Mumble Rap (mixtape)

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Mumble Rap
Belly - Mumble Rap.png
Mixtape by
Released6 October 2017
Genre Hip hop
Length32:14
Label
Producer
Belly chronology
Inzombia
(2016)
Mumble Rap
(2017)
Immigrant
(2018)
Singles from Mumble Rap
  1. "P.O.P."
    Released: 25 July 2017

Mumble Rap is the eleventh mixtape by Palestinian-Canadian rapper Belly. It was released on 6 October 2017 through XO, Roc Nation, and Republic Records. [1] The mixtape features a sole guest appearance from Pusha T. [2] It includes production from Boi-1da mainly, alongside Allen Ritter, Ben Billions, DannyBoyStyles, Frank Dukes, T-Minus and Vinylz, among others. A sequel was released on 19 May 2023.

Contents

Background

On 5 October 2017, Belly was interviewed by Zane Lowe on his radio show on Beats 1 and announced the project's title, in which he called Boi-1da the executive producer. [3] He also talked about how the mixtape came to fruition, Boi-1da's involvement and reclaiming what the title phrase meant in rap, by stating

"It started with me and Boi-1da. We've always wanted to worked together. We've always been big fans of each other. We've done one-off songs in the past. We wanted to do a full project, something special. He produced like 75 percent of it. I wanted to snatch the word back. I want when people say mumble rap now, they're going to think of this, one of the greatest rap projects ever put out. That's what I want people to think."

Singles

The lead single, "P.O.P." was released on 25 July 2017. The song was produced by Ben Billions. The music video was directed by Director X. It was released on 9 August 2017 and stars American model Blac Chyna. The first promotional single is "Lullaby". The music video for Lullaby was released as a Tidal exclusive on 3 October 2017. [4] The second promotional single is "Mumble Rap". The music video for "Mumble Rap" was released the same day as the mixtape was released. [3] The third promotional single is "Immigration to the Trap". The music video was released 13 October 2017. [5] The final promotional single is "The Come Down is Real Too". The music video was released 6 December 2017. [6]

Track listing

Mumble Rap [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Immigration To the Trap" Boi-1da 1:53
2."Make a Toast"4:26
3."The Come Down Is Real Too"
T-Minus3:51
4."Mumble Rap"
DannyBoyStyles2:43
5."Lullaby"
3:14
6."Bobby Brown" Ben Billions 2:46
7."Papyrus"
DannyBoyStyles2:13
8."Alcantara" (featuring Pusha T)
3:07
9."Clean Edit"
  • Balshe
  • Samuels
  • Nick Brongers
  • Boi-1da
  • Brongers [a]
2:08
10."P.O.P."
  • Balshe
  • Diehl
  • Khaled
Ben Billions3:21
11."All Alone"
  • Balshe
  • Diehl
  • Khaled
Ben Billions2:32
Total length:32:14

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Instruments

Technical

Creative

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 55

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