Electro Ghetto

Electro Ghetto is the second studio album by German rapper Bushido. It released on October 25, 2004 by his newly founded record label ersguterjunge and Universal Music Group. This was the first record since he has left former label Aggro Berlin.

Electro Ghetto
Studio album by
Bushido
ReleasedOctober 25, 2004
GenreGerman hip hop
Length72:47
Labelersguterjunge
Bushido chronology
Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline
(2003)		 Electro Ghetto
(2004)		 Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten II
(2005)
Singles from Electro Ghetto
  1. "Electro Ghetto"
    Released: October 24, 2004
  2. "Nie wieder"
    Released: December 5, 2004
  3. "Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt"
    Released: January 30, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
laut.de[2]

Background

After the success of his debut album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline Bushido left the label Aggro Berlin due to personal issues with the label's founders Specter, Spaiche and Halil Efe and signed to Universal Music, where he founded with fellow rapper D-Bo the label ersguterjunge.[3] Bremen rapper Baba Saad, who was 18 years old that time, has been discovered through the internet by D-Bo and Bushido, and invited him for the album's recording session, where he ended up being frequently featured on the album. Saad later signed to ersguterjunge and joined Bushido on his tour Auf die harte Tour as back-up.[4]

Recording

Electro Ghetto was finished within 8 weeks, according to Bushido himself was it his shortest album release. According to Baba Saad, it took 35 minutes for the song's development, including writing the lyrics and the production.[5] All the songs were recorded in the same studio in Berlin, with the guest artists, who were all important for Bushido, because they were personal friends of him.[6]

The guest vocals by singer Cassandra Steen on the single "Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" was Bushido's personal wish, wherefore he asked her for a collaboration, and Steen agreed which surprised Bushido, who didn't expect her answer.[7] Baba Saad is featured on 3 songs, called "Ersguterjunge", "Gangbang" (with fellow Berlin rapper Bass Sultan Hengzt) und "Wenn wir kommen". The song "Gangbang" was later indexed and removed from the album, due to the song's topic of penetrating a woman three-ways (oral, anal and vaginal).

Commercial performances

The album debuted at the third week of its release, Nr. 6 in the German charts and stayed there during 16 weeks in the Top 100.

Track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro"Bushido2:06
2."Electro Ghetto"DJ Ilan3:43
3."Kopf Hoch" (Cheer up)Beathoavenz4:00
4."KORS is One" (Skit) 1:04
5."Ersguterjunge" (featuring Baba Saad)DJ Ilan4:32
6."Schmetterling" (Butterfly)D-Bo3:52
7."Typisch Ich" (Typical me)DJ Desue3:27
8."Ewige Nacht" (Eternal night) (featuring Azad, Chaker & Bossbitch Berlin)DJ Ilan4:18
9."Teufelskreis" (Vicious circle) (featuring Sentino)Bushido3:08
10."Gangbang" (featuring Baba Saad & Bass Sultan Hengzt)DJ Ilan4:33
11."Deutschland gib' mir ein Mic" (Germany give me a mic) (featuring Sentino)DJ Desue3:51
12."Gemein wie 100" (Mean as 100) (featuring King Ali)Beathoavenz3:50
13."Knast oder Ruhm" (Jail or fame)Rizbo3:45
14."Kors" (Skit) (featuring Se Left Crowd) 1:18
15."Wenn wir kommen" (When we come) (featuring Baba Saad)DJ Desue3:52
16."Feuersturm" (Fire storm) (featuring Azad & Bossbitch Berlin)DJ Ilan4:07
17."Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" (Hope dies last) (featuring Cassandra Steen)DJ Ilan6:45
18."Watch Me Now" (Skit) 1:11
19."Ihr wartet drauf" (You're waiting for it)DJ Desue4:11
20."Electro Ghetto" (Skit) 0:36
21."Nie wieder" (Never again)DJ Desue3:52
22."Outro" 0:46
Samples
  • "Ersguterjunge" contains a sample of "Jóga" by Björk
  • "Knast oder Ruhm" contains an interpolations of "Breathe" by Fabolous[8]
  • "Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" contains a sample of "Reprise" by Sophia

References
  1. Electro Ghetto - Bushido | AllMusic
  2. "Electro Ghetto" von Bushido – laut.de – Album
  3. http://www.mzee.com/forum/threads/bushido-nicht-mehr-bei-aggro.234358/
  4. http://www.16bars.de/magazin/5394/back-then-baba-saad-ueber-seine-zeit-bei-bushido-ersguterjunge/
  5. http://www.16bars.de/magazin/5394/back-then-baba-saad-ueber-seine-zeit-bei-bushido-ersguterjunge/
  6. http://www.mzee.com/forum/threads/bushido-im-interview-electro-ghetto.241073/
  7. http://motor.de/von-aggro-nach-amerika/
  8. Bushido's Knast Oder Ruhm sample of Supertramp's Crime of the Century | WhoSampled
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