Who would have thought that?

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Who would have thought that?
Studio album from ASD
Cover

Publication
(s)

March 28, 2003

Label (s) EMI

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

German hip-hop

Title (number)

20th

running time

68:18

production

chronology
- Who would have thought that? Blockbasta
(2015)
Single releases
February 24, 2003 Sneak preview
May 26, 2003 Tell me where the party is
August 11, 2003 Hey you (take your time)

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
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

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Who would have thought that?
  DE 5 04/14/2003 (13 weeks)
  AT 34 04/13/2003 (7 weeks)
  CH 24 04/13/2003 (8 weeks)
Singles
Sneak preview
  DE 12 03/10/2003 (11 weeks)
  AT 48 03/09/2003 (7 weeks)
  CH 46 03/09/2003 (10 weeks)
Tell me where the party is
  DE 92 06/09/2003 (2 weeks)
Hey you (take your time)
  DE 67 08/25/2003 (4 weeks)

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

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
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. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who would have thought that? at discogs.com
  2. ↑ Album cover at amazon.de
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  4. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 100
  5. ↑ Singles from musicline.de ( Memento from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Rating: laut.de
  7. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier