''Full Speed'' is the third

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by American

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Kid Ink Brian Todd Collins (born April 1, 1986), known professionally as Kid Ink, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Los Angeles. He released his debut independent album ''Up & Away (Kid Ink album), Up & Away'' in 2012, f ...

. It was released on January 30, 2015, by

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, distributed by these affiliated

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s Tha Alumni Music Group and 88 Classic. The album marks as the second release with the RCA Records. The album was supported by three

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s: "

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" featuring Usher and Tinashe, "

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" featuring Chris Brown, and " Be Real" featuring

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. Following its release, the album was met with mixed reviews from

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. The album debuted at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 29,000 copies in the United States, during its first week.

Singles

Kid Ink released the song, titled "

", as the album's

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on September 9, 2014. The track features a

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performed by American singer

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and background vocals by a fellow R&B singer

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. The song was produced by

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and

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. "

", which features the

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s from American

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, was made available to purchase on the

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on January 9, 2015. It was sent to US

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radio on January 27, 2015, as the album's second single. The song was produced by

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. " Be Real", which features guest vocals from a fellow recording artist

, was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on March 31, 2015, as the album's third single. The song's production was handled by

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, while it co-produced by JGramm Beats. "Dolo", which features guest vocals from American R&B singer

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, was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on August 6, 2015, as the album's fourth single. The song's produced by

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and Mark Kragen.

Promotional singles

The album's first promotional single, titled "Cool Back" was made available to digital download on December 16, 2014, with album pre-orders on the

. The song was produced by C.P Dubb. The album's second promotional single, titled "Blunted" was made available to digital download, with album pre-orders on December 23, 2014. The song was produced by REO (written by Ramon Owen). The album's third promotional single, "Like a Hott Boyy" featuring

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and Bricc Baby Shitro, was made available to digital download on January 13, 2015. The song was produced by

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and DJ Spinz.

Other songs

The track "Faster" was featured as the official theme song of

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; Fastlane. Kid ink is a long time fan of WWE.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an

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score of 55, based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Craig Jenkins of ''

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'' said "Ink has clearly studied his success, and it feels strategic that ''Full Speed'' is sardine-packed with star collaborators." In a similar review, Kellan Miller of

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said "Most of the songs on ''Full Speed'' are catchy in their own right, but on the heels of tracks that sound so much alike just now seeing their expiration on radio, the feeling is mixed at best."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 29,000 copies in the United States. In its second week, the album dropped down to number 41 on the chart, selling 8,000 copies, bringing total album sales to 37,000 copies. In the third week, the album dropped down to number 51 on the chart, selling 5,000 copies, bringing the total album sales to 42,000 copies.

Track listing

;Notes * signifies a co- producer * signifies an additional producer * "Faster" contains a portion of the composition "A Face That Doesn't Matter", written by Linda Hargrove and Mark Ellerbee. * "Hotel" contains a portion of the composition "

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", written by Bobby Simmons, Jr., Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Dijon McFarlane and Clarence Montgomery III. * "About Mine" contains a portion of the composition "Why U Bullshittin'", written by David Blake and Dejuan Walker.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

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