Montana (album)

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Montana
French Montana - Montana.png
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 6, 2019 [1]
Length67:00
Label Montana Entertainment, Coke Boys, Bad Boy, Epic
Producer
French Montana chronology
Coke Wave 4
(2019)
Montana
(2019)
CB5
(2020)
Singles from Montana
  1. "Lockjaw"
    Released: May 27, 2016
  2. "No Shopping"
    Released: July 16, 2016
  3. "No Stylist"
    Released: September 20, 2018
  4. "Slide"
    Released: April 18, 2019
  5. "Wiggle It"
    Released: July 12, 2019
  6. "Suicide Doors"
    Released: November 13, 2019
  7. "Writing on the Wall"
    Released: September 27, 2019
  8. "Twisted"
    Released: October 11, 2019
  9. "Out of Your Mind"
    Released: January 21, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 5.8/10 [3]

Montana (stylized in all caps) [4] is the third studio album by American rapper French Montana. It was released on December 6, 2019 through Epic Records, Bad Boy, Coke Boys and Montana Entertainment. [5] The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Harry Fraud, Louis Bell, London on da Track, Cardo, Rvssian and Murda Beatz among others. The album also features guest appearances by Post Malone, Swae Lee, Kodak Black, Cardi B, Chris Brown, PartyNextDoor, ASAP Rocky and many others.

Contents

Montana was supported by seven singles: "No Stylist", "Slide", "Wiggle It", "Suicide Doors", "Writing on the Wall", "Twisted" and "Out of Your Mind". [6] [7] It also includes the singles "Lockjaw" featuring Kodak Black and "No Shopping" featuring Drake, which were previously released on Montana's 2016 mixtape MC4 . The album received mixed reviews from music critics and poor commercial performance. It debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. [8]

Promotion

French Montana shared a trailer for the album directed by Kid Art, which features him "surrounded by a line of women in thigh-high red boots and dark burqas" and was called "connecting with his Muslim roots". [6] [9]

Commercial performance

Montana debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units (including 6,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. [8] This became Montana's lowest first week sales and lowest charting album to date. [8] On December 5, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States. [10]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. [11]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Montana"
3:26
2."Suicide Doors" (featuring Gunna)
Harry Fraud3:33
3."50's & 100's" (featuring Juicy J)
Juicy J 2:41
4."What It Look Like"
2:49
5."Lifestyle" (featuring Kodak Black and Kevin Gates) Cardo 2:41
6."Salam Alaykum"
  • Kharbouch
  • Quigley
  • Baruch Nembhard
  • Liew Kellett
  • Harry Fraud
  • Mixx
  • French Montana
4:07
7."That Way"
  • Couture
  • French Montana
2:14
8."Say Goodbye" (featuring Belly)
  • Kharbouch
  • Ahmad Balshe
  • Scorp Dezel
  • Quigley
  • Jamal Rashid
  • Oluwaseyi Agbeti
  • Scorp Dezel
  • Harry Fraud
  • Mally Mall
  • French Montana
3:47
9."Coke Wave Boys" (featuring Chinx and Max B)
  • Harry Fraud
  • Tony Seltzer
4:13
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Writing on the Wall" (featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, and Rvssian)
3:21
2."Out of Your Mind" (with Swae Lee featuring Chris Brown)Mally Mall3:14
3."Wanna Be" (featuring PartyNextDoor) London on da Track 3:22
4."Twisted" (featuring Juicy J, Logic, and ASAP Rocky)Juicy J4:22
5."Hoop" (featuring Quavo)
3:11
6."No Stylist" (featuring Drake)
  • Hector Chaparro
  • London on da Track
3:09
7."Wiggle It" (with Quality Control featuring City Girls)
2:42
8."Slide" (featuring Blueface and Lil Tjay)
  • Ashton Vines
  • Mixx
  • French Montana
3:06
9."Saucy"
  • Kharbouch
  • Quigley
Harry Fraud3:56
Side two Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."No Shopping" (featuring Drake)3:47
11."Lockjaw" (featuring Kodak Black)
  • Ben Billions
  • Yo Asel
3:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [11]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [12] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 74
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 184
US Billboard 200 [15] 25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] 14

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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