Fortunately in the future
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| Studio album by Marteria | ||||
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| Label (s) | Four Music | |||
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CD, vinyl |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
45 min. 6 sec. |
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Fortunately for the future is the fourth solo album by the Rostock rapper Marteria . It was released on August 20, 2010 on the Four Music label . Although it is the rapper's fourth album, it is only the second time that an album appears under the stage name Marteria. The other two albums were released under the pseudonym of his alter ego Marsimoto . The album was also released in a double CD version. The second CD contains all the pieces as an instrumental version as well as three additional songs.
background
Parallel to the beginning of the work on the album, Marteria worked together with the producers The Krauts on the album "The Sweetest Hangover" by Miss Platnum . The production costs for “Fortunately in the future” exceeded the advance payment that Marteria received from Four Music , so that The Krauts paid the additional costs after the advance payment was used up. Overall, the creation of the sound carrier took two and a half years.
In an interview with the hip-hop magazine Backspin , Marteria describes the album title “Fortunately in the future” by saying that there are two possible definitions that would describe the album: On the one hand, the statement “Fortunately”, which would mean that he hopes to be lucky in the future too. On the other hand, “Luckily it’s going there…”, which describes a further development where you orientate yourself on the current sounds.
Marteria herself describes the work on an album as a "finding process", in which one shouldn't finish the individual tracks under time pressure, because the result is not the best. A label would want the album to be ready by a certain date, but a “capable management” would have to slow down the label if the artist is not satisfied with the sound carrier. Marteria albums by Flying Lotus , Rick Ross , Jay-Z and Kanye West , which are about aesthetics and a concise sound, served as reference records for “Fortunately in the future” . In addition, his albums never had a predefined concept, but it was important that there were no gap fillers on the album in the form of parts and tracks.
The lyrics as well as the music of “Fortunately in the future” were written in Berlin, where Marteria was based on the social and loudness of his adopted home, as well as a two-week trip with The Krauts to Denmark . In addition to The Krauts, Robot Koch and Dead Rabbit were involved in the final production in Berlin , as it was important to Marteria to hear the opinions of other people whom he trusts.
Marteria described his approach to the lyrics and the music in an interview with Juice magazine by stating that he orientates himself according to his strengths, questions everything and also wonders what he is good at and what people would "celebrate" him for. Furthermore, the correct use of the vocal range in the right places is important and that the voice is "carried" by the respective melody.
Marteria also emphasizes that the guest contributions by Peter Fox , Miss Platnum , Yasha , Casper and Jan Delay were not bought, but were created as a result of the friendship with the artists.
Originally there were 15 pieces of music for the album, three of which were omitted because, in Marteria's opinion, they did not fit the album, so "Fortunately for the future" only contains 12 songs.
style
| Professional reviews | |
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| rap.de |
 
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In contrast to the previous albums, the album was produced by the producer trio The Krauts . The style differs significantly from the previous albums, but the typical style of Marteria is certainly audible. On the one hand, laut.de emphasizes in the review of the album that Marteria acts "both musically and in terms of content [...] completely free of the usual blinders in the genre". On the other hand, Marteria formulates the style of the album itself as follows: “In any case, the record is very dark. It's kind of funny, but not like 'I'm joking', it's sarcastic or bitter humor. […] In terms of the basic tenor, it is definitely not a happy, easy album. ”In an interview with Falk" Hawkeye "Schacht , Marteria made detailed statements about the production. He developed some beats together with the producers The Krauts, at least his guidelines were respected. He explained the shortness of the album, it was released with twelve tracks, by saying that after his previous albums he was annoyed that the arrangement and length of the albums were unbalanced.
Track list
| # | title | Feature (s) | length |
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| 1 | Final boss | 3:44 | |
| 2 | Radiated | Yasha | 3:32 |
| 3 | Amy's wine house | 3:24 | |
| 4th | You want to argue | 3:33 | |
| 5 | How do I make that clear to you | Jan Delay | 3:57 |
| 6th | Marteria girl | 3:30 | |
| 7th | Louis | 3:45 | |
| 8th | Kate Moscow | 3:26 | |
| 9 | Everything forbidden | Casper | 3:48 |
| 10 | Veronal (one tablet only) | Miss Platnum | 3:43 |
| 11 | Since the day Michael Jackson died | 5:10 | |
| 12 | Microsleep | Peter Fox | 3:34 |
Limited edition bonus songs
| # | title | Feature (s) | length |
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| 13 | Born to be a king | 3:39 | |
| 14th | New Nikes | 3:08 | |
| 15th | Maradona shirt | 2:49 |
Information about the songs
In the titles of the album personal history and the further development of Marterias are described, in which Marterias alter ego "Marsimoto" can be heard several times.
The two tracks "Wie Mach Ich Dir Das Klar" and "Louis" contain borrowings from samples of hit songs , chansons and soul .
The song Endboss is the first single release from the album that uses computer game sounds. Marteria describes it to the Backspin as the only completely autobiographical title on the album, in which it is about his life, his career and his future up to death.
