There's really a wolf

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There's really a wolf
Studio album by Russ

Publication
(s)

5th May 2017

Label (s) Russ My Way Inc. and Columbia Records

Genre (s)

Hip-hop / rap

Title (number)

20th

running time

63:50 minutes

production

Soot

chronology
- There's really a wolf zoo

There's Really a Wolf is the first studio album by the American rapper Russ . It was released on May 5, 2017. In addition to his role as a rapper, Russ also takes on the role of sound engineer and producer.

History of origin

A wolf can be seen on the cover of the album, matching the title. Russ explained why this is so in an interview on YouTube with the music information platform Genius. Here he also explains the way to the album. He said that the work process for the album had already started before he had registered on the Soundcloud music platform . His first uploaded song was from 2014. In the interview mentioned above, he described the reasons for registering on Soundcloud and uploading his music as follows:

“It started before I was signed into Soundcloud. I had eleven projects out there. After the eleventh, I planned to do the twelfth. But when I wanted to start, I thought I can't just publish another project that falls on deaf ears again. "

Track list

All tracks were written and produced by Russ.

# title length
1 I'm here 3:59
2 The stakeout 2:51
3 Act Now 3:09
4th Cherry Hill 3:42
5 Me you 2:44
6th Ride Slow 3:05
7th Don't lie 3:08
8th Do It Myself 2:47
9 I wanna go down with you 3:03
10 Family & Friends 2:55
11 What They Want 2:45
12 Got this 2:52
13 No turning back 2:34
14th Losin Control 3:57
15th Scared 2:59
16 Back to you 3:27
17th One more shot 3:11
18th Emergency 3:50
19th Pull the trigger 2:36
20th MVP 4:16

production

There are two videos on his YouTube channel DIEMONDOTCOM in which he explains how he created the instrumentals for the titles Me You and What They Want . The respective video descriptions also show that Russ uses the DAW " Logic " from Apple . He doesn't use a keyboard or any other physical instrument to play the melodies and instruments for his beats. He prefers the laptop keyboard.

criticism

The hip-hop magazine BACKSPIN awarded six out of ten possible points on its website. The final conclusion was accordingly mixed:

“Even if Russ proves himself to be a strong rapper, singer and producer on“ There's Really a Wolf ”, his debut is only partially convincing. The reason for this is the lack of content diversity [...]. "

- Yannick - BACKSPIN editorial team

successes

The album and the individual songs are extremely successful on the Spotify streaming platform . The title What They Want and Losin Control have been streamed more than 100 million times. The title Me You, Do It Myself and Pull The Trigger were each streamed over 35 million times.

On August 22, 2017, around four months after the album was released, Russ announced on Instagram that it had been awarded a gold record in the USA. That means over 500,000 units sold in the US (assigned by the RIAA ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ There's Really a Wolf by Russ. Retrieved October 27, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Genius: Russ Opens His Old Basement Studio & Explains Independent Success. June 14, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 : “| IRL "
  3. ↑ KiKi (Prod. Russ). Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ "It started before I got on Soundcloud. I had eleven projects out. After the eleventh one, I was like alright, I'm going to make the twelfth one now. But when I was starting to make it I was like, alright, I can't just put out another one, and it just be on deaf ears again. "
  5. ↑ There's Really A Wolf by Russ on Apple Music. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  6. ↑ There's Really a Wolf by Russ. Retrieved October 27, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ There's Really a Wolf - Russ | Credits | AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  8. ↑ DIEMONDOTCOM. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  9. ↑ DIEMONDOTCOM: Russ making the beat for Me You. July 22, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  10. ↑ DIEMONDOTCOM: Russ makes the beat for What They Want. July 14, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  11. ↑ The editors' opinion on "There's Really a Wolf" by Russ . In: BACKSPIN WEB #allesbackspin . May 26, 2017 ( backspin.de [accessed October 27, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Instagram post by Russ • Aug 28, 2017 at 6:34 pm. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .