''Who Is Nardo Wick?'' is the debut studio album by American rapper

Nardo Wick Horace Bernard Walls III (born December 30, 2001), known professionally as Nardo Wick, is an American rapper. Signed to Flawless Entertainment and RCA Records, he is best known for his 2021 single " Who Want Smoke?", which has a remix which feat ...

. It was released on December 3, 2021, by Flawless Entertainment and

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. The album features guest appearances from

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Hit-Boy Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. (born May 21, 1987), better known by his stage name Hit-Boy, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. In May 2011, he had signed a two-year deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music production branch. ...

G Herbo Herbert Randall Wright III (born October 8, 1995), better known by his stage name G Herbo (formerly Lil Herb), is an American rapper from Chicago. G Herbo is signed to Machine Entertainment Group. He has released the mixtapes '' Welcome to Faz ...

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21 Savage Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (born October 22, 1992), known professionally as 21 Savage, is a rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Born in London, he moved to Atlanta with his mother at age seven. He became known after releasing two m ...

Lakeyah Lakeyah Danaee Robinson (born February 28, 2001), known mononymously as Lakeyah, is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she began rapping at the age of 15. At 18, she moved to Atlanta and was signed to Quali ...

, and Big30. Serving as the first project he has released, the project finds him working with prominent producers, such as Hit-Boy,

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DVLP Bigram John Zayas (born July 11, 1978), professionally known as DVLP or Develop, is an American record producer, songwriter and disc jockey (DJ). Hailing from New York City, DVLP initially embarked on his career in music as one-half of the pro ...

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Tay Keith Tay may refer to: People and languages * Tay (name), including lists of people with the given name, surname and nickname * Tay people, an ethnic group of Vietnam ** Tày language *Atayal language, an Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan (ISO 639 ...

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, and

Murda Beatz Shane Lee Lindstrom (born February 11, 1994), known professionally as Murda Beatz, is a Canadian record producer. He has produced hit singles like " Butterfly Effect" by Travis Scott, "Back on Road" by Gucci Mane, "Nice for What" by Drake, "Moto ...

, as well as emerging producers, such as brothers Emkay and Arkay, Onokey, Corbett, Ice Melodies and Z3N, among others. Wick announced the album and its release date on November 28, 2021. The deluxe version, titled ''Who Is Nardo Wick? 2'' was released on July 22, 2022, with additional guest features from

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and

Latto Alyssa Michelle Stephens (born December 22, 1998), professionally known as Latto or Big Latto (formerly known as Mulatto), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She first appeared on American rapper Jermaine Dupri's reality television s ...

Singles

Three singles were released prior to the album's release. The lead single, "Shhh", was released on April 23, 2021. The second single, " Who Want Smoke??", which features fellow rappers

, and

, an official remix of Wick's 2021 single, " Who Want Smoke?", was released on October 8, 2021. The third single, " Me or Sum", which features fellow rappers

and

, was released on November 29, 2021.

Track listing

Sample credits * "Wickman" contains an

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of " Jumpman", written by

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, and

Metro Boomin Leland Tyler Wayne (born September 16, 1993), professionally known as Metro Boomin, is an American record producer, record executive, beatmaker, and DJ. He is known for his dark production style and its influence on modern hip hop and trap. R ...

as performed by the former two and produced by the latter. * "Dah Dah DahDah" contains an interpolation of "

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", written by

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, and a sample of "The Gingerbread Man" song.

Credits and personnel

* Brandon Blatz – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13–16, 18) * Curtis "Sircut" Bye – mixing engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13–16, 18) * Cyrus "Nois" Taghipour – mixing engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13–16, 18) *

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– mixing engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13–16, 18) * Tatsuya Sato – mastering engineer (all tracks) *

– mixing engineer, recording engineer (tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 17) * Liz Robson – recording engineer (track 4) * David Yungin Kim – mixing engineer (track 8) * Ben Lidsky – mixing engineer (track 9) * Max Lord – mixing engineer (track 9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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