''Go! Pop! Bang!'' is the debut studio album by American rapper
Rye Rye
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. It was released on
N.E.E.T. Recordings
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The first artist signed to ...
, an imprint of
Interscope Records
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. The album was originally scheduled for release in 2009, but it has since been delayed several times, due to a pregnancy and label issues. It was eventually released on May 15, 2012, with a deluxe version available through digital music retailers. The album features several artists including
M.I.A.,
Akon
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,
Tyga
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,
Robyn
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, and
Porcelain Black
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. Production credits are given to M.I.A.,
The Neptunes
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, Mr. Bangladesh, and
RedOne. The variety of styles brought from each producer was praised by critics.
On the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Dance Club Songs
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chart, the album's three singles charted in the top 20, with "
Never Will Be Mine
"Never Will Be Mine" is a song by rapper Rye Rye featuring Swedish singer Robyn. Released in 2011 the song serves as the second single from her debut album ''Go! Pop! Bang!'', appearing on the deluxe edition, whilst the R3hab remix appears on the ...
" and "
Boom Boom" being the only ones to break the top 10. As a whole, the album peaked at six on the
Top Heatseekers
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chart. The album also charted on the
Top Rap Albums
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and
Top Electronic Albums
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charts.
Background
Recording started in 2008, with mentor and label boss
M.I.A. at hand. M.I.A. took a pivotal role in recording at first, helping produce and write tracks while bringing in hip hop producer
Arabian Prince
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Early life
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and dance music veteran
Egyptian Lover
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to help record the album.
Together they helped to mix tracks such as "
Bang
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". Rye Rye's first official single was the M.I.A.-produced "
Sunshine". However, Rye Rye became pregnant in 2009, postponing the release of ''Go! Pop! Bang!''. This would set in motion a series of delays which delayed the album's release until May 2012. Even so, Rye Rye continued to create music during this period, working with music producers Bangladesh and
Pharrell
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.
In 2011, she released her first mixtape ''RYEot PowRR''.
Composition and lyrics
Producers on ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' include Bangladesh,
The Neptunes
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,
M.I.A. and
RedOne, each adding a different style to the songs they produced for the album. "It was kind of more about getting comfortable with the album," Rye Rye explains, after taking a hiatus from the album due to a pregnancy "... I started experimenting with other grooves. I felt like I wanted to get some different sounds in. I felt like I was evolving as well, and the times were changing. The first album I did, it was around for awhile , even though nobody else had heard it, it had been around in my ears for so long."
[ "I was just working with different people that had different sounds, and I wanted to kinda work with all of them." Rye Rye said of the plethora of sounds each producer brought to ''Go! Pop! Bang''.][
Commenting on the percussive sounds on the album, Rye Rye mentions that ]Pharrell Williams
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went for a dub sound on "Shake Twist Drop", while Bangladesh focused on 808s
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. The former song earned comparisons to M.I.A.'s gaana
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song "Bird Flu
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". Rye Rye recalled that working with M.I.A. allowed her "to be herself, cater to society today" and enjoy creative freedom in the studio with her topical themes.[ RedOne brought a ]Eurodance
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sound to the song "DNA" and added guest vocals from Porcelain Black
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, who is signed to his 2101 Records imprint. The song also features a death growl
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from that industrial pop
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singer. Rye Rye describes the song as her favorite on the album. She went into detail, regarding the song's meaning, saying, "It's basically saying everything I did was in my DNA. I'm a party pooper, but any time I hear music, I instantly dance. I could be outside standing on the street, in the store. That's basically what the song is saying. I don't need no Adderall
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, no Ritalin
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. It comes natural."[ Amelia Osowski of '']CMJ
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'' said "DNA" was "destined to be a club hit, or as Rye Rye puts it, 'This is a party anthem.' It's one of those songs that will endlessly loop through your mind as you stumble out of bed the next morning."
