Professional Rapper (Lil Dicky album)

Professional Rapper
Studio album by Lil Dicky
Released July 31, 2015 (2015-07-31)
Genre Hip hop
Length 1:29:00
Label Self-released
Producer
Lil Dicky chronology
So Hard
(2013)		 Professional Rapper
(2015)
Singles from Professional Rapper
  1. "Lemme Freak"
    Released: September 17, 2014[1]
  2. "White Crime"
    Released: December 10, 2014[2]
  3. "$ave Dat Money"
    Released: June 10, 2015
  4. "Professional Rapper"
    Released: July 31, 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
HipHopDX3.5/5[4]
NoiseyA–[5]

Professional Rapper is the debut studio album by the American rapper Lil Dicky. It was self-released independently on July 31, 2015.[6]

Background

In 2013, after releasing his debut mixtape titled So Hard, Dicky turned to Kickstarter; his goal being raising $70,000 to release a debut album with accompanied music videos and tours. In the month-long crowdfunding period, at the beginning of November 20, 2013, it then reached the fundraising goal only one week later. The fundraising was dramatically successful, resulting in the total haul of $113,017.[7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200, selling 26,000 equivalent album units with 22,000 copies sold. [8] The album debut at number one in Top Comedy Albums, Top Rap Albums and Top Independent Albums.

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Meet the Burds (Interlude)"    1:03
2. "Professional Rapper" (featuring Snoop Dogg)Al LaVine 5:54
3. "Who Knew"  Latrell James 3:32
4. "Lemme Freak"    4:46
5. "Lemme Freak for Real Tho (Outro)"    4:17
6. "White Crime"    3:40
7. "Molly" (featuring Brendon Urie)  4:04
8. "Bruh..."  Charlie Handsome 4:23
9. "Hannibal Interlude" (featuring Hannibal Buress)BlvckVmish (black-amish) Music 2:01
10. "$ave Dat Money" (featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan)Money Alwayz 4:51
11. "Oh Well" (featuring Jace of Two-9)  3:29
12. "Personality" (featuring T-Pain)BlvckVmish (black-amish) Music 4:19
13. "Pillow Talking" (featuring Brain)Charlie Handsome, Jamil "Digi" Chammas 10:46
14. "Parental Advisory (Interlude)"    1:22
15. "Classic Male Pregame"  Battleroy 4:03
16. "The Antagonist"    6:03
17. "The Antagonist II"  Deniro Elliott 3:53
18. "Parents Still Don't Understand (Interlude)"    1:39
19. "Work (Paid for That?)"    4:56
20. "Truman"    10:15

[9]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 2
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) 1
US Top Comedy Albums (Billboard)[10] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 37
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 72

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lemme Freak - Single by Lil Dicky https://itun.es/us/OLf02
  2. ↑ White Crime - Single by Lil Dicky https://itun.es/us/GpRw4
  3. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Professional Rapper – Lil Dicky". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Fairfax, Jesse (September 3, 2015). "Lil Dicky – Professional Rapper". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January 15, 2016). "Music Meets Comedy: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lil Dicky's Kickstarter - Album, Videos, Touring by Lil Dicky — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Lil Dicky's Kickstarter - Album, Videos, Touring by Lil Dicky — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  8. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2015-08-09). "'Descendants' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Lil Dicky - Professional Rapper - album stream, cover art, buy". Undergroundhiphop.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  10. 1 2 3 Caulfield, Keith (August 10, 2015). "'Descendants' Soundtrack Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200". Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ Independent Albums (2015-08-22). "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Billboard Independent Albums- Year-end Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums- Year-end Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
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