Fetty Wap (album)

Fetty Wap
Studio album by Fetty Wap
Released September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Recorded 2014–15
Genre
Length
  • 64:21 (standard edition)
  • 76:58 (deluxe edition)
Label
Producer
  • Frank Robinson (exec.)
  • Danny "Su" Griffin (exec.)
  • Bernard "2GZ" Smith (exec.)
  • Shy Boogs
  • Peoples
  • Frenzy
  • JayFrance
  • NickEBeats
  • Tony Fadd
  • Lacemode
Fetty Wap chronology
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(2014)		 Fetty Wap
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(2015)
Singles from Fetty Wap
  1. "Trap Queen"
    Released: December 15, 2014
  2. "679"
    Released: June 29, 2015
  3. "My Way"
    Released: July 17, 2015
  4. "Again"
    Released: August 13, 2015

Fetty Wap is the eponymous debut studio album by American rapper Fetty Wap. It was released on September 25, 2015, by his independent label RGF Productions, distributed by Because Music and 300 Entertainment.[1] The group Remy Boyz, along with both members from the group Monty and M80, have contributed as featured guest artists on the album. The album includes four US Billboard Hot 100 top 40 singles: "Trap Queen", "679" featuring Remy Boyz, "My Way" featuring Monty, and "Again". The album's lead single, "Trap Queen" has received two Grammy Award nominations.[2]

Background

In November 2014, Fetty Wap announced that he had signed a deal to 300 Entertainment, which resulted from the re-release of his popular debut single "Trap Queen", which charted at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3]

Singles

On December 15, 2014, Fetty Wap released the album's debut single, called "Trap Queen". It also released commercially to iTunes. The song was produced by Tony Fadd. "Trap Queen" became Fetty Wap's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming a top 10 single, peaking at number 2.[4] "Trap Queen" peaked within on each of the top 10 charts in each countries, including in Belgium, Denmark and the United Kingdom. To date, the song was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]

The album's second single, called "679" was released on June 29, 2015. The song features guest verses from the East Coast hip hop group, to which he created and a member of the Remy Boyz, with the production that was handled by Peoples. It became Wap's third top 10 single in the United States, where the song reached it at number 4.[6] The album version of the song omits P-Dice's verse, only featuring Monty.[7] To date, the song was certified three-time platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]

The album's third single, called "My Way" premiered on Fetty Wap's SoundCloud. It was released on July 17, 2015. The song features guest verse from a local American rapper Monty, with the production that was handled by NickEBeats. The song was later remixed, featuring guest verse from a Canadian rapper Drake.[8] The song peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, after it jumped from 87 to the top 10.[9] To date, the song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]

On August 13, 2015, Wap released the album's fourth single, called "Again", after it premiered previously via Soundcloud.[10] Peoples also produced this track, along with additional production by Shy Boogs. The song reached at number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[11] To date, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]

Promotional singles

These songs from the album such as "RGF Island"[12] and "Jugg" featuring Monty,[13] were both made available for purchase via the album on September 22, 2015, as promotional singles. To date, this track "RGF Island" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5] These former songs have previously appeared on his mixtape Zoo Style.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[14]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[15]
Complex[16]
The Guardian[17]
HipHopDX[18]
Pitchfork Media7.6/10[19]
Rolling Stone[20]
Spin7/10[21]

Fetty Wap was met with generally favorable reviews upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 68, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 11 reviews.[14] The Guardian's Paul MacInnes wrote: "there is enough modern romance and melodic sense (and quirkiness, such as the mumbled hook of Time) to make a decent album-within-an-album, and to mark Fetty Wap as a winning new talent in hip-hop."[17] Meaghan Garvey in Pitchfork Media thought: "as a whole, Fetty Wap adopts the same self-assured stance: Fetty's formula definitely ain't broke, and he doesn't seem in a hurry to fix it."[19] For Colin Joyce of Spin, Wap "shows the consistency to scatter those songs throughout Fetty Wap's 17 tracks and to mostly stick to the limited formula that made them hit as hard as they did on the rest of the record."[21]

