Raop

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
Cro chronology
Raop (2012) Melodie (2014)
Singles from Raop
"Easy" Released: March 23, 2012 "Du" Released: June 29, 2012 "King of Raop" Released: June 30, 2012 "Meine Zeit" Released: July 1, 2012 "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. 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]

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 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]

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.^[5]

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 as a promotional single on June 30. "Meine Zeit" was released on July 1 as the last promotional single. 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 visited 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".

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" (Awesome world)	Cro	Cro, Conscious Youth	2:52
5.	"Du" (You)	Cro	Cro	2:54
6.	"Wie ich bin" (The Way I am)	Cro	Shuko, Fonty	3:11
7.	"Meine Zeit" (My time)	Cro	Cro	3:09
8.	"Nie mehr" (Never ever)	Cro	Cro	3:03
9.	"Jeden Tag" (Everyday)	Cro	Cro	2:56
10.	"Genauso" (Just like That)	Cro	Cro	3:28
11.	"Einmal um die Welt" (Once around the world)	Cro	Cro, Kilians	2:22
12.	"Wir waren hier" (We were here)	Cro	Cro, Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer	2:24
13.	"Ein Teil" (One part)	Cro	Dexter	2:56
Total length:				37:54

Premium Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Hässlich" (Ugly)	Cro	Cro, Opper, Peerless, Mayer	2:58
15.	"Papa schüttelt seinen Kopf" (Papa shakes his head)	Cro	Cro	3:06
16.	"Meine Zeit (Jopez Remix)"	Cro		3:27
17.	"Easy (Guido Craveiro Reggae Remix)"	Cro, Bobby Hebb	Cro	3:37
18.	"Wir waren hier (Budget Remix)"	Cro		2:12
19.	"Meine Zeit (Kaas, Maeckes & Peerless Remix)"	Cro		2:52
20.	"Road to Raop DVD"			26:31
Total length:				1:22:34

Exclusive Amazon Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
21.	"Instrumentals"	37:54
Total length:		2:00:28

Samples

• "Easy" contains a sample of "Sunny" by Mieko Hirota^[22]
• "Meine Zeit" contains a sample of "My Name Is" by Eminem^[23]
• "Wir waren hier" contains a sample of "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop^[24]

Raop +5

Raop +5
Studio album by Cro
Released	July 5, 2013
Genre	Rap, pop
Label	Chimperator Productions
Producer	Cro, Jopez, Conscious Youth, Shuko, Fonty, Kilians, Johannes Opper, Peerless, Ralf C. Mayer, Dexter
Cro chronology
Raop (2012) Raop +5 (2013)
Singles from Raop
"Whatever" Released: June 28, 2013

On 5 July 2013, a new extended version of the album was released titled Roap +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".

Tracklist

1. "Intro" (2:46)
2. "King of Raop" (3:09)
3. "Easy" (2:52)
4. "Geile Welt" (2:50)
5. "Du" (2:54)
6. "Wie ich bin" (3:11)
7. "Meine Zeit (3:07)
8. "Nie mehr" (3:04)
9. "Jeder Tag" (2:56)
10. "Genauso" (3:25)
11. "Einmal um die Welt" (2:22)
12. "Wir waren hier" (2:24)
13. "Ein Teil" (2:55)
14. "Hässlich" (2:58)
15. "Papa schüttelt seinen Kopf" (3:06)
16. "Whatever" (3:11)
17. "Chillin" (4:32)
18. "Bei dir" (2:19)
19. "Ab jetzt" (2:49)
20. "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

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2011–2012) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25] 1 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 89 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 7

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Platinum 20,000^* Germany (BVMI)[30] 5× Gold 500,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Gold 15,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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30. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cro; 'Raop')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
31. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Cro; 'Raop')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.