''There's Really a Wolf'' is the twelfth studio album and major-label debut by American rapper
Russ
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, who composed and produced all of the songs. It was released on May 5, 2017, by Diemon and
Columbia Records
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and peaked at number seven on the US
''Billboard'' 200 and number four on the US
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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.
On April 18, 2018, it was certified
Platinum
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Promotion
The album was announced on April 19, 2017, with a tweet revealing the album's release date of May 5, 2017.
Singles
All but four of the songs on the album were brand new releases that Russ had recorded and saved from the public eye for a span of two years. The previous released tracks "
What They Want", "Pull the Trigger", "Do It Myself", and the R&B track "
Losin Control
"Losin Control" is a song by American rapper Russ. It was released on his SoundCloud page on November 9, 2015. Russ included this song on his debut studio album ''There's Really a Wolf''. The song was mixed, mastered, engineered, produced, writt ...
", were all originally released on
SoundCloud
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. "Me You" was sent to rhythmic radio as the third single on June 6, 2017.
Commercial performance
''There's Really a Wolf'' debuted at number seven on the US
''Billboard'' 200 and number four on the US
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated J ...
charts moving 49,000
album-equivalent unit
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s in its first week of release.
On April 18, 2018, the album was certified
platinum
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Platinu ...
by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) for combined sales and
album-equivalent unit
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s of over a million units in the United States.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Tidal
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All tracks produced by
Russ
Russ is a masculine given name, often a short form of Russell, and also a surname.
People Given name or nickname
* Russ Abbot (born 1947), British musician, comedian and actor
* Russ Adams (born 1980), American retired baseball player
* Russ B ...
.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2017 albums
Hip hop albums by American artists
Columbia Records albums
Russ (rapper) albums