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Trapsoul[edit]
On August 20th, 2015, Bryson Tiller announced that he would be releasing his debut album titled ‘Trapsoul’, on October 2nd, 2015.[1] Bryson Tiller released the single for the album, titled “Don’t” on October 3rd, 2014, but removed it a day later as he felt like the song was not good enough. Following some requests to re-release it, Tiller put it back on SoundCloud on October 9th, and had 20,000 plays in the first two weeks.[2] To celebrate the announcement of his album, Tiller then released two songs from his upcoming project titled “Sorry Not Sorry” and “Been That Way” the following day on his Vevo Channel. This would be all that Tiller released until about a week before his album released, on September 25th, when he released “Exchange” on his VEVO as well. On October 2nd, Tiller released his debut album via Apple Music.[3] ‘Trapsoul’ featured 13 songs as well as an introduction.
The album came without any features, and was forty-five minutes of Bryson Tiller’s "velvety soul style juxtaposed with rumbling hi-hats and 808s." [4] The album managed to sell 23,667 copies in its debut week, however it was streamed by over 8 million individuals worldwide.[5] The primary single on the album, titled “Don’t” was Bryson Tiller’s debut track. Although it did well in his local area and received quite a bit of support on SoundCloud, it was the attention he received in the mainstream that was astonishing, as the single got Tiller as high as No.12 on the Billboard 200.[6] Tiller received cosigns from a couple of individuals including Drake,Timbaland and Sylvester Stallone. The album featured production from Timbaland [7], and a song titled ‘Rambo’, a reference to Sylvester Stallone's ‘Rambo (film series)’ which earned Tiller a tweet from Stallone himself Following his album’s success, Bryson Tiller took to RapGenius[1] to transcribe his own lyrics, and opened up about the processes of recording, producing and writing his songs, as well as the struggles that he faced before the fame.[8]
Despite constant comparisons to Drake and similar artists, Bryson Tiller had his opportunity to create his own style. Tiller did this with his debut album, naming his style “T R A P S O U L”. In an interview with Billboard, Tiller admits that the style came to him after a fan posted that his sound was “like a Trap Soul movement” which Tiller embraced and now embodies throughout his music, and even named his album after. [9]
To Date Sales[edit]
To date, the album has sold 50,000 copies domestically. [10]
References[edit]
- ^ Schwartz, Danny. "Bryson Tiller Announces "T R A P S O U L" Release Date". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Tiller, Bryson. "Ten Nine Fourteen Annotation". Genius. rap.genius. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "iTunes Preview: TRAPSOUL". iTunes. Apple. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Martin, Paley. "Bryson Tiller Talks 'Trapsoul,' His Love of 'Star Wars' & Cracking Life Codes". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Hernandez, Victoria. "Hip Hop Album Sales: Fetty Wap, Drake & Future". Hip Hop DX. Cheri Media. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Benton-Martin, Erika. "Bryson Tiller Explains Decision to Pass on Signing with Drake's OVO Sound". Music Times. Music Times. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Eastman, Ben. "Bryson Tiller bridges gap between hip hop, R&B with new album". The Triangle. The Triangle. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Tiller, Bryson. "Bryson Tiller's Verified Account". Genius. Genius. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Martin, Paley. "Bryson Tiller Talks 'Trapsoul,' His Love of 'Star Wars' & Cracking Life Codes". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Hernandez, Victoria. "Hip Hop Album Sales: Fetty Wap, Drake & Future". Hip Hop DX. Cheri Media. Retrieved 23 November 2015.