I was already musing on the feeling of having completely lost touch with German rap two years ago. The occasion then, as it is now, was a new Haftbefehl album. And because I was so ready and willing to accept the narrative that both Haft and his listeners had grown old and tired, »Mainpark Baby« is all the more surprising. Needless to say, this is a best-of attempt, all the way from Bazzazian’s still immensely oppressive production to Hafti’s confident declination of all his previous flows. Unpardonable lines can also be found again between all the FFM ebonics, of course, above all from Azad, who almost destroyed the furious »Dann Mit Der Pumpgun 2.0« with his homophobic boomer pun. To be sure, the staged departure as a responsible family man is first and foremost meme fodder. Nevertheless, I haven’t listened as closely as I did here since the last OG Keemo album.
Haftbefehl – Mainpark Baby
