Future and Drake What a Time to Be Alive Cover Art
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| Mixtape by Drake and Time to come | ||||
| Released | September 20, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 40:thirty | |||
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What a Fourth dimension to Exist Alive is a collaborative commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Time to come. It was released on September 20, 2015, by Young Money Amusement, Greenbacks Money Records, Republic Records, Epic Records, A1 Records and Freebandz. The mixtape was executive produced by Metro Boomin, who also produced or co-produced 8 of its 11 songs. Additional producers include Southside, Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, 40, and others.[3] It was released on the iTunes Store and Apple Music, and debuted at number i on the U.s. Billboard 200.[4]
Groundwork [edit]
What a Time to Be Live was supported by Drake and Futurity's previous collaboration on the single "Where Ya At". As friends, they originally planned to record a mixtape together earlier in the yr; the project never fully materialized. Even so, during recording sessions for "Where Ya At", the duo began working on the project, beginning in July.
According to a 2016 interview with Zane Lowe, Drake spent half-dozen days in Atlanta working on the project with Futurity. "Digital Dash" was the outset song they made for the projection, presented as a finished piece to Drake prior to him getting on the song. "Jumpman" was the last song the duo created for the project.[5]
Release, packaging and promotion [edit]
The mixtape was first teased by a range of sources; including DJ Skee, Angela Yee and Ernest Baker, and this project was officially announced on Drake'southward Instagram on September 19, 2015, when he revealed the mixtape's release engagement and embrace fine art.[six] [7] [8]
The artwork is a stock image that was purchased from Shutterstock.[9]
Drake and Future premiered the anthology on Beats 1 on OVO Sound'south "OVO Audio Radio" show on September 20, 2015, and weeks subsequently it was released on the iTunes Store and Apple Music.[10] [11]
The Summer Xvi Bout past Drake was made to support this mixtape.[12]
Critical reception [edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | half dozen.ix/ten[13] |
| Metacritic | lxx/100[fourteen] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [xv] |
| Billboard | [sixteen] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C−[1] |
| NME | 4/5[17] |
| The Observer | [18] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/x[19] |
| Q | [20] |
| Rolling Stone | [21] |
| Spin | seven/x[22] |
| XXL | four/5[23] |
What a Time to Be Live received more often than not positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of seventy, based on 24 reviews.[fourteen] Billboard described Drake and Futurity's chemistry as expected and said "Futurity deals with personal demons that he tries, and fails, to drown in drugs; Drake is mostly about insecurities and bottom gravity".[sixteen] Rolling Rock gave the anthology 3.5 out of 5 stars, attributing the "fresh and spontaneous" experience to the quick production of the album, where "both artists [are] playing off their louder-than-life personalities without overthinking the details."[21] Still, Sheldon Pearce in a Pitchfork review suggests that this limited time-frame for making the album is the sonic downfall of the mixtape arguing that the anthology "wasn't created with the care or the dutiful curation nosotros've come up to look from both artists when solo."[19]
In a mixed review, Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork criticizes the "decided lack of chemistry between these two," considering "they have difficulty sharing the aforementioned infinite" when on the same song.[19] Pearce goes on to highlight how Future'due south presence, both in content and persona, is much more prevalent than Drake's, where the latter appears to exist a "eyewitness" and "out of his chemical element."[19] Yet, he highlights moments where the collaboration works about effectively. In "Scholarships", Drake "throws Future the perfect aisle-oop," "Jumpman" is a banger, and "Diamonds Dancing" is the first track between the two artists that "clicks on all cylinders."[xix] Additionally, Pearce lauds the production by Metro Boomin as "glimmering" and hails both rappers when they are able to work on their own and make music in their respective comfort zones in songs like Future's "Jersey" and Drake's "30 for 30 Freestyle".[xix]
Complex said nigh Drake verses; "despite a corny bar hither or there, Drake sounds mode more energized with much better flows."[24] Entertainment Weekly was disappointed with Drake on the anthology, quoting "despite a beat by Drake whisperer Noah "xl" Shebib, the album-closing "30 For xxx Freestyle" doesn't come up most clearing the absolutely loftier bar Drake has prepare for himself in 2015."[1]
Commercial performance [edit]
What a Time to Be Alive debuted at number i on the U.s. Billboard 200, with 375,000 album-equivalent units; it sold 334,000 copies in its first week, with the remainder of its unit count representing the album's streaming activeness and track sales during the tracking week.[4] It became both Drake and Hereafter'south second albums to chart at number i on the Billboard 200 in 2015 (If You're Reading This Information technology's Besides Late and DS2, respectively).[iv] In its 2d week it sold 65,000 copies.[25] As of January 27, 2016, What a Time to Be Alive has sold 519,000 copies in the United States.[26] On March xv, 2016, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA), for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a 1000000 units.[27]
Track listing [edit]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.[28] [29]
| No. | Championship | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Digital Dash" |
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| 3:51 |
| 2. | "Big Rings" |
| Metro Boomin | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Live from the Gutter" |
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| 3:31 |
| 4. | "Diamonds Dancing" |
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| 5:14 |
| 5. | "Scholarships" |
| Metro Boomin | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Plastic Bag" |
| Neenyo | 3:22 |
| 7. | "I'm the Plug" |
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| three:00 |
| viii. | "Change Locations" |
| Cadastre | three:40 |
| 9. | "Jumpman" |
| Metro Boomin | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Jersey" (performed by Future) |
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| 3:08 |
| 11. | "xxx for thirty Freestyle" (performed past Drake) |
| 40 | 4:thirteen |
| Total length: | forty:30 | |||
Notes
- "xxx for xxx Freestyle" features background vocals by Kyle Machado
Personnel [edit]
Credits adapted from anthology's liner notes and Tidal.[28] [29]
Musicians
- Maneesh – pianoforte, keyboards (tracks 3, half-dozen)
Technical
- Eric Manco – recording (tracks 1–v, vii–nine)
- Seth Firkins – recording (rail 6)
- James Kang – recording (track 10)
- Miguel Scott – recording assistance (tracks one–9, eleven)
- Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing (tracks 1–nine, 11)
- Noah "40" Shebib – mixing (tracks 1–9, 11)
- Metro Boomin – mixing (track 10)
- Les Bateman – mixing assistance (tracks 1–ix, 11)
- Greg Moffett – mixing assist (tracks i–ix, 11)
- Harley Arsenault – mixing aid (tracks ane–ix, 11)
- Noel Cadastre – engineering science (tracks 1–9, xi)
- Chris Athens – mastering (all tracks)
- Dave Huffman – mastering assist (all tracks)
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
Encounter also [edit]
- List of number-one albums of 2015 (Canada)
- Listing of UK R&B Chart number-one albums of 2015
- Listing of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2015
- Listing of Billboard number-ane R&B/Hip-Hop albums of 2015
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