Curse - Homeland Security (2003) Premium Blend Music Productions 1. Everything will be better (7) Album opener. Curse is back in this song. The beat is refreshing and is one of the few of the album's going well at a party. Lyrically the song is Top. The rhymes are good, the choice of words is unusual demanding for German rap and the message is also great. A good start! 2. Resistance (9) The song scars narrowly past the highest grade. The main reason is that he was a bit boring after listening to offtem. He is otherwise almost perfect I have ever heard him really ... until I could no longer hear him. For a gentleman fan like me, of course, is also the collabo with him almost a dream. The text convinced, just like the message. The structure is also worth mentioning (Strophe1 - I am in favor Strophe2 - I am against Strophe3 - I do not care). The views in the 2.Strophe are me though sometimes a bit too radical, but that's just a small exception, of course, always a matter of opinion persönliuche. 3. What is wrong with us? (6) The beat in this track I do not like so much. He sounds a little too raw. Although should probably also support the mood of the song, but I personally think it's not so good. The text is good and the embassy as almost always. 4. Turns off (6) The next track is not so like it. The rhymes are good, the text as a whole and also the message. What I do not like the beat, which is a bit too easy again and especially the chorus that really are just shoutouts, which are ok at the end of a song, but not as a hook. 5. Curse is back (7) Curse is back again. The song might have been more fitted to the beginning of the album, but of course that does not matter in the individual rating. The text convinced the beat is again something fetzigerer beat and the chorus is made to sing along. 6. Rap laws 11 to 20 (5) Of Rap laws me already not like Part 1 particularly. Although the building with 10 points is being addressed and the whole without chorus quite well, but the contents do not like it. The beat goes more towards old-school, but to me (again) too slow and rude. Overall, the style of the song is more of the Curse of "fire water" and not of "internal security" and know how most people here on the board I liked "firewater" not so much. 7. apple (10) At the track I can be nothing other than a 10. Lyrically it is almost perfect. The rhymes are good, the flow is good, the choice of words is Curse Typical Challenging, but for the German rap in general, unfortunately, is unusual. The message is also super. In principle, of course, me 2 more stanzas of Curse would have been better than the two of Reno and Germany, but then again I can not criticize their verses, because they are great. I would be interested if Curse was involved in the texts of their verses ... 8. I understand you (8) Once again one of the almost Curse-typical love songs. Just like "What now?" Curse speaks to an ex-girlfriend who he talks to direct the entire text. The difference between the two songs, however, is quite clear and the listener is also made clear by the consequences of both songs directly to each other. In this song the woman Curse has left and he sees that he has made mistakes, he "understands". The song has a sad, but not aggressive mood. I suppose that this is storytelling at the two tracks ... and indeed to very good. Musically the song is absolutely top, and in this case one can really talk about music and not just a beat. 9. And what about now? (9) The second track on an ex-girlfriend. Probably here Storytelling. The sad mood of the song is accompanied by pure piano music. The difference between "I understand you" is the time the woman has fooled him in principle. This time she is to blame for the end of the relationship and not he. She has lied to him, broken his heart, leaving him seemingly without great to talk with him before and now she ignores what makes it all for him even worse. The structure of the song basically consists of two parts. Initially, the piano plays softly and Curse rather describes the pain it has caused him. Then, when the first pain of separation is overcome, he sees more clearly and recognize that she has really only lied to him and abused all confidence. She has apparently changed completely. This change is reflected in both the rap, which is more aggressive, again, as well as in the Piano Accompaniment is faster and louder. During the whole song bring both the music and the emotion in Curse 'voice over the mood perfectly. 10. Shock Therapy (8) And the third variant of the love songs. This time it was no steady girlfriend but just an affair and neither of them puts an end but she dies on the way home from him, after they had quarreled. The whole song is a crossover and differs quite significantly from the "I understand you" and "What about now?" both of which were very quiet and sad on the mood here. By the sound of drums and electric guitar sounds throughout much harder, and that's probably true also with the agreement what has happened, because if a person dies, that's one step worse than if you only separates. The text is good, and the Hook of Braz also fits well inside. The rhymes are not always perfect, and of course, the flow is not perfect, but what is on the rock music of the rapper a course can not Flowen as on a beautifully smooth rap beat. 11. Rap (6) More of a Battle Track, but not directly against a person but all criticize his altered and abnormal in German rap style. Instead of attacking all and dissed it tries here to prove that he has what it Rapmäßig some him succeed in any case. A rapping 2 languages, slow, fast, and gives an example of his skill in storytelling Love Songs writing. Although the latter proves perhaps his skills in this area, but I find that he so all love songs he made depreciates. If you listen to "What now?" You can feel the emotions and feel the Curse has placed in the song. If he now says that he simply may shake out of his sleeve, showing the fact that he did not really feel these feelings ... However, I would say no way, that's really so. You could take it just so. 12. I do not understand (6) The beat is not as good, the text is good in principle, but the style I do not like. The whole track is constructed to questions. In the long run that's a bit boring. 13. Balance (6) The beat is ok, but nothing special. Lyrically the song is but again good. Overall, however, it is perhaps a little too lame. 14 Goldene Zeiten (9) The next hit. The beat is well again, mainly because it again is based on real instruments which is a nice change to the standard rap beats. The text is great, almost philosophically and Max convinces as with FK as a rapper, singer and producer. 15 hand high (9) The first single from the album. Curse is singing here even ... and does it well. Text, beat, style and message are super. What can I say more? 16. I do not rely (7) The beat is one of the harder of the album and also a very good. Text and Message are good. Total: 7.4 points Overall, this is in "internal security" to the best German rap album I've ever heard. This is mainly because of the incredibly good lyrics. No other German rapper writes on such a level. Here I mean not only the partially perfect content and messages, but also the choice of words, the language and the rhymes. The production is very good overall. Especially Saschlig and Jules have delivered great work. (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) Curse itself has "hand up" and "What about now?" (With Patrick Ahrend) produces, also completely convincing. Busy steered the perfect production of "Golden Age" in. I am disappointed by Dash (3 & 12) and Koolade (6). Compared to "Inside Out" and especially "firewater" fall to not only significantly more demanding texts, but also the music. In this album Curse has worked a lot with studio musicians or included right instruments in the beats and not just electronic beats. This development I find very positive. With an average of 7.4 points "internal security" is one of the best albums I've ever reviewed.
