Neopunk

Neopunk
Studio album by Prinz Pi
Publication (s)	October 24, 2008
Label (s)	No Peanuts, Universal Music
Format (s)	CD , download , LP
Genre (s)	German hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	17/21
running time	58:30 / 76:33
production	Biztram Prinz Pi
chronology The Prince IP Prince Pi (2007) Neopunk Teenage Mutant Horror Show 2 (2009)
Single releases October 24, 2008 Give the monkey sugar January 9, 2009 2030

Neopunk is the eighth solo album by the Berlin rapper Prinz Pi . It was released on October 24, 2008 on his label No Peanuts and Universal Music as a standard and premium edition, including four bonus songs.

production

The entire album was produced by the music producer Biztram , who also produced Prince Pi's album Donnerwetter . Only the beat for the bonus song Seven Sins was created by Prince Pi himself.

Cover design

The album cover shows a neon green star, in front of which is the writing Neopunk in large, dark green letters. The rapper's logo with the letter Pi can be seen on the upper point of the star . The background is black.

Guest Posts

Besides Prince Pi, other artists are represented on six or nine songs on the album. So he worked on Super Seiajin and Ein bizchen mehr with DJ Craft , member of the rap group KIZ . The rapper and producer Biztram can be heard on the songs Skull Fucking and We Always Stay Anti , while the singer Bina supports Prinz Pi on Mein Blut . In addition, the rapper Casper has a guest appearance on the track Schlag die Faust . The premium edition also contains guest contributions by the rappers Frauenarzt ( We'll Never Grow Up), Jonarama ( Der Angsthasentwist ) and Basstard ( Seven Sins ).

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	length
1	Great Seiajin	DJ Craft	2:46
2	8 bit background		3:29
3	Give the monkey sugar		4:03
4th	It may be		2:45
5	Nerd anthem		2:36
6th	Hit your fist	Casper	2:57
7th	Monkeys to power		2:55
8th	Sleep hours		3:30
9	2030		3:49
10	Ashtray		5:26
11	My blood	Bina	3:44
12	Before I serve		4:12
13	Skull fucking	Biztram	3:32
14th	Feel the anger		3:11
15th	We always remain anti	Biztram	3:25
16	Jump!		3:32
17th	A little more	DJ Craft	3:06

Premium Edition bonus songs:

#	title	Guest musician	length
18th	We never grow up	Gynecologist	3:43
19th	1 lifetime		3:47
20th	The scared rabbit twist	Jonarama	3:25
21st	seven sins	Basstard	7:08

Chart success and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Neopunk   DE 50 07/11/2008 (1 week)

Singles

Give the monkey sugar   DE 97 07/11/2008 (1 week)

Neopunk entered the German album charts at number 50 on November 7, 2008 and left the top 100 the following week. Up to this point it was the rapper's highest chart entry.

With the single Gib dem Affen Zucker , Prinz Pi also entered the German single charts at number 97 for the first time. In addition, the song was decoupled in 2030 , but was not able to place in the charts.

reception

The website rap.de gave Neopunk a positive rating and certified the rapper a successful change of style:

“ Prinz Pi has reinvented itself musically and image-wise and to anticipate the conclusion: it pleases. Already the intro 'Super Seiajin' with the support of DJ Craft indicates the direction of the album. Driving, sometimes more, sometimes less experimental beats. [...] The majority of the hooks are predestined to be shouted along by frenetic audiences due to their emphatically simple and slogan-like style. [...] Regardless of whether it is the 'Gib Dem Affen Zucker' which mutates into a catchy tune right after the first listen, the live audience animation 'Spring', which has been put on record, or the great 'We Stay Always Anti', which at least in my eyes is an absolute one To count the highlight of 'Neopunk' is - that's just music to jump around and go crazy. [...] 'Neopunk' is a good album. Maybe not everyone likes it, but it can inspire. "

- Excerpt from the review by Rap.de

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de

The website laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points and noted that it stood out from the average hip-hop records:

“ Here the rapper and his producer perfect the principle of Prinz Pi: In the style of Swiss watchmaking, statement, flow and beats merge into more than the sum of the parts. There they are, the tracks, which 'could also be on thunderstorm in terms of style' and the Biztram tailor-made for the prince in the form of beat-lined instrumental robes. [...] Neopunk is circuit training pressed onto black polycarbonate: Fall on your knees, jump into the air, occasionally raise an eyebrow critically, poke until someone howls and then all over again. The genetics of the songs in terms of content remain fundamentally untouched: story, social criticism and party that just sounds like it. Beat surgeon Biztram uses the defibrillator to mix up the DNA pool creatively, sometimes a little eccentrically, but always very electrically. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Neopunk at discogs.com
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH 
4. ↑ Chart tracking Neopunk on officialcharts.de
5. ↑ Chart tracking Give the monkey sugar on officialcharts.de
6. ↑ rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
7. ↑ Rating: laut.de
8. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier