''New English'' is the debut

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by American rapper

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. It was released on June 26, 2016, by

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and

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. ''New English'' features

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s from

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, King Savage and Mekado. The mixtape's lead

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" was released on December 15, 2015. In April 2016, that single reached the top of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

On April 12, 2016, in an interview with ''

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'', Desiigner first announced that the title of the mixtape would be called ''Trap History Month''. However, the mixtape was formally announced on June 22, 2016, with the new title to the mixtape called ''New English'', when he premiered it at a

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-sponsored listening party in

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. Although no release date was provided at that time, Desiigner released the mixtape just four days later, exclusively through Tidal's streaming service. It was later released into the

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and Spotify later that day. The tracks were eventually uploaded to

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Singles

The debut

from the mixtape, "

", was released on December 15, 2015. The track was produced by Menace. In April 2016, that single reached the top of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Reception

The mixtape received mixed reviews from music critics. The mixtape was praised for its production but criticized for its lack of originality, unfinished nature and Desiigner's own performance on the project. Matthew Ramirez of ''Pitchfork'' said about the album, "It sounds like the last five years of hip-hop watered down."

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''New English'' debuted at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 13 million streams of its songs, which account for 56% of the 16,000

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according to ''Billboard''.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer Sample credits *"Caliber" contains a sample of "

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" performed by

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Charts

References

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