''Quality Street Music'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop disc jockey

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. It was released on October 2, 2012, by Entertainment One Music, Aphilliates Music Group, Embassy Entertainment and Powerhouse Productions. The album features

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s from

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, Childish Gambino, T-Pain,

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, Jeezy,

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, Future,

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, T.I.,

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, among others.

Singles

The album's lead single, "

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" was released for digital download on February 29, 2012. The song features

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s from American hip hop recording artists Future, Jeezy, T.I.,

, with production by Kane Beatz and JMIKE. The song peaking at number 68 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The music video was released on May 8, 2012, and it was directed by Benny Boom. The album's second single, " My Moment" was released on June 29, 2012, via iTunes. The song features guest vocals from hip hop recording artists

and

, along with an American R&B singer

, with the production on this track was handled and provided by

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. The song peaking at number 23 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 16 on the

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, and number 89 on the Hot 100. It has become DJ Drama's most successful single to date. The music video was shot at OVO Fest, in

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, on August 6, 2012.

gathered the song's featured artists and also released behind-the-scenes pictures of the video shoot via his Instagram account. The music video premiered on

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on September 9, 2012. The album's third single was this second version of "We in This Bitch", which was called " We in This Bitch 1.5", which also features guest vocals from southern

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Future with his new verse, and Canadian hip hop recording artist

. It was released on May 11, 2012, however, it later came out as a digital download on September 4, 2012. The album's fourth single, "Never Die" was released on September 15, 2012. The song features guest vocals from American hip hop recording artists Jeezy,

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and

, along with American singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green, with the production that was handled and provided by Cardiak. On that same day, it came out to be included on the final track list for the album.

Other songs

Upon ''Quality Street Musics release, "So Many Girls" featuring Wale,

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and

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, peaking at number 44 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs. The cover for the song was released on October 8. It was released as a single on February 20, 2013, and debuted on the Hot 100 at number 89, becoming one of DJ Drama's most successful singles to date. "Pledge of Allegiance" featuring

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and

, debuted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 48 despite never being released as a single.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and at number 3 on the

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, selling 25,000 copies on its first week. ''Quality Street Music'' is DJ Drama's highest charting album to date. As of February 7, 2013, the album has sold 51,080 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Quality Street Music'' adapted from

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. * 2 Chainz – Featured Artist * Olubowale Akintimehin – Composer * Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – Engineer * Kori Anders – Engineer * Ermias Asghedom – Composer * Bart Simmons – Composer * Lu Balz – Mixing * Kirko Bangz – Featured Artist * Alton Bates – Engineer * Jahill Beats – Producer * Birdman – Featured Artist * B.o.B – Featured Artist * Boi-1DA – Producer * Andre Bridges – Engineer * Christopher Bridges – Composer * Jack "Suthernfolk" Brown – Engineer * Thomas Calloway – Composer * Cardiak – Producer * Elliot Carter – Engineer * Childish Gambino – Featured Artist * Clifford Harris – Composer * Jeremy Coleman – Composer * Talia Coles – Wardrobe * Brian Collins – Composer * Common – Featured Artist * Currensy – Featured Artist * Drake – Featured Artist * Roscoe Dash – Featured Artist * Radric Davis – Composer * D.E.B.O. – Featured Artist * Hector Delgado – Engineer * DJ Drama – A&R, Primary Artist * DJ Mustard – Producer * Kendrick Duckworth – Composer * Harold Duncan – Composer * Tauheed Epps – Composer * Fabolous – Featured Artist * Jeremy Felton – Composer * Seth Firkins – Engineer * Steve Fischer – Engineer * Hayden Flack – Assistant * 40 – Engineer * Shante Scott Franklin – Composer * Future – Featured Artist * Ghost – Engineer * Donald Glover – Composer * Stephen Glover – Engineer * Fred the Godson – Featured Artist * Aubrey Graham – Composer * Cee Lo Green – Featured Artist * Remo Green – Composer * Paul Grosso – Creative Director * Gucci Mane – Featured Artist * Cory Gunz – Featured Artist * Quincy Hanley – Composer * Kevin Hart – Primary Artist * Eddie Hernandez – Engineer * Hit-Boy – Producer * Remo the Hitmaker – Engineer, producer * Chauncey Hollis – Composer * Bradley Home – Engineer * Nipsey Hussle – Featured Artist * Jess Jackson – Engineer * John Jackson – Composer * Jadakiss – Featured Artist * Jeffery James – Composer * Jeffrey James – Producer * Jay Jenkins – Composer * Jeremih – Featured Artist * J-MIKE – Producer * Daniel Andrew Johnson – Composer * Ricardo "Stickuhbush" Johnson – Engineer * Jeffrey Lee Johnson, Jr. – Composer * Kane Beatz – Producer * Kid Ink – Featured Artist * Rob Kinelski – Engineer * Kendrick Lamar – Featured Artist * Jeff Lane – Engineer * Derez Lenard – Composer * Mack Loggins – Composer * Ludacris – Featured Artist * Princeton Lynah – Engineer * Lonnie Rashid Lynn – Composer * Juaquin Malphurs – Composer * Sean Marlowe – Art Direction, Design *

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– Engineer * Lakeem Mattox – Composer * Carl McCormick – Composer * Dijon McFarlane – Composer * Meek Mill – Featured Artist * Miguel – Featured Artist * Mario Mims – Composer * Leighton Morrison – A&R * Faheem Najm – Composer * Scott Naughton – Engineer * Alec Newell – Engineer * Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson – Composer * Tyler Okonma – Composer * Peter Pankey – Composer * Jason Phillips – Composer * Miguel Pimentel – Composer * Planet VI – Featured Artist * Lloyd Pollite – Composer * Poobs – Engineer * Pusha T – Featured Artist * Angel Ramirez, Jr. – Engineer * Kirk Randle – Composer * Kevin Rashad – Engineer * Toni Ray – Engineer * William Roberts – Composer * Rick Ross – Featured Artist * The Rug – Engineer * Matthew Samuels – Composer * Glen Schlick – Mastering * Schoolboy Q – Featured Artist * Cody Sciarra – Engineer * Verse Simmonds – Vocals (Background) * Bobby Ray Simmons – Composer * Tyree Simmons – Composer * Jordan J. Sirhan – Engineer * C. Smith – Composer * Kev Spencer – Engineer * The Streets – Executive Producer * T-Pain – Featured Artist * A. Taylor – Composer * D. Thomas – Composer * Theron Thomas – Composer * Timothy Thomas – Composer * Cameron Thomaz – Composer * Terrence Thornton – Composer * T.I. – Featured Artist * Tm88 – Producer * T-Minus – Producer * Travis Porter – Featured Artist * Orlando Tucker – Composer * Tyga – Featured Artist * Tyler, the Creator – Featured Artist * V12 – Producer * V12 the Hitman – Producer * Javier Valverde – Engineer * Waka Flocka Flame – Featured Artist * Vic – Wainstein Engineer * Wale – Featured Artist * Summer Walker – A&R * Finis "KY" White – Engineer, Mixing * Nayvadius Wilburn – Composer * Brian Williams – Composer * Tyler Williams – Composer * Wiz Khalifa – Featured Artist * Wizzo – Engineer * Zache Wolfe – Photography * Donquez Woods – Composer * Yo Gotti – Featured Artist * Young Jeezy – Featured Artist

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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