Easy (Cro song)

November 23, 2011

Easy (german for: "Simple" ) is a song by the German rapper and singer Cro. The song was released on 23 November 2011 and was released for free on the same mixtape artist little later. On March 23, 2012, he was finally released as the first commercial single from Cros first solo album raop. Easy was the first to Cros commercially successful hit, reaching number 2 in Germany and Austria # 4 on the singles chart. In both countries, as well as in Switzerland, the song more than 40 weeks could hold in the charts respectively. According to the records awards the title has sold a total of 315,000 times.

Content

At the beginning of the song Cro praises his Rapkunst by comparing with Jay -Z and says that he produces his own instrumentals. Then the topic moves to the relationship with a woman and the artist called aspects that would move him to escape from this. By this he is one marriage and pregnancy. Finally, he runs away from her and is happy that she is no longer there.

In the text the word Easy occurs again and again in different contexts. So every verse ends with a word that is similar to this. For example, from AC / DC and shoot them the words AC / D Easy and ersch -Easy. A real chorus does not own the song.

Production

Cro produced the beat on Easy and even used it a sample of the song Sunny by Bobby Hebb, on whose text he also oriented itself.

Title list

Single

Illustration

The single cover shows a panda mask against white background. Centrally located in the image 's black lettering CRO and EΔSY.

Music Video

The rotated by Harris Hodovic and Patrick Kamal music video premiered on November 23, 2011 on YouTube premiere. It shows a woman, played by the model Sula Starridou which lip-sync rapping the lyrics of the song and it goes through an apartment, be represented in the new situations, which depend on the lyrics. Subsequently, the location changes to the outside where the woman continues raps riding on a skate court and bicycle. The video is with over 37 million views (as of November 2013), one of the most watched videos on YouTube Deutschrap.

Reception

Commercial success

The single debuted in the 15th calendar week of 2012 at # 2 in the German charts and occupied in the following weeks the ranks 7; 5 and 4 Overall, the song kept 47 weeks in the top 100, including eight weeks in the Top 10 in Austria, the song reached position 4 and in Switzerland in 22nd place

Easy Award for more than 300,000 units sold in Germany with a platinum record. In addition Cro received the 1 Live Krone for the best single of 2012.

Critics awards

Won

Nominated

  • Echo 2013: in the category "Best Video"
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