Raop
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Studio album by Cro | |||||||||||
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July 6, 2012 |
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Label (s) | Chimperator | ||||||||||
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13/19 |
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37:54 / 56:06 |
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Cro, Jopez, Conscious Youths, Shuko & Fonty, Kilians , Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer, Dexter |
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Raop is the first studio album by the German rapper Cro . It was published on 6 July 2012 on the hip-hop label Chimperator Productions and is used by Groove Attack marketed . Raop entered the German and Austrian album charts at number 1.
background
Cro worked on his debut album for a month and a half. The release was announced in mid-April. The term "Raop", which Cro had developed to describe his musical style, was chosen as the title. According to the rapper, it is “ a mixture of rap and pop ”. The cover of the album was presented for the first time on May 24th.
Track list
- Intro - 2:46
- King of Raop - 3:09
- Easy - 2:52
- Great world - 2:50
- You - 2:54
- As I am - 3:11
- My time - 3:07
- Never again - 3:04
- Every day - 2:56
- Likewise - 3:25
- Around the world - 2:22
- We were here - 2:24
- One part - 2:55
- Ugly (Premium Edition Bonus Title) - 2:58
- Dad shakes his head (Premium Edition Bonus Title) - 3:06
- My Time (Jopez Remix) (Premium Edition Bonus Title) - 3:27
- Easy (Guido-Craveiro-Reggae-Remix) (bonus title of the Premium Edition) - 3:37
- We Were Here (Budget Remix) (Premium Edition Bonus Title) - 2:12
- My Time (Kaas, Maeckes and Peerless Remix) (Premium Edition bonus title) - 2:52
Versions
Raop was published in different versions. In addition to the thirteen-piece Standard Edition, a Premium Edition and a Limited Panda Banda Deluxe Edition were also released . The Premium Edition contains an additional six bonus titles and a DVD entitled “Road To Raop”. On the DVD, Cro's career is highlighted and recordings from concerts or the video shoot for Easy are presented. The Limited Panda Banda Deluxe Edition consists of the content of the Premium Edition , another CD containing the instrumental versions of the pieces and a patch. The limited version from Amazon also contains a play button on which the album is saved, as well as a different t-shirt.
production
Most of Raop was produced by Cro itself. While the rapper had often resorted to samples for his previous mixtapes , he largely had to forego the use of excerpts from other songs for the album. The reason for this was the short production process, which meant that there was no time to obtain the rights to use the samples. Cro adapted his way of working by playing the melodies himself.
marketing
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Three tracks from the album were released as singles. These appeared on three consecutive days. On June 29, 2012 the song Du , on June 30th King of Raop and on July 1st Meine Zeit was published. Videos were also shot for the individual pieces. So appeared on June 28 for the first single you a video on the Internet TV Music tape.tv . This was followed by a video for King of Raop , which was shot by the Stuttgart company Formzwei . The video for Meine Zeit was made by the editors of the hip-hop magazine Juice . Among other things, recordings were made on the roof terrace of the Chimperator Productions label .
On November 2, 2012, once around the world was also released as a CD single. The song then reached number 8 in the German charts and became Cross' third top 10 hit. In Austria the single reached number 1 on January 4th.
tour
Before the album was released, Cro began a tour called the "Road to Raop Festival Tour", where he performed at various festivals. This began on May 5, 2012 with a concert at the Surf World Cup . This was followed by appearances at Rock im Park , Rock am Ring , Touch the Air , Splash! and HipHop Open . The concert series ended on September 22, 2012.
reception
criticism
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laut.de | |
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Cross's music was widely received even before his album was released. Due to the success of his song Easy , a large number of articles about the rapper were published. It describes Cro as the most prominent representative of a " new generation of rhymes ". Spiegel Online sees in Cross's good-humored style the alternative “ to the violent fantasies and gangster poses from Berlin, which have determined the German hip-hop mainstream for a long time. “ In this context, the journalist Marcus Staiger compared the development of the genre with the periodic fluctuations of the pig cycle .
The Laut.de e-zine awarded Raop three out of a possible five points . In the review written by Simon Langemann, for example, the " varied, harmonious instrumentals " are praised. The melodic singing, which the rapper uses as a supplement, is also mentioned positively. In some songs like Ein Teil , however, Cro's vocals “ reach their limits. “Langemann also regrets that the rapper only presents his doubletime ability“ only in the successful 'intro' ”. The " hedonistic " lyrics of the album are rated negatively . These are boring to a large extent and are characterized by "one -dimensionality ". In summary, Cro fulfills expectations and opens up “ his very own niche in the German pop world ” with “ extremely simple means ” . "
Oliver Marquart also gave Rap.de six out of a possible ten rating points to Cro's debut album. The editor characterizes Raop as “ middle class music of the purest quality. "Cro creates" for himself and his listeners with his music a world in an ideal state "and with his texts he meets" the attitude to life of a certain, not insignificant part of the German youth. “Marquart attests to the catchiness of both the hooklines and the instrumentals on the album. He also finds praise for the double-time verses of the intro, which he would have wished for more often as a " rap fan ".
