NXTLVL
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| Label (s) | Bozz Music | ||||||||
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German hip-hop , rap , trap |
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16 (+ 6) |
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55:19 (+ 20:30) |
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NXTLVL (“ Next Level ”) is the eighth solo album by the Frankfurt rapper Azad . It was released on July 21, 2017 on his own label Bozz Music as a standard and limited edition, including a bonus EP and instrumentals.
production
The album was produced by the music producers Ambezza, AriBeatz , Bazafem, Dennis Kör, HNDRC, Jumpa , Lucry , Nico Chiara, Nikk3k, Nowak, OC, PressPlay, Beataura, Sti and X-plosive .
Cover design
The album cover is in black and white and shows Azad from the side. He is standing in a cloud of smoke, wearing sunglasses and holding his hands in front of his body. The background is black and in the foreground are the letters NXTLVL in beige .
Guest Posts
In addition to Azad, other artists are represented on nine songs on the album. The singer Calo is involved in the songs Forward , Connor McGregor and Sin City , the latter also featuring rapper Gzuz . The singer Skarra Mucci appears on the track Loco and the piece Eigener Bozz is a collaboration with the rappers Bonez MC and RAF Camora . The Frankfurt rapper Jeyz has a guest appearance on 439 in your brain , while Azad auf Gebe mein Leben works with the musicians Animus and Gosby. The rapper Manuellsen also has a guest post on For Your Eyes , and Kool Savas is featured on Endgegner .
The bonus EP also features Jeyz and Toon ( don't ask why ) and Kool Savas ( Endgegner Remix ).
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | production | length |
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| 1 | Forward | Calo | AriBeatz | 4:18 |
| 2 | In the hood | AriBeatz, Dennis Kör | 3:06 | |
| 3 | Give my life | Animus , Gosby | AriBeatz | 4:01 |
| 4th | No limit | Lucry | 3:09 | |
| 5 | Loco | Skarra Mucci | PressPlay | 3:30 |
| 6th | Own bozz | Bonez MC , RAF Camora | Beataura | 3:18 |
| 7th | Conor McGregor | Calo | Azad, PressPlay | 3:44 |
| 8th | Wolf blood | OC | 3:36 | |
| 9 | Heisenberg | PressPlay | 3:13 | |
| 10 | 439 in your brain | Jeyz | AriBeatz | 4:28 |
| 11 | Sin City | Gzuz , Calo | Ambezza, PressPlay | 3:49 |
| 12 | MIDL | Bazafem, PressPlay | 2:41 | |
| 13 | For your eyes | Manual | Lucry | 3:37 |
| 14th | DSSAM | Bazafem, PressPlay | 3:08 | |
| 15th | ¥ € $ | Jumpa , Nico Chiara | 3:33 | |
| 16 | Boss | Kool Savas | Sti | 2:08 |
Limited Edition Bonus XP:
| # | title | Guest musician | production | length |
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| 1 | payday | X-plosives | 3:17 | |
| 2 | Damage Ya | X-plosives | 3:24 | |
| 3 | do not ask why | Jeyz, toon | HNDRC, Jumpa, Nikki 3k | 4:03 |
| 4th | IVNDS | Lucry | 3:42 | |
| 5 | Hail of bullets | PressPlay | 3:25 | |
| 6th | Boss Remix | Kool Savas | Nowak | 2:39 |
+ Instrumentals
Chart successes and singles
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NXTLVL entered the German charts at number 3 on July 28, 2017 and stayed in the top 100 for six weeks.
On May 12, 2017, the song Endgegner was released as the first single . The second release, Forward, followed on June 2nd and the third single In der Hood was released on June 18, 2017 . The song No Limit was released on July 7, 2017 . Music videos were also shot for the four songs . Videos about Conor McGregor and 439 in your brain were also released on July 20 and 31, 2017 .
reception
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Robin Schmidt from laut.de rated NXTLVL with three out of a possible five points. In terms of content, Azad remains true to his street rap, but the new trap sound is surprising. The musical productions are "lively and melodic", but "none of the tracks really stand out".
Alexander Barbian from rap.de rated the album positively. Azad is experimenting on NXTLVL “more daring than ever with new sounds” and orientates himself on current trap trends with auto-tune . He remains true to the content and convinces with "his pleasantly dominant voice" and the flow .
Lukas Maier from MZEE also rated NXTLVL positively. He wrote that Azad “set a level that many other artists would have to orientate themselves to.” He praised the work's sound image as well as the textual content and guest contributions. It is an "extremely successful symbiosis of dark, authentic street stories and modern sound - the perfect background music for escalations in the club or fights in the ring."
Individual evidence
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
- ↑ Chart tracking NXTLVL at officialcharts.de
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: rap.de
- ↑ Lukas Maier: Azad - NXTLVL. In: MZEE.com. August 3, 2017, accessed on December 23, 2018 (German).
