Raop is the debut album by German rapper Cro. It was released on 6 July 2012 through Chimperator Productions. It sold 60,000 copies units in Germany in its first week."Cro steigt mit "Raop" auf die Eins der Albumcharts ein". hiphop.de. Retrieved 13 August 2012
On 23 March, the first single off the album, "Easy", was released. In June 2012, "Easy" was certificated gold. The music video to the song has over 50 million views on YouTube.""Easy" von Cro mit Goldener Schallplatte ausgezeichnet" . (German). meinrap.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012 From 29 June to 1 July 2012, Cro released one single each day; "Du", "King of Raop", and "Meine Zeit"."Cro – Drei Singles in drei Tagen (Video)" . (German). meinrap.de Music videos were also filmed for every single. All of his five released singles were placed in the top 100 in the German single charts.. (German). meinrap.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012
Background Cro worked on the album for one and a half months. On 19 April 2012 it was announced the album would be released on 6 July 2012. It was titled Raop after Cro's description of his music genre. He says it is a mixture between rap and pop. On 24 May 2012 the album cover was first uncovered.
Versions The album was released in five different versions, a standard version, including 13 songs,"Raop". Amazon.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012 a Vinyl LP, also including the 13 songs,"Raop [Vinyl LP]". Amazon.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012 a premium edition, including 2 more songs, 4 remixes, and a DVD of the making-of the album, Road to Raop,"Raop (Premium Edition) [CD+DVD]". Amazon.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012 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,"Raop (Limitierte Panda Banda Deluxe Edition) [CD+DVD, Box-Set]". Amazon.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012 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."Raop (Limited Edition, inklusive 2 CD, DVD, T-Shirt Gr. S, Cro Playbutton / exklusiv bei Amazon.de)". Amazon.de. Retrieved 30 July 2012
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 led to him not having enough time to obtain consent for using samples. Cro changed his working procedure to recording his own melodies.
Promotion
Singles Three songs from the album were released as singles. These were released on three consecutive days. "Du" was released on 29 June 2012. "King of Raop" was released as a promotional single on 30 June. "Meine Zeit" was released on 1 July as the last promotional single. Music videos were also made for all of the three songs. On 28 June 2012 the music video for "Du" was published on tape.tv. Following that, was the video for "King of Raop" which was filmed by a company from Stuttgart called Formzwei. The video for "Meine Zeit" was released by Juice Magazine. Parts of the video were filmed on the roof terrace of Chimperator Productions. On 27 October, Cro released the music video for his fifth single "Einmal um die Welt" which was released on 2 November. The song previously appeared on his Mixtape "Meine Musik" in early 2011.
Tour On 5 May 2012 Cro embarked on the "Road to Raop Festival Tour" during which he has been visiting many festivals. During the tour he has visited Rock am Ring and Rock im Park and Splash! Festival. The tour is supposed to end on 22 September 2012. On 1 October, Cro embarked on the "Raop Tour".
Track listing
Samples "Easy" contains a sample of "Sunny" by Mieko Hirota "Meine Zeit" contains a sample of "My Name Is" by Eminem "Wir waren hier" contains a sample of "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop
Raop +5
On 5 July 2013, a new extended version of the album was released titled Raop +5 that included the 15 songs of the premium edition plus five additional tracks, including the single "Whatever" and "Chillin", "Bei dir", "Ab jetzt" and "Wie du".
Track list "Intro" (2:46) "King of Raop" (3:09) "Easy" (2:52) "Geile Welt" (2:50) "Du" (2:54) "Wie ich bin" (3:11) "Meine Zeit (3:07) "Nie mehr" (3:04) "Jeder Tag" (2:56) "Genauso" (3:25) "Einmal um die Welt" (2:22) "Wir waren hier" (2:24) "Ein Teil" (2:55) "Hässlich" (2:58) "Papa schüttelt seinen Kopf" (3:06) "Whatever" (3:11) "Chillin" (4:32) "Bei dir" (2:19) "Ab jetzt" (2:49) "Wie du" (2:32)
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
Chart positions
Weekly charts Chart (2012–13) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2012) PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)15German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)9Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)58 Chart (2013) PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)28German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)26Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)84
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