Made in Germany (Afrob album)

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Made in Germany
Afrob studio album

Publication
(s)

June 25, 2001

Label (s) Four Music ,
Columbia Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

German hip-hop , rap

Title (number)

15th

running time

59:14

production

chronology
Role with Hip Hop
(1999)
Made in Germany Hammer
(2005)
Single releases
May 14, 2001 Made in Germany
September 17, 2001 Open your eyes

Made in Germany is the second solo album by the German rapper Afrob . It was released on June 25, 2001 on the labels Four Music and Columbia Records .

production

The beats on the album were produced by music producer DJ Friction , among others .

Cover design

The album cover shows Afrob from behind, sitting on the steps of a staircase. In the foreground is the circular lettering Made in Germany in black and Afrob is in the circle .

Guest Posts

In addition to Afrob, other artists appear on nine songs on the album. The rapper Ferris MC can be heard on the song The Return of Reimemonster , while the singer Gentleman has a guest appearance on the Track Arrab . The French rapper Warda is represented on En position de débat and the rap group Da Force supports Afrob on the song Fieber . Wasi, ex-member of the rap group Massive Töne , works with Afrob on Look around , while the rapper D-Flame can be heard in the song Open your eyes . The piece Kuckt ma 'wer da rollt is a collaboration with the singer Joy Denalane and the rapper Max Herre . In addition, the rappers Harris ( part 1 ) and Dean Dawson ( part 2 ) are represented on Afrocalypse 4 .

Track list

# title Guest musician length
1 If I 4:15
2 The Return of Rhyming Monster Ferris MC 4:04
3 Made in Germany 3:39
4th Open your eyes D-Flame 3:36
5 Arrab gentleman 4:16
6th In danger and great need 3:38
7th En position de debat Was there 3:58
8th fever Because Force 3:17
9 Look who's rolling there Joy Denalane , Max 4:05
10 The Afro-Asian 4:57
11 Are you? 3:53
12 Afrocalypse 4 part 1 Harris 4:01
13 nylon 4:06
14th look around Wasi 4:11
15th Afrocalypse 4 part 2 dean 3:25

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Made in Germany
  DE 24 07/09/2001 (6 weeks)
  AT 48 07/08/2001 (5 weeks)
  CH 68 07/08/2001 (5 weeks)
Singles
Made in Germany
  DE 79 05/28/2001 (3 weeks)
Open your eyes
  DE 65 10/01/2001 (7 weeks)

Made in Germany entered the German album charts at number 24 on July 9, 2001 and was ranked 39th and 54th in the following weeks. Overall, it stayed in the top 100 for six weeks. In Austria the album was placed 48th and in Switzerland 68th.

On May 14, 2001, the title song Made in Germany was released as the first single and reached number 79 in the German charts. In addition, on September 17, 2001, the song Open your eyes was decoupled, which was ranked 65th.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
laut.de

Arne Brugger from laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points. He describes it as "one of the best German Hip Hop albums" in 2001. It is "a clear development to be recognized" and especially "the second part of" Reimemonster "mit Ferris" is praised. Guests D-Flame and Warda were also rated positively, while Gentleman's guest contribution and the theme song were viewed more negatively.

Individual evidence

  1. album cover
  2. Chart sources: DE AT CH
  3. Chart tracking Made in Germany on officialcharts.de
  4. Rating: laut.de