Zenit (album)

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Zenith
Studio album by RAF Camora

Publication
(s)

1st November 2019

Label (s) Indipendenza

Format (s)

CD , LP , download

Genre (s)

Hip-hop , dancehall

Title (number)

16/18

running time

46:23 / 52:25

production

Studio (s)

Anthrazit-Studio (Berlin), Red Bull Music Studios (Tokyo) u. a.

Location (s)

Berlin , Tokyo , Split

chronology
Palms made of plastic 2
(with Bonez MC )
(2018) 		Zenith Zenit RR
(2020)
Single releases
August 30, 2019 vendetta
20th September 2019 Adriana
October 11, 2019 Puta Madre (feat.Ghetto Phénomène)
October 31, 2019 Tell them 2

Zenit is the seventh solo album by the Austrian rapper RAF Camora . It was released on November 1, 2019 via his own label Indipendenza as a standard edition and box set, including two bonus songs and a snippet from the Zenit RR album .

production

Except for the song Meteorit , which was produced by Beataura, the album was produced entirely by the music production teams The Cratez and The Royals (15 songs). RAF Camora himself co-produced ten tracks. The producers Lucry , Beataura, Syrix and Irie Vibrations were also involved in individual songs .

Cover design

The album cover refers to RAF Camora's lyrics in which he often mentions ravens . It shows a raven made of white lines, which flies over the earth in dark space. In the upper part of the picture is the title Zenit , which is also made up of white lines. At the bottom right of the picture is the white lettering RAF Camora , written from bottom to top.

Guest Posts

In addition to RAF Camora, other artists are represented on four songs on the album. His long-time collaboration partner Bonez MC made guest appearances in the songs Changed and Unnormal . The German rapper and singer Gallo Nerø can be heard on Cinema , while RAF Camora works with the French rap group Ghetto Phénomène on Puta Madre .

Track list

# title Guest musician Producer (s) length
1 Zenith The Royals, The Cratez , RAF Camora 2:02
2 Created The Cratez , The Royals, RAF Camora, Beataura 2:43
3 vendetta The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora 2:35
4th Adriana The Royals, RAF Camora, The Cratez 2:45
5 Changed Bonez MC The Royals, The Cratez, RAF Camora 3:15
6th Résumé words The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora, Syrix 1:15
7th dream The Cratez, The Royals 3:08
8th Puta Madre Ghetto Phenomène The Royals, Lucry , The Cratez 4:27
9 Nothing but nothing The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora, Beataura 3:49
10 Résumé risk The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora, Irie Vibrations 1:26
11 Cinema Gallo Nerø The Royals, The Cratez 3:42
12 meteorite Beataura 3:48
13 Abnormal Bonez MC Beataura, The Royals, The Cratez 3:19
14th Final 1150 The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora, Beataura 2:56
15th Summary raven The Royals, The Cratez 2:08
16 Tell them 2 The Cratez, The Royals, RAF Camora 3:05

Bonus songs of the box set:

# title Guest musician Producer (s) length
17th Vendetta RR RAF Camora, The Cratez, The Royals 2:33
18th Puta Madre The Royals, Lucry, The Cratez 3:29

Bonus CD of the box set:

# title length
1 Zenit RR Official Snippet 5:15

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
vendetta
  DE 5 06.09.2019 (9 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
13.09.2019 (11 weeks)
  CH 7th 09/08/2019 (5 weeks)
Adriana
  DE 7th 09/27/2019 (15 weeks)
  AT 3 
gold
gold
04/10/2019 (13 weeks)
  CH 5 09/29/2019 (9 weeks)
Puta Madre (feat.Ghetto Phénomène)
  DE 5 October 18, 2019 (16 weeks)
  AT 2 
platinum
platinum
10/25/2019 (21 weeks)
  CH 4th October 20, 2019 (10 weeks)
Tell them 2
  DE 33 11/08/2019 (2 weeks)
  AT 74 11/08/2019 (1 week)
Unnormal ( feat.Bonez MC )
  DE 13 11/08/2019 (11 weeks)
  AT 5 11/15/2019 (8 weeks)
  CH 13 11/10/2019 (5 weeks)

Zenit entered the German album charts at number 1 on November 8, 2019 and was at number 4 and 13 in the following weeks. The album also topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland. After the release of Zenit RR , the album again took first place in Germany in early 2020.

In the German annual album charts for 2019, it was in 17th position and 7th in Austria.

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 1 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
Annual charts
Charts (2019) placement
Annual charts (2019)
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 17th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 7th

The first single Vendetta was released for download on August 30, 2019 and entered the charts at number 5 in the German and at number 7 in Switzerland. In Austria, the song charted at the top. The single was awarded a gold record in Austria (15,000 sales). On September 20, the song Adriana was released, which was position 7 in the German charts, number 5 in the charts in Switzerland and position 3 in the Austrian charts. The single also achieved gold status in Austria (15,000 sales). The third release Puta Madre (feat.Ghetto Phénomène) was released on October 11, 2019 and entered the charts at number 5 in Germany, 4 in Switzerland and 2 in Austria. The single was awarded a platinum record in Austria for 30,000 sales. One day before the album was released, the last single, Sag them 2 , followed, which reached number 33 in Germany and number 74 in Austria. After the album was released, the song Unnormal entered the German and Swiss charts at position 13 due to streaming and downloads. In Austria, the single came in at number 5.

Music videos were also released for all releases .

Sales figures and awards

The album was awarded a platinum record in Austria for 15,000 sales.

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
All in all Platinum record icon.svg 1 × platinum
 15,000

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
laut.de

Robin Schmidt from the website laut.de rated Zenit with four out of a possible five points. RAF Camora is “a brilliant producer and musician and has a feel for the right vibe at the right time.” Musically, the album is “partly based on the sound of days gone by,” whereby the rapper “digs deep into his own past.” The producers too would have "created melodic, driving instrumentals that usually go forward."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ album cover
  2. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
  3. ↑ a b RAF Camora - Zenit. GfK Entertainment , accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b RAF Camora - Zenit. Ö3 Austria Top 40 , accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b RAF Camora - Zenit. Swiss hit parade , accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Top 100 Annual Album Charts 2019. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Annual Hit Parade Albums 2019. austriancharts.at, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Gold & Platinum Austria. ifpi.at, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Rating: laut.de
RAF Camora
Studio albums

Next stop Future • RAF 3.0 • Hoch 2 • Ghøst • Anthracite • Anthracite RR • Zenit • Zenit RR

Collaboration albums

Family Bizz  (with Assaut Mystik and Balkan Express)  • Scandal  (with Emirez)  • Artkore  (with Nazar )  • Zodiak  (with Chakuza and Joshi Mizu )  • Palms made of plastic  (with Bonez MC )  • Palms made of plastic 2  (with Bonez MC) 

Mix tapes

Therapy before the album • Therapy after the album • Inedit 2003 - 2010 • Therapy after death

Extended plays

Scandal • The black EP • The white EP • Black matter II