"Project Dreams" | ||||
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Single by Marshmello and Roddy Ricch | ||||
Released | December 7, 2018 | |||
Genre | Hip hop [1] | |||
Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | Joytime Collective | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Marshmello | |||
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"Project Dreams" on YouTube |
"Project Dreams" is a song by American producer Marshmello and American rapper Roddy Ricch. It was released on December 7,2018. [2]
HotNewHipHop was positive about the song,and called Roddy Ricch a "young up-and-comer" that "continues to show why he's next up". [3] Billboard called the track "an instant earworm,and it's paired with a straightforward video",saying there's "something so funky about Ricch's sing-song flow. He brings the melody to Marshmello's snare-forward,drum-machine beat. The song was featured as part of the video game MLB The Show 19 soundtrack." [4]
Chart (2018–2019) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] | 33 |
Ireland (IRMA) [6] | 87 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [7] | 20 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [8] | 8 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 46 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [10] | 28 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [11] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [13] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr.,known professionally as Roddy Ricch,is an American rapper and singer-songwriter from Compton,California. He rose to fame in 2018 following the release of his single "Die Young," which marked his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. Moore's first two mixtapes,Feed Tha Streets (2017) and Feed Tha Streets II (2018) received widespread acclaim. Moore guest featured alongside Hit-Boy on Nipsey Hussle's 2019 single "Racks in the Middle"—which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance—and on Mustard's single "Ballin'" that same year,which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a nomination for the same award.
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