Who would have thought that?
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Studio album from ASD | |||||||
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March 28, 2003 |
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Label (s) | EMI | ||||||
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Title (number) |
20th |
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running time |
68:18 |
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Who would have thought that? is a collaboration album by the German rappers Afrob and Samy Deluxe , who appear on the project under the pseudonym ASD . The album was released on March 28, 2003 on the EMI label .
production
Producers from the USA are primarily responsible for the beats on the album. As a result most of the was Detroitern Waajeed and J Dilla , and the New York Diamond D produced. The Croatian Baby Dooks and the duo Jontae Slade and Miles Lewis contributed several beats. The German producer DJ Desue is also represented with two productions. Individual instrumentals also come from Yvan Jacquemet, DR Period, Mr. Khaliyl, Kaos and DJ Rocky.
Cover design
The album cover shows Afrob and Samy Deluxe, dressed in white T-shirts and baggy pants, sitting on a black sofa. In the upper part of the picture is written ASD in large, bright white letters and below it, Afrob, Samy Deluxe . The title Who would have thought that? is at the bottom right of the cover.
Guest Posts
In addition to the two protagonists, other artists appear on five songs on the album. When Is' how's Is the Berliner rapper Dean Dawson to hear during the Frankfurt rapper D-Flame on Fatherless is represented. Tracey Moore also sing in Dance with Me and Brooke Russell in Big Boys and in Outro .
Track list
# | title | Guest musician | producer | length |
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1 | Intro | Waajeed | 1:31 | |
2 | Sneak preview | Yvan Jacquemet | 3:49 | |
3 | Sandman | Jontae Slade and Miles Lewis | 3:38 | |
4th | Who would have thought that? | Waajeed | 4:00 | |
5 | ASD | DR Period | 4:13 | |
6th | Is as is | Dean Dawson | DJ Desue | 4:03 |
7th | Essentially | Jontae Slade and Miles Lewis | 3:34 | |
8th | Big boys | Brooke Russell | Baby dooks | 3:34 |
9 | Yagayaa | Waajeed | 2:01 | |
10 | African riddim | Mr. Khaliyl | 4:11 | |
11 | Dance With Me | Tracey Moore | Kaos | 3:23 |
12 | Hey you (take your time) | Waajeed | 4:30 | |
13 | Interlude | Waajeed | 1:34 | |
14th | Do you know where the party is | Afrob and Samy Deluxe | 0:56 | |
15th | Tell me where the party is | Diamond D | 3:55 | |
16 | Fatherless | D-Flame | DJ Desue | 4:01 |
17th | Question answer | Jontae Slade and Miles Lewis | 3:38 | |
18th | come on | J Dilla | 2:55 | |
19th | Me & him | DJ Rocky | 4:47 | |
20th | Outro | Brooke Russell | Baby dooks | 4:05 |
Chart success and singles
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The album entered the German charts at position 5 in the 16th calendar week of 2003. In the weeks that followed, it came in 19th and 22nd overall. Who would have thought that? 13 weeks in the top 100. In the German annual charts 2003, the sound carrier was 100th.
When singles were Sneak Preview , Tell me where the party is! and Hey you (take your time) decoupled.
reception
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laut.de |
- The online magazine laut.de gave the album three out of a possible five points and criticized that Afrob could not keep up with Samy Deluxe:
“ Afrob and Samy Deluxe aka ASD do Method Man And Redman and form the most powerful tag team in the German-speaking hip hop scene. [...] The necessary variety is provided by the anthem-like "ASD", backed by a wide-screen sample suitable for film, the melancholy "Hey Du (Take Your Time)" reminiscent of Nas' "Mastermind", the D-Flame-influenced family tragedy "Vaterlos" and the smooth "Outro" dominated by singer Brooke Russel. So musically there is nothing to complain about, but when it comes to rapeseed there is a lot going on. […] In contrast to Method Man and Redman, the chemistry between the two protagonists seems unbalanced. The quality differences between Samy Deluxe and its partner Afrob are too great. The Skillz pendulum is clearly leaning in favor of the hamburger and is therefore damaging the whole project. [...] Afrob only shows his old class with the quiet pieces like "Hey Du" or "Vaterlos". Too little to turn the promising approaches into a real classic. Too bad. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who would have thought that? at discogs.com
- ↑ Album cover at amazon.de
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ DE: Annual charts # 100
- ↑ Singles from musicline.de ( Memento from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier