''Carlo Cokxxx Nutten'' ("Carlo Colucci
talian fashion brand/small>, Coke, Hookers") is an album by German rappers Bushido
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(alias Sonny Black) and Fler
Patrick Losenský (born 3 April 1982), known professionally as Fler, is a German rapper and the CEO of Maskulin Music Group.
Career
2000–2006: Beginnings
Fler was first recognized in the rap scene through collaborations with Bushido. ...
(alias Frank White). It was released on 21 October 2002 by Aggro Berlin
Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists ( Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure.
Since the end o ...
.
In 2005, the follow-up '' Carlo Cokxxx Nutten II'' was released, again under Bushido's pseudonym "Sonny Black", with Baba Saad
Saad El-Haddad ( ar, سعد الحداد; born 26 November 1985), better known by his stage names Baba Saad or just Saad, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent.
Early life
Baba Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but emigrated to Syke in norther ...
as replacement of Fler due to the feud between Aggro Berlin and Bushido. In 2009, after the closing of Aggro Berlin, Bushido and Fler ended their feud and released the third part as ''Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 2
''Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 2'' is a 2009 collaboration album between German rappers Bushido and Fler. The album was titled as second part, but is actually the third part of the ''Carlo Cokxxx Nutten'' albums.
During the production Bushido confirmed ...
''.
Background
During that time, Bushido was signed to the label, along with his mates
Sido and
B-Tight
Robert Edward Davis (born 28 December 1979), better known by his stage name B-Tight, is an American-born German rapper.
Early life
Davis was born in Palm Springs, California, to a German mother and an African American father, but grew up in ...
. The album was Fler's first professional album release and appearance in public.
Bushido produced most of the beats and used the pseudonym "Sonny Black", inspired by film ''
Donnie Brasco'' that was based on
Dominick Napolitano
Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Black, was an American Mafia caporegime in the Bonanno crime family. He is known for unwittingly allowing FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone to become an associate in his ...
. Fler used the pseudonym "Frank White", named after the character of ''
King of New York
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''.
[Bravo HipHop Special (issue 8, July 2009) p. 77] For the beat production, Bushido used a
MPC and DJ Ilan mixed and edited the finished songs.
The album title came from a colleague of a former graffiti group. "Carlo" stands for the brand Carlo Colucci, "Cokxxx" for cocaine, and "Nutten" for prostitutes.
The song lyrics are most about the difficult life in the ghetto, including drugs, violence, force of arms, and prostitution.
Legacy
The album is regarded as one of the most influential German
gangsta rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, emerged in the mid- to late 1980s as a controversial hip-hop subgenre whose lyrics assert the culture and values typical of American street gangs and street hustlers. Many gangsta rappe ...
albums. It achieved the breakthrough to the German-speaking gangsta rap and also for Aggro Berlin. Bushido and Fler became widely known in the German hip hop scene through the album's success. Bushido released his debut ''
Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline'' the following year 2003, which reached number 88 in German charts.
Track listing
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*"Intro, Electro, Ghetto" contains an excerpt from ''
Full Metal Jacket
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*"Cordon Sport Massenmord" contains a sample of "The Devil's Stars Burn Cold" by
Endvre
*"Yo, peace man!" contains a sample of "She Is Dead" by
Éric Serra
Éric Serra (; born 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He is a frequent collaborator of film director Luc Besson.
Early life
Serra was born in Saint-Mandé. His father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and so ...
*"Badewiese" contains a sample of "Heaven's Gate" by
Joe Hisaishi
, known professionally as , is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. He is also known for his piano scores.
Hisaishi's music has been known to explore ...
& "Keep It Thoro" by
Prodigy
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** Chess prodigy, a child who can beat experienced adult players at chess
Arts, entertainment, and ...
*"Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten" contains a sample of "Viel zu viel" by
Herbert Grönemeyer
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Grönemeyer starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Pete ...
*"Boss" contains a sample of "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematic" by
James Horner
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
Horner's first film score was in ...
*"Wer will Krieg?" contains a sample of "The World Is One" by Forthcoming Fire
*"Schau mich an" contains a sample of "Nash Descends Into Parcher's World" by
James Horner
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
Horner's first film score was in ...
*"Behindert" contains a sample of "The Cross" by
Samael
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References
External links
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aggroberlin.de*
kingbushido.de*
fler.de
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2002 albums
Bushido (rapper) albums
Fler albums
Collaborative albums
German-language albums