Pro Tools (album)

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Pro Tools
Studio album by GZA

Publication
(s)

2008

Label (s) Babygrande Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

16

running time

44:11

production

  • RZA
  • Bronze Nazareth
  • Preservation
  • Mathematics
  • Black Milk
  • Arabian Knight
  • True Master
chronology
Grandmasters
(2005) 		Pro Tools -

Pro Tools is the sixth studio album by the US rapper GZA . It was released on August 19, 2008 on the independent label Babygrande Records . In Germany it was published on October 24, 2008.

Track list

  1. Intromental - 0:52
  2. Pencil (with Masta Killa and RZA) - 3:58
  3. Alphabets - 2:42
  4. Groundbreaking (with Justice Kareem) - 2:32
  5. 7 pounds - 2:41
  6. 0% Finance - 4:20
  7. Short Race (with Roc Marciano) - 4:05
  8. Interlude - 0:26
  9. Paper Plate - 2:48
  10. Columbian Ties (with True Master) - 2:47
  11. Firehouse (with Ka ) - 3:43
  12. Path Of Destruction - 2:36
  13. Cinema (with Justice Kareem) - 2:59
  14. Intermission (Drive In Movie) - 0:24
  15. Life Is A Movie (with RZA and Irfane Khan-Acito) - 3:10
  16. Elastic Audio (Bonus Track) (with Dreddy Kruger and Fyre Dept) - 4:00

reception

Charts

In the US album charts, the Billboard 200 , Pro Tools rose to number 52. In the first week of sales, 9,000 units of the sound carrier were sold. Pro Tools stayed in the album charts for two weeks.

criticism

The e-zine Laut.de rated Pro Tools with three of a possible five points. From the editor's point of view, Simon Müller, the album leaves " an ambivalent impression ". GZA transforms " extraordinary talent through a lot of work into more than good rap ". However, the “ sometimes too monotonous musical background ” prevents the listener from “ really enjoying this circumstance ”. The pieces Groundbreaking and 7 Pounds are positively highlighted . The 7 pound instrumental produced by Black Milk is praised as melodic and complex. In addition, the GZA production animate " to unusually dynamic flows ". On the other hand, the well-rehearsed guitar in the piece 0% Finance and the sample used in Path Of Destruction are annoying due to " consistent repetition ". With Paper Plate, RZA contributed a production that was “ minimalistically integrated ”, but sounded “ all the more atmospheric ”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard.com: Jonas Brothers Begin Second Week At No. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2013 .
  2. ^ Billboard.com: GZA. Retrieved July 6, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Laut.de: Good raps, slowed down by sluggish beats. Retrieved July 6, 2013 .