Memo (album)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
memo
Studio album by Pimf

Publication
(s)

19th June 2015

Label (s) Heart Working Class

Format (s)

CD , download

Genre (s)

German hip-hop

Title (number)

13

running time

41:14

production

  • Marq Figuli
  • Alex Austin
  • Jonas Kramski
  • Lucas Mewes
  • Christoph Nowak

Memo is the debut album by the German rapper Pimf . It was released on June 19, 2015 on the independent label Heart Working Class and is distributed by Groove Attack . The album was released as a standard and Amazon edition, including instrumentals and a t-shirt.

Content and production

The songs on the album are mostly calm, with Pimf rapping a lot about his life.

Most of the album was produced by Marq Figuli, who contributed the beats to seven songs and was also involved in three instrumentals. Alex Austin is responsible for the background music for two pieces and one production each comes from Lucas Mewes and Christoph Nowak. Pimf also worked on three productions himself. There was also support with the intro and Silus & Jamal from the Kassel DJ Zwei50er.

Cover design

The album cover shows Pimf sitting in front of a record shelf, looking down. At the top of the picture are the lettering Pimf and Memo in black and green on beige paper. The look of the cover is reminiscent of early vinyl artworks. This impression is reinforced by the imprint that a record leaves on paper. The artwork was designed by Eric Gerhardy.

Guest Posts

In addition to Pimf, other artists are represented on three songs on the album. The rapper Umse has a guest appearance in the song Small City , while Schlaflos is a collaboration with the rapper Mortis . The rapper Damion Davis can also be heard in slow motion .

Track list

# title Guest Posts producer length
1 Intro Marq Figuli 2:10
2 Small City Umse Lucas Mewes 2:52
3 On axis Christoph Nowak, Jonas Kramski , Marq Figuli 3:43
4th Not somewhere Alex Austin 3:50
5 Paper planes Jonas Kramski, Marq Figuli 2:48
6th Sleepless Mortis Marq Figuli 3:59
7th Philadelphia Marq Figuli 3:23
8th Silus & Jamal Marq Figuli 2:44
9 Mirage Marq Figuli 3:24
10 Best regards Jonas Kramski, Marq Figuli 2:50
11 horizon Marq Figuli 2:57
12 Slow motion Damion Davis Alex Austin 3:34
13 Souvenir photo Marq Figuli 2:50

The Amazon and iTunes editions also contain the instrumentals for all songs.

Chart success and videos

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
memo
  DE 49 06/26/2015 (1 week)

Memo entered the German charts at number 49 on June 26, 2015 and left the top 100 the following week. The album did not reach the charts in Austria and Switzerland.

Before the release of the audio carrier, videos for the songs Papierflieger , Horizont and Philadelphia were published on YouTube . A two-part snippet for the album was also released.

reception

  • The website laut.de gave the album three out of a possible five points:
Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
laut.de
rappers.in

“On the one hand, Jonas Kramski looks like a reflective, thoughtful young man for his age, on the other hand you can feel the imperfection of his character in every nook and cranny, which is reflected in the sound. There is always something missing to make a song really perfect. The coming-of-age theme, which runs through the entire album, also has its light and dark sides. He certainly speaks to many young people in a similar situation, but also gives his music a certain inaccessibility, as Jonas doesn't have much to say beyond that. […] Every now and then a good idea comes out when Pimf "sleepless" watches the nights with the NBA and writes texts: Pimf writes a letter to his later self on "Greetings". A "souvenir photo" is not enough, but the sarcastic criticism of the selfie society is degenerating into old camels. [...] "Memo" leaves a solid, but in many places half-baked impression. His debut proves: Pimf is serious about music. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Popshot: June 2015: The record hodgepodge (with, among others, Parov Stelar, The Expanders and Pimf). Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ album cover
  3. ↑ Chart sources album: DE Charts
  4. ↑ Rating: laut.de
  5. ↑ Rating: rappers.in
  6. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier