The House Is Burning (album)

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The House Is Burning
Cover artwork for The House is Burning by Isaiah Rashad.jpg
Studio album by
Isaiah Rashad
ReleasedJuly 30, 2021
Genre
Length48:26
Label
Producer
Isaiah Rashad chronology
The Sun's Tirade
(2016)		The House Is Burning
(2021)
Singles from The House Is Burning
  1. "Lay wit Ya"
    Released: May 7, 2021
  2. "Headshots (4r da Locals)"
    Released: June 18, 2021
  3. "Wat U Sed"
    Released: July 23, 2021
  4. "From the Garden"
    Released: July 29, 2021

The House Is Burning is the second studio album by American rapper Isaiah Rashad. It was released on July 30, 2021, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and Warner Records. The album features production from numerous producers, including Devin Malik, Hollywood Cole, J. Lbs and Kenny Beats, among others. Guest appearances include frequent collaborators and labelmates Jay Rock and SZA, as well as Lil Uzi Vert, Duke Deuce, Smino, Amindi, 6lack, and others.

Contents

On November 19, 2021, the deluxe edition titled Homies Begged was released, including guest appearances from Project Pat, Juicy J, Young Nudy, and Deante' Hitchcock. [3]

Background

Rashad first spoke of his plans for a follow-up to his second studio album The Sun's Tirade (2016) through a series of tweets in October 2017. [4] He revealed the album's title via an Instagram Live session in May 2019, almost two years after its initial announcement. [5] [6] During this period, he would tease the album further, playing snippets from its recordings through various social media posts and livestreams, until April 22, 2020, when he released his first single in four years, "Why Worry", as part of a promotional event held by Top Dawg Entertainment. [7]

Rashad spoke about what the album meant to him in an interview with Rolling Stone , saying:

It's like a scenario that you either can lay down with the flames or die from trying to hold on to material things and shit like that, or you can get out in a timely manner. And if it all burns down, you still going to try to figure it out, right? Because if not, you might as well just lay in that motherfucker. You got to start over. Shit, sometimes you got to start over two, three, four times, man. Five times, six times. It's just that type of shit. That's all it means. You got to have encouraged thinking. [8]

In an interview with GQ , Rashad stated he wants listeners to "walk away and be like, 'Damn, he's good at making a lot of different stuff.' If you've been a part of this shit, I'd want you to be like, 'Damn, he gave me a good update on his life and he’s still giving me stuff that's going to help me during my day when I'm going through my own shit.'" [9]

Release and promotion

In a May 2021 interview for The Fader , Rashad announced that the album was scheduled to be released sometime in June. [10] A few days later on May 7, he released the album's lead single, "Lay wit Ya", featuring a guest appearance from rapper Duke Deuce, and accompanied by a music video directed by Omar Jones. The song's credits on digital platforms also revealed that he had signed a joint venture deal with Warner Records. On June 18, Rashad released the album's second single, "Headshots (4r da Locals)", alongside a music video for it directed by Jack Begert and Mez Heirs six days later. On July 7, Rashad revealed the album's cover art and confirmed its July 30 release date through social media. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 9/10 [13]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [14]

The House Is Burning received acclaim from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 7 reviews.

Track listing

The House Is Burning track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Darkseid"
2:07
2."From the Garden" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
  • McClain
  • Symere Woods
  • Kalon Berry
  • Keanu Torres
  • Solal Tong Cuong
  • Freddie Jefferson III
  • Kal Banx
  • Keanu Beats [c]
  • Banshee the Great [c]
3:09
3."RIP Young"
Kal Banx2:38
4."Lay wit Ya" (featuring Duke Deuce)
Hollywood Cole3:22
5."Claymore" (featuring Smino)
  • Kal Banx
  • J. Lbs
  • Groove [a]
3:06
6."Headshots (4r da Locals)"
  • Hollywood Cole
  • Henry Was
3:13
7."All Herb" (featuring Amindi)
  • McClain
  • Amindi Frost
  • Williams
Devin Malik3:44
8."Hey Mista"
  • McClain
  • Berry
Kal Banx1:56
9."True Story" (featuring Jay Rock and Jay Worthy)
  • Malik
  • Wu10
3:47
10."Wat U Sed" (featuring Doechii and Kal Banx)
  • McClain
  • Jaylah Hickmon
  • Berry
  • Amaire Johnson
  • Rory Behr
  • Johnson
  • Behr
  • Kal Banx [a]
2:57
11."Don't Shoot"
  • McClain
  • Berry
  • Behr
  • Kal Banx
  • Behr
2:21
12."Chad" (featuring YGTUT)
  • Malik
  • Kal Banx [a]
2:40
13."9-3 Freestyle"
  • McClain
  • Williams
  • Berry
Malik1:46
14."Score" (featuring SZA and 6lack)
3:21
15."THIB"
  • Free P
  • Tiggi
2:35
16."HB2U"
5:45
Total length:48:26
The House Is Burning (Homies Begged) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."RIP Young (Remix)" (featuring Project Pat and Juicy J; remix)
Kal Banx3:00
18."Deep Blue" (featuring Young Nudy and Kal Banx)
Kal Banx3:11
19."Geordan Favors" (featuring Deante' Hitchcock)
  • McClain
  • Deante' Hitchcock
  • Cory Altenhofen
  • Jefferson
  • CoryaYo
  • Free P
3:13
20."Donuts" (featuring UMI)
D. Sanders3:33
Total length:60:23

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