Setbacks (album)

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Setbacks
ScHoolboy Q
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2011
Recorded2010
TDE Recording Studio: House of Pain
(Carson, California)
Genre
Length62:36
ScHoolboy Q
chronology
Gangsta & Soul
(2009) 		Setbacks
(2011) 		Habits & Contradictions
(2012)

Setbacks is the debut studio album by American

Tae Beast, DJ Wes, King Blue, Sounwave
and more.

Schoolboy Q titled the album Setbacks due to the limitations he experienced and endured before releasing the album. After the release of Setbacks, the album reached number 100 on the US

Top Independent Albums
chart. Only a few weeks after Setbacks was released, it already had 4,395 units and was praised by fans and critics alike.

Background

In 2012, in an interview with

Complex, Schoolboy Q spoke on the concept behind Setbacks: "The concept behind Setbacks was [to talk about] all the shit that’s the reason why I can’t rap. The reason I can’t accomplish what I want to accomplish is because I’m doing all this dumb shit. I put it all together on the album. Like, ‘Druggys Wit Hoes,’ I'm out here drugging and I'm not even trying to fuck with hoes. ‘Kamikaze,’ I'm not even trying to rap—keep going broke. Different shit like that, I sum it up all in one album. My life did a whole 180 after that dropped. A lot of people still didn't know the name though, but a lot of people did. It was weird. It just took me to the right spot. I made some fucking money off the project, it helped me see that I needed to do more positive shit in life, and it made me into the person I am now. All I do now is just chill. I'd rather just chill, work on my music, be with my two-year-old daughter, and smoke weed and shit."[1] Two weeks after the album's release ScHoolboy Q released it for free via his Twitter feed. The free version doesn't include "LigHt Years AHead" and is replaced with "Live Again" which also features Kendrick Lamar. The free version also features a new bonus track titled "Fuck Ya Hip Hop" featuring Big Pooh and Murs[2]

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 100 on the US Billboard 200 chart and had sold 17,000 copies in the US as of February 2014.[3]

Critical response

Setbacks received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the album's production, features and lyrics. iHipHop gave it a 3.5 out of 5 rating mentioning "While Setbacks is a misleading title, ScHoolboy Q does leave room for critique. Despite his overwhelmingly impressive flow, Q rarely says anything worthy of raising an eyebrow."

Allmusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars commenting "Dividing his time between socially conscious rap and bud smoker’s anthems, ScHoolboy Q makes quite the impression on his debut “street album"". They called Setbacks polished, funky, well-balanced, and rewarding.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Figg Get da Money"LordQuest3:59
2."Kamikaze"
bonus track
)		Sounwave3:36
Total length:62:36

Charts

Chart (2011)[6] Peak
position
US Billboard 200 100
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 25
US Billboard
Top Rap Albums
 12
US Billboard Top Independent Albums 13

References

  1. Complex
    . Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  2. ^ ScHoolboy Q Setbacks Album Free Version Archived October 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, DCtoBC.com
  3. ^ Ramirez, Rauly (February 26, 2014). "ScHoolboy Q Heading for No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Album Review: ScHoolboy Q – Setbacks iHipHop.com
  5. ^ Setbacks – ScHoolboy Q Allmusic.com
  6. ^ "Setbacks - ScHoolboy Q | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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