Prisoner 709 | ||||
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Released | September 15, 2017 | |||
Genre | Rap rock Alternative hip-hop | |||
Length | 70:25 | |||
Label | Universal Music | |||
Producer | Caparezza | |||
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Singles from Prisoner 709 | ||||
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Prisoner 709 is the seventh studio album by the Italian rapper Caparezza, released on September 15, 2017 by Universal Music Group. [1]
Recorded between Molfetta and Los Angeles together with Chris Lord-Alge, it is a concept album composed of sixteen tracks, some of which were recorded in collaboration with John De Leo, DMC and Max Gazzè. [2]
The album is the result of a profound internal crisis for the rapper and focuses on the theme of being trapped within one's own mental dimension (or prison, as the artist himself stated). [3] Compared to his previous album Museica, released three years earlier, Prisoner 709 features sounds much closer to hip hop and rock and more intimate and reflective themes. [4] [5] The album also features numerous references to tinnitus, a disorder that struck the singer in 2015 and which significantly influenced his making of the album. [6]
During the album presentation, which took place on September 14, 2017 at the Fabbrica Orobia in Milan, the rapper clarified the meaning of the number 709, which represents a sort of identity crisis that the singer had in previous years. The number 7 represents his name Michele, composed of seven letters, while the number 9 represents his stage name Caparezza, composed of nine. During the same event he also declared that for each song he enjoyed finding contrasts between words of seven and nine letters, in order to emphasize the introspective meaning of the album. [7] The number 0, on the other hand, represents the continuous choice between 7 and 9, and is also a reference to the circular shape of a musical record.