In a mixed review, XXL staff wrote: "Fetty’s attempt at putting together a full, formal project takes away from the overall prestige of his hits that have been so cherished over the past 12 months. This isn’t to say that the next album will won’t be able to more effectively balance hits and album cuts. But this one feels like the first attempt that it is."[22] Giving the album three-out-of-five stars, Rolling Stone editor Jon Dolan opined: "with a set list running up to 20 songs, it borders on Fetty overkill, but there are plenty of fine moments you haven't heard yet."[23]

Year-end lists

The album was featured on NME's "Albums of the Year 2015" list at number 30.[24] It also appeared on Complex "Best Albums of 2015" list at number 40, with the editors commenting "Fetty is the hero we didn’t know we needed, a true underdog with vocal contortion and insane melodies being his super powers."[25]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 129,000 album-equivalent units (75,484 in pure album sales) in its first week.[26] In its second week, the album fell to number 4 on the Billboard 200, with 64,000 album-equivalent units (22,000 copies).[27] As of March 2016, the album has sold 300,000 copies in the United States.[28] In March 2016, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units.[29][30]

Track listing

Fetty Wap – CD – digital download – streaming[31]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Trap Queen"  
Fadd 3:42
2. "How We Do Things" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Angel Cosme, Jr.
  • Milan Modi
Yung Lan 3:31
3. "679" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
  • Brian Garcia
Peoples 3:06
4. "Jugg" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
Salik Singletary 3:20
5. "Trap Luv"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Hunter Pinkney
Treadway 3:24
6. "I Wonder"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Garcia
Peoples 2:57
7. "Again"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Garcia
  • Eddie Timmons
  • Peoples
  • Shy Boogs
 5:12
8. "My Way" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
 3:33
9. "Time" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
  • Garcia
  • Timmons
  • Peoples
  • Shy Boogs
 4:38
10. "Boomin'"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Karriem Hicks
Frenzy 3:15
11. "RGF Island"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Modi
Yung Lan 2:53
12. "D.A.M."  
  • Maxwell II
  • Garcia
Peoples 3:45
13. "No Days Off" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
  • Pascal Blais-Scherer
  • Nate Rhoads
  • Trey Flamez
  • Rhoads
 5:04
14. "I'm Straight"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Modi
Yung Lan 2:50
15. "Couple Bands"  
  • Maxwell II
  • Olasoji Adenuga
  • Adenuga
 3:28
16. "Rock My Chain" (featuring M80)
  • Maxwell II
  • Garcia
  • Nadir Wilkes
Peoples 4:07
17. "Rewind" (featuring Remy Boyz)
  • Maxwell II
  • Cosme, Jr.
  • Rhoads
  • Timmons
Rhoads 5:36
Total length:
 64:21
Notes

Personnel

Credits for Fetty Wap adapted from AllMusic.[32]

  • Olasoji Adenuga — composer, producer
  • Nick E Beats — producer
  • Frenzy Beatz — producer
  • Pascal Blais-Scherer — composer
  • Angel Cosme Jr. — composer
  • Dominick Eagles — composer
  • Tony Fadd — composer, producer
  • Fetty Wap — primary artist
  • Trey Flamez — producer
  • Brian "Peoples" Garcia — composer, engineer, mixing, producer
  • Danny "Su" Griffin — executive producer
  • Karriem Hicks — composer
  • Jarrod Lacy — mastering
  • M80 — featured artist
  • Willie Maxwell — composer
  • Milan Sunil Modi — composer
  • Monty — featured artist
  • Davon Phillips — composer, producer
  • Hunter Hayes Titus Pinkney — composer
  • Nate Rhoads — composer, producer
  • Frank Robinson — A&R, executive producer
  • Kelly Rowe — A&R
  • Salik Singletary — composer, producer
  • Bernard "2GZ" Smith — executive producer
  • Edward Timmons — assistant engineer, composer, guitar, producer
  • Treadway — producer
  • Virgilio Tzaj — art direction
  • Diwang Valdez — photography
  • Nadir Wilkes — composer
  • Yung Lan — producer

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] 153
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[35] 13
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[36] 12
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[37] 73
French Albums (SNEP)[38] 57
Irish Albums (IRMA)[39] 56
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[40] 30
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[41] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[42] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[43] 81
UK Albums (OCC)[44] 15
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[45] 2
US Billboard 200[46] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[47] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[48] 60
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[49] 25
US Rap Albums (Billboard)[50] 17

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[51] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[52] Platinum 1,000,000double-dagger

^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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