For the second single Verstrahlt "wobbling synth sounds" were used. The title is an "interpretation song", which is about someone experiencing a unique moment and the listener can decide for themselves what that moment is. The single sold 40,000 times
The videos for Endboss and Verstrahlt were shot under the direction of Daniel Franke. The video for Endboss was officially published first on the online video magazine mixeryrawdeluxe.tv.
In “Amy's Weinhaus” a brothel is described in which men go to talk and howl. Marteria describes it as a serious song that wasn't originally planned. In an interview with Backspin, he states that men who have to be very tough in life need an outlet to let their problems out.
"You want to quarrel" is a title that is about quarrels with a woman with whom you ultimately fall in love. The title was underlaid with a “dubstep bassline”.
The title “How do I make this clear to you?” Contains a feature by Jan Delay and is about how difficult it can be to be honest with someone else.
In “Marteria Girl”, in which a groupie is sung about, hip-hop bass is mixed with pop. The title describes what the perfect woman should be like.
For Marteria, "Louis" is the most important song on the album because it is about his son. The first stanza describes the perspective of a single sperm cell, the second stanza describes the child growing up in the mother's womb. In the third stanza Marterias view is described and that he loves his son very much and often sees, although the child lives with Marterias ex-girlfriend.
"Kate Moscow" sings about a rich Russian woman in Berlin who would pay for everything and in the end would have run out of money because the Chinese would be the new rich. Marteria describes the title as a celebration song.
Casper can be heard in "Everything forbidden". Marteria and Casper tell in the title what they would find shitty, although in the end it doesn't matter what anyone would do. Following the motto "Everything forbidden still do fuck what others say." .
"Veronal (one tablet only)" is a guest post by Miss Platnum and is about insomnia and how it makes you feel. In an interview with Backspin, Marteria describes his adopted home Berlin-Kreuzberg and what it is like to live there with all the parties and the noise. The eponymous veronal is a sleeping pill that was banned in the 1970s and led to deaths.
"Since the day Michael Jackson died" is not about Michael Jackson himself, but deals with the shock situations themselves. That things happen that shock you and that even after days this effect does not end, but only after a long time.
The last track of the album "Microsleep" contains a feature by Peter Fox and is about getting older, as well as about "partying" in every age epoch. Marteria told Backspin that critics who would claim that he could not talk about getting older at the age of 27 would take the wind out of the sails through the feature of Peter Fox, who is 10 years older, and the song would sound more coherent as a result. The single sold over 15,000 times.
Concerts
Marteria put together a live band for concerts for the album, because, in his opinion, strings or a violin from the keyboard would not sound good, the same applies to choirs. He emphasized that this is not financially worthwhile, but that it is necessary to make “Fortunately for the future”.
success
In an interview with hiphop.de on July 15, 2013, Materia announced that the album had achieved gold status. The album has sold over 100,000 times.
swell
- ^ A b Stephan Szillus: Marteria - Berlin in Love . In: Alexander Lacher, piranha media GmbH (Ed.): Juice - HipHop Music, Styles and Culture No. 9-10 / 2010 . piranha media GmbH, 2010, p. 19 .
- ^ A b Stephan Szillus: Marteria - Berlin in Love . In: Alexander Lacher, piranha media GmbH (Ed.): Juice - HipHop Music, Styles and Culture No. 9-10 / 2010 . piranha media GmbH, 2010, p. 20 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Simon: Between the lines: Marteria. (No longer available online.) In: backspin-media.de. August 12, 2010, archived from the original on May 27, 2014 ; accessed on May 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Stephan Szillus: Marteria - Berlin in Love . In: Alexander Lacher, piranha media GmbH (Ed.): Juice - HipHop Music, Styles and Culture No. 9-10 / 2010 . piranha media GmbH, 2010, p. 23 .
- ^ Stephan Szillus: Marteria - Berlin in Love . In: Alexander Lacher, piranha media GmbH (Ed.): Juice - HipHop Music, Styles and Culture No. 9-10 / 2010 . piranha media GmbH, 2010, p. 22 .
- ↑ staiger: Marteria - Looking for the "Marteria Girl". (No longer available online.) In: rap.de. August 17, 2010, archived from the original on August 21, 2010 ; Retrieved August 29, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: rap.de ( Memento from January 31, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b c d e f Dani Fromm: laut.de criticism; Marteria: Fortunately for the future. In: laut.de. laut.de, accessed on August 28, 2010 .
- ↑ staiger: Marteria - Looking for the "Marteria Girl". (No longer available online.) In: rap.de. August 17, 2010, archived from the original on August 21, 2010 ; Retrieved August 29, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marteria Interview on mixeryrawdeluxe.tv
- ↑ http://www.oljo.de/download-charts/deutsche-singles-top40.html
- ↑ List of Daniel Frankes' projects as a director
- ↑ http://www.oljo.de/chartarchive/download-single-charts-archiv.html
- ↑ Marteria receives gold for "Fortunately for the future"
Web links
- Album review at Laut.de
- Album review 16bars.de ( Memento from August 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )