Fenomeno (album)

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Fenomeno
Fenomeno Fabri Fibra Album Cover.png
Studio album by
Fabri Fibra
Released7 April 2017
Recorded2015–2017
Genre Hip hop
Length61:58
Label Universal Music Italy
Producer Neff-U, Takagi & Ketra, Big Fish, Alessandro Erba, Amadeus, Bassi Maestro, Mace, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, Mike Turco, Rhade, Shablo, Nebbia, Deleterio, 2nd Roof, Don Joe, Yung Snapp, Rey Reel, Bot, Snipe Young
Fabri Fibra chronology
Squallor
(2015)		Fenomeno
(2017)		Il tempo vola 2002-2020
(2019)
Singles from Fenomeno
  1. "Fenomeno"
    Released: 3 March 2017
  2. "Pamplona"
    Released: 5 May 2017
  3. "Stavo pensando a te"
    Released: 22 September 2017

Fenomeno is the ninth studio album by the Italian rapper Fabri Fibra. It was released on 7 April 2017 by Universal Music Group. [1]

Contents

The album peaked at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, becoming the rapper fourth record project to achieve it. It was certified double platiunum by FIMI. It was promoted by three singles: "Fenomeno", "Pamplona" and "Stavo pensando a te".

Background and composition

After the unpromoted and surprise release of Squallor (2015), the rapper started to work on his ninth studio album. [2] The album has several producers and songwriters, includind Takagi & Ketra, Bassi Maestro, Club Dogo, Davide Petrella, Dario Faini, Theron Feemster and Snipe Young. The project featured less guest artists than his previous record project, collaborating with Thegiornalisti, Laioung and Italian writer and journalist Roberto Saviano. [3] [4]

The tracks deal with themes concerning the rapper's childhood, youth unemployment in italy, the change of the hip-hop and trap genre in Italy, as well as several debates with his brother Nesli and ironises Fedez's commercial rap. [5] [6] [7]

Critics reception

Michele Boroni of Rockol described the album as an affirmation of "the primal success of rap in Italy as redemption for those who thought it was done". Although thematically similar to previous productions, the critic noted that "the complexity of certain convoluted, double-triple-meaning rhymes make way for drier stanzas" while the sounds are set on "much softer instrumental foundations". [8]

Michele Monina of Il Fatto Quotidiano wrote that Fenomeno is "as far from the hostile Squallor as its logical consequence", who is composed of "straighter, lighter bases, over which Fibra does Fibra, with his highly recognisable flow" and "it is as cutting as perhaps ever, by virtue of a maturity, even of age". [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Intro" Fabrizio Tarducci Fabri Fibra 2:05
2."Red Carpet"
3:35
3."Fenomeno"
 Takagi & Ketra 3:19
4."Skit – Il tempo vola"
  • Tarducci
  • Massimiliano Dagani
Big Fish0:59
5."Money for Dope 2017"
  • Tarducci
  • Davide Bassi
  • Daniele Luttazzi
Bassi Maestro4:21
6."Pamplona" (featuring Thegiornalisti)
MACE3:44
7."Equilibrio"
  • Tarducci
  • Antwan Amadeus Thompson
Amadeus4:16
8."Skit – Considerazioni" (featuring Roberto Saviano)
Bassi Maestro1:38
9."Cronico"
  • Tarducci
  • Michael Turco
  • Demacio Castellon
  • Michael “Mike” Turco
  • Demacio “Demo” Castellon
3:37
10."Stavo pensando a te"
  • Tarducci
  • Dagani
  • Mario Marco Gianclaudio Fracchiolla
Big Fish4:24
11."Lascia stare"
  • Tarducci
  • Pablo Miguel Lombroni Capalbo
Shablo3:15
12."Dipinto di blu" (featuring Laïoung)
  • Tarducci
  • Giuseppe Bockarie Consoli
  • Antonio La Fata
Nebbïa3:18
13."Invece no"
  • Tarducci
  • Piermarco Gianotti
Deleterio4:03
14."Ogni giorno"
  • Tarducci
  • Federico Vaccari
  • Pietro Miano
2nd Roof5:11
15."Le vacanze"
  • Tarducci
  • Luigi Florio
  • Antonio Lago
  • Don Joe
  • Yung Snapp
4:45
16."Nessun aiuto"
  • Tarducci
  • Rey Reel
Rey Reel4:36
17."Ringrazio"
  • Tarducci
  • Andrea Fratangelo
BOT4:52

Personnel

Performers

Producers

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [10] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 52

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [13] 2× Platinum100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fabri Fibra, album Fenomeno esce il 7/4". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Valtorta, Luca (10 October 2017). "Fabri Fibra: «Rap. Vi spiego il Fenomeno (che sono io)»". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Valtorta, Luca (23 March 2017). "Fabri Fibra: "I ragazzi vivono su Internet? Per forza, non c'è lavoro"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Giovanni Robertini (13 April 2017). "Fabri Fibra è lo specchio del rap italiano". Rolling Stone .
  5. ↑ "La famiglia, i soldi, il rap e quello che ci gira intorno: Fabri Fibra, il nuovo album 'Fenomeno' in 11 rime chiave". Rockol (in Italian). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Manca, Mario (8 April 2017). "Fabri Fibra: «La mamma, che mi dava botte. Nesli, che mi stanca»". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Raiola, Francesco (9 April 2017). ""Oggi tutti fanno rap" ma il "Fenomeno" resta Fabri Fibra". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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  9. ↑ Michele Monina (11 April 2017). "Fabri Fibra, il suo Fenomeno è qualcosa che lo avvicina al Vasco Rossi migliore". Il Fatto Quotidiano .
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  12. ↑ "Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venduti e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2017" (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original (Click on "Scarica allegato" and open the "Classifica annuale 2017 Album combined" file) on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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