Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family

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Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
Studio album by Waka Flocka Flame
Released June 12, 2012
Recorded 2011–12
Genre Southern hip hop, crunk, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop
Length 58:09
Label 1017 Brick Squad, Brick Squad Monopoly, Asylum, Warner Bros.
Producer Suge Knight (exec.), Southside, Lex Luger, KY Engineering, TM88, ID Labs, Arkatech Beatz, Drumma Boy, Troy Taylor, Skyy Stylez
Waka Flocka Flame chronology
Ferrari Boyz
(2011)		 Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
(2012)		 Flockaveli 2
(2013)
Singles from Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
  1. "Round of Applause"
    Released: October 14, 2011
  2. "I Don't Really Care"
    Released: March 20, 2012
  3. "Get Low"
    Released: June 5, 2012

Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family is the second studio album by American rapper Waka Flocka Flame. The album features guest appearances from Drake, Nicki Minaj, B.o.B, Trey Songz, Ludacris, Travis Porter, Meek Mill and production from longtime collaborator Lex Luger, Troy Taylor, Southside, now the main producer on the album since Lex Luger, among others. It was released in the United States on June 12, 2012.[1]

Contents

Background [edit]

The album follows the release of Waka Flocka Flame's debut studio album, Flockaveli, which was released in 2010 to largely positive reviews and contained the US top-15 single "No Hands", which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2][3][4] Following the success of Flockaveli, Waka Flocka Flame became a central figurehead of his record label, 1017 Bricksquad – a position also owing to the official head of the label, rapper Gucci Mane, becoming involved in many controversies and serving several prison sentences.[5] During 2011, using his increased influence, Waka Flocka Flame expanded the 1017 Bricksquad roster, signing several new rappers to the label including YG Hootie and Kebo Gotti.[5] Waka Flocka Flame also released a collaboration album with Gucci Mane, titled Ferrari Boyz, which charted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200,[6] although the album was criticized by some music critics, who felt the two rappers' vastly contrasting lyrical styles clashed too much.[5]

In an interview with radio presenter Bootleg Kev in January 2011, Waka Flocka Flame revealed the album's title to be Triple F Life: Fans, Friends and Family.[7] He later elaborated on the title's significance in an interview with hip hop magazine XXL, stating that his own fans, friends and family had been the main inspirations towards recording his music since he began rapping.[1] The album took between one-and-a-half to two months to record,[8] and was originally meant to be released during 2011: however, Waka Flocka Flame delayed the album's release to 2012 as he felt it was rushed, revealing in an interview with Billboard magazine column "The Juice" that he "felt like I was trying to please the label and not the people that really listen to the music."[9] He spent the time between the release of Flockaveli and Triple F Life: Fans, Friends and Family identifying the unique aspects of his music and working to improve them, especially the ones that appealed to his fans.[10] He explained this in further detail in a May 2012 interview with music magazine Spin:

I wanted to craft my hustle... I wanted to drop a lot of mixtapes, with no promo, to see what kind of music my fans love. So I figured out what people love me for – ad-libs, the crunk, the energy of my voice! I didn't want to be distracted by people saying, 'Waka's not lyrical.' I didn't want to lose my path by trying to be lyrical. Hell, no. I can't fall off my hustle.[10]

The death of Waka Flocka Flame's close friend and fellow 1017 Brick Squad member Slim Dunkin also delayed the album's release date, as he was too emotionally affected by the death to record any new material at the time.[8] Waka Flocka Flame would later dedicate Triple F Life: Fans, Friends and Family to Dunkin, citing him as having had a special talent.[11]

Music videos [edit]

On February 26, 2012, the music video was released for "Round of Applause" featuring Drake.[12] On May 1, 2012, the music video was released for "I Don't Really Care" featuring Trey Songz.[13] On June 11, 2012, the music video was released for "Rooster In My Rari".[14] On June 12, 2012, the music video was released for "Let Dem Guns Blam" featuring Meek Mill.[15] On June 13, 2012, the music video was released for "Candy Paint & Gold Teeth" featuring Bun B and Ludacris.[16] On July 30, 2012, the music video was released for "Fist Pump" featuring B.o.B.[17] On August 31, 2012, the music video was released for "Get Low" featuring Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj and Tyga.[18]

Singles [edit]

