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| Released | January 2, 2012 | |||
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Small Things to a Giant is the debut studio album of rapper and actor Daveed Diggs.
Small Things to a Giant was made over four years, with Daveed Diggs recording around 16 tracks. [1]
The album is billed as "A Getback Production." [2] The Getback is an artistic collective from Oakland, California, which includes Diggs, Rafael Casal, Chinaka Hodge, Lauren Nagel, Chukwudi Hodge, and others as members and collaborators. [3]
The album was released on Bandcamp for free online streaming and paid digital download on January 2, 2012.
After the success of the musical Hamilton , in which Diggs starred, Small Things to a Giant was re-released on cassette tape by Deathbomb Arc in 2015. [4]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fresh From The Hood" | Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel | 2:47 |
| 2. | "(Small Things) To a Giant" (featuring Rafael Casal) | Chukwudi Hodge | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Trappers" | Chukwudi Hodge | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Jes Grew" | Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Night Time" |
| 3:24 |
| 6. | "Dirty World" |
| 3:43 |
| 7. | "Go Boi" (featuring Rafael Casal) | Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel | 4:25 |
| 8. | "I Write Rap Songs" (featuring Rob Baron (aka Factor)) | Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Don't Let Me Fall" (featuring Moe Green and Lauren Nagel) | Radproductionz | 4:05 |
| 10. | "About My Paper" (featuring Big Sizz and Uncle Huss) | Romell "Wildman" Hoskins | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Small Things (To a Giant)" (featuring Chinaka Hodge) | Rafael Casal | 5:35 |
| Total length: | 44:28 | ||
Credits are adapted from Bandcamp. [2]
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