Life II
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| Label (s) | Bozz Music | ||||||||
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48:36 / 63:56 |
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Life II is the seventh solo album by the Frankfurt rapper Azad . It was released on January 15, 2016 via his own label Bozz Music as a standard and limited edition, including bonus EP , instrumentals , chain and balaclava .
production
In addition to Azad himself, the music producers X-plosive , Brisk Fingaz , Gee Futuristic , Hookbeats, m3 and Nowak were also involved in the production of the album .
Cover design
The album cover shows an infant sleeping in the fetal position among black snakes. In the upper part of the picture is the Azad logo in white.
Guest Posts
In addition to Azad, other artists are represented on five or six songs on the album. The rapper MoTrip is involved in the song RAP , while the rapper Blut & Kassel can be heard on Blind . Track 187 is a collaboration with Hamburg rappers Gzuz and Bonez MC from 187 Strassenbande . Azad's Frankfurt colleague Jeyz appears on the title Values and on Weltbild he works with the duo shadows and heroes. In addition, the Mannheim singer Xavier Naidoo has a guest appearance on the bonus song Liebe & Hass .
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 1 | Intro | 1:28 | |
| 2 | Turn off | 3:06 | |
| 3 | T-rex | 3:02 | |
| 4th | Brenn | 2:49 | |
| 5 | RAP | MoTrip | 3:40 |
| 6th | 187 | Gzuz and Bonez MC | 2:49 |
| 7th | values | Jeyz | 3:45 |
| 8th | Blind | Blood & cash | 4:09 |
| 9 | Scars & tears | 3:06 | |
| 10 | Phoenix ii | 3:57 | |
| 11 | Veritas (Skit) | 1:38 | |
| 12 | Not like you | 2:42 | |
| 13 | Imperial rap | 3:21 | |
| 14th | manifest | 3:20 | |
| 15th | worldview | Shadows and Heroes | 3:18 |
| 16 | Who the Bozz? | 2:28 |
Limited Edition Bonus XP:
| # | title | Guest musician | length |
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| 1 | To Baba | 2:35 | |
| 2 | Spitbull | 2:52 | |
| 3 | That's a | 3:15 | |
| 4th | Love Hate | Xavier Naidoo | 3:16 |
| 5 | Somehow | 3:22 |
Chart successes and singles
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Leben II entered the German charts at number 1 on January 22nd, 2016 , with Azad reaching the top with an album for the first time. The sound carrier was able to stay in the top 100 for six weeks. It was 67th in the German album charts in 2016 and 12th in the hip-hop annual charts.
Before the album was released, the songs Dreh ab , RAP , Phoenix II and Weltbild were released as singles for download. In addition, a music video for Kaiserrap was released on January 18, 2016 .
reception
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The website laut.de gave the album four out of a possible five points:
" " I bite everything off like a T-Rex. " Azad, like almost everyone else who likes to mime tough Max, cultivates his uncompromising I-fuck-them-all attitude. Unlike most of the others, however, he never gives the impression of using his "comprehensive freaking program" as a kind of preventive strike so that nobody catches a glimpse of the actually quite tender soul behind all the loud mouths. "I'll tear my heart out of my chest, show you the wounds," says Azad, taking exactly the opposite approach. [...] The faint fear of having to find the first Azad album somehow mediocre after all these years pulverized "Leben 2" just as much as the doubts that arose here and there about whether Azad really still has it. "When the ace comes back, it doesn't matter who is king here." "
The album was also rated positively on rap.de:
“ Everything on“ Life 2 ”looks thought out down to the last detail. The musical work as a whole flirts with the flavor of the New York era in the mid / late nineties. And it works. Not a syllable too many, not a sound element that would disrupt the atmosphere of a track or not bring it to its full advantage. [...] Melancholy, paired with toughness and the spark of hope that always slumbered in it, honesty, authenticity and the unconditional love for rap - all of this distinguished Azad on his way to "Life 2". And he has managed to pack these factors back into a coherent overall work, which actually has the potential to be a classic. "Life 2" proves that rap from the street doesn't necessarily have to glorify money, bitches, drugs or violence, no, it can also just be real. "
MZEE magazine also rated the album positively. The editor Sven Aumiller viewed Life II as a total work of art, which over the entire length of the album “ captivates the listener and hardly lets go. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
- ↑ Chart tracking Life II at officialcharts.de
- ^ German annual album charts 2016
- ↑ HipHop annual charts 2016
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: rappers.in
- ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
- ↑ rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
- ↑ Sven Aumiller: Azad - Leben II. Accessed on August 18, 2019 (German).
