American Dream (21 Savage album)

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American Dream
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)
Recorded2022–2023
Genre
Length49:49
Label
  • Slaughter Gang
  • Epic
Producer
21 Savage chronology
Her Loss
(2022)
American Dream
(2024)
Singles from American Dream
  1. "Redrum" / "N.H.I.E."
    Released: January 17, 2024
  2. "Née-Nah"
    Released: January 23, 2024

American Dream (stylized as american dream) is the third solo studio album by British rapper 21 Savage. It was released through Slaughter Gang Entertainment and Epic Records on January 12, 2024. The album features guest appearances from Doja Cat, Young Thug, Metro Boomin, Lil Durk, Travis Scott, Summer Walker, Brent Faiyaz, Burna Boy, Tommy Newport, Mikky Ekko, and Mariah the Scientist. Production was handled by Metro Boomin himself, London on da Track, Scribz Riley, Allen Ritter, OG Parker, Cardo, FnZ, and Honorable C.N.O.T.E., among others. [1] [2] The album serves as the follow-up to Savage's 2018 release I Am > I Was .

Contents

Background and promotion

In July 2023, 21 Savage embarked on a concert tour with Canadian rapper and singer Drake, named the It's All a Blur Tour, [3] during which Drake stated that both he and 21 Savage were working on their respective solo studio albums. [4] On August 7, Savage took to Twitter to state that "it's time", teasing the album. [5] After embarking on a solo headlining tour in November 2023, Savage headlined his first show in London, England, at the O2 Arena, where he stated that his "album finna drop" and told his fans to "get ready". [6] Following his un-official announcement in December 2023, billboards and banners began to appear, further adding to the promotion of the album and further building its anticipation. [7] [8]

On January 8, 2024, Savage announced that a biopic film about himself titled American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, starring himself along with Donald Glover and Caleb McLaughlin, would be released on July 4. [9] [10] On the same day, Savage posted the film's trailer on his official YouTube channel, previewing a track from the album in the process, and announced that the music inspired by the film was available for pre-order. [11] [12] [13] [14] Just a day later, on January 9, Savage took to his social media to post the album's official cover art and announced that it would be released three days later. [15] [16] [17] On January 9, Savage began to tease the guest artists on the album after posting baby pictures of Young Thug, Summer Walker, and Brent Faiyaz. [18] [19] [20] The following day, he posted baby pictures of Lil Durk, Travis Scott, and Mariah the Scientist. [21] On January 11, Savage posted baby pictures of Burna Boy, Metro Boomin, and Doja Cat. [22] Despite not releasing an official album tracklist prior to the album's release as per usual, the project was released smoothly and on time. [23]

The dual lead singles of the album, "Redrum" and "N.H.I.E.", the latter being a collaboration with American rapper and singer Doja Cat, were sent to Italian contemporary hit radio on January 17, 2024. [24] Five days earlier, the official music video for the former was also released alongside the album. [25] [26]

On January 24, 2024, in an interview with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay, Savage disclosed that his biopic, American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, was a parody made to promote the release of his album. [27]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [28]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [29]
Clash 8/10 [30]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [31]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [32]

American Dream received a score of 73 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [28] Writing for Clash , Robin Murray began his review by noting that the album "allows 21 Savage space to tell his story". Breaking down the halves of the album, he continued to write that "the first half of the record leans on his rap flair, while the second indulges his softer, R&B inclinations". Concluding his review, Murray wrote that "American Dream is 21 Savage at his most luminescent" and that he is "staying true to himself" as "he's been able to build something unique". [30] Writing for HipHopDX , Will Schube wrote that "American Dream is 21 Savage at his most deeply intimate, treating the recording booth like a diary, examining his life and career from a 30,000 foot view". He noted that "Savage isn’t bitter on his latest offering, but he knows his worth; his family has worked too long and too hard for him to slip up or be taken advantage of" and that "he’s stuck between trying to be good, trying to honor the effort and sacrifices his mother made, and being drawn back to his crew, back to the deals and the cash and everything that came with it", noting that "humanity is what makes this record succeed". [31]