The album's ballad
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, "Crazy Bitch", features Akon
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and is one of the slowest, sparsest pieces on the album. "Depending on one's investment in dance music, it's either a nice intermission or an unwanted interruption." ''The Washington Post
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'' said. The song "Holla Holla", Godfrey writing for ''The Washington Post'' explains, references her long-awaited debut, while being able to compete with Nicki Minaj
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, Azealia Banks
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, and Kreayshawn
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, leading the female MCs in the industry.[
Reviewer Gregory Heaney of ]AllMusic
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commented on the production of ''Go! Pop! Bang'' and M.I.A.'s appearance on multiple songs, saying "While her hook on the chopped-up 'Better than You,' helps to add an extra layer of brash cool to the song, the real heavy hitter on the album is Bangladesh, whose simple and direct approach on tracks like "Hotter" and "Drop" showcases the same knack for dancefloor-crushing beats that the producer has used so effectively for Lil' Wayne and Nicki Minaj."
Promotion
Promotion began in 2009 with the release of the buzz single
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"Bang
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Products
* M1922 Bang rifle, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang
* Bang, a model car brand
* Bang (beverage), an energy drink
Geography
* Bang, Lorestan, a village in Iran
* Bangs, Ohio, Uni ...
", which received positive reviews from music critics. "Bang" was also used for the soundtrack
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to the 2009 film ''Fast & Furious
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'' and later appeared briefly in the 2010 film ''Step Up 3D
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''. Rye Rye's track "Get Like This", featuring rapper Busy Signal
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, appeared on the soundtrack to the 2009 video game '' NBA Live 10''. Following her pregnancy in 2009, she took a short hiatus from promoting the album. By summer 2010, Rye Rye began touring with M.I.A. across Europe, appearing at many of the large music festivals. Late 2010 saw the release of " Sunshine", the first official single off ''Go! Pop! Bang!''. Early 2011 saw Rye Rye collaborating with Urban Outfitters
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and POP Beauty to create a ''Go! Pop! Bang!''-inspired nail polish set. In addition, Rye Rye embarked on a spring promotional tour, performing in Las Vegas
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with Robyn
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on April 14, 2011. This preceded the June 2011 release of "Never Will Be Mine
"Never Will Be Mine" is a song by rapper Rye Rye featuring Swedish singer Robyn. Released in 2011 the song serves as the second single from her debut album ''Go! Pop! Bang!'', appearing on the deluxe edition, whilst the R3hab remix appears on the ...
", Rye Rye's second single which features the Swedish singer Robyn
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. In Summer 2011 promotion of Rye Rye's music saw the use of " New Thing" a new track by Rye Rye used in a Prabal Gurung
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's fashion video and in an Adidas
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commercial. Rye Rye has also been affiliated with mobile phone maker HTC
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. In Spring 2012, Rye Rye released her third single from ''Go! Pop! Bang!'', " Boom Boom", accompanied with a music video. The track listing for ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' was revealed via Barnes & Noble
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's website on April 19.
Singles
Three singles were released from the album before its debut on May 15, 2012. Sunshine, featuring Rye Rye's mentor, M.I.A, was the album's lead single
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. ''Spin
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'' called "Sunshine" a tribute to Rye Rye's urban upbringing, with b-girl dance moves, double dutching, and pick-up games. The second single "Never Will Be Mine
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" samples " Be Mine!" a song by Swedish singer Robyn
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. The song charted at number 12 on ''Billboard
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''s Hot Dance Club Songs
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chart. A remix made by R3hab
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was included on the album, while the original was reserved for the deluxe version. "Never Will Be Mine" is a hip hop ballad that showcases a sweeter side of the Baltimore rapper, contrasting her bubbly and flamboyant nature. Robyn commented that she appreciated how Rye Rye took a sad, ballad song and interpolated it into a different style in a behind-the-scenes documentary.
