Islah (album)

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Islah
KevinGatesIslah.jpg
Studio album by Kevin Gates
Released January 29, 2016
Genre
Length 63:18
Label
Kevin Gates chronology
Murder For Hire
(2015)Murder For Hire2015		 Islah
(2016)		 Murder For Hire 2
(2016)Murder For Hire 22016
Singles from Islah
  1. "Kno One"
    Released: July 9, 2015
  2. "La Familia"
    Released: September 3, 2015
  3. "The Truth"
    Released: September 3, 2015
  4. "Really Really"
    Released: October 5, 2015
  5. "2 Phones"
    Released: November 5, 2015

Islah is the debut studio album by American rapper Kevin Gates. It was released on January 29, 2016, by Bread Winners' Association and Atlantic Records.[1][2] The album was supported by five singles: "Kno One", "La Familia", "The Truth", "Really Really" and "2 Phones"

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 81/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[4]
Consequence of Sound B[5]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 stars[6]
Noisey A–[7]
Pitchfork Media 8.5/10[8]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Spin 8/10
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 stars

Islah received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average average score of 81 based on 10 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Writing for Noisey, Robert Christgau said the songs have a variety of moods, catchy melodies, and a strong level of detail from Gates: "Do I like everything he says, much less puts on Instagram? Not close. But his saga is an encouraging, fascinating, educational up. This is a guy who always brings his daughter on tour and thinks affluence is a big day at Bloomingdale's. He's emotional, tender, violent, sensual, fickle, determined, fatalistic, unpredictable, unreliable, hedonistic, and from Louisiana. In a land of 10,000 wannabes, he's an original."[7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, collecting 112,143 album equivalent units with 93,000 copies sold in the first-week in the United States.[9] In its second week, the album dropped to number 10 with a total of 40,427 album equivalent units collected and 24,000 copies sold.[10] In its third week, the album moved 36,298 album equivalent units with 20,000 copies sold, charting at number 11.[11] As of May 5, 2016, the album has moved approximately 465,000 album equivalent units while selling 241,000 copies. On May 12th 2016, The album was certified Gold by RIAA (500,000 units).[12][13]

Singles

His official debut single, titled "Kno One" was released on July 9, 2015. It was produced by IKENNA FuNkEn and The Featherstones.

The album's second and third singles, "La Familia" and "The Truth" were both released on September 3, 2015. The former was produced by Mxllzy. The latter was produced by Rvssian.

The album's fourth single, titled "Really Really" was released on October 5, 2015. The song was produced by Alex Goose, Cook Classics and Jake Troth. The song peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[14]

The album's fifth single, titled "2 Phones" was released on November 5, 2015. It was produced by Mad Max. The song was Gates first top 40 hit, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA. [14]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Not the Only One"  
for Winner's Circle Productions		 4:41
2. "Really Really"  
3:52
3. "2 Phones"  
  • Gilyard
  • Brittany "Starrah" Hazzard
  • Rick Witherspoon, Jr.
  • Mad Max
 4:00
4. "Pride"  
  • Gilyard
  • Patrick Carmelo
  • Matthew Paisley-Mallia
  • Carmelo
 4:05
5. "La Familia"  
  • Millz
 3:50
6. "Time for That"  
  • Gilyard
  • Norman "DJ Chose" Payne
  • Steve "Swiff D" Thornton
  • Swiff D
  • Nick Seeley (add.)
 3:28
7. "Thought I Heard (Bread Winners’ Anthem)"  
  • Gilyard
  • Payne
  • DJ Chose
 3:24
8. "Hard For"  
4:06
9. "Ask for More"  
  • Gilyard
  • Norris Buchanan
  • Richard Norris
  • Buchanan
 3:27
10. "One Thing"  
3:19
11. "The Truth"  
3:30
12. "Kno One"  
3:34
13. "Told Me"  
  • Gilyard
  • Alleyne
  • Millz
 3:04
14. "Ain't Too Hard"  
  • Gilyard
  • Hood
  • Goudy III
  • Payne
  • Earl & E
 3:25
15. "I Love It"  
  • Gilyard
  • Donny "Drop" Flores
  • Adrian "Phe" Santalla
  • Drop
  • Phe
 3:31

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 16
US Billboard 200[18] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[19] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  17. ↑ "Kevin Gates – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Kevin Gates. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Kevin Gates – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Kevin Gates. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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