Rebel for no reason

Rebel for no reason
Studio album by Prinz Pi
Publication (s)	January 28, 2011
Label (s)	No love records
Format (s)	CD , record , download
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	18/20/20
running time	71:29 / 77:24 / 77:45
production	Biztram The Royals TiKay One Whiz Vienna
Studio (s)	Berlin
chronology Illuminati (2010) Rebel for no reason Compass without north (2013)
Single release January 14, 2011 You are

Rebel without a reason is the tenth solo album by Berlin rapper Prinz Pi . It was released on January 28, 2011 on his independent label Keine Liebe Records in three different versions.

style

Texts

Several tracks on the album deal with the theme of love in all its facets. This is how Prince Pi describes in the first single You are his love for an unnamed woman, who does not reciprocate the love. In Eifer & Sucht , the rapper talks about jealousy in one of his relationships. The title Laura is about a relationship that is falling apart. Shortly afterwards, the friend commits suicide. According to Prince Pi, the song is based on a true story. He had been writing this song for five years, but never found the right words or the right music for it.

It also contains songs that are critical of society (e.g. Virus ). In Drei † für Deutschland, for example, Prince Pi tells the story of three German soldiers, one of whom was killed off the coast of Somalia. The other two die in their home country under unusual circumstances such as suicide due to the pressure of traumatic experiences in the Iraq war. The war is also dealt with in Krieg @ Home , where it is fictitiously told that the war is also taking place in Germany and that this is exactly what happened.

The song iGod can be assigned to the battle rap . However, there are also some passages in the song that express themselves ironically about this attitude. Prinz Pi denotes iGod as a type of spoof .

In the title Proof, however, Prince Pi expresses his displeasure with the negative image of rap in society and counts counter- evidence for the cliché of violence-glorifying, primitive rap. So he calls u. a. the rappers Basstard , Casper , Kamp , Tua , Maeckes , Morlockk Dilemma , Taktloss , Timi Hendrix , Dendemann , and the hip-hop formation KIZ as counter-evidence .

Overall, the album is a bit more emotional, but in terms of content it shows great parallels to the rapper's earlier albums. Prince Pi himself describes Rebel as his most personal work for no reason .

music

There are a few more rocky beats on Rebell ohne Grund . Distorted guitars can be heard in the title Queen of Kreuzberg . Prinz Pi said that there are few synth beats on the record , but he describes the background music as typical hip-hop . It was important to the rapper that the music didn't sound like it was on the computer. In many cases, instruments were recorded instead of using digital settings.

Album title

According to Prince Pi, the title refers to the fact that he rebels against habits and events in society without having an exact reason to defend himself against it. In addition, the name is based on the film Rebel Without a Cause by James Dean , which appeared in 1955.

production

As usual, the beats for the album were mainly produced by Biztram . The Berlin producer was responsible for 13 of the 18 beats on the standard edition. The last track proof against it was produced by the Viennese producer Whiz Vienna. In addition, the production team The Royals was responsible for the productions of Krieg @ Home , Lullaby and Dawn . Next was Laura produced by tikay One. A children's choir is also used in the title Wunderkind . This consists of Kiyomi Mason, Dilara Faki and Melissa Faki. In Queen of Kreuzberg by will also resorted to a guitar, Archi Alert , former singer and guitarist of the punk group terrorist group , was recorded.

Biztram and Carsten Schedler mixed Rebell without a reason . The mastering was done by Matthias Millhoff.

Guest Posts

Four songs on the album feature guest contributions from other rappers. E-Rich and the head chef can be heard on Krieg @ Home . The Austrian Kamp appears at Marathon Mann . Timi Hendrix from the rap duo Pimpulsiv , Frauenarzt and Biztram, the main producer of the album, have guest contributions on the title Rand II and Mudi and RAF Camora rap a verse each at dawn . The singer Dana can also be heard on the iTunes bonus song Märchenwald .

illustration

The album cover is held in purple tones. It shows Prince Pi with sunglasses. At the top of the picture is Prince Pi and at the bottom left the title Rebel without a reason . The picture was taken by Cem Guenes.

A 32-page booklet is enclosed with the CD , in which all the lyrics and various photos of Prince Pi are listed. He took over the design completely himself.

