Raop (album)

Raop
Studio album by Cro
Released July 6, 2012
Genre Rap, pop
Length 37:54
Label Chimperator Productions
Producer Cro, Jopez, Conscious Youth, Shuko, Fonty, Kilians, Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer, Dexter
Singles from Raop
  1. "Easy"
    Released: March 23, 2012
  2. "Du"
    Released: June 29, 2012
  3. "King of Raop"
    Released: June 30, 2012
  4. "Meine Zeit"
    Released: July 1, 2012
  5. "Einmal um die Welt"
    Released: November 2, 2012

Raop is the debut album by German singer-songwriter Cro. The album was released on July 6, 2012 through Chimperator Productions. It sold 60,000 copies units in Germany in its first week.[1] On March 23, the first single off the album, "Easy" was released. In June 2012, Cro's single "Easy" was certificated as Gold. Also, the music video gained 20,000,000 views on YouTube.[2] From June 29 until July 1, Cro released one Single each day, "Du", "King of Raop", and "Meine Zeit".[3] Music videos were also filmed for every single. On July 6, Cro released his debut album, Raop. Mid-July, "Easy", "Hi Kids", "Du", "King of Raop", and "Meine Zeit", all of his five released Singles were placed in the Top 100 in the German Single-Charts.[4]

Background

Cro worked on the album for one and a half months.[5] On April 19, 2012 it was announced the album would be released on July 6, 2012.[6] It was titled Raop after Cro's description of his music genre. He says it is a mixture between rap and pop.[7] On May 24, 2012 the album cover was first uncovered.[8]

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Versions

The album was released in five different versions, a Standard version, including 13 songs,[9] a Vinyl LP, also including the 13 songs,[10] a Premium Edition, including 2 more songs, 4 remixes, and a DVD of the making-of of the album, Road to Raop,[11] a Limited "Panda Banda Deluxe" Edition, which includes the 13 songs, 2 bonus songs, 4 remixes, the DVD and instrumentals of all of the songs,[12] and an exclusive Amazon Edition, which includes the 13 songs, 2 bonus songs, 4 remixes, the DVDs, instrumentals of all of the songs, a T-Shirt, and a playbutton which can play all of the 13 songs.[13]

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Production

Raop was mostly produced by Cro himself. While he had often used samples for his earlier mixtapes he had to waive using portions of other songs. The reason was the short production progress which lead to him not having enough time to obtain consent for using samples. Cro changed his working procedure to recording his own melodies.[5]

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Marketing

Singles

Three songs from the album were released as singles. These were released on three consecutive days.[14] "Du" was released on June 29, 2012. "King of Raop" was released on June 30. "Meine Zeit" was released on July 1. Music videos were also made for all of the three songs. On June 28, 2012 the music video for "Du" was published on tape.tv.[15] Following that, was the video for "King of Raop" which was filmed by a company from Stuttgart called Formzwei.[16] The video for "Meine Zeit" was released by Juice Magazine. Parts of the video were filmed on the roof terrace of Chimperator Productions.[17] On October 27, Cro released the music video for his fifth single "Einmal um die Welt" which was released on November 2.[18][19][20]

Tour

On May 5, 2012 Cro embarked on the "Road to Raop Festival Tour" during which he has been visiting many festivals. During the tour he has vistited Rock am Ring and Rock im Park and Splash! Festival. The tour is supposed to end on September 22, 2012.[21] On October 1, Cro embarked on the "Raop Tour".

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Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro"   Cro Cro 2:46
2. "King of Raop"   Cro Jopez 3:09
3. "Easy"   Cro Cro 2:53
4. "Geile Welt"   Cro Cro, Conscious Youth 2:52
5. "Du"   Cro Cro 2:54
6. "Wie ich bin"   Cro Shuko, Fonty 3:11
7. "Meine Zeit"   Cro Cro 3:09
8. "Nie mehr"   Cro Cro 3:03
9. "Jeder Tag"   Cro Cro 2:56
10. "Genauso"   Cro Cro 3:28
11. "Einmal um die Welt"   Cro Cro, Kilians 2:22
12. "Wir waren hier"   Cro Cro, Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer 2:24
13. "Ein Teil"   Cro Dexter 2:56
Total length:
 37:54
Samples
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Personnel

