Raop

Raop is the debut album by German singer-songwriter Cro. The album was released on July 6, 2012 through Chimperator Productions. It sold 60,000 copies units in Germany in its first week. On March 23, the first single off the album, "Easy" was released. In June 2012, Cro's single "Easy" was certificated as Gold. Also, the music video gained 20,000,000 views on YouTube. From June 29 until July 1, Cro released one single each day, "Du", "King of Raop", and "Meine Zeit". Music videos were also filmed for every single. All of his five released Singles were placed in the Top 100 in the German Single-Charts.

Background

Cro worked on the album for one and a half months. On April 19, 2012 it was announced the album would be released on July 6, 2012. It was titled Raop after Cro's description of his music genre. He says it is a mixture between rap and pop. On May 24, 2012 the album cover was first uncovered.

Versions

The album was released in five different versions, a Standard version, including 13 songs, a Vinyl LP, also including the 13 songs, a Premium Edition, including 2 more songs, 4 remixes, and a DVD of the making-of the album, Road to Raop, a Limited "Panda Banda Deluxe" Edition, which includes the 13 songs, 2 bonus songs, 4 remixes, the DVD and instrumentals of all of the songs, and an exclusive Amazon Edition, which includes the 13 songs, 2 bonus songs, 4 remixes, the DVDs, instrumentals of all of the songs, a T-Shirt, and a playbutton which can play all of the 13 songs.

Remote Audio Output Protocol

Remote Audio Output Protocol (RAOP) is an Internet streaming protocol based on RTSP / RTP authored by Apple Inc. It powers the AirPlay technology built into AirPort Express wireless (802.11b/g/n) access point as well as the Apple TV.

The major difference from RTSP is an initial asymmetric key verification made by iTunes to verify it is communicating with an AirPort Express or an Apple TV (as opposed to a simulation), and vice versa. The data channel is also encrypted by AES, with a random key protected by the asymmetric key mentioned above.

The RSA public key stored in iTunes was extracted by Jon Lech Johansen, enabling third-party software to stream music to an Airport Express.

The RSA private key stored in the AirPort Express was extracted by James Laird, enabling simulation of an Airport Express.

The Shairport application which emulates Airport Express hardware is available.

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