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Released | September 16, 2008 | |||
Recorded | November 2007 – June 2008 | |||
Studio | Terror Squad Studios, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S., We the Best Studios North Miami, Florida | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 63:58 | |||
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We Global is the third studio album by American disc jockey and record producer DJ Khaled. [1] [2] It was released on September 16, 2008, by We the Best Music Group, Terror Squad Entertainment and Koch Records. The album contains guest appearances from The Game, T-Pain, Bun B, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, Plies, Akon, Trick Daddy, Blood Raw, Brisco, Birdman, Lil Boosie, Nas, Kanye West, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Pitbull, Casely and Flo Rida among others. [3]
The album's first single, "Out Here Grindin" leaked on May 5, 2008. The song features Akon, Rick Ross, Lil Boosie, Trick Daddy, Ace Hood and Plies. The single debuted and peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single was "Go Hard" featuring Kanye West and T-Pain. The song peaked at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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Pitchfork | 4.3/10 [6] |
RapReviews | 7.5/10 [7] |
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Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews gave praise to "Out Here Grindin'" and "Go Hard" for having easily catchy beats and rhymes, and the rest of the track listing for carrying "mega crossover potential." He concluded that, "Khaled doesn't even act much as a producer, letting other hot mixers shine on his CD's, so he plays the role of "executive producer" at best. Even though I think We Global would be more honest if Khaled put the words "we present" in front of it, the road to the title has been laid down for one more run and Khaled's going to get as close with this one as any attempt thus far. Best of luck to him." [7] DJBooth's Nathan Slavik found the record to be a "definite improvement" over We the Best , highlighting "Go Hard", "I'm On", "Red Light" and "Bullet" for utilizing its producers and artists well to craft "hip-hop chemistry", but was critical of songs like "Final Warning" and the title track for being "musically malnourished" and display Khaled overreaching as a musical curator, saying "In the end that means that if DJ Khaled is indeed a hip-hop coach than he’s put together a solid game plan on We Global, he just made some questionable substitutions and time-out calls." [5]
The album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200, selling 59,573 copies in the first week. [9]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Standing on the Mountain Top" (featuring Pooh Bear and Ace Hood) | DJ Khaled | 2:36 |
2. | "Go Hard" (featuring Kanye West and T-Pain) | The Runners | 4:32 |
3. | "Out Here Grindin" (featuring Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Boosie, Ace Hood and Trick Daddy) | The Runners | 3:57 |
4. | "Go Ahead" (featuring Fabolous, Lloyd, Rick Ross, Flo Rida and Fat Joe) | The Runners | 4:04 |
5. | "I'm On" (featuring Nas and Cool) | Cool & Dre | 4:24 |
6. | "Red Light" (featuring The Game) | The Inkredibles | 4:21 |
7. | "We Global" (featuring Trey Songz, Fat Joe and Ray J) | The Runners | 3:22 |
8. | "She's Fine" (featuring Sean Paul, Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes) | 3:22 | |
9. | "Final Warning" (featuring Rock City, Bun B, Blood Raw, Ace Hood, Brisco, Bali, Lil Scrappy and Shawty Lo) | The Inkredibles | 4:16 |
10. | "Fuck the Other Side" (featuring Trick Daddy and The Dunk Ryders) | GoldRu$h | 3:43 |
11. | "Bullet" (featuring Rick Ross and Baby Cham) | DJ Nasty & LVM | 4:08 |
12. | "Blood Money" (featuring Brisco, Rick Ross, Ace Hood and Birdman) | Isaac Opus | 4:55 |
13. | "Defend Dade" (featuring Casely and Pitbull) | Lu Diaz | 4:36 |
Total length: | 52:17 |
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Foolish (Remix)" (Shawty Lo featuring DJ Khaled, Birdman, Rick Ross and Jim Jones) | DJ Montay | 3:59 |
15. | "I'm the Shit" (featuring Ball Greezy, Brisco and Ace Hood) | Gorilla Tek | 3:46 |
16. | "Vibin' (Remix)" (performed by Piccalo featuring DJ Khaled and Ace Hood) | JRock | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "What You Gonna Do to Me" (performed by K.A.R. featuring Rob Cash, Mike Beck and Fat Joe) | 3:33 |
15. | "Out Here Grindin' (instrumental)" | 4:23 |
16. | "Go Hard (instrumental)" | 4:37 |
17. | "Go Ahead (instrumental)" | 4:04 |
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