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Pitchfork source doesn't list other record labels and Spotify only has them as "Marketed by" which maybe is the same as a record label but it's an open question that needs answering, though either way still need another source to confirm it. "all_writing" credit should stay as to reduce clogging/increase readability of the template.
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'''''Wasteland''''' is the second studio album by American R&B singer [[Brent Faiyaz]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Brent Faiyaz announces new album ''Wasteland'' |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |url=https://diymag.com/2022/06/28/brent-faiyaz-new-album-wasteland |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> It was released on July 8, 2022, by Lost Kids, Venice Music and Stem Disintermedia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Torres |first=Eric |date=June 24, 2022 |title=Brent Faiyaz Details New Album ''Wasteland'' Featuring Drake, Tyler, the Creator, Alicia Keys, and More |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/brent-faiyaz-details-new-album-wasteland-featuring-drake-tyler-the-creator-alicia-keys-and-more/ |access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref>
'''''Wasteland''''' is the second studio album by American R&B singer [[Brent Faiyaz]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Brent Faiyaz announces new album ''Wasteland'' |work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |url=https://diymag.com/2022/06/28/brent-faiyaz-new-album-wasteland |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> It was released on July 8, 2022, by Lost Kids, and was executive produced by Jonathan "Freeze" Wells.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Torres |first=Eric |date=June 24, 2022 |title=Brent Faiyaz Details New Album ''Wasteland'' Featuring Drake, Tyler, the Creator, Alicia Keys, and More |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/brent-faiyaz-details-new-album-wasteland-featuring-drake-tyler-the-creator-alicia-keys-and-more/ |access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref>