Matthew Ritchie for Pitchfork noted that 21 Savage's "third solo album attempts to balance reveling in his newfound elevated celebrity and retaining the tortured persona that relishes in recounting the gruesome details of his journey" and that he "cuts through the glossy excess with clarity and lyrical self-assuredness, producing enough sterling moments to show that he's still a star worthy of fanfare". Ritchie praised the album's production, stating that the "overall cohesion of the production is a welcome sign" while also noting that "his effectiveness stems from minute tweaks, mutating his low register and delivery to imbue emotion and variance into his stone-faced raps". [32] Writing for Vibe , Grant Rindner stated that the album "serves as a very broad framing for the album, particularly in opening and closing spoken interludes from his mother". Rindner noted that "21's strongest rap skills, his caustic sense of humor and deadpan delivery, are fully intact on American Dream" before praising his beat selection as he wrote that he "has one of the best ears for beats in modern hip-hop, and his noted chemistry with Metro Boomin is present". [33]

Rolling Stone 's Mosi Reeves wrote that on the album, sometimes, "the production flags or his choruses don't quite hit their marks", however, "he's still capable of giving you what you’ve come to expect". In comparison to Her Loss , Reeves stated that "American Dream is garlanded with dreamily rendered samples, a technique used to much better effect here than Her Loss". [34] Writing for HotNewHipHop , Teejay Small wrote that "the album lacks a cohesive through-line that thematically ties the material back to the premise promised by the title and imagery" and that "the overall aesthetic of American Dream may lead listeners to assume that the project is a meditation on the state of poverty or immigration in 21's life". [35]

Commercial performance

American Dream debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 133,000 album-equivalent units, including 4,500 pure album sales, replacing Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time (2023) from the top spot. American Dream earned a total of 169.53 million on-demand streams. The album is 21 Savage's fourth consecutive number-one album in the US. [36] 14 tracks debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with two of them in the top 10. [37] The intro, "American Dream" was deemed too short to debut on the charts. [37] Savage also became the sixteenth artist in history to chart 100 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. [37] In the second week American Dream remained at the top of the Billboard 200, moving 78,000 units. [38] [39]

The album broke a record in rap music as American Dream debuted with the most first-week streams for a trap album in history. [36]

American Dream debuted at number one on album charts in at least 7 countries including Australia, Canada, Lithuania, and New Zealand. [40] The album debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and the Irish Albums Chart while debuting at number 5 and 8 on the French Albums Chart and the Finnish Album Charts.

Track listing

American Dream track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."American Dream"
  • Spiff Sinatra
  • ibmixing
1:03
2."All of Me"
Spiff Sinatra3:18
3."Redrum"
4:30
4."N.H.I.E." (with Doja Cat)
2:23
5."Sneaky"
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Edward Cooper III
Coupe3:21
6."Pop Ur Shit" (with Young Thug and Metro Boomin)
3:13
7."Letter to My Brudda"
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Paola Amado
  • Tchakalla Romeo
  • William Boyette
  • Kavi Iybarger
  • Park Min Geon
  • Tyrese McGriff
  • Kxvi
  • g06beatz
  • Lil Tyh
2:39
8."Dangerous" (with Lil Durk and Metro Boomin)
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Durk Banks
  • Wayne
  • Jahshua Brown
  • Jahmal Gwin
  • Metro Boomin
  • BoogzDaBeast
  • Cashmere Brown [a]
4:25
9."Née-Nah" (with Travis Scott and Metro Boomin)
Metro Boomin3:40
10."See the Real"
3:02
11."Prove It" (with Summer Walker)
  • ibmixing
  • Coupe
  • Tye Beats
3:27
12."Should've Wore a Bonnet" (with Brent Faiyaz)
  • Cardo
  • Dpat
  • Johnny Juliano
  • Esta
3:06
13."Just Like Me" (with Burna Boy and Metro Boomin)
  • Metro Boomin
  • FnZ
  • BoogzDaBeast
3:51
14."Red Sky" (with Mikky Ekko and Tommy Newport)
2:56
15."Dark Days" (with Mariah the Scientist)
  • Kid Hazel
  • Lee
  • Kxvi
  • Sameh
4:55
Total length:49:49

Notes

Sample credits [41]

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for American Dream
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [42] 1
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [43] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [44] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [45] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [46] 3
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [47] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [48] 3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [49] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [50] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [51] 8
French Albums (SNEP) [52] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [53] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [54] 2
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi) [55] 2
Irish Albums (OCC) [56] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI) [57] 7
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [58] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [59] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [60] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [61] 4
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [62] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [63] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [64] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [65] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [66] 2
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [67] 6
US Billboard 200 [68] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [69] 1

Certifications

Certifications for American Dream
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [70] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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