Sonny Black (album)

Sonny Black is the 12th studio album by German rapper Bushido, that released on February 14, 2014, on ersguterjunge as Standard edition and box-set. The latter features a vinyl record, a poster, a T-shirt and a 40-pages-comic book, written by German graphic designer Eldin "Adopekid" Bukalo.^[1][2] The title Sonny Black refers to Bushido's pseudonym, that he prominently used on the Carlo Cokxxx Nutten albums.

The album reached No. 1 on the German, Austrian and Swiss music charts.^[3][4][5]

Music and lyrics

Most of the album's songs were produced by Bushido, Shindy, Djorkaeff and Beatzarre. The team was joined by fellow music producers DJ Desue, X-plosive, Young Piano and M3, who also participate in the album production. Young Piano worked with the team on the tracks "Blei-Patronen", "Crackdealer Sound", "Haifisch" and "Messerstecherei". X-plosive produced one song on the album, titled "Tausend Gründe". DJ Desue was responsible for the scratches on "Mitten in der Nacht" and "Jeder meiner Freund". He also produced the song "Sporttasche". The song "Sonny", bonus song only available on the box-set edition, was produced by M3.^[6]

The lyrics for the album were written by Bushido, except for "Gangsta Rap Kings" written by Bushido, Kollegah & Farid Bang, and "AMG" written by Bushido & Shindy.

The album can be associated with the hip hop genres gangsta rap and battle rap. It is characterized in particular by the stylization of Bushido's image and the explicit violence.^[7] The song "Nie ein Rapper II" is a sequel to the 2005 single "Nie ein Rapper" with Baba Saad from Carlo Cokxxx Nutten II. The song "Osama Flow" is based on his 2006 single "Sonnenbank Flavour".^[8]

Throughout the album Bushido insults various recording artists, politicians and other celebrities, including Kay One, Oliver Brodowski (Kay One's stepfather and manager), Culcha Candela, Heino, Volker Beck, Oliver Pocher, Markus Lanz, Klaus Wowereit and others.

The song "Haifisch" gained some media attention by a line that is directed at BVB football trainer Jürgen Klopp, as following (translated from German into English): "Jürgen Klopp in Birkenstock [shoes]. Funny, funny when I shut him up with my belt". Following that, BVB media spokesman Sascha Fligge reacted to this by following statement: "For Borussia Dortmund is nothing more important than football. And nothing less important as such non-issues".^[9]

Indexing

On April 30, 2015, the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons indexed the album, with the accusation as it apparently discriminates women and homosexuals, glorifying the criminal lifestyle and it's brutalize effect on younger persons.^[10]

Track listing

References

Sources

• http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/musik/bushido/album-sonny-black-auf-index-40637762.bild.html
• https://www.discogs.com/de/Bushido-Sonny-Black/release/5797400