== Background and recording ==
== Background and recording ==
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| headline = ''Wasteland'' track listing
| headline = ''Wasteland'' track listing
| extra_column = Producers
| extra_column = Producers
| all_writing = [[Brent Faiyaz|Christopher Wood]], with additional writers noted
| total_length = 64:08
| total_length = 64:08
| title1 = Villain's Theme
| title1 = Villain's Theme
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Brent Faiyaz|Christopher Wood]]|Jordan Ware|Jonathan Wells|[[Jorja Smith]]}}
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jordan Ware|Jonathan Wells|[[Jorja Smith]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Ware|Freeze}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Ware|Freeze}}
| length1 = 2:21
| length1 = 2:21
| title2 = Loose Change
| title2 = Loose Change
| writer2 = {{hlist|Wood|Ware|[[Paperboy Fabe|Fabbien Nahounou]]|[[Raphael Saadiq]]|[[No I.D.|Dion Wilson]]|Eliot Dubock|[[The-Dream|Terius Nash]]}}
| writer2 = {{hlist|Ware|[[Paperboy Fabe|Fabbien Nahounou]]|[[Raphael Saadiq]]|[[No I.D.|Dion Wilson]]|Eliot Dubock|[[The-Dream|Terius Nash]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Ware|[[Paperboy Fabe]]|Saadiq|[[No I.D.]]|[[Brent Faiyaz]]|Beat Butcha}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Ware|[[Paperboy Fabe]]|Saadiq|[[No I.D.]]|[[Brent Faiyaz]]|Beat Butcha}}
| length2 = 3:46
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = [[Gravity (Brent Faiyaz and DJ Dahi song)|Gravity]]
| title3 = [[Gravity (Brent Faiyaz and DJ Dahi song)|Gravity]]
| note3 = with [[DJ Dahi]] featuring [[Tyler, the Creator]]
| note3 = with [[DJ Dahi]] featuring [[Tyler, the Creator]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Wood|[[Dacoury Natche]]|[[Tyler Okonma]]|[[Steve Lacy (guitarist)|Steve Lacy]]}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Dacoury Natche]]|[[Tyler Okonma]]|[[Steve Lacy (guitarist)|Steve Lacy]]}}
| extra3 = DJ Dahi
| extra3 = DJ Dahi
| length3 = 3:35
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Heal Your Heart (Interlude)
| title4 = Heal Your Heart (Interlude)
| writer4 = {{hlist|Wood|Dubock|Michael Bludson}}
| writer4 = {{hlist|Dubock|Michael Bludson}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Beat Butcha|Mike Blud}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Beat Butcha|Mike Blud}}
| length4 = 1:15
| length4 = 1:15
| title5 = Skit: Egomaniac
| title5 = Skit: Egomaniac
| writer5 = {{hlist|Wood|Wells|Bludson|Ware}}
| writer5 = {{hlist|Wells|Bludson|Ware}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Freeze|Mike Blud|Ware}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Freeze|Mike Blud|Ware}}
| length5 = 1:26
| length5 = 1:26
| title6 = All Mine
| title6 = All Mine
| writer6 = {{hlist|Wood}}
| writer6 = {{hlist}}
| extra6 = Brent Faiyaz
| extra6 = Brent Faiyaz
| length6 = 3:36
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Price of Fame
| title7 = Price of Fame
| writer7 = {{hlist|Wood|Sharif Jenkins|Christopher Ruelas|Jason Avalos|Samuel Wishkoski}}
| writer7 = {{hlist|Sharif Jenkins|Christopher Ruelas|Jason Avalos|Samuel Wishkoski}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Faiyaz|Lil Rece|Nascent|L3gion|Sam Wish}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Faiyaz|Lil Rece|Nascent|L3gion|Sam Wish}}
| length7 = 6:19
| length7 = 6:19
| title8 = Ghetto Gatsby
| title8 = Ghetto Gatsby
| note8 = featuring [[Alicia Keys]]
| note8 = featuring [[Alicia Keys]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Wood|[[Alicia Keys|Alicia Cook]]|Ware|Saadiq|Nash}}
| writer8 = {{hlist|[[Alicia Keys|Alicia Cook]]|Ware|Saadiq|Nash}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Ware|Saadiq}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Ware|Saadiq}}
| length8 = 3:18
| length8 = 3:18
| title9 = [[Wasting Time (Brent Faiyaz song)|Wasting Time]]
| title9 = [[Wasting Time (Brent Faiyaz song)|Wasting Time]]
| note9 = featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[The Neptunes]]
| note9 = featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[The Neptunes]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|Wood|[[Aubrey Graham]]|[[Pharrell Williams]]|[[Chad Hugo]]}}
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Aubrey Graham]]|[[Pharrell Williams]]|[[Chad Hugo]]}}
| extra9 = The Neptunes
| extra9 = The Neptunes
| length9 = 5:01
| length9 = 5:01
| title10 = Rolling Stone
| title10 = Rolling Stone
| writer10 = {{hlist|Wood|Cooper McGill|[[Jacob Dutton]]|Ruelas|Nash}}
| writer10 = {{hlist|Cooper McGill|[[Jacob Dutton]]|Ruelas|Nash}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Coop the Truth|[[Jake One]]|Nascent}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Coop the Truth|[[Jake One]]|Nascent}}
| length10 = 2:42
| length10 = 2:42
| title11 = FYTB
| title11 = FYTB
| note11 = featuring Joony
| note11 = featuring Joony
| writer11 = {{hlist|Wood|Jonathan Negero|[[Che Pope]]|David Hughes}}
| writer11 = {{hlist|Jonathan Negero|[[Che Pope]]|David Hughes}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Pope|Prep Bijan}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Pope|Prep Bijan}}
| length11 = 3:18
| length11 = 3:18
| title12 = Skit: Oblivion
| title12 = Skit: Oblivion
| writer12 = {{hlist|Wood|Wells}}
| writer12 = {{hlist|Wells}}
| extra12 = Freeze
| extra12 = Freeze
| length12 = 2:47
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Dead Man Walking
| title13 = Dead Man Walking
| writer13 = {{hlist|Wood|David Patino|Ware|Jenkins|[[Jimi Cravity|Maurice Willis]]}}
| writer13 = {{hlist|David Patino|Ware|Jenkins|[[Jimi Cravity|Maurice Willis]]}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Dpat|Ware|Lil Rece}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Dpat|Ware|Lil Rece}}
| length13 = 4:07
| length13 = 4:07
| title14 = Addictions
| title14 = Addictions
| note14 = featuring Tre' Amani
| note14 = featuring Tre' Amani
| writer14 = {{hlist|Wood|Trey Miller|Ware|Dubock}}
| writer14 = {{hlist|Trey Miller|Ware|Dubock}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Ware|Beat Butcha}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Ware|Beat Butcha}}
| length14 = 3:12
| length14 = 3:12
| title15 = Role Model
| title15 = Role Model
| writer15 = {{hlist|Wood|Ware|Wilson|Nahounou|[[Malcolm Mays]]}}
| writer15 = {{hlist|Ware|Wilson|Nahounou|[[Malcolm Mays]]}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Ware|No I.D.|Paperboy Fabe}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|Ware|No I.D.|Paperboy Fabe}}
| length15 = 3:14
| length15 = 3:14
| title16 = Jackie Brown
| title16 = Jackie Brown
| writer16 = {{hlist|Wood|Avalos|Ware|[[Stephen Garrett]]|[[Timothy Mosley]]}}
| writer16 = {{hlist|Avalos|Ware|[[Stephen Garrett]]|[[Timothy Mosley]]}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|L3gion|Ware}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Brent Faiyaz|L3gion|Ware}}
| length16 = 2:49
| length16 = 2:49
| title17 = Bad Luck
| title17 = Bad Luck
| writer17 = {{hlist|Wood|Nahounou|Carlos Muñoz|Avalos|Ware|Nash}}
| writer17 = {{hlist|Nahounou|Carlos Muñoz|Avalos|Ware|Nash}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Paperboy Fabe|Loshendrix|L3gion|Brent Faiyaz|Ware}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Paperboy Fabe|Loshendrix|L3gion|Brent Faiyaz|Ware}}
| length17 = 2:42
| length17 = 2:42
| title18 = Skit: Wake Up Call
| title18 = Skit: Wake Up Call
| writer18 = {{hlist|Wood|Wells}}
| writer18 = {{hlist|Wells}}
| extra18 = Freeze
| extra18 = Freeze
| length18 = 5:05
| length18 = 5:05
| title19 = Angel
| title19 = Angel
| writer19 = {{hlist|Wood|Ware|Saadiq}}
| writer19 = {{hlist|Ware|Saadiq}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Ware|Saadiq}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Ware|Saadiq}}
| length19 = 3:39
| length19 = 3:39

