes that isolated questionable lines and punchlines tarnish the overall impression of a more than successful debut album.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE & CH
- ↑ Disarstar: "Contrasts", Good and Bad, Plan B and "Without Words". Backspin , June 30, 2015, accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Disarstar - Contrasts. Discogs , accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ^ A b Daniel Jacobs: Disarstar wants the revolution - if necessary with force. In: noisey. Vice , June 19, 2015, accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ a b Laura Sprenger: Against consumer frenzy, banking mafia and surveillance state. Laut.de , accessed on March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Review: Disarstar - Contrasts. rappers.in, June 29, 2016, accessed on March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Laurens Dillmann: Disarstar - contrasts. Juice , June 26, 2015, accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Disarstar - Contrasts (Review). rap.de, June 29, 2015, accessed on March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Lukas Maier: Disarstar - Contrasts. Retrieved on August 11, 2019 (German).
