Not my cup of tea
I’ve never been a fan of strong auto-tune effects in Rap music, so I had my difficulties with RIN’s Kleinstadt album.
11 of the 21 songs I marked as
- “auto-tune too heavy”
- “superficial in content”
- “boring”
7 songs I marked as “passable”:
- Yugo
- Apple
- Athen (feat. Schmyt)
- San Andreas
- ADHS
- Sado
- Mrznja
Yugo has a pretty decent and interesting three-quarter time. ADHS has a cool beat (but the auto-tune destroys the song for me unfortunately).
Sado has a funny part at 1m29s:
Ich bin hinten in der Küche und ich chille mit dem Chef.
Translation: “I’m in the back of the kitchen and I’m chilling with the boss.” This line has the sound effect of him being in the back of a room away from the microphone, which is actually quite funny and made me laugh when I was listenting to it during a run.
3 songs are pretty good:
- Money on my Mind
- Insomnia (feat. Giant Rooks)
- Dirty South
They have great beats, little to no auto-tune, and triggered the “this is an actual hip-hop song”-feeling for me.
Reviewing the entirety of the album I’m going with a rating of 2 out of 5.