Revision as of 12:38, 15 July 2022

Wasteland
Three black-and-white photos of the artist in a row across the middle of a plain black frame. Above the photos is the name of the album in all caps printed in large blocky red letters, with a wispy, thin, white W over the red one. Below the photos is the artist's name, evenly spaced in smaller white print.
Studio album by
Brent Faiyaz
ReleasedJuly 8, 2022
GenreR&B[1]
Length64:08
LabelLost Kids
Producer
Brent Faiyaz chronology
Fuck the World
(2020) 		Wasteland
(2022)
Singles from Wasteland
  1. "Dead Man Walking"
    Released: September 20, 2020
  2. "Gravity"
    Released: January 29, 2021
  3. "Wasting Time"
    Released: July 1, 2021
  4. "Price of Fame"
    Released: June 24, 2022

Wasteland is the second studio album by American R&B singer Brent Faiyaz.[2] It was released on July 8, 2022, by Lost Kids, and was executive produced by Jonathan "Freeze" Wells.[3]

Background and recording

The album was proceeded by the singles "Dead Man Walking", released September 20, 2020;[4] "Gravity", released January 29, 2021; "Wasting Time", released July 1, 2021; and "Price of Fame"[5] as well as its accompanying music video,[6] both released June 24, 2022.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Faiyaz was asked about where he likes to create and he explained that he recorded Wasteland "in every city. I did some of it in New York, some of it in Atlanta. Some of it in Los Angeles, some of it in the Bahamas."[7] For Vogue, Faiyaz called the making of the album "less of an album process and more of a life process" where he "made a collection of songs and tied a story line together once I saw that they all kind of shared a similar theme" and "didn't really realize I was working on an album until I was maybe a little over halfway through." Asked to name his inspirations for the album, he said "I was watching a lot of Tarantino films. I was watching Jackie Brown over and over again. I was also watching Vanilla Sky on repeat. I pulled a lot from that. But mostly I was inspired by the different people that I locked in with, from The Dream [sic] to Alicia Keys. I was just soaking up game from artists like Raphael Saadiq and No I.D., who have been doing this longer than I have."[8]

Style

Per Stereogum's Tom Breihan, the album's "clear focal point is Faiyaz, who sings so beautifully about ugly situations", with interlude sketches which Breihan compares to Kendrick Lamar's "We Cry Together", saying that they contain "Faiyaz and his baby's mother argu[ing] about their relationship, and things get[ting] intense enough to put all of the album's seduction-talk into a bracing and self-destructive new context."[9] Complex's Joe Price called the album "an expansive effort that sees Faiyaz at his most confident" where "atop nocturnal, sparse production, he flaunts his smooth vocals and penchant for effortless hooks" and even "finds time to experiment, including on "Ghetto Gatsby", which features almost no percussion."[10]

Reception

Wasteland ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[1]
Pitchfork5.9/10[11]

Clash's Robin Murray wrote that Wasteland "has been some five years in the making, and its arrival feels like a genuine event", noting a "palpable excitement online" with Faiyaz "trending globally for hours", but "the album doesn't quite feel like it meets the hype." Given the length of time leading up to the release, "some of the blockbuster highlights – the epic Tyler[, the Creator] feature, for example – have been online for some time now, dulling the unified impact." The album "contains some imperious highs" such as "Loose Change" which is "truly beautiful, the arrangement somehow both gloriously languid and ultra-minimalist", but the album suffers for a "streaming-friendly 19 tracks" which "could bare a little trimming" as well as "some songs that don't land" like "inessential" "Bad Luck" and "Addictions" which "takes the toxicity banner a little too far."[1] The Guardian's Tara Joshi wrote that "Although Faiyaz already has a dedicated fanbase, this assured, sensual and ambitious record looks likely to bring him to an ever-wider audience."[12]

