From the skyline to the curb back

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From the skyline to the curb back
Bushido studio album

Publication
(s)

2006

Label (s) ersguterjunge / Universal

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hiphop / German rap

Title (number)

21st

running time

74 min 55 s

occupation Bushido

production

Bushido & Kingsize

Studio (s)

Highlight Productions / Kingsize

chronology
Public Enemy No. 1
(2005) 		From the skyline to the curb back 7
(2007)

From the skyline to the curb back (VdSzBz for short) is the fourth solo album by the Berlin rapper Bushido . It was released on Bushido's label ersguterjunge on September 4, 2006 and distributed by Universal . It is the last album that Bushido released in collaboration with Universal and was a commercial success. On Back from the skyline to the curb , Bushido refrained from any guest contributions from other musicians for the first time. It entered the album charts at number 2 in Germany and at number 3 in Austria. In 2007 it was the first Bushido album in Germany to achieve platinum status for over 200,000 units sold. In Austria it was awarded a gold record. Until the appearance of Bushido's follow-up album 7 , it was his most successful release to date. In addition, in 2007 the album won an echo in the Hip-Hop / R & B (national) category of Artist / Group of the Year . Since 2010 the album can no longer be distributed due to copyright infringement.

background

The name is based on his first solo album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline , which appeared in 2003 on Aggro Berlin. The album is regarded by many critics as a milestone in German rap. Half a year after the album was released, Bushido separated from his former label and signed a contract with Universal , where he released two more solo albums with Electro Ghetto and Public Enemy No. 1 before Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück . With Von der Skyline zum Bordstein back , Bushido didn't want to publish a follow-up to Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline , as the title suggests, but in relation to his previous two albums he wanted to make a closer musical approach to it.

The album is special in that it is a pure solo album and Bushido for the first time completely dispenses with features. According to Bushido, the reason for this was mainly that the album was released in February 2006, the first ersguterjunge label sampler album and at the time the album was created for December 2006 with Vendetta another release of this kind was planned. Bushido therefore did not want his album to act like another label sampler in this time window by recording guest contributions from various ersguterjunge contract artists. On the advice of Eko Fresh , he decided not to include any guest contributions.

Emergence

Large parts of the album, around half according to Bushido's information, were created in the Hyatt Hotel in Cologne , where Bushido rented a suite for himself and the producer kingsize for a period of three weeks at a price of 20,000 euros .

In total, Bushido recorded 28 tracks for the album, 24 of which were intended for the album. Originally, the 11th track on the album should have been a song called September . In view of the foiled terrorist attacks on August 10, 2006 in London , immediately before the album was released, Universal pushed for the title to be removed from the album. Bushido later stated in interviews that this concern was the cause of his subsequent separation from Universal and that he had only complied with the request of the record company because in return they released him from his contract, which would have provided for the recording of another album.

content

In this context, Bushido takes up lines of text from earlier publications in several pieces and uses them in a new context. In the title No window Bushido processed, which during the recording of his last album Enemy of the State. 1 itself temporarily in Linz in custody had been taken, several prison clichés and presents, own, according to testimony, so his own prison ironically represents.

On the album, Bushido taunts his former label colleagues Sido , Fler and B-Tight . Notably dissed be rappers like Raptile , Curse , Ercandize and Tefla and Jaleel , as well as the formation Rapsoul and members of the Berlin label Amstaff , especially Bass Sultan Hengzt . The hip-hop magazine Backspin and the hip-hop festival Splash are also mentioned derogatory.

production

As on Vom Bordstein zur Skyline , Bushido was mostly responsible for the production of the album. Only when mixing the tracks was he supported by the producer Kingsize, who was the only other producer to produce two tracks on the album.

Copyright Infringement

According to the neoclassical band Dark Sanctuary , Bushido used their song material for the album in at least eight cases. Bushido cut the loops several times in a row and put a new text over them. Only Bushido was given as the composer. An out-of-court settlement failed. The Hamburg district court sentenced Bushido on March 23, 2010 to an equitable compensation for the non-pecuniary damage. The judges awarded Dark Sanctuary damages, also because Bushido had placed his lyrics over their music without the composer's permission. The offending titles all had to be withdrawn from the sale.

Track list

Standard Edition

  1. Intro - 2:08
  2. Universal Soldier - 3:43
  3. You know? - 3:39
  4. Goldrapper - 3:54
  5. Sunbed Flavor - 3:40
  6. Kurt Cobain - 3:28
  7. When a gangster cries - 3:32
  8. I fall asleep - 3:16
  9. Do you have what are you what - 4:08
  10. Alpha Animal - 3:43
  11. Bloodsport - 4:01
  12. Sex in the City - 4:02
  13. Dealer from the block - 3:48
  14. Bravo Cover - 3:10
  15. I take care of that - 3:44
  16. Kickboxer - 3:26
  17. Blue light - 3:59
  18. Janine - 3:56
  19. No window - 3:46
  20. Back from the skyline to the curb - 4:03
  21. Outro - 1:38

Two additional titles of the limited version :

  1. Back from the skyline to the curb - 3:52
  2. Knight Rider - 3:46

Platinum Edition :

Contains 2 audio CDs: On the first CD the above mentioned tracks (without the limited version) and on the second CD some tracks from the album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline with 3 additional remixes and the track "Es ist OK" from the Nyze album "Give & Take".

