JackBoys

JackBoys
JackBoys
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Compilation album by JackBoys and Travis Scott
Released	December 27, 2019
Recorded	2019
Length	21:23
Label	Epic; Cactus Jack;
Producer	808 Melo; Axl; Buddah Bless; El Michels; Jabz; Jenius; London Cyr; Mike Dean; Nik D; Niv; OZ; Sarah Schachner; Shawn Morenberg; TM88; WondaGurl;
Travis Scott chronology
Singles from JackBoys
	"Highest in the Room"; Released: October 4, 2019; "Had Enough"; Released: December 27, 2019;

JackBoys (stylized in all caps) is a compilation album^[1]^[2] by JackBoys, a collective of American rappers signed to Cactus Jack Records composed of Travis Scott, Sheck Wes and Don Toliver. The album was released on December 27, 2019. It features guest appearances from Rosalía, Lil Baby, Quavo, Offset, Young Thug, and Pop Smoke.

Background

After the release of Travis Scott's third studio album, Astroworld, artists Sheck Wes and Don Toliver began to rise to popularity after they appeared on the album. Wes's song "Mo Bamba" went viral in 2018, while Toliver's song "No Idea" went viral on the app TikTok in 2019.

On November 29, 2019, Scott released JackBoys merchandise on his website, including a digital album preorder for $10.

On December 24, 2019, Scott revealed on Twitter that the album would be released within the week.^[3]

On December 26, 2019, a day before the album was released, the cover art was revealed and the song titles were leaked on Shazam.^[4]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Highest in the Room (Remix)" (performed by Travis Scott featuring Rosalía and Lil Baby)	Jacques Webster Rosalía Tobella Dominique Jones Ozan Yildrim Nik Frascona Mike Dean	OZ Nik D Mike Dean^[a]	4:05
2.	"JackBoys"	Webster Dean Ebony Oshunrinde	Dean WondaGurl^[a]	0:47
3.	"Gang Gang" (with Sheck Wes)	Webster Khadimou Fall Caleb Toliver Lawrence Taylor Oshunrinde Ugur Tig	WondaGurl Vou^[b]	4:05
4.	"Had Enough" (performed by Don Toliver featuring Quavo and Offset)	Toliver Bryan Simmons Leon Michels Quavious Marshall Kiari Cephus	TM88 El Michels Shawn Morenberg Dean^[a]	2:37
5.	"Out West" (featuring Young Thug)	Webster Ty-Ron Douglas Jason Baker Jeffery Williams	Buddah Bless Jabz	2:38
6.	"What to Do?" (featuring Don Toliver)	Webster Toliver James Cyr Julius-Alexander Brown Niv Kalisky Dean	London Cyr Jenius Dean Niv^[b] Sarah Schachner^[b]	4:10
7.	"Gatti" (with Pop Smoke and Travis Scott)	Webster Bashar Jackson Andre LoBlack Abdul-aziz Yusuf Dean	808 Melo Axl^[a]	3:01
Total length:				21:23

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
^{^[b]} signifies a miscellaneous producer

Sample credits

"Gang Gang" contains interpolations of "Win", written by Johnny McKinzie, Kendrick Duckworth, Matthew Samuels, Anderson Hernandez, Elmer Bernstein, and Corey Thompson, and performed by Jay Rock.
"Had Enough" contains elements of "Summer", written by Beyoncé Knowles, Shawn Carter, Marcello Valenzano, Andre Christopher Lyon, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Thomas Brenneck, Mike Herard, and James Fauntleroy II, and performed by The Carters.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[5]

David Rodriguez – recording (track 1)
Travis Scott – recording (tracks 3, 5, 6)
Rob Bisel – recording (tracks 3, 6)
Colton Eatmon – engineering (track 4)
Trevor Coulter – engineering (track 4)
Flo – recording (track 5)
Derek Anderson – recording (track 6)
Nate Alford – recording (track 7)
Jon Sher – engineering assistant (tracks 1, 3)
Josh Harris – engineering assistant (track 1)
Sean Solymar – engineering assistant (tracks 1, 7)
Jimmy Cash – engineering assistant (tracks 1, 3, 7)
Mike Dean – mixing (all tracks), mastering (all tracks)

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	33
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	25
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[10]	21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[11]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[12]	1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[13]	10

References

^ Allison Hussey (December 27, 2019). "Listen to Travis Scott's New JACKBOYS Compilation". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
^ Joshua Espinoza (December 27, 2019). "Travis Scott Drops Cactus Jack Compilation Project 'JACKBOYS'". Complex. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
^ SCOTT, TRAVIS (2019-12-24). "WHOLE GANG IS DELIRIOUS JACKBOYS PACK THIS WEEK? SHALL THE FANS EAT !!!!!! UNBUCKLE UR SEAT BELTS pic.twitter.com/TCJDYcgWs1". @trvisXX. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
^ STRAPPED (2019-12-26). "Tracklisting for Travis Scott's Cactus Jack project "JACKBOYS" is making it's way into Shazam's system pic.twitter.com/MYFYs56feU". @STRAPPEDUS. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
^ ^a ^b "JACKBOYS / JACKBOYS". Tidal. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 1 (dal 27.12.2019 al 2.1.2020)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 1, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 1". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[1] Allison Hussey (December 27, 2019). "Listen to Travis Scott's New JACKBOYS Compilation". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

[2] Joshua Espinoza (December 27, 2019). "Travis Scott Drops Cactus Jack Compilation Project 'JACKBOYS'". Complex. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

[3] SCOTT, TRAVIS (2019-12-24). "WHOLE GANG IS DELIRIOUS JACKBOYS PACK THIS WEEK? SHALL THE FANS EAT !!!!!! UNBUCKLE UR SEAT BELTS pic.twitter.com/TCJDYcgWs1". @trvisXX. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

[4] STRAPPED (2019-12-26). "Tracklisting for Travis Scott's Cactus Jack project "JACKBOYS" is making it's way into Shazam's system pic.twitter.com/MYFYs56feU". @STRAPPEDUS. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

[Tidal-5] "JACKBOYS / JACKBOYS". Tidal. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

[6] "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[ac_Flanders_Jackboys-7] "Ultratop.be – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[ac_Wallonia_Jackboys-8] "Ultratop.be – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[ac_Germany4_Jackboys-9] "Offiziellecharts.de – Jackboys – Jackboys" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

[10] "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 1 (dal 27.12.2019 al 2.1.2020)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[11] "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[12] "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 1, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[13] "Veckolista Album, vecka 1". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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