Dani Blum of Pitchfork felt that Faiyaz's "lovely vocals and intriguing ideas" are lost "underneath blockbuster features and irritating interludes." The album is "cinematic in the most clunkily literal sense", with three skits and a "two-and-half-minute-long ramble" of an introduction which "culminates in an intriguing, if not obvious question: 'What purpose do your vices serve in your life?'", a question to which Faiyaz "spends the next hour dodging the answer." Compared to "clear influence[s]" Drake and The Weeknd, who both "ground [their] aching melodrama in tangible grit, sculpting scenes out of specifics", Faiyaz "mainly opts for sweeping statements about how evil he is, a rigid moral clarity that sometimes comes across as laziness" with any detail only acting to "further fuel the caricature."[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Christopher Wood, with additional writers noted

Wasteland track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Villain's Theme"
  • Ware
  • Freeze
2:21
2."Loose Change"
3:46
3."Gravity" (with DJ Dahi featuring Tyler, the Creator)
DJ Dahi3:35
4."Heal Your Heart (Interlude)"
  • Dubock
  • Michael Bludson
  • Beat Butcha
  • Mike Blud
1:15
5."Skit: Egomaniac"
  • Wells
  • Bludson
  • Ware
  • Freeze
  • Mike Blud
  • Ware
1:26
6."All Mine" Brent Faiyaz3:36
7."Price of Fame"
  • Sharif Jenkins
  • Christopher Ruelas
  • Jason Avalos
  • Samuel Wishkoski
  • Faiyaz
  • Lil Rece
  • Nascent
  • L3gion
  • Sam Wish
6:19
8."Ghetto Gatsby" (featuring Alicia Keys)
  • Ware
  • Saadiq
3:18
9."Wasting Time" (featuring Drake and The Neptunes)
The Neptunes5:01
10."Rolling Stone"
2:42
11."FYTB" (featuring Joony)
  • Pope
  • Prep Bijan
3:18
12."Skit: Oblivion"
  • Wells
Freeze2:47
13."Dead Man Walking"
  • Brent Faiyaz
  • Dpat
  • Ware
  • Lil Rece
4:07
14."Addictions" (featuring Tre' Amani)
  • Trey Miller
  • Ware
  • Dubock
  • Brent Faiyaz
  • Ware
  • Beat Butcha
3:12
15."Role Model"
  • Brent Faiyaz
  • Ware
  • No I.D.
  • Paperboy Fabe
3:14
16."Jackie Brown"
  • Brent Faiyaz
  • L3gion
  • Ware
2:49
17."Bad Luck"
  • Nahounou
  • Carlos Muñoz
  • Avalos
  • Ware
  • Nash
  • Paperboy Fabe
  • Loshendrix
  • L3gion
  • Brent Faiyaz
  • Ware
2:42
18."Skit: Wake Up Call"
  • Wells
Freeze5:05
19."Angel"
  • Ware
  • Saadiq
  • Ware
  • Saadiq
3:39
Total length:64:08

Charts

Chart performance for Wasteland
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 11
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[14] 15

References

  1. ^ a b c Murray, Robin (July 8, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz – Wasteland". Clash. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Brent Faiyaz announces new album Wasteland". DIY. June 28, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  3. ^ Torres, Eric (June 24, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz Details New Album Wasteland Featuring Drake, Tyler, the Creator, Alicia Keys, and More". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Folk, Antwane (September 20, 2020). "Brent Faiyaz Is a "Dead Man Walking" on New Single". Rated R&B. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Cho, Regina (June 24, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz shares the true "Price of Fame" in latest single". Revolt. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  6. ^ Mahadevan, Tara C. (June 24, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz Releases Video for "Price of Fame", Shares Details About New Album Wasteland". Complex. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Gage, Dewayne (July 8, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz Believes We Are Living in a Wasteland. He Makes It Sound Damn Good". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Pintro, Cassandra (July 7, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz on Personal Style and His Upcoming Second Album, Wasteland". Vogue. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  9. ^ Breihan, Tom (July 8, 2022). "Stream Brent Faiyaz's Gorgeously Gross New Album Wasteland". Stereogum. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  10. ^ Price, Joe (July 8, 2022). "Stream Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland Album f/ Drake, Tyler, the Creator, the Neptunes, and Alicia Keys". Complex. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Blum, Dani (July 14, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz: Wasteland Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  12. ^ Joshi, Tara (July 9, 2022). "One to watch: Brent Faiyaz". The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 28-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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