Small Things to a Giant

Small Things to a Giant
Small Things to a Giant
Studio album by Daveed Diggs
Released	January 2, 2012
Genre	Hip hop; Hyphy;
Length	44:28
Label	Self-release (2012); Deathbomb Arc (2015);
Producer	DJ Playuhhh; Chukwudi Hodge; Wildman; Daveed Diggs; Radproductionz; Rafael Casal;
Daveed Diggs chronology
Alternative cover
	Cover of the 2015 Deathbomb Arc cassette

Small Things to a Giant is the debut studio album of rapper and actor Daveed Diggs.

Creation and release

Small Things to a Giant was made over four years, with Daveed Diggs recording around 16 tracks.^[1]

The album is billed as "A Getback Production."^[2] The Getback is an artistic collective from Oakland, California, which includes Diggs, Rafael Casal, Chinaka Hodge, Lauren Nagel, Chukwudi Hodge, and others as members and collaborators.^[3]

The album was released on Bandcamp for free online streaming and paid digital download on January 2, 2012.

After the success of the musical Hamilton, in which Diggs starred, Small Things to a Giant was re-released on cassette tape by Deathbomb Arc in 2015.^[4]

Track listing

*Small Things to a Giant* track listing
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fresh From The Hood"	Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel	2:47
2.	"(Small Things) To a Giant" (featuring Rafael Casal)	Chukwudi Hodge	4:17
3.	"Trappers"	Hodge	4:16
4.	"Jes Grew"	DJ Playuhhh	3:36
5.	"Night Time"	Romell "Wildman" Hoskins Daveed Diggs	3:24
6.	"Dirty World"	Radproductionz Diggs	3:43
7.	"Go Boi" (featuring Rafael Casal)	DJ Playuhhh	4:25
8.	"I Write Rap Songs" (featuring Rob Baron [aka Factor])	DJ Playuhhh	3:21
9.	"Don't Let Me Fall" (featuring Moe Green and Lauren Nagel)	Radproductionz	4:05
10.	"About My Paper" (featuring Big Sizz and Uncle Huss)	Wildman	4:59
11.	"Small Things (To a Giant)" (featuring Chinaka Hodge)	Rafael Casal	5:35
Total length:			44:28

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Bandcamp.^[2]

Daveed Diggs – primary artist; production (tracks 5–6); recording (tracks 1, 3–5, 8–9, 11)
DJ Dion Decibels – mixing; recording (tracks 2, 7)
Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel – production (tracks 1, 4, 7–8)
Chukwudi Hodge – production (tracks 2–3)
Romell "Wildman" Hoskins – production (tracks 5, 10); additional vocals; recording (tracks 6, 10)
Radproductionz – production (tracks 6, 9)
Rafael Casal – featured artist (tracks 2, 7); production (track 11); cover layout & design

Rob Baron (aka Factor) – featured artist (track 8)
Moe Green – featured artist (track 9)
Lauren Nagel – featured artist (track 9)
Big Sizz – featured artist (track 10)
Uncle Huss – featured artist (track 10)
Chinaka Hodge – featured artist (track 11)
George X. Lin – photography
Nathan Lee – photography

References

^ Daveed Diggs; Scooter Braun — Charlie Rose (Television production). WNET; Charlie Rose, Inc. May 5, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Small Things To A Giant". Bandcamp. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
^ Heti, Sheila (February 1, 2018). "An Interview with Daveed Diggs". The Believer. No. 117. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Myint, Ava (August 13, 2015). "Deathbomb Arc releasing Daveed Diggs' Small Things To A Giant on cassette". Impose. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

External links

Bandcamp

[rose-1] Daveed Diggs; Scooter Braun — Charlie Rose (Television production). WNET; Charlie Rose, Inc. May 5, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

[bandcamp-2] "Small Things To A Giant". Bandcamp. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

[believer-3] Heti, Sheila (February 1, 2018). "An Interview with Daveed Diggs". The Believer. No. 117. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

[4] Myint, Ava (August 13, 2015). "Deathbomb Arc releasing Daveed Diggs' Small Things To A Giant on cassette". Impose. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

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