''The Rose Tint'' is the second solo studio album by

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rapper

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. It was released as a

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on 11 May 2011 through

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/ Dirty Management/ Duck Down Music.

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was handled by Fire & Ice, Dan "Exile" Mawby, Nick "41" Maclaren,

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and

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. It features

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s from

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, Jordache, Pieter T, PNC and

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. The album peaked at number 3 on the

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. Due to the album, Dallas won 'Best Pacific Male Artist' at the 2012

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. Both the artist and the album were also nominated for 'Album of the Year', 'Best Male Solo Artist' and 'Best Urban/Hip Hop Album' at the

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, 'Best Pacific Urban Artist' at 2012 Pacific Music Awards, and

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for the 2012

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. This was considered an impressive feat for a project released as a free download. Its

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"Take a Picture" was nominated for ' APRA Best Pacific Song' at 2012 Pacific Music Awards and for 'Best Music Video' at

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Release

The album was available for free download on the Internet on 5 May 2011 via

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and appeared on Dallas' official website on 11 May 2011. Dallas said he wanted to give his album away for free stating: "That's ultimately what you need, you want people to hear it. You think, would you rather a thousand people heard it or would you rather sell it to one hundred?". The album was downloaded more than 8,000 times within its first 24 hours, and by November 2011 it has been downloaded 50,000+ times. Physical edition of the album was announced by Dallas on his website explaining the reason behind the decision: ''The Rose Tint: Deluxe Edition'' was released on 8 November 2011 in North America and 14 November 2011 in

and Australia. It contains four Fire & Ice-produced extra songs: "Feel Like Oasis", which features Kid Daytonna & Tayyib Ali, "Not Enough", which features Jordache, "10 Foot Tall" and "Couldn't Walk a Mile", replaces the track "Til Tomorrow" with a remix by

, and also includes an

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disc of all the original tracks of ''The Rose Tint'' except "Til Tomorrow" (and "Ain't Coming Down", which is presented as a bonus track on the standard edition), with Dallas saying that the instrumental disc "is for the aspiring artists or anyone who just loved the beats".

Track listing

;Notes * There are two versions of the album's seventh track: the original version of "Til' Tomorrow" and

-produced and version "Til' Tomorrow (Remix)". One version replaces the other on different editions. ;Sample credits *Track 3 contains an interpolation from "Saturate" written by Thomas Rowlands and Edmund Simons and performed by

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Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose Tint, The 2011 albums David Dallas albums Duck Down Music albums Albums produced by P-Money Albums free for download by copyright owner