''Growing Up in Public'' is the third studio album by British rapper

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. It was released on 19 September 2014 through

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. The album features appearances from the likes of

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and James Craise among others. The album continues the themes covered on his second studio album, ''

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'' (2011). The album's first promotional single, "Not Your Man", was released as an "instant grat" through the

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on 7 July 2014. The album's second promotional single, "I Need Church", was released as an "instant grat" on 16 July. The album's lead single, "

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", featuring singer-songwriter

, was released on 14 September 2014. The song received its radio debut on

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on 28 July 2014, but was premiered at the Leicester Music Festival at

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on 25 July. The album's third promotional single, "Dead Man's Shoes", was released on 19 September 2014. " Little Secrets", featuring

, is the album's second single. It was released on 7 December 2014, peaking at number 83 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

Green expressed interest to work with artists such as former collaborators

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and

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, as well as

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and

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on the album, however, no collaborations featuring any of the listed names are featured. Green announced that production on the album would come from the likes of Mike Skinner,

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of Slipknot,

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and

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. However, Example doesn't feature on the album version. A promotional non-album single, titled "

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", featuring

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, was released on 21 July 2013. After the single failed to chart in the top 100, Green announced that the first "proper" single from the album would be released in January 2014 and the album would follow shortly. These were later delayed to July and September 2014 respectively. He has also delayed his planned UK tour twice, firstly from November 2013 to May 2014, and then May 2014 to December 2014, to coincide with the release of the album. Green also performed new tracks entitled titled "I Need Church" and "Little Secrets" in his 2013 live sets. Green has also posted clips of new songs "Name in Lights" (produced by Cores and featuring

) and "Jealous Girl" on his

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. Tweets and Instagram posts have also revealed a collaboration with

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and iSHi titled "Gross" and another track titled "The Middle". Green also posted a short clip of a collaboration with iSHI and

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which didn't make the album. On 14 April 2014 Green released a 54-second teaser of the album's first promotional single, "Not Your Man", which features vocals from Thabo. In 2014, he appeared on a remix of "

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" by

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, also featuring

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, Bossman Birdie and

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. "Not Your Man" premiered in full on 3 July 2014, and was released on 5 July as an "instant grat" download on iTunes when you pre-ordered the album. The album's second "instant grat" promotional single, "I Need Church", was released on 16 July. The lead single from the album, "

" featuring

, was released on 14 September 2014. "Dead Man's Shoes" was released as the third and final instant grat single on 19 September 2014. ''Growing Up in Public'' was released on 22 September 2014.

Track listing

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Personnel

* Richard Adlam - drum programming * Samuel Agard - drums * Glyn Aikins - A&R * Erik Alcock - songwriter * Harley Alexander-Sule - songwriter * Lily Allen - songwriter * Matt Allen - guitar * Iyiola Babalola - engineer * Lorraine Barnes - choir/chorus * Tom Barnes - songwriter, drums * Awsa Bergstrom - choir/chorus * Jules Buckley - string arrangements * Wez Clarke - mixing, programming * James Craise - songwriter, featured artist, vocals * DJ Khalil - engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming * Mark O. Everett - songwriter * Future Cut - vocal producer * The Futuristics - keyboards, producer, programming * John Gibbons - choir/chorus * Rick Guest - photography * Wendy Harriott - choir/chorus * Stuart Hawkes - mastering * Alex "Cores" Hayes - additional production, songwriter, engineer, executive producer, keyboards, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer * Edward Hayes - songwriter, guitar * Warren Huart - vocal engineer * Tom Hull - songwriter * Ken "Duro" Ifill - mixing * Pranam Injeti - songwriter, engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming * Felix Joseph - songwriter, engineer, producer, programming * Pete Kelleher - songwriter, keyboards * Tori Kelly - featured artist, vocals * Joe Khajadourian - songwriter * Kid Harpoon - engineer, guitar, producer, programming * Ben Kohn - bass, songwriter * KZ - keyboards, percussion, producer, programming * Jenny LaTouche - choir/chorus * Darren Lewis - engineer * Tom Liljegren - songwriter * Chris Loco - songwriter, engineer, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming * Stephen Manderson - songwriter, executive producer * Patsy McKay - choir/chorus, choir arrangement * Beverlyn McKinson - choir/chorus * Metropole Orkest - strings * Mr. Probz - featured artist, vocals * Mojam Music - engineer, producer, programming * James Murray - songwriter, guitar * Mustafa Omer - songwriter * John Parish - songwriter * Adam Prendergast - bass * Professor Green - primary artist, vocals * Khalil Abdul Rahman - songwriter * Alex Reeves - drums * Hal Ritson - sample organization * Rizzle Kicks - featured artist, vocals * Alexander Ryberg - songwriter * Alex Schwartz - songwriter * Aaron Sokell - choir/chorus * Diana Stanbridge - choir/chorus * Mark "Spike" Stent - mixing * Jordan Stephens - songwriter * Geoff Swan - mixing assistant * Thabo - featured artist, vocals * TMS - engineer, producer * Jack Vasiliou - choir/chorus * James Walsh - songwriter, guitar * Whinnie Williams - featured artist, vocals * Ina Wroldsen - songwriter, vocal arrangement Credits adapted from

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Release history

References

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