''Oblivion'' (stylized as ''OBLiViON'') is the fifth
studio album
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by American musician
T-Pain, released through
,
RCA Records
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and his own label
Nappy Boy Entertainment
Nappy Boy is an American record label founded by R&B and hip hop artist T-Pain. The label is distributed by RCA Records, and formerly by Jive Label Group. The label's roster of artists includes Gym Class Heroes front man Travie McCoy, Young C ...
on November 17, 2017.
It is his second album released after the closure of
Jive Records
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and his final album under
Akon
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's
label. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2014 to 2017.
Critical reception
HipHopDX
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...
said, "Fans of T-Pain will find that his fifth go-around is a quality cure for their six-year itch. One thing can be said for the rapper/singer: he never under-delivers — even if the expectation is for him to totally drop a masterpiece onto the world".
Damien Morris of ''
The Guardian
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'' expressed a negative response of the album saying that "the music is just tasteless and tired, the sound of a migraine struggling to maintain an erection".
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Tidal
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Tidal may also refer to:
* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
* TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music
* Tidal (servic ...
and ''
XXL''.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal and ''XXL''.
[
Performers
* T-Pain – primary artist
* ]Chris Brown
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– featured artist
* Tiffany Evans
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– featured artist
* Mr. TalkBox – featured artist
* Wale – featured artist
* Blac Youngsta – featured artist
* Ty Dolla Sign
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– featured artist
* Ne-Yo
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– featured artist
* Roberto Cacciapaglia – featured artist
Technical
* T-Pain – recording engineer
* Fabian Marasciullo – mixing engineer
* McCoy Socalgargoyle – assistant mixing engineer
* Colin Leonard – mastering engineer
* Javier Valverde – engineering
Production
* Dre Moon
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– production
* TBHits – production
* T-Pain – production
* A1 – production
* Allstar – production
* X-plosive – production
* Abaz – production
* Mr. Franks – production
* Major Seven – production
* BZRK – production
Charts
References
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2017 albums
T-Pain albums
RCA Records albums
Albums produced by T-Pain