The third single, " Boom Boom", samples the Vengaboys
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' 1999 song "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
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". A music video accompanying the song was directed by Georgie Greville and Geremie Jasper of Legs Media, and features arcade game
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graphics reminiscent of the popular video games ''Space Invaders
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'' and ''Ecco the Dolphin
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''.
Sam Lansky of MTV
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's Buzzworthy complimented Rye Rye for the inclusion of the Vengaboy's song of a similar title, elevating it above her work with Robyn in "Never Will Be Mine" and the Far East Movement
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's "Jello
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". Lansky called the song "a contemporary radio confection, complete with layers of Atari
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blips and bloops alongside "Ay!" callouts evoking Usher's " Love in This Club." Lansky closed the critique by lauding the video game music
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samples, calling "Boom Boom" Rye Rye's glossiest and hippest song to date. Jeff Benjamin, a blogger for ''Billboard
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'', praised how the sampling of Vengaboy, combined with the youthful delivery of her rap lyrics rescued "Boom Boom" from becoming another generic pop song. Benjamin also dubbed the song as fun and appealing, confessing that the song has the potential to convert an entirely new audience to her sound. "Boom Boom" peaked at number eight on the Hot Dance Club songs chart.
Critical reception
''Go! Pop! Bang!'' received generally positive reviews. Steve Jones of ''USA Today
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'' gave the album three out of four stars, saying, "o! Pop! Bang! has
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rapid-fire boasts flow over a stream of bass-heavy beats is guaranteed to get the feet of the most recalcitrant wallflowers moving to the dance floor," adding that once the record starts, there's no use sitting down. Despite the many guest singers and rappers on the album, USA Today noticed that Rye Rye never gives up center stage. Charley Rogulewski of AOL
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's The Boom Box called the album a " pop experiment", likening the production and sweet yet fast-paced vocals to Nicki Minaj
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's '' Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'' and Santigold
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's 2008 debut album.[
Sarah Godfrey of '']The Washington Post
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'' noted that Rye Rye "has moved away from the unadulterated Baltimore club of her early collaborations with DJ Blaqstarr
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, but the city still flavors her music, as on the Pharrell-produced 'Shake Twist Drop,' which sounds like the Morgan State marching band battling kids playing a clapping game on a Baltimore stoop." Jody Rosen
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of ''Rolling Stone
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'' said the exclamation points in the album's title are no joke, claiming that the "unflagging energy lifts even the least of her material." AllMusic
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gave ''Go! Pop! Bang!'' three and a half stars out of five, lauding Rye Rye's enthusiastic debut's mixture of hip hop swagger with irresistible dance-floor beats.[
]
Track listing
Notes
* signifies an additional vocal producer
* signifies a remixer and additional producer
Sample credits
* "Boom Boom" contains elements of "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
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", written and performed by Vengaboys
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.
* "Better than You" contains a sample of the recording " Anything You Can Do", written by Irving Berlin
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Born in Imperial Russi ...
and performed by Ethel Merman
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and Ray Middleton.
* "Never Will Be Mine" and its remix contain a sample of " Be Mine!" (live at The Cherrytree House), written by Robin Carlsson
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and Klas Åhlund
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, and performed by Robyn
Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...
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Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the digital deluxe edition of ''Go! Pop! Bang!''
* Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...
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* Steve Angello
Steven Patrik Josefsson Fragogiannis ( el, Στέφεν Πάτρικ Γιόζεφσον Φραγκόγιαννης; born 22 November 1982), better known by his stage name Steve Angello, is a Greek-Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and record ...
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* Arabian Prince
Kim Renard Nazel (born June 17, 1965), better known by his stage names Arabian Prince or Professor X, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. He is best known as a founding member of N.W.A.
Early life
Nazel was born i ...
– mixing
* Yaneley Arty – management
* Mac Attkisson – recording
* BeatGeek – all instruments, instrument programming
* Blaqstarr
Charles Smith (born September 30, 1985), better known as Blaqstarr or DJ Blaqstarr, is an American rapper, singer, producer and DJ. He is best known for his work with M.I.A.
