MTV Unplugged: Cro

MTV Unplugged: Cro
Live album from Cro
Publication (s)	3rd July 2015
admission	May 4, 2015
Label (s)	Universal
Format (s)	CD , Download , LP , DVD , Blu-ray Disc
Genre (s)	Hip-hop ( unplugged )
Title (number)	21/26/32
running time	76:00 / 98:04 / 105: 23
production	Lillo Scrimali
Location (s)	Scala , Ludwigsburg
chronology Melody (2014) MTV Unplugged: Cro tru. (2017)
Single releases June 26, 2015 bye Bye October 23, 2015 melody

MTV Unplugged: Cro is the first live and acoustic album by German rapper Cro from the MTV Unplugged series. It was released on July 3, 2015 via the hip-hop label Chimperator Productions as a standard and premium edition and as a video album on DVD and Blu-ray Disc . The album was recorded on May 4th, 2015 at Scala in Ludwigsburg . At 25, Cro is the youngest artist to record an MTV unplugged album.

content

Most of the songs on the album come from Cro's two solo albums Melodie (twelve pieces) and Raop (eight songs). In addition, the tracks Hi Kids , Alone , Long ago , Bye Bye and 8 km / h as well as a cover version of the track Millionär von den Prinzen are included on the recording.

production

The album was produced by Lillo Scrimali , who already produced the MTV unplugged appearances of Max Herre and the Fantastischen Vier as well as was involved in the TV program The Voice of Germany .

Cover design

The album cover is black and white and shows Cro's panda mask, which is held in the air by two hands. The black lettering Cro and MTV Unplugged are at the top and bottom of the picture .

Guest Posts

In addition to Cro, other artists are represented on four or six songs on the album. The music group Die Prinzen is involved in Millionaire and Once Around the World , while Lange is a collaboration with rappers Max Herre and Teesy . Dajuan can be heard in the song Meine Gang . In addition, the gangsta rapper Arrest Warrant has a guest appearance at 8 km / h and The Orsons and Tristan Brusch are represented on Jetzt .

Playlists

Standard Edition: # title Guest musician length 1 memory 4:02 2 Chillin 3:50 3 Hi kids 3:32 4th Alone 2:52 5 Bad chick 2:51 6th Long ago Max Herre and Teesy 5:38 7th We were here 2:29 8th Hey girl 4:13 9 millionaire The princes 1:47 10 Once around the world The princes 3:56 11 melody 3:33 12 run 3:51 13 A part 3:27 14th Every day 3:32 15th My gang Dajuan 4:08 16 We were here 2 3:23 17th Whatever 3:54 18th Easy 4:48 19th bye Bye 3:24 20th You 3:31 21st dream 3:19 Premium Edition Bonus CD: # title Guest musician length 1 Maybe 4:21 2 Never cro up 4:20 3 Cop love 3:36 4th 8 km / h arrest warrant 3:35 5 Now The Orsons and Tristan Brusch 6:16 6th Clip film noir 1:13 7th Clip suspense 1:05 8th Clip Adventure 1:37 9 Clip crime 1:08 10 Clip party (jail) 1:00 11 Clip happy ending 1:12 The download version contains the standard edition and the first five titles of the bonus CD.

DVD and Blu-ray version: # title 1 memory 2 Clip film noir 3 Chillin 4th Hi kids 5 Alone 6th Clip suspense 7th Bad chick 8th Long ago 9 Maybe 10 We were here 11 Clip Adventure 12 Hey girl 13 millionaire 14th Once around the world 15th Never cro up 16 melody 17th Clip crime 18th Cop love 19th 8 km / h 20th run 21st A part 22nd Every day 23 Clip party 24 My gang 25th We were here 2 26th Whatever 27 Easy 28 Clip happy ending 29 bye Bye 30th You 31 Now 32 dream

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

MTV Unplugged: Cro   DE 1 07/10/2015 (54 weeks)   AT 1 07/17/2015 (31 weeks)   CH 1 07/12/2015 (26 weeks)

Singles

bye Bye   DE 1 07/03/2015 (31 weeks)   AT 2 07/10/2015 (23 weeks)   CH 7th 07/05/2015 (26 weeks) melody   DE 44 10/30/2015 (18 weeks)   AT 14th 11/13/2015 (17 weeks)

MTV Unplugged: Cro entered the album charts at number 1 in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . In the German annual charts for 2015, the sound carrier was ranked 11th.

The song Bye Bye was released as a single . It also reached number 1 in Germany and stayed there in the following two weeks. In Austria the song was number 2 and in Switzerland number 7. On October 23, 2015, Melodie was the second single, which reached number 44 in Germany.

Sales number and award

For more than 200,000 copies sold, the album received a platinum record in Germany in 2016 .

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de

• laut.de gave the album only two out of a possible five points and criticized Cros' lack of experience as a live artist:

"Here and there a long drawn out" Stuttgaaart! ", But that was about the interaction with his audience. Even when the Prinzen or Max Herre come on stage, the agreed part is simply played quickly. Funny background stories, a warm welcome for friends and colleagues, relaxed mood? Nothing. The cozy living room atmosphere, the down-to-earth esprit of an unplugged concert never really wants to arise. The panda looks intimidated, as if all of this is going a little too fast for him. [...] Of course he plays titles like "Hi Kids" and "Easy". The successful singles from his second record also find their place on the set list. In addition to "Bad Chick", "Dream" and "Whatever", there are also titles such as "Chillin", "Race" or "Alone" on the program, which were hardly "remembered" from the panda's three-year career and already in hers Original version of the gap fillers. The 22-piece band is doing their best to give the monotonous musical palette a new coat of paint. Despite countless gold and platinum awards, Bambis and Echoes, the Stuttgarter's career offers little more than the same Raop tootling. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Television broadcast

On July 16, 2015, the concert was shown for the first time on TV on ProSieben .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report on the recording of the concert
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Chart sources album: DE / AT / CH
4. ↑ Chart sources singles: DE / AT / CH
5. ↑ MTV Unplugged: Cro on officialcharts.de
6. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 11
7. ↑ Bye Bye on officialcharts.de
8. ↑ MTV Unplugged: Cro DE: Platinum
9. ↑ Rating: laut.de
10. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
11. ↑ Broadcast on ProSieben