Performance

  • Cro - primary artist, vocals, composer, mixing, production, writer
  • Carl-Michael Grabinger - drums
  • Guido Craveiro - bass, drums, guitar, keys, production, trombone, mixing, remixing
  • Karolina "Lean" Kovac - vocals
  • Peter Weihe - guitar
  • Johannes Opper - bass, guitar, composer, production
  • Til Schneider - trombone

Technical

  • Arne Schult - composer
  • Benedikt Janny - composer
  • Bobby Hebb - composer, writer
  • Carl Möller - composer
  • Christoph Bauss - composer
  • Conscious Youths - production
  • Den Kilians - composer, production
  • Dexter - production
  • Dominic Lorberg - composer
  • Felix Göppel - composer
  • Gordian Scholz - composer
  • Jonas Lang - composer
  • Jopez - production
  • Karri Miettinen - composer
  • Lasse Mellberg - composer
  • Lukas Michalczyk - composer
  • Markus Winter - composer
  • Michael Schuermann - composer
  • Morten "Pro-Moe" Edh - composer
  • Narinder Singh - composer
  • Niko Papadopoulos - composer
  • Peerless - mixing, production
  • Peter Albertz - composer
  • Ralf Christian Mayer - composer, mixing, production
  • Sascha "Busy" Bühren - mastering
  • Shuko & Fonty - production
  • Simon Hartog - composer
  • Tom Krüger - mastering
  • Volker "IDR" Gebhardt - mixing
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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–2012) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 1
Germany (Media Control AG)[26] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[28] Gold 10,000x
Germany (BVMI)[29] Platinum 200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
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References

  1. ^ "Cro steigt mit "Raop" auf die Eins der Albumcharts ein". hiphop.de. Retrieved August 13, 2012
  2. ^ "“Easy” von Cro mit Goldener Schallplatte ausgezeichnet". (German). meinrap.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  3. ^ "Cro – Drei Singles in drei Tagen (Video)". (German). meinrap.de
  4. ^ "Charts Deutschland KW 28: Cro mit fünf Singles in den Charts | mit Videos". (German). meinrap.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  5. ^ a b "BACKSPIN TV: Cro am Mic auf Bühne und im Interview". BACKSPIN TV. July 4, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  6. ^ "Cro – Raop (Release-Date & Vorbestellung)". meinrap.de. April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  7. ^ "Cro: “Es gab leider keine Erdmännchen-Maske”". meinrap.de. July 4, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  8. ^ "Cro – Raop (Cover)". meinrap.de. May 24, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  9. ^ "Raop". Amazon.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  10. ^ "Raop [Vinyl LP]". Amazon.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  11. ^ "Raop (Premium Edition) [CD+DVD]". Amazon.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  12. ^ "Raop (Limitierte Panda Banda Deluxe Edition) [CD+DVD, Box-Set]". Amazon.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  13. ^ "Raop (Limited Edition, inklusive 2 CD, DVD, T-Shirt Gr. S, Cro Playbutton / exklusiv bei Amazon.de)". Amazon.de. Retrieved July 30, 2012
  14. ^ "Cro – Drei Singles in drei Tagen (Video)". meinrap.de. June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  15. ^ "Cro – Du (Video)". meinrap.de. June 28, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  16. ^ "Cro – King Of Raop (Video)". meinrap.de. June 30, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  17. ^ "Cro – Meine Zeit (Video)". Juice Magazine. July 2, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  18. ^ "Cro: Einmal um die Welt (Official Version)". Chimperator Productions (in German) (YouTube). October 27, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012. 
  19. ^ "Einmal Um Die Welt EP [Single]". Amazon.de (in German) (Amazon.com). 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012. 
  20. ^ "Einmal um die Welt - Single". iTunes Store (in German). 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012. 
  21. ^ "Cro: Debütalbum "Raop" erscheint im Juli". musikmarkt.de. April 24, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  22. ^ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/128172/Cro-Easy_Bobby%20Hebb-Sunny/
  23. ^ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/164244/Cro-Meine%20Zeit_Eminem-My%20Name%20Is/
  24. ^ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/133087/Cro-Wir%20Waren%20Hier_Iggy%20Pop-The%20Passenger/
  25. ^ "Cro – {{{song}}} – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  26. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  27. ^ "Cro – {{{song}}} – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  28. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Cro – Raop" (in German). IFPI Austria.  Enter Cro in the field Interpret. Enter Raop in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  29. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cro; 'Raop')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
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