Biography
Blaqstarr had local success in the early 2000s with the s ...
– production ; recording
* Mike Bozzi – mastering
* Christian Rich
Christian Rich is an American-born Nigerian production and DJ duo consisting of twins Kehinde Hassan and Taiwo Hassan.
Early life and career
The identical twin brothers were born in Chicago and raised in Nigeria for exposure to their father's ...
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* Andrew Coleman – arrangement, digital editing, recording
* Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford – production
* Aaron Dahl – additional vocals recording ; mixing ; additional vocal production ; engineering ; recording
* Egyptian Lover
Gregory James Broussard (born August 31, 1963), better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover, is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was a part of the L.A. dance music, electro, and rap scene in the early 1980s.
History
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– production ; mixing
* Carly Ellis – wardrobe
* Chris Galland – mixing assistance
* Brian Gardner
Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...
– mastering
* Jesus Garnica – mix assistance
* Geo Slam – engineering, recording
* Geoff Gibbs – engineering
* Dana Goldstein – photography
* Ben Gordon – A&R
* Gene Grimaldi – single mastering
* Hervé
Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinizati ...
– mixing, production
* Ghazi Hourani – mixing assistance ; assistant engineering
* J.O.B – engineering, production
* Jesse Jackson – recording
* Jimmy Joker – all instruments, instrument programming
* Jaycen Joshua
Jaycen Joshua is a mix engineer and music producer who owns the revered Canton House Studios in Studio City, California. Joshua started his mix career in 2005 when he became partners with his mentor Dave Pensado and formed The Penua Project. Joshu ...
– mixing
* Chris Kasych – recording
* Martin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum – backing vocals, keyboards, production ; A&R, executive production
* Stephen Loveridge – art direction, design
* M.I.A. – production ; vocals ; mixing, recording ; A&R, executive production
* Erik Madrid – mixing assistance
* MadV – production
* Fabian Marascuillo – mixing
* Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is an American mixing engineer.Daley, Dan (May 2005).Manny Marroquin. ''Sound on Sound''. Retrieved February 10, 2007 He has received ten Grammy awards for his professional audio work.
Life and career
M ...
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* Jaime Martinez – photography
* Rudy "Mayru" Maya – production
* Meeno – photography
* Trevor Muzzy – engineering, guitars, recording, vocal editing
* Ryan Origin – production
* Robert Orton – mixing
* The Neptunes
The Neptunes are an American songwriting and production duo composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1992. Williams often provides additional vocals on records and appears in the duo's music videos, ...
– production
* Play-N-Skillz – production
* Porcelain Black
Alaina Marie Beaton (born October 1, 1985), known professionally as Porcelain Black, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and model. At age 16, she embarked on her music career as a solo act under the name Porcelain and the Tramps with Vir ...
– vocals
* R3hab
Fadil El Ghoul ( ar, فضيل الغول; born 2 April 1986), performing under the stage name R3hab (stylized in all caps as R3HAB; pronounced "rehab"), is a Dutch-Moroccan disc jockey and music producer.
Ranked at number 12 on the DJ Mag Top 1 ...
– additional production, remix
* RedOne – production
* Robyn
Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...
– vocals
* Jose "Hoza" Rodriguez – stylist
* Sinden – production
* Teddy Sky – backing vocals, recording, vocal editing
* Nandi Smythe – management coordination
* So Japan – production
* Tyga
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* Tony Ugval – engineering
* Gary "Ski Live" Walker – recording
* Halley Wollens – photography
Charts
References
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2012 debut albums
Albums produced by Bangladesh (record producer)
Albums produced by Egyptian Lover
Albums produced by M.I.A. (rapper)
Albums produced by Martin Kierszenbaum
Albums produced by the Neptunes
Albums produced by RedOne
Interscope Records albums