"Round of Applause", a collaboration with fellow rapper Drake, was released as the album's lead single on October 14, 2011 as a digital download: it was later released to American urban contemporary radio on November 1, 2011.[19][20] The song, produced by record producer Lex Luger,[21] was not originally meant to feature Drake: however, after he released the version of the song with his vocals added through his blog, October's Very Own, on September 10, 2011, his version was released as the single.[22] "Round of Applause" peaked at number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 15 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 16 on the US Hot Rap Songs chart.[2][23][24]

The album's second single, "I Don't Really Care", was sent to urban radio on March 20, 2012,[25] and was released for digital download in the United States on March 23, 2012.[26] The song features guest vocals from American singer and rapper Trey Songz, and is produced by Troy Taylor and Skyy Stylez.[27] "I Don't Really Care" debuted and peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week dating April 14, 2012:[2] it also peaked at number 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at number 21 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.[23][24]

The album's third single, "Get Low", which features fellow rappers Nicki Minaj, Tyga and Flo Rida, was released for digital download on June 5, 2012.[28] "Rooster in My Rari" was released a promotional single to digital retailers on May 18, 2012,[29] although it did not appear on any major music chart in the United States, besides the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it peaked at #20.

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[30]
HipHopDX 2.5/5 stars[31]
AllHipHop 7/10 stars[32]

Commercial performance [edit]

The album debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 33,000 copies in the United States.[33] It debuted at number 49 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[34]

Critical reception [edit]

Upon its release, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family received generally positive reviews from music critics.[35] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[35]

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Triple F Life" (Intro) Juaquin Malphurs, Joshua Luellen Southside 1:39
2. "Let Dem Guns Blam" (featuring Meek Mill) Malphurs, Luellen, Robert Williams Southside 4:23
3. "Round of Applause" (featuring Drake) Malphurs, Lexus Lewis Aubrey Graham Lex Luger 4:25
4. "I Don't Really Care" (featuring Trey Songz) Malphurs, Tremaine Neverson, Aaron Smith Skyy Stylez, Troy Taylor 3:55
5. "Rooster in My Rari"   Malphurs, Gary Hill DJ Spinz 2:49
6. "Get Low" (featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga & Flo Rida) Malphurs, Onika Maraj, Michael Stevenson, Tramar Dillard, Harvey Miller, Matthew Samuels DJ Speedy, Boi-1da, Breyan Issac (co.) 4:16
7. "Fist Pump" (featuring B.o.B) Malphurs, Luellen, Bobby Simmons Southside, B.o.B, Jamieson Xavier Jones (co.) 3:48
8. "Candy Paint & Gold Teeth" (featuring Bun B & Ludacris) Malphurs, Bernard Freeman, Christopher Bridges, Carlton Mays, Jon Redwine Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E., REDWINE (co.) 4:37
9. "Cash" (featuring Wooh Da Kid) Malphurs, Nyquan Malphurs, Luellen Southside 3:18
10. "Lurkin'" (featuring Plies) Malphurs, Algernod Washington, Luellen, Bart Simmons Southside & TM88 of 808 Mafia 4:42
11. "Clap"   Malphurs, Luellen Southside 3:39
12. "U Ain't Bout That Life" (featuring Alley Boy & Slim Thug) Malphurs, Stayve Thomas, Luellen Southside 4:39
13. "Power of My Pen"   Malphurs, M.W.Dewar, C.A.Dewar Arkatech Beatz 3:58
14. "Flex" (featuring Travis Porter, Slim Dunkin & D-Bo) Malphurs, Luellen, Lakeem Matox, Donquez Woods, Harold Duncan, Mario Hamilton, Derez Lenard Southside 3:39
15. "Triple F Life" (Outro) (featuring Wooh Da Kid) Malphurs, N. Malphurs, Miller DJ Speedy 4:34
Notes

References [edit]

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  13. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka x Trey Songz “I Don’t Really Care”
  14. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka “Rooster In My Rari”
  15. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka x Meek Mill “Let Dem Guns Blam”
  16. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka Ft. Ludacris x Bun B “Candy Paint & Gold Teeth”
  17. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka x B.o.B. “Fist Pump”
  18. ^ Rap Radar :: New Video: Waka Flocka Ft. Nicki Minaj, Tyga, & Flo Rida “Get Low”
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  34. ^ CANOE - JAM! Music - SoundScan Charts
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