Because the road doesn't forget
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Because the street does not forget is the twelfth solo album by the Berlin rapper Fler , where he appears under his pseudonym Frank White . It was released on September 11, 2015 via his own label, Maskulin Music Group, as a standard and premium edition as well as a limited box set , including DVD , instrumentals, t-shirt, poster and wall calendar.
content
As on the previous album, No One Can Cry Me , most of the songs on the album can be assigned to the genres of gangsta rap and battle rap . The atmosphere is mostly dark, raw and harsh. The songs CCN Kinder , Pallas and Pablo Escobar contain trap elements.
production
Much of the album was produced by music producer Iad Aslan, who contributed 13 of the 16 beats. He worked with Cris Balloo on ten of these instrumentals and Sascha Kunstmann assisted him on one. In addition, three productions come from C-Wash.
Guest Posts
In addition to Fler, other rappers are represented on five of the 16 songs. For example, he is supported by his label artist Jalil for the songs At the same time and Pablo Escobar . In the refrain of the track Mit dem BMW Pt. 2 , Shindy can be heard while PA Sports is making a guest appearance on HRSN Gesellschaft . Kurdo also raps a verse in the piece Bild im Zement .
Cover design
The album cover shows a black and white -Photo by the Panel Pallas in Berlin-Schöneberg in 2002, on which a Fler - Graffiti is. In the lower left corner of the picture is the title Because the road does not forget in white. On the cover of the Premium Edition, the photo is kept in red tones and the white lettering Frank White , Because the road does not forget and Premium Edition are in the middle of the picture.
Track list
| # | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
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| 1 | Intro / I'm doing real talk | Iad Aslan, Cris Balloo | 3:13 | |
| 2 | From an early age | 2:54 | ||
| 3 | Rap hard again | 2:56 | ||
| 4th | I hang out in the streets | 3:14 | ||
| 5 | At the same time | Jalil | 3:28 | |
| 6th | Like Frank | Iad Aslan, Sascha Kunstmann | 3:01 | |
| 7th | Road dust | Iad Aslan, Cris Balloo | 3:03 | |
| 8th | CCN children | C-Wash | 3:17 | |
| 9 | HRSN society | PA Sports | Iad Aslan, Cris Balloo | 3:38 |
| 10 | Because the road doesn't forget | 3:12 | ||
| 11 | Bass tuning / curb eating | 2:56 | ||
| 12 | All i know | Iad Aslan | 2:45 | |
| 13 | Picture in cement | Kurdo | Iad Aslan, Cris Balloo | 3:04 |
| 14th | With the BMW Pt. 2 | Shindy | Iad Aslan | 3:32 |
| 15th | Pallas | C-Wash | 2:39 | |
| 16 | Pablo Escobar | Jalil | 3:09 |
The limited edition also contains the instrumentals for all songs.
marketing
On April 17, 2015, the song Mit dem BMW Pt. 2 published on the Internet. This was followed by the song Pallas on May 7th and on May 28th 2015 a music video for the track Basstuning / Bordsteinfressen was released . Another video on street dust was released on July 25th before the track was released as a downloadable single on August 7th . Fler also published a 15-minute snippet for the album on YouTube on July 30th . Furthermore, the song Bild im Zement appeared on August 27th and a music video of the song At the same time on September 4th, 2015.
Chart successes
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Because the street does not forget , it entered the German album charts at number 2 on September 18, 2015 and stayed in the top 100 for four weeks.
reception
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The website laut.de gave the album only two out of a possible five points and criticized the monotony of the content:
“ Over a running time of a good fifty minutes, only interrupted by a few film kits and the aforementioned features, he gives the invincible, rock-hard, callous, rioting in all directions, constantly reciting Berlin boys from the street, who never lose sight of his roots loses and is a foreign word for self-doubt. As a consequence, that deserves respect. The only question is how long Fler aka Frank White can keep serving his fans with the same food before the pack rises up against their own leader. "
The website rap.de rated Weil die Straße nicht Forgets positively overall and highlighted the successful production:
“ The days of phrases being repeated three thousand times as hooks are finally over, the trap parts have been greatly minimized. In return, there is the solid rhyme craft that one is used to from Frank and that lives less from unbelievably unusual comparisons or play on words than from a certain audacity. As expected, there were no big surprises in terms of content to be heard. [...] The high-class beats set the right accents. "CCN Children" and "Alles was ich Kennen" are the finest lowered trap floors, while "From an early age", "I hang out on the streets" or "At the same time" the proven CCN sound at 2015 level bring. [...] In view of this dense sound carpet, which was mixed well compared to many German albums, Fler doesn't have to do too much anymore. And as I said, he doesn't do that either. A painfully personal song like “Mama is not proud of me” would certainly have done the album good, so there is the invincible Frank White for 50 minutes, who is always right, does real talk, thinks with his tail and speaks with his fist. The classic Berlin formula, without ironic refraction or too much self-reflection. "
The online magazine MZEE.com criticized the album, but also praised the stringency of the work:
“ Authenticity is a problem anyway. Why should I really buy someone to "aim out of the car" ("Intro / I do real talk") when I believe in the common sense of a 33-year-old adult man? Opinions differ on this question, but perhaps also many listeners of "Because the street does not forget": If you believe it, you will get a rock-solid street rap album. If you don't do that, you won't miss much on the twelfth solo album by Fler aka Frank White. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the cover photo on rap.de
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Cover of the premium edition
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( 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. AT CH
- ↑ Chart tracking Because the street doesn't forget on officialcharts.de
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: backspin.de
- ↑ Rating: rappers.in
- ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier
- ↑ rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
- ↑ mzee.com: Review of the sound carrier
