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Suite 420
Studio album by
Devin the Dude
ReleasedApril 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)
GenreHip hop
Length55:31
LabelE1 Music
Producer
Devin the Dude chronology
Landing Gear
(2008) 		Suite 420
(2010) 		Gotta Be Me
(2010)

Suite 420 is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude. It was released on April 20, 2010 via E1 Music. Production was handled by Luster Baker, Big Baby, Mirawge, Rob Quest, C-Ray Sullivan, Midas, Mike Dean, Q-Stone, Reggie Coby, and Devin himself. It features guest appearances from the Coughee Brothaz, Alpha-Bet-D, Ced-B, Korey-B and Scool-Boy. The album peaked at number 88 on the Billboard 200, number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 9 on the Top Rap Albums and number 12 on the Independent Albums in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
HipHopDX4.5/5[3]
Now[4]
Pitchfork5.3/10[5]
RapReviews8/10[6]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[7]
The A.V. ClubC[8]

Suite #420 was met with mixed or average reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 57, based on seven reviews.[1]

AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "Devin's redundancy is the reason fans keep coming back. They won't be disappointed by Suite #420, which features the usual set of chilled-out weed anthems, sex jokes, and old-school R&B beats, along with those great oddball numbers the Dude uses to break each album up".[2] In his final edition of Consumer Guide column for MSN Music, veteran critic Robert Christgau stated: "the weed rhymes he takes himself, the sex rhymes he farms out, which in the Dirty South is a sign of truly delicate sensibility", honourably mentioning tracks "All You Need", "Ultimate High" and "Twitta".[7]

Jason Richards of Now found "Devin's single-mindedness makes for a highly unified style, and the album's relaxed, hazy production is the aural equivalent of comfort food. But the repetition is kinda tedious for an hour of straight listening".[4] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork wrote: "it's good to hear him still recording, even if he's deeply entrenched himself in his own wheelhouse and barely has a single surprising moment in the album's whole hour. But if the album never existed, nobody's life would be much poorer for it-- possibly even Devin's".[5] The A.V. Club head writer Nathan Rabin resumed: "nobody expects maturity from Devin, even though he jarringly mentions that he has a 17-year-old son, but he usually makes eternal adolescence sound a lot more fun than this".[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cultural Coughee"Devin CopelandDevin the Dude1:39
2."We Get High" (performed by Odd Squad)
  • Copeland
  • Dexter Johnson
  • Robert McQueen
  • Quincy Whetstone
Q-Stone3:45
3."Still Comin'"
  • Copeland
  • Roy Williams
  • Timothy Hatter
  • Big Baby
  • Mirawge
3:20
4."Pick My Brain"CopelandDevin the Dude4:37
5."That Ain't Cool"CopelandDevin the Dude4:10
6."I Gotta Ho" (featuring Jugg Mugg, Smit-D and Tony Mack)
  • Copeland
  • Johnson
  • Roderick Smith
  • Luster Tone
  • McQueen
Rob Quest4:39
7."What I Be On"
  • Copeland
  • Reggie Coby
Reggie Coby4:26
8."Ultimate High" (featuring Smit-D)
  • Copeland
  • Smith
  • Luster Baker
Luster Baker4:55
9."I Can't Handle It"
Mike Dean4:04
10."Where Ya At?"
  • Copeland
  • Corey Sullivan
C-Ray Sullivan3:36
11."It's on You" (featuring Ced-B, Korey-B and Tony Mack)
  • Copeland
  • Cedrick Bishop III
  • Korey Burton
  • Tone
  • Baker
Luster Baker4:39
12."People Talk" (featuring 14K)
  • Copeland
  • Brandon Harris
  • Kyle White
  • Michael Morris
Midas3:53
13."All You Need" (featuring Alpha-Bet-D and Scool-Boy)
  • Copeland
  • Adrian Sipsey
  • B. Kilbey
  • Baker
  • McQueen
  • Devin the Dude
  • Luster Baker
  • Rob Quest
3:56
14."Twitta'"CopelandDevin the Dude0:35
15."Funky Lil Freestyle"
  • Copeland
  • Williams
  • Hatter
  • Big Baby
  • Mirawge
3:17
Total length:55:31

Personnel

  • Devin "The Dude" Copeland – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 13, 14)
  • Dexter "Jugg Mugg" Johnson – vocals (tracks: 2, 6)
  • Robert "Rob Quest" McQueen – vocals (track 2), producer (tracks: 6, 13)
  • Roderick "Smit-D" Smith – vocals (tracks: 6, 8)
  • Luster "Tony Mack" Tone – vocals (tracks: 6, 11)
  • Cedrick "Ced-B" Bishop III – vocals (track 11)
  • Korey "Korey-B" Burton – vocals (track 11)
  • Brandon Harris – vocals (track 12)
  • Kyle "Quad" White – vocals (track 12)
  • Adrian "Alpha-Bet-D" Sipsey – vocals (track 13)
  • B. "Scool-Boy" Kilbey – vocals (track 13)
  • Quincy "Q-Stone" Whetstone – producer (track 2)
  • Roy "Big Baby" Williams – producer (tracks: 3, 15)
  • Timothy "Mirawge" Hatter – producer (tracks: 3, 15)
  • Reggie Coby – producer (track 7)
  • Luster "L-Dog" Baker – producer (tracks: 8, 11, 13)
  • Mike Dean – producer (track 9)
  • Corey "C-Ray" Sullivan – producer (track 10)
  • Michael "Midas" Morris – producer (track 12)

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 88
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 19
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[11] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 12

References

  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Suite #420 - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Devin the Dude - Suite #420 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Ketchum III, William (April 21, 2010). "Devin The Dude - Suite #420". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Richards, Jason (May 6, 2010). "Devin The Dude - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (June 2, 2010). "Devin the Dude: Suite #420". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Wallace, Emanuel (April 20, 2010). "RapReviews.com Feature for April 20, 2010 - Devin the Dude's "Suite #420"". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 2010). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
  8. ^ a b Rabin, Nathan (April 20, 2010). "Devin The Dude: Suite #420". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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