CD 1

  1. Intro - 2:08
  2. Universal Soldier - 3:43
  3. You know? - 3:39
  4. Goldrapper - 3:54
  5. Sunbed Flavor - 3:40
  6. Kurt Cobain - 3:28
  7. When a gangster cries - 3:32
  8. I fall asleep - 3:16
  9. Do you have what are you what - 4:08
  10. Alpha Animal - 3:43
  11. Bloodsport - 4:01
  12. Sex in the City - 4:02
  13. Dealer from the block - 3:48
  14. Bravo Cover - 3:10
  15. I take care of that - 3:44
  16. Kickboxer - 3:26
  17. Blue light - 3:59
  18. Janine - 3:56
  19. No window - 3:46
  20. Back from the skyline to the curb - 4:03
  21. Outro - 1:38

CD 2

  1. Electrofaust - 2:12
  2. Bushido (feat. Billy13) - 4:49
  3. At night - 3:23
  4. Berlin - 3:13
  5. Fatherland (feat. Fler) - 3:23
  6. Pitch Bitch - 0:42
  7. My territory - 4:43
  8. Renn (feat.AidS) - 4:37
  9. Mean as 10 - 3:50
  10. Streetwars - 0:34
  11. Asphalt (feat. Fler) - 4:04
  12. Stupid white Man (feat.Sahira) - 4:42
  13. Future (feat. Fler) - 3:44
  14. From the curb to the skyline (feat. Fler) - 3:44
  15. Outro (feat.Sahira) - 3:02
  16. Berlin (Remix) (feat.Kay One & Chakuza) - 2:13
  17. At Night (Remix) (feat.Nyze & Kay One) - 3:28
  18. Sunbed Flavor (Faible Remix) - 3:58
  19. It's Ok (feat. Nyze) - 3:44

reception

criticism

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
According to
Allmusic
Rap.de
hiphop-jam.net
rap4fame.de

From the skyline to the curb back received mostly positive reviews. The e-zine laut.de awarded the album 4 out of 5 possible stars and stated that they “simply did not trust the artist to produce an album at this level ” . In particular, Bushido’s complete waiver of guest contributions was praised by the reviewer. The titles Universal Soldier , Sonnenbank Flavor , Alphatier and Hast du was, bist du was were highlighted as atmospheric highlights of the album. In addition, the technical quality of Bloodsport was given special mention. The title Goldrapper , however, was seen as inconsistent with the overall content of the album.

Commercial win

The album rose to number two in the album charts in Germany, number three in Austria and number 15 in Switzerland and reached gold status just two weeks after its release in Germany and Austria . In the show Johannes B. Kerner on 31 May 2007 Bushido was a guest and announced that from the Skyline to the curb returns have reached now 200,000 units sold platinum.

Chart successes

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 2 (47 weeks) 47
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 3 (23 weeks) 23
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 15th (22 weeks) 22nd
Annual charts
Charts (2006) placement
Annual charts (2006)
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 46

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 200,000
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg1 × platinum
 215,000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH
  2. ↑ a b Awards for music sales in DE
  3. ↑ a b Awards for music sales in AT
  4. ↑ Echo 2007: Bushido meets Kastelruther Spatzen laut.de, March 26, 2007, accessed on February 22, 2014
  5. ↑ a b Laut.de: Review: Finally, the genius of the Berliner comes to light again. Retrieved November 2, 2013 .
  6. ↑ 5 Gangsta Rap Essentials from D, Juice , March / April 2013, pp. 30–31
  7. ↑ Interview with Bushido ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 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. hiphop.at, May 8, 2007, accessed on February 22, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hiphop.at
  8. ↑ a b c d Bushido Interview hiphop-jam.net, accessed on February 22, 2014
  9. ↑ Bushido rates his solo albums 16bars.de, February 6, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2014
  10. ^ Judgment of the Hamburg Regional Court
  11. ↑ Plagiarism judgment - court has Bushido albums shredded , March 23, 2010, at spiegel.de and Bushido steals songs - Die Hegemann des Hip-Hop , March 24, 2010 taz.de
  12. ↑ Review: Bushido - Back from the Skyline to the Curb , allmusic.com, accessed on February 22, 2014
  13. ^ "Bordstein / Skyline / Faustschlag / Aspirin" ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Review: Bushido - VDSZBZ , hiphop-jam.net, September 9, 2006, accessed on February 22, 2014
  15. ↑ Review: 23 - 23 , rap4fame.de, September 6, 2006, accessed on February 22, 2014
  16. ↑ viva.tv ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 22, 2014 (archive.org)