Weekend at Burnie's

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Weekend at Burnie's
Curren$y Weekend at Burnie's.JPG
Studio album by
Curren$y
ReleasedJune 28, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre Hip hop
Length43:56
Label
Producer
Curren$y chronology
Covert Coup
(2011)		Weekend at Burnie's
(2011)		 Muscle Car Chronicles
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
Beats Per Minute 90% [5]
BlareStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Cokemachineglow 84% [7]
Consequence of Sound C− [8]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [10]
Prefix7.5/10 [11]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Weekend at Burnie's is the fifth studio album by American rapper Curren$y. The album was released on June 28, 2011, through Warner Bros. [13] Eleven tracks on this album are produced by Monsta Beatz. The album's lead single, "#JetsGo" is produced by Rahki. "You See It" and "This Is the Life" were leaked to promote the album. On June 21 Curren$y premiered the album during a Ustream-Session. It featured the Bonus Tracks "JLC" and "Get Paid." In its first week, the album sold 23,000 copies in the US, after a Billboard 200 debut of #22. [14]

Contents

Critical reception

Weekend at Burnie's was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77 based on 12 reviews. [2] Aggregate website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7.2 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews. [1]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer David Jeffries said: Currensy's Weekend at Burnie's EP and/or mixtape is a worthwhile distraction, offering fans of his Pilot Talk efforts a chance to hear the rapper in a different setting. Here, the setting is hard, minimal, and retro, with producer Monsta Beatz bringing the ‘80s flavor on all tracks." [3] Andres Tardio of HipHopDX gave the release a 3 out of 5, explaining: "There's an inconsistency on Weekend at Burnie's that keeps it from being fully successful. At some points, Curren$y shows why he was given the Spitta moniker, but other times, he shows how limited his flow and subject matter can be, slowly pushing through tracks with no real focus." [9] At Pitchfork , Tom Breihan wrote: "Weekend at Burnie's is remarkably warm and approachable, and it brings Curren$y closer to the sound of current radio-rap than he's been in a while." [10]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Weekend at Burnie's
Critic/PublicationListRankRef
Beats Per Minute Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 201133 [15]
Cokemachineglow Cokemachineglow's Top 50 Albums of 201122 [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."#JetsGo"
 Rahki 3:13
2."Still" (featuring Trademark da Skydiver and Young Roddy)
Monsta Beatz3:31
3."She Don't Want a Man"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz4:32
4."One Life"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz3:04
5."You See It"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz3:33
6."Televised" (featuring Fiend)
Monsta Beatz5:26
7."This Is the Life"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz3:58
8."On G's" (featuring Young Roddy and Trademark da Skydiver)
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
  • Washington
Monsta Beatz4:27
9."Money Machine"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz3:22
10."What's What"
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz2:09
11."JLC" (bonus track)
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
Monsta Beatz2:31
12."Get Paid" (featuring Young Roddy and Trademark da Skydiver) (bonus track)
  • S. Franklin
  • D. Harleaux
  • Washington
Monsta Beatz4:10

Charts

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