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Chixtape 5

Chixtape 5 is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on November 15, 2019, through Mad Love and Interscope Records. This is the fifth instalment of the Chixtape series, which is inspired by and contains samples of "2000s-era R&B hits".[1][2] The production on the album was mostly handled by Tory Lanez and Play Picasso. The album also includes guest appearances by Jagged Edge, T-Pain, Chris Brown, The-Dream, Mýa, Ashanti, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Fabolous and more.[3]

Chixtape 5
Studio album by
Tory Lanez
ReleasedNovember 15, 2019
Recorded2019
Genre
Length70:08
Label
Producer
  • Adam Mouttet
  • Alo905
  • Coop Chardonnay
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Halfway
  • Kxhris
  • Troy Brown
  • Papi Yerr
  • Play Picasso
  • Rajah
  • Saox
  • Sergio Romero
  • Todd Pritchard
  • Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez chronology
Love Me Now?
(2018) 		Chixtape 5
(2019) 		The New Toronto 3
(2020)
Singles from Chixtape 5
  1. "Jerry Sprunger"
    Released: November 8, 2019

Chixtape 5 was preceded by the single "Jerry Sprunger" featuring T-Pain. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, earning 83,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[4] In November 2021, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]

Background

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Chixtape 5 is the first of the series in which it was released as an album on streaming platforms. The album cleared all of the samples and includes the original artist featured on the song. In an interview with Billboard, Tory Lanez said "Everything is 2000s-inspired. Everything is inspired by the times when things were golden for us. I think all those pieces and everything that we've come out with has been all about nostalgia. I'm about to take you on a whole journey musically."[6]

The singer said that the album was heavily inspired by Chris Brown's album Indigo, inspiring him with its edited low-pitched background vocals, its samples from early 2000s R&B, and how double tracks from that album were managed.[7]

Promotion

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On November 1, 2019, Tory Lanez announced the album's release date with Ashanti on the cover art.[8] Tory Lanez launched a website named after the album with an interface designed after the social network website MySpace.[9]

Singles

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On November 8, 2019, he released the lead single of the album, "Jerry Sprunger" featuring T-Pain, accompanied by a music video.[10][11] The single debuted at number 83 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of November 23, 2019.[12] The following week, the single reached it peak at number 44 on the chart, following the album's release.[13] The single also peaked at number 34 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart respectively.[14][15]

Other songs

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After the album's release, "The Take" featuring Chris Brown debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[13] The song also peaked at number 68 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[14] "Beauty in the Benz" featuring Snoop Dogg debuted at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[13] The single also peaked at number 64 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 70 on the UK Singles Chart respectively.[14][15] In addition, "The Trade" featuring Jagged Edge and Jermaine Dupri managed to peaked at number one on the US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.[16]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[17]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX3.4/5[18]
NME     [19]
Now2/5[20]
Pitchfork5.8/10[21]
RapReviews6.5/10[22]

Chixtape 5 was received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 61, based on five reviews.[17]

Commercial performance

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Chixtape 5 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, earning 83,000 album-equivalent units, (including 9,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[4] This became Tory Lanez's fourth US top-ten debut on the chart.[4] The album also accumulated a total of 94 million on-demand audio streams for the album's songs that week, becoming Tory's highest first week streaming figures to date.[4] On November 15, 2021, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[5]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Jalissa's Back! (Skit)"
Tory Lanez0:54
2."The Trade" (featuring Jagged Edge and Jermaine Dupri)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Halfway
4:34
3."Jerry Sprunger" (with T-Pain)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Papi Yerr
3:53
4."Beauty in the Benz" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:57
5."Blowin' Mine's // Leah's Introduction (Skit)"
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Kxhris
3:29
6."The Take" (featuring Chris Brown)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
  • Papi Yerr
  • Rajah
  • ALO905
3:41
7."Broken Promises"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Romero
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
2:26
8."The Fargo Splash" (featuring Ludacris)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Saox
5:11
9."Luv Ya Gyal // Love Sounds" (featuring The-Dream)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Papi Yerr
6:44
10."Yessirr"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Todd Pritchard
  • Derrick Baker
  • Marcus Cooper
  • Stephen Garrett
  • Corey Mathis
  • James Scheffer
  • Diamond Smith
  • Joseph Smith
  • Spectacular Smith
  • Philip Payne
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Pritchard
3:43
11."Best of You // Busted (Skit)" (featuring Mýa)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
3:51
12."The Cry" (featuring Mario)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
4:30
13."Still Waiting" (featuring Trey Songz)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
4:15
14."A Fools Tale (Running Back)" (featuring Ashanti)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
4:52
15."Thoughts" (featuring Lloyd and Lil Wayne)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Kxhris
  • Mouttet
5:33
16."If You Gotta..." (featuring Fabolous)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:45
17."Room 112" (featuring Slim and Nyce)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:35
18."Last Love Letter (Skit)"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Taylor
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
1:15
Total length:70:08

Notes

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

  • Todd Pritchard – instrumental ensemble (tracks 2–4, 12–16)
  • Daniel Gonzalez – instrumental ensemble (track 3)
  • Larry Cooper, Jr. – instrumental ensemble (tracks 4, 10, 14)
  • Sebastian Rompotis – instrumental ensemble (tracks 10, 17)
  • Benjamin Lasnier – instrumental ensemble (track 12)

Technical

  • Johann Chavez – mixing (all tracks), engineering (track 2–17)
  • Play Picasso – mixing (all tracks)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering (all tracks)
  • Tory Lanez – engineering (tracks 1, 18)
  • Michael Romero – engineering (track 2–18)
  • T-Pain – engineering (track 3)
  • Philip "DJ Hardwerk" Constable – engineering (track 10)
  • Andrew Grossman – engineering (track 10

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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