Cheat Codes (album)

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Cheat Codes
Cheat Codes 2022 Album.png
Studio album by
Danger Mouse and Black Thought
ReleasedAugust 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)
Genre Hip hop [1]
Length38:19
Label BMG
Producer Danger Mouse
Black Thought chronology
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able
(2020)		Cheat Codes
(2022)		 Glorious Game
(2023)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sometimes"
2:10
2."Cheat Codes"
  • B. Burton
  • Lester Johnson
  • Matthew Watson
  • Michael Liggins
  • Robert Townsend
  • Trotter
2:14
3."The Darkest Part" (featuring Raekwon and Kid Sister)
3:44
4."No Gold Teeth"
2:33
5."Because" (featuring Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge)
4:41
6."Belize" (featuring MF Doom)
3:54
7."Aquamarine" (featuring Michael Kiwanuka)
  • Barry Stoller
  • Berrie Wilson
  • B. Burton
  • Cover
  • Jean-Pierre Alarcen
  • Michael Kiwanuka
  • Trotter
3:58
8."Identical Deaths"
  • B. Burton
  • Colin Catt
  • Phil Gunn
  • Trotter
2:41
9."Strangers" (featuring A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels)
4:08
10."Close to Famous"
  • B. Burton
  • Trotter
2:28
11."Saltwater" (featuring Conway the Machine)
3:22
12."Violas and Lupitas"
  • B. Burton
  • Trotter
  • Tom Joe White
2:21
Total length:38:19

Samples

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Cheat Codes
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [28] 14
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) [28] 1
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA) [28] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 106
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [31] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [33] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC) [34] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [35] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [36] 28
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [37] 4
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [38] 1
US Billboard 200 [39] 43

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