Top 10 Best Songs from the Album "One" by Kool Savas and Azad
One is a 2005 collaboration album by German rappers Kool Savas and Azad.The album peaked at number 5 in Germany, as well as at numbers 32 and 33 in Austria and Switzerland, respectively.
The initial reception of One was very positive. Both rappers were at the peak of their careers at that time, and critics and the public were highly enthusiastic about the collaboration, calling it a great team-up of the two biggest MCs of the moment. While their chart positions in the 2010s were higher, this was largely due to the growing popularity of hip hop as a genre. Their cultural and artistic standing was at its height in the early to mid-2000s. Retrospectively, however, the album is often considered one of the lesser works in each rapper's discography. While it was never regarded as a bad album, many felt that neither rapper fully reached their potential on this project, and that it fell short of the exceptionally high expectations set for it.
The album features a mix of punchline-based battle rap and conscious/political songs that often blend into one another. The rappers deliver their verses with an extremely energetic and aggressive vocal style, employing explicit and provocative lyrics. Additionally, the album is notable for its variety of beats, ranging from slower, pop-inspired tracks with a focus on catchiness to ominous hardcore hip hop productions. This diverse sound helped the album achieve wider airplay than most other prominent German rappers of their generation, while still being respected as a high-quality project within the hip hop community.
Chart-topping soul singer Xavier Naidoo is the only featured artist on the album. He contributes vocals to the album's closing song, Was hab ich dir angetan. Additionally, a children's choir performs the chorus on the single All 4 One.
The album spawned three singles. Monsters*t peaked at number 29 in Germany. All 4 One was the most successful single, peaking at number 4 in Germany and charting in Austria and Switzerland at positions 24 and 85, respectively. The final single, Guck My Man, reached number 27 on the German charts.
It's hard to judge whether this or "Monsters't" is the best song of the album. It's a tie, I'd say, because the songs are so widely different.
This song here is a fairly clean, conscious rap song telling the next generation (my generation, judging by the fact that the children's choir must be about my age now) to stand up and actively fight for a better future and to stand together as a strong force.
As I said, "All 4 One" and this song are so heavily different, yet both are fantastic. Savas and Azad destroy everything in their path. Their delivery is filled with utter aggression and anger, which is rarely heard on a record. They are wild, savage even.
I also love the extremely unusual beat work.
As the title suggests, this song has a theme centered around war-themed punchlines.
This song only consists of animal-themed punchlines. I like battle rap songs that have unique concepts.
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