Quality Street Music is the fourth studio album by American hip hop disc jockey DJ Drama. It was released on October 2, 2012, by Entertainment One Music, Aphilliates Music Group, Embassy Entertainment, and Powerhouse Productions. The album features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, T-Pain, Fabolous, Jeezy, Drake, Future, Nipsey Hussle, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Ludacris, 2 Chainz, B.o.B., Kid Ink, Jeremih, Meek Mill, Waka Flocka Flame, Tyler, the Creator, Wale, Gucci Mane, Birdman, and Rick Ross, among others.
Singles The album's lead single, "We in This Bitch" was released for digital download on February 29, 2012. The song features guest vocals from American hip hop recording artists Future, Jeezy, T.I., Ludacris, with production by Kane Beatz and JMIKE. The song peaking at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The music video was released on May 8, 2012, and it was directed by Benny Boom.
The album's second single, "My Moment" was released on June 29, 2012, via iTunes. The song features guest vocals from hip hop recording artists 2 Chainz and Meek Mill, along with an American R&B singer Jeