Small Things to a Giant

Small Things to a Giant is the debut studio album of rapper and actor Daveed Diggs.

Small Things to a Giant
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2, 2012 (2012-01-02)
Genre
Length44:28
Label
Producer
Daveed Diggs chronology
The BAY BOY Mixtape
(2010)
Small Things to a Giant
(2012)
Blindspotting: The Collin EP
(2018)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 2015 Deathbomb Arc cassette

Creation and release

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Small Things to a Giant was made over four years, with Daveed Diggs recording around 16 tracks.[1]

The album is billed as "A Getback Production."[2] The Getback is an artistic collective from Oakland, California, which includes Diggs, Rafael Casal, Chinaka Hodge, Lauren Nagel, Chukwudi Hodge, and others as members and collaborators.[3]

The album was released on Bandcamp for free online streaming and paid digital download on January 2, 2012.

After the success of the musical Hamilton, in which Diggs starred, Small Things to a Giant was re-released on cassette tape by Deathbomb Arc in 2015.[4]

Track listing

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Small Things to a Giant track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Fresh From The Hood"Gunjan "DJ Playuhhh" Patel2:47
2."(Small Things) To a Giant" (featuring Rafael Casal)Chukwudi Hodge4:17
3."Trappers"Hodge4:16
4."Jes Grew"DJ Playuhhh3:36
5."Night Time"
  • Romell "Wildman" Hoskins
  • Daveed Diggs
3:24
6."Dirty World"
  • Radproductionz
  • Diggs
3:43
7."Go Boi" (featuring Rafael Casal)DJ Playuhhh4:25
8."I Write Rap Songs" (featuring Rob Baron [aka Factor])DJ Playuhhh3:21
9."Don't Let Me Fall" (featuring Moe Green and Lauren Nagel)Radproductionz4:05
10."About My Paper" (featuring Big Sizz and Uncle Huss)Wildman4:59
11."Small Things (To a Giant)" (featuring Chinaka Hodge)Rafael Casal5:35
Total length:44:28

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from Bandcamp.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Daveed Diggs; Scooter Braun — Charlie Rose (Television production). WNET; Charlie Rose, Inc. May 5, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Small Things To A Giant". Bandcamp. January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Heti, Sheila (February 1, 2018). "An Interview with Daveed Diggs". The Believer. No. 117. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Myint, Ava (August 13, 2015). "Deathbomb Arc releasing Daveed Diggs' Small Things To A Giant on cassette". Impose. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
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