Wave (album)

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Wave
Studio album by Ufo361

Publication
(s)

August 9, 2019

Label (s) Stay High ( Groove Attack )

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

17th

running time

52:21

production

The Cratez, Ufo361, Sam Salam, Özgür Bayraktar, AT Beatz, Jimmy Tirrio, Sonus030, FNSHRS, Murda Beatz, X-Plosive, North, A-Boom, SLS, Al B Smoov, Hurtboy AG and Funke

chronology
VVS
(2018) 		Wave Rich rich
(2020)
Single releases
17th March 2019 Take care who you love
April 26, 2019 Next (feat. RIN )
17th May 2019 Hit the gas (feat. Luciano )
June 7, 2019 Irina Shayk
June 28, 2019 Shot (feat. Data Luv )
19th July 2019 On Time (feat. Gunna )
26th July 2019 Number (feat. RAF Camora )

Wave (spelling: WAVE ) is the third studio album by the Berlin rapper Ufo361 . It was released on August 9, 2019 on his label Stay High and is distributed by Groove Attack . The Cratez acted as executive producer of the album .

background

In July 2018, Ufo361 announced via Instagram that he would end his active music career after the album VVS . The reason is mainly his family. This was followed by a staging of his death, with a mock funeral also being part of it. At his final concert in Berlin's Columbiahalle on November 3, 2018, he sold T-shirts with gravestones and also declared on Instagram that the rapper Ufo361 had died.

In the meantime he announced that he would return under the new name KAISER.

On March 17, 2019, he released Pass auf wen du love as the first single on the album, thus ending his musical abstinence.

Cover design

Link to the picture
(please note copyrights )

The cover shows a dolphin jumping out of the water with bright pink eyes and a large wave in the background, the water being kept in dark green tones. The title of the album is shown in distorted letters in the lower left corner and the rapper's logo in white letters in the lower right corner. The cover, like the covers of all single releases, was created by the Berlin designer Bastian Wienecke.

Track list

WAVE 
No. title production length
1. Wave The Cratez , Sam Salam, Özgür Bayraktar 2:29
2. Richard Millie The Cratez, AT Beatz , Jimmy Torrio 2:39
3. Shot (feat. Data Luv ) The Cratez, AT Beatz, Jimmy Torrio, Sonus030 3:44
4th On Time (feat. Gunna ) The Cratez 3:42
5. Irina Shayk The Cratez, Sonus 030, FNSHRS. 2:27
6th Next (feat. RIN ) Murda Beatz, The Cratez, Sonus 030 2:44
7th Monster (feat. Kontra K ) The Cratez, Jimmy Torrio 3:22
8th. Why do you want me The Cratez, Sonus 030 4:03
9. Lost ( feat.Yung Hurn ) The Cratez, Sam Salam 3:58
10. 04:30 The Cratez, Sonus 030 3:16
11. Number (feat. RAF Camora ) The Cratez, X-Plosives 3:02
12. Take care who you love The Cratez, AT Beatz, Sonus 030 3:29
13. Swiss Made (feat. KC Rebell ) SLS, North, A boom 3:02
14th Hit the gas (feat. Luciano ) The Cratez, AT Beatz, Sonus 030 2:53
15th Nike leggings The Cratez, Al B Smoov, Funke, Hurtboy AG 3:00
16. Poseidon The Cratez 1:44
17th No one there when you are looking The Cratez, AT Beatz 2:47
Overall length: 52:21

reception

The album received mixed reviews from critics. In his review, Mirco Leier from Laut.de found that the quality of the individual tracks fluctuated greatly. For example, he found the singles Richard Millie and Next to be solid, but criticized the fact that the second half of the album was littered with "embarrassments, fillers and sleeping pills."

Florian Peking from MZEE also rates the album as mixed. Wave does offer the "usual, suitable musical background", but the textual depth is lacking: "These lyrics can't really carry you away - generalities are dealt with too much."

Commercial win

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (21 weeks) 21st
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 2 (27 weeks) 27
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 3 (11 weeks) 11

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ufo361: A farewell like a funeral on laut.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
  2. ↑ But no end of career? Ufo361 is now called "KAISER" on bigfm.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
  3. ↑ “Wave”: Ufo361 publishes final cover on rap.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
  4. ↑ Ufo361 - WAVE review  on laut.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
  5. ↑ Florian Peking: Ufo361 - WAVE - Review. Accessed August 30, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Ufo361 - Wave. GfK Entertainment , accessed on August 21, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ufo361 - Wave. Ö3 Austria Top 40 , accessed on August 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ufo361 - Wave. Swiss hit parade , accessed on August 21, 2019 .