Landlord (album)
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| Length | 54:40 | |||
| Label | SN1 Records | |||
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Landlord is the fourth studio album by English rapper
The album was supported by two singles: "Whippin' Excursion" and "Lock Doh" featuring Donae'o.
Landlord received positive reviews from critics and peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Giggs's highest-charting and most successful album to date.
Background
Giggs's third album, When Will It Stop was released in October 2013 and peaked at number 21 on the
In June 2016, Giggs announced the release date of the album through a teaser video posted on social media.[2] The track list was unveiled the following month. [3][4] According to an interview with Tim Westwood, Landlord was recorded in a broken period of two weeks, with the intention of releasing it to match the release date of his debut album, Walk in da Park (2008).[5] It was completed without the intention of releasing an album, Westwood stating: "I went to the studio and did three songs at the same time, starting one, stopping and going to another, doing all three of them at once. Then when they was finished I was like “Rah, this is sounding like some album shit.” And then I went to studio the next day and made ‘Whippin Excursion.’ That week I made like six bangers."[5][6]
Promotion
On 21 July 2016 the lead single, "Whippin' Excursion", was released along with its music video and pre-order for Landlord.
After popular demand, "Lock Doh" was released as the second single from Landlord. with 400,000 sales.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
Complex | Very favourable[19] |
| NME |   [20] |
| SpiceUK | 4.7/5[21] |
| The Guardian | [22] |
| The Independent | Very positive[23] |
Landlord received positive reviews from critics. It received a normalized metascore of 80 out of 100 on the review aggregate website Metacritic based on 4 critics, which indicates "generally favourable."[16] Damien Morris of The Guardian described Landlord as "frighteningly good" and "fantastic, crafted, big-stage trap with the lissom, conversational feel of a mixtape. The clever use of features offsets that lugubrious voice with a pleasing range of articulate rappers; and the beats intelligently mix intimacy and claustrophobia, making Giggs’s grownup rhymes more authoritative than ever."[22] Louis Pattison of NME commended the lyrical content, stating "Giggs’ delivery blends menace and sly comedy, while particularly choice lines are punctuated with a grunt, or a laugh so sinister it'd make the Grim Reaper soil his cloak."[20]
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Commercial performance
Landlord entered and peaked on the
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | Nathaniel Thompson | Jaisu | 3:35 |
| 2. | "The Blow Back" (featuring CASisDEAD) |
| Swifta Beater | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Of Course" (featuring Rico Love) |
| Charlie Sloth | 4:55 |
| 11. | "Savage" (featuring Kyze) |
| Hayzeus | 4:09 |
| 12. | "Lyrical Combat" (featuring CASisDEAD & Dubz) |
| Boom Productions | 5:01 |
| 13. | "Clipped Him" (featuring Gunna Dee) |
| Mazza Beats | 3:48 |
| 14. | "The New Shit" |
| Danny Boom | 2:45 |
| Total length: | 54:40 | |||
Notes
Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
- Art Goon – cover art, art direction
- Aystar – featured artist
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Boomblast – producer
- Buck – management
- CASISDEAD – featured artist
- Dirty Saj – recording
- Donae'o – featured artist
- Dubz – featured artist
- Dukus – executive producer, mixing
- Giggs – primary artist, executive producer, vocals, art direction
- John Schullman – engineer
- Gunna Dee – featured artist
- Kyze – featured artist
- MSM – mixing, recording
- Raye Cosbert – management
- Rico Love – featured artist
- Stormzy – featured artist
- Trenton Harrison-Lewis – management
- Youngs Teflon – featured artist
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] | 39 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26] | 1 |
| 1 | |
| UK Albums (OCC)[28] | 2 |
References
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- ^ "Giggs announces 'The Landlord' release date". SBTV. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs Announces New Album 'Landlord'". Clash Magazine. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "UK Rapper Giggs Releases New Album 'Landlord'". The Source. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Exclusive Interview: Giggs – "We're writing the history books as we go along."". RWD Magazine. August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Exclusive interview with UK rapper Giggs and his chart-topping album 'Landlord'". The Source. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs shares new track 'Whippin Excursion' from 'The Landlord'". SBTV. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs takes us on a 'Whippin Excursion'". Nation of Billions. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs Shares the First Track from 'Landlord': "Whippin' Excursion"". Complex. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs releases video for 'Lock Doe' feat. Donae'o". RWD Magazine. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs - Lock Doh feat. Donae'o (Official Video)". YouTube. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "BBC Music - Lock Doh (feat. Donae'o) - Giggs". BBC Music. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Tinie Tempah Remixes Giggs Single "Lock Doh"". Kings Media TV. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs releases single "Lock Doh" feat. Donae'o". The British Blacklist. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "GIGGS FT. DONAEO - Lock Doh - Chart Positions". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Landlord by Giggs". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs - Landlord". ClashMusic. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs' Landlord is a transatlantic triumph". Crack Magazine. August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Giggs Shows Us Who's Boss On Trap Masterpiece 'Landlord'". Complex. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Giggs – 'Landlord' Review". NME. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Giggs Landlord Track by Track Review (Album)". SpiceUK. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Giggs: Landlord review – frighteningly good". The Guardian. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Giggs 'Landlord' review". The Independent. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Blossoms score debut Number 1 album: "We're absolutely made up"". Official Charts. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ August 2016/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ August 2016/131/ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ August 2016/115/ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ August 2016/7502/ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
