Lessons in humility
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| Studio album by Thomas D. | ||||
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May 14, 2001 |
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| Label (s) | Four Music | |||
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Title (number) |
13 |
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Studio (s) |
Conny's Studio ( Wolperath ), |
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Lessons in Humility is the second solo album by rapper Thomas D. Producers were his band mates And.Ypsilon and Ralf Goldkind . Single releases were Us Separates Life and Prayer to the Planet .
Track list
- prolog
- King of fools
- On the planet of eternal rain
- Soulless
- Lesson in humility
- Avatar iso superstar
- The Speicherstadt
- Life separates us
- Where is your paradise
- I am the storm
- Don't think now
- Prayer to the planet
- Are you happy
Emergence
After Die Fantastischen Vier released the album 4:99 in 1999 , the band members turned back to solo projects. A year later Thomas D. released his solo single Love Letter , but without an accompanying album. For his second album Lessons in Humility , he invented the fictional character Reflektor Falke , from whose perspective the texts were written.
style
Lessons in Humility is not your typical hip hop album. The beats are very strongly influenced by the ambient . In contrast to the first solo album, which still contained mostly loose texts, profound and socially critical topics are addressed. Thomas D. also completely refrained from guest contributions from other rappers and singers, which is also unusual for the genre. To a large extent, the album has a real "radio play character". As a first piece it contains a prologue , in the booklet itself each song text forms a chapter. In the texts, the lifestyle of mankind is attacked, with "Reflektor Falke" appearing as their guilty conscience and always using a very poetic language. In prayer to the planet , the way people deal with animals and nature is also denounced.
reception
Lessons in Humility received mostly good reviews. laut.de especially praised the concept of the album and awarded it four out of five points. “ [...] In 2001 Thomas D presented himself bulky, gloomy, apocalyptic and anything but suitable for the masses. For that alone, the man from Stuttgart deserves a lot of respect. “So the conclusion. The only point of criticism is the little musical variety.
New edition
On April 15, 2011, a new edition of the album was released, this time with the title "Lessons in Humility 11.0". The lyrics of the album correspond exactly to the original version, but have been given a new musical accompaniment. In addition, the intermediate texts were set to music, which were added to the booklet in text form in the first version.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The track list ( memento of the original from December 24th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Lessons in Humility on laut.de.
- ↑ New edition of the album
