Immigrant (album)

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Immigrant
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Studio album by
Released12 October 2018
Recorded2017–2018
Length32:28
Label
Producer
Belly chronology
Mumble Rap
(2017)
Immigrant
(2018)
See You Next Wednesday
(2021)
Singles from Immigrant
  1. "Maintain"
    Released: 6 April 2018
  2. "What You Want"
    Released: 24 May 2018

Immigrant is the second studio album by Palestinian-Canadian rapper Belly. It was released through Roc Nation and XO Records on 12 October 2018. The album features guest appearances from Zack, Meek Mill, M.I.A., Yo Gotti, Metro Boomin, French Montana, the Weeknd, and Nav. Production was handled by Metro Boomin and Nav themselves, alongside Ben Billions, Skinny, DaHeala, Southside, Cirkut, and ELew, among others. [1]

Contents

Background

The album was teased numerous times late 2017, with the album title then being "Midnight Zone". Belly also shared in studio images of himself working alongside American rapper Jay-Z, which speculated the two working on a song together. Following the release of "Maintain", featuring Canadian rapper and fellow labelmate Nav, Belly was attacked by security guards at the Coachella event, during the Weeknd's headlining set. [2] Belly responded with a number of tweets; "20 of you pussies couldn’t take me off my feet" [3] and "no negative bullshit can steal my joy.. I performed the best show of my life, on 4/20 at Coachella ‼️I really came from nothing, and I’m still here.. it’s gotta mean something." [4] The album was officially announced on social media on 2 September 2018, with a new album title and an official release date, where he stated the following; "With everything going on, I can’t sit by and say nothing. I decided to speak my truths. my album is now called || IMMIGRANT || out on October 12 || xotwod || RN" [5]

Singles

The lead single of the album, "Maintain", which features Canadian rapper and fellow labelmate Nav, was released on 6 April 2018. [6] The second single, "What You Want", which features Canadian singer and fellow label boss, the Weeknd, was released on 24 May 2018. [7]

Commercial performance

Immigrant debuted at 169 on the US Billboard 200 chart and at 31 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [8] [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Another Note" (featuring Zack) Ben Billions 2:30
2."Xion"
  • Balshe
  • Sami Hamed
  • Richard Muñoz
  • Faris Al-Majed
  • Bijan Amirkhani
2:14
3."Who Hurt You"
2:43
4."Immigrant" (featuring Meek Mill and M.I.A.)
  • The ANMLS
  • Thomas
  • Rex Kudo
3:52
5."Numbers" (featuring Yo Gotti)
  • Balshe
  • Mario Mims
  • Guerby Francois
  • Hamed
  • Muñoz
  • Al-Majed
  • Skinny
  • The ANMLS
2:51
6."All for Me" (featuring Metro Boomin)2:02
7."Dust" (featuring French Montana)
The ANMLS2:40
8."What You Want" (featuring The Weeknd)
3:15
9."What Does It Mean?"
  • ELew
  • Skinny
  • The ANMLS
3:36
10."Maintain" (featuring Nav)
  • Balshe
  • Goraya
  • Francois
  • Austin Schindler
  • Shakari Boles
  • Austin Powerz
  • TrakGirl
3:29
11."Street Cathedral"
  • Balshe
  • Hamed
  • Muñoz
  • Al-Majed
  • Skinny
  • The ANMLS
3:20
Total length:32:28

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. [10]

Musicians

Technical

  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing (all tracks), studio personnel (all tracks)
  • Chris Athens – mastering (all tracks), studio personnel (all tracks)
  • Faris Al-Majed – recording (all tracks), studio personnel (all tracks), programming (tracks 2–5, 7–9), engineering (track 8)
  • Jacob Richards – assistant mixing (tracks 1, 4, 8), studio personnel (tracks 1, 4, 8)
  • Mike Seaberg – assistant mixing (tracks 1, 4), studio personnel (tracks 1, 4)
  • Rashawn Mclean – assistant mixing (tracks 1, 4), studio personnel (tracks 1, 4)
  • Ben Billions – programming (track 1)
  • Baruch "Mixx" Nembhard – mixing (track 2), engineering (track 10), studio personnel (tracks 2, 10)
  • David Nakaji – assistant mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5–11), studio personnel (tracks 2, 3, 5–11)
  • Iván Jiménez – assistant mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 11), studio personnel (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 11)
  • Richard Muñoz – programming (tracks 2–5, 7–9)
  • DaHeala – programming (track 3)
  • Rex Kudo – programming (track 4)
  • Anthony Cruz – recording (track 4), studio personnel (track 4)
  • Metro Boomin – programming (track 6)
  • Southside – programming (track 6)
  • Shin Kamiyama – engineering (track 8), studio personnel (track 8)
  • Nav – programming (track 8)
  • DannyBoyStyles – recording (track 8), studio personnel (track 8)
  • Austin Powerz – programming (track 10)
  • TrakGirl – programming (track 10)

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 31
US Billboard 200 [12] 169

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