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Bomb weather		Biztram	3:18
2	The new iGod		Biztram	3:22
3	You are		Biztram	4:00
4th	virus		Biztram	3:42
5	Generation porn		Biztram	4:38
6th	War @ Home	E-rich and head chef	The Royals	3:43
7th	Three † for Germany		Biztram	3:51
8th	Etc.		Biztram	3:08
9	Lullaby		The Royals	3:31
10	wonder child		Biztram	3:37
11	Marathon man	Camp	Biztram	5:02
12	Zeal & Addiction		Biztram	3:36
13	Again and again		Biztram	4:39
14th	Queen of Kreuzberg		Biztram	3:01
15th	Edge II	Timi Hendrix , gynecologist and Biztram	Biztram	4:41
16	Dawn	Mudi and RAF Camora	The Royals	5:20
17th	Laura		TiKay One	5:27
18th	Proof against it		Whiz Vienna	2:53

Vinyl bonus songs:

#	title	Guest musician	length
19th	Black house		2:00
20th	Surf castle		3:55

iTunes bonus songs:

#	title	Guest musician	length
1	Fairytale forest	Dana	3:20
2	Dead laugh		2:56

Chart success and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Rebel for no reason   DE 9 02/11/2011 (3 weeks)   AT 44 02/11/2011 (1 week)   CH 29 02/13/2011 (2 weeks)

Singles

You are   DE 88 28/01/2011 (1 week)

Rebell without a reason entered the German album charts at number 9 in the 7th calendar week of 2011. In the weeks that followed, the record fell to 43rd and 88th place before dropping out of the top 100.

On January 14, 2011, the first single Du bist digital was released. The single entered the German charts at number 88 and left the Top 100 after a week. The single contains some versions of Du bist as well as the bonus track Too gray . The music video for the song has already celebrated 23 December 2010 premiere at tape.tv . The second single, Königin von Kreuzberg, was released for download, the video of which premiered on May 6, 2011 on juice.de.

Reviews

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Juice
rap.de
Backspin
rappers.in

• The online magazine laut.de certified the album to be “another interim balance sheet of a grown rap workaholic” and awarded 3 out of a possible 5 points:

“ Prinz Pi is developing, if you will, into a consensus rapper who is actually doing everything right. Regardless of whether it is a grumpy rap journal or the Süddeutsche Zeitung - you can only find praise for the latest work by the 'commissioned student rapper', who has long since put the 'porn' in its name. One can only hope that rough edges do not follow. [...] This album is by far his most personal. [...] All in all, 'Rebell ohne Grund' doesn't seem like the result of a completed development towards a new artist, but rather like a further interim balance sheet of a grown rap workaholic. Of course, at Friedrich Kautz this still results in a significantly higher level than most of what is marketed as a 'milestone' by colleagues in the field. As I said: Pi has always operated by its own yardstick. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

• The website Rap.de described Rebell as a great concept album for no reason and awarded five out of five stars:

“ 'No love', preached the native of Zehlendorf on his debut album 'Porno Privat', with which he suddenly became known in the Berlin underground scene. Thirteen years after the release of his first work, he is now dedicating an entire album to the theme of 'love'. Who would have thought that? Hatred, jealousy, remorse and pity - Pi describes in his songs emotional states in which the listener can put himself very well without drifting in a kitschy direction. [...] 18 varied tracks make the CD one of the best concept albums that Pi has released so far. Rebellious, varied, great! "

- Excerpt from the review by Rap.de

• The hip-hop magazine Juice Rated rebel without cause with five of six possible crowns:

“ The lyrics are bursting with attitude, meticulousness and precision, but 'Rebell ohne Grund' also means a musical advancement from the recently quite synthetic-futuristic sound to organic music with lots of real instruments. It might sound angular now, but the result is pretty awesome. (...) What turned out to be more classic or retrospective on 'Axis of the Beautiful', on 'Rebel Without Reason' has a predominantly contemporary to visionary effect: the listener is surprised at times progressive, sometimes punky guitar runs and whipping drums, but also dodgy Electronic ('Generation Porno') and soulful-Boombappig ('Etc.') emerge. (...) Of course, there are also pop-cultural cross-references in abundance to 'Rebel without a reason'. "

- Excerpt from the review by Jan Wehn ​​in the Juice

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview on rap.de
2. ↑ Prince Pi declares war ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Review of Prinz Pi - Rebel without Reason ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Prinz Pi in a short interview about the new album ( memento of the original from February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Prinz Pi: “For me, rap is the coolest music in the world” ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Prinz Pi - Information on "Rebel without a reason"  ( 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.  
7. ↑ 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 
8. ↑ Chart tracking Rebell for no reason at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ You are # 88 ( Memento of the original from January 31, 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. 
10. ↑ Rating: laut.de
11. ↑ Evaluation: Juice 03-04 / 11 p. 116ff.
12. ↑ Rating: rap.de
13. ↑ Rating: backspin-media.de
14. ↑ Rating: rappers.in
15. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
16. ↑ Rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
17. ↑ Juice 03-04 / 11 p. 116ff.