Sour Soul (album)

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Sour Soul
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - "Sour Soul" official album artwork.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2015
Recorded2014
Studio Dunham Studios (Brooklyn)
Kingsway Studios (Toronto)
Genre
Length32:55
Label Lex Records
Producer Frank Dukes
BadBadNotGood chronology
III
(2014)
Sour Soul
(2015)
IV
(2016)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mono" (instrumental)
  • Frank Dukes
  • Alex Sowinski
  • Matty Tavares
  • Chester Hansen
  • Dennis Coles
0:58
2."Sour Soul"
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
  • Wayne Gordon
2:45
3."Six Degrees" (featuring Danny Brown)
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
  • Gordon
3:40
4."Gunshowers" (featuring Elzhi)
3:03
5."Stark's Reality" (instrumental)
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
2:12
6."Tone's Rap"
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
2:58
7."Mind Playing Tricks"
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
2:37
8."Street Knowledge" (featuring TREE)
3:24
9."Ray Gun" (featuring MF DOOM)
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
  • Tommy Paxton Beesly
  • Leland Whitty
3:07
10."Nuggets of Wisdom"
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
2:11
11."Food"
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
3:23
12."Experience" (instrumental)
  • Dukes
  • Sowinski
  • Tavares
  • Hansen
  • Coles
  • Beesly
2:37
Total length:32:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [16]

BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 54
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) [18] 1
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) [18] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 196
US Billboard 200 [20] 109
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [21] 6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [22] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [23] 12
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [24] 12
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [25] 5

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