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Montana
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 6, 2019[1]
Genre
Length67:00
LabelMontana Entertainment, Coke Boy, Bad Boy, Epic
French Montana chronology
Coke Wave 4
(2019)
Montana
(2019)
CB5
(2020)
Singles from Montana
  1. "No Stylist"
    Released: September 20, 2018
  2. "Slide"
    Released: April 18, 2019
  3. "Wiggle It"
    Released: July 12, 2019
  4. "Suicide Doors"
    Released: November 13, 2019
  5. "Writing on the Wall"
    Released: September 27, 2019
  6. "Twisted"
    Released: October 11, 2019
  7. "Out of Your Mind"
    Released: January 21, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork5.8/10[3]

Montana (stylized in all caps)[4] is the third studio album by Moroccan-American rapper French Montana, released through Epic on December 6, 2019.[5] It features the singles "No Stylist" featuring Drake, "Slide" featuring Lil Tjay,[6] "Wiggle It" featuring City Girls, "Suicide Doors" featuring Gunna,[7] "Writing on the Wall" featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, and VSH,[8] "Twisted" featuring Juicy J, Logic and ASAP Rocky, and "Out of Your Mind" with Swae Lee, featuring Chris Brown. It also includes the singles "Lockjaw" featuring Kodak Black and "No Shopping" featuring Drake, which were previously released on Montana's 2016 mixtape MC4.

Promotion

French Montana shared a trailer for the album directed by Kid Art, which features him "surrounded by a line of women in thigh-high red boots and dark burqas" and was called "connecting with his Muslim roots".[6] The trailer features an unnamed Harry Fraud and 24–produced track.[9]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[10]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Montana"
3:26
2."Suicide Doors" (featuring Gunna)
Harry Fraud3:33
3."50's & 100's" (featuring Juicy J)Juicy J2:41
4."What It Look Like"
2:49
5."Lifestyle" (featuring Kodak Black and Kevin Gates)
Cardo2:41
6."Salam Alaykum"
  • Kharbouch
  • Quigley
  • Baruch Nembhard
  • Liew Jian Kellett
  • Harry Fraud
  • Mixx
  • French Montana
4:07
7."That Way"
  • Couture
  • French Montana
2:14
8."Say Goodbye" (featuring Belly)
  • Scorp Dezel
  • Harry Fraud
  • Mally Mall
  • French Montana
3:47
9."Coke Wave Boys" (featuring Chinx and Max B)
  • Harry Fraud
  • Tony Seltzer
4:13
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Writing on the Wall" (featuring Post Malone, Cardi B and Rvssian)
3:21
2."Out of Your Mind" (with Swae Lee featuring Chris Brown)Mally Mall3:14
3."Wanna Be" (featuring PartyNextDoor)London on da Track3:22
4."Twisted" (featuring Juicy J, Logic and ASAP Rocky)Juicy J4:22
5."Hoop" (featuring Quavo)3:11
6."No Stylist" (featuring Drake)
  • Hector Chaparro
  • London on da Track
3:09
7."Wiggle It" (with Quality Control featuring City Girls)
2:42
8."Slide" (featuring Blueface and Lil Tjay)
  • Ashton Vines
  • French Montana
  • Mixx
3:06
9."Saucy"
  • Kharbouch
  • Quigley
Harry Fraud3:56
10."No Shopping" (featuring Drake)3:47
11."Lockjaw" (featuring Kodak Black)
  • Ben Billions
  • Yo Asel
3:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[10]

  • Mixx – recording (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9)
  • ADHD – recording (tracks 1, 2, 7)
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9)
  • Jacob Richards – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
  • Rashawn McLean – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
  • Mike Seaberg – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
  • John Sparkz – mixing (tracks 2, 6, 7)
  • Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 1, 3–9)
  • Tommy Tee – writer (track 2)

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 74
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 184
US Billboard 200[14] 25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15] 14

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Twitter
  2. ^ "Montana by French Montana - RateYourMusic". RateYourMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Tosiello, Pete (December 19, 2019). "French Montana: MONTANA Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  4. ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/french-montana-montana/
  5. ^ Higgins, Keenan (September 23, 2019). "Watch: French Montana Drops 'Montana' Mini-Movie as an Album Trailer for His Upcoming LP". The Source. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Saponara, Michael (September 23, 2019). "French Montana Connects With His Roots For Cinematic Album Trailer: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "French Montana Announces New Album 'Montana'". Rap-Up. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  8. ^ @FrencHMonTanA (October 26, 2021). "THE BIGGEST MOOVIEEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥 @iamcardib @postmalone @vsh "🌊" Single TOMORROW " ALBUM NOVEMBER" (Tweet). Retrieved September 26, 2019 – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: |date= / |number= mismatch (help)
  9. ^ Ivey, Justin (September 23, 2019). "French Montana Announces "Montana" Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "MONTANA / French Montana". Tidal. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Camila Cabello's 'Romance' Is A Chart Topper". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – French Montana – Montana" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "Top Albums (Week 50, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "French Montana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  15. ^ "French Montana Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "American album certifications – French Montana – Montana". Recording Industry Association of America.