Controversy over Bravo Hiphop Special
At the beginning of June 2012 the editors of the youth magazine Bravo Hiphop Special published a review of Raop , in the course of which the album was rated two out of a possible five points. This gave the publication the worst rating of the issue. In the explanation, the editors wrote: “ Too often, Cro sounds like a new version of Fantastic 4 . Pretty disappointing after all the hype about 'Easy'. Missed the chance! “Sebastian Schweizer, founder of Chimperator Productions , then stated that the editorial staff of the magazine had not heard the album and therefore could not evaluate it. Neither his label nor the Groove Attack distributor would have sampled the Bravo Hiphop Special .
success
Raop was able to enter the album charts at number 1 in Germany . According to Chimperator Productions , over 60,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week. The album was also able to achieve the highest position in Austria . In Switzerland, Cro was in 7th position with his debut album. After two weeks of sales, Raop achieved gold status in Germany. By the beginning of October 2012, over 200,000 Raop units had been sold in Germany , so that it received a platinum award. At the end of 2013, the sound carrier was finally awarded five times gold for more than 500,000 copies sold. Furthermore, Cros Album reached gold status in Austria. In the German annual charts in 2012, the album was ranked 9th.
The singles Du , King of Raop and Meine Zeit entered the German single charts. You reached second place straight away , King of Raop was in 24th place and Meine Zeit got in 31st place. Since the songs Easy and Hi Kids were in the charts at the same time , Cro took five placements in the German single charts in the 28th week of 2012. In the following week, the songs once around the world rose to position 35, a part to number 95 and never again to number 98 in the charts, with which the rapper was able to place a total of eight songs in the hit parade at the same time.
At the beginning of October 2012, Easy achieved platinum status in Germany and gold status in Austria and Switzerland. The singles Du and once around the world were also awarded platinum in Germany.
Raop +5
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Studio album by Cro | |||
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5th July 2013 |
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Label (s) | Chimperator | ||
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59:21 |
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Cro, Jopez, Conscious Youths, Shuko & Fonty, Kilians , Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer, Dexter |
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On July 5, 2013, a new version of the album with five additional songs was released under the title Raop +5 .
content
In addition to the 15 songs of the Premium Edition by Raop, Raop +5 also contains the pieces Whatever , Chillin , Bei dir , Ab Jetzt and Wie du .
Track list
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laut.de |
- Intro - 2:46
- King of Raop - 3:09
- Easy - 2:52
- Great world - 2:50
- You - 2:54
- As I am - 3:11
- My time - 3:07
- Never again - 3:04
- Every day - 2:56
- Likewise - 3:25
- Around the world - 2:22
- We were here - 2:24
- One part - 2:55
- Ugly - 2:58
- Papa shakes his head - 3:06
- Whatever - 3:11
- Chillin - 4:32
- With you - 2:19
- From now - 2:49
- Like you - 2:32
Chart success and single
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In the course of the release of Raop +5 , Raop (the sales of both versions were added together) rose to number 6 in the German charts.
The song Whatever was released as a single, which was the first cro-track to reach number 1 in the German charts and was sold a platinum record for 300,000 copies . The song Wie du also made it to 59th place in the German charts due to the high number of downloads.
swell
- ↑ a b Backspin-media.de: BACKSPIN TV: Cro on the mic on stage and in an interview. Retrieved July 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - Raop (release date & pre-order). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 9, 2012 ; Retrieved July 2, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro: "Unfortunately there was no meerkat mask" - page 2. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 7, 2012 ; Retrieved July 4, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - Raop (cover). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 28, 2012 ; Retrieved July 3, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro: "Unfortunately there was no meerkat mask" - page 3. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 8, 2012 ; Retrieved July 4, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - Raop Limited Edition (tracklist & pre-order). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 2, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from March 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
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - three singles in three days (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 4, 2012 ; Retrieved July 1, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - You (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 1, 2012 ; Retrieved July 1, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro - King Of Raop (video). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 2, 2012 ; Retrieved July 1, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Juice.de: Cro - My time (video). Retrieved July 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Product information on "Once around the world" on mix1.de; accessed on Feb. 1, 2013
- ↑ Musikmarkt.de: Cro: Debut album “Raop” will be released in July. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 6, 2013 ; Retrieved July 2, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ a b Laut.de: What would have happened if he had made an effort? Retrieved July 11, 2012 .
- ↑ Musikexpress: Cro - Raop. Retrieved February 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Rating: hiphop.de
- ↑ Evaluation: plattentests.de
- ↑ a b Rap.de: Cro - Raop: Alles easy. Retrieved July 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Rating: hiphop-jam.net
- ↑ Süddeutsche.de: The panda in me. Retrieved July 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Spiegel.de: Carlo, the sweet panda bear. Retrieved July 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Berliner-zeitung.de: The rapper with the puffy ears - page 2. Accessed on July 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Hiphop.de: Chimperator on Cro-Review: "You never heard the album". Retrieved July 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Bravo HipHop Special - “Raop” -Review a fake? (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 9, 2012 ; Retrieved July 21, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Rapupdate.de: Bravo HipHop - Will Cro's album RAOP be a total flop? (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 21, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meinrap.de: Cro storms to the top of the album charts. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 19, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Kristof Janßen for Hiphop.de: Cro rises to one of the album charts with "Raop". Retrieved July 21, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Austriancharts.at: Cro - Raop. Retrieved July 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Hiphop.de: Cro breaks records with "Raop" and goes gold. Retrieved August 29, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Meinrap.de: Cro - "Raop" and "Easy" go platinum. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 7, 2012 ; Retrieved October 5, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ DE: Annual charts # 9
- ↑ Musikmarkt.de: Charts Germany week 28: Cro with five singles in the charts. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 5, 2013 ; Retrieved July 11, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Musikmarkt.de: Charts Germany week 29: Cro, Cro and again Cro. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 20, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Laut.de: Better donate to the WWF! Retrieved July 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
- ↑ Chart tracking Raop / Raop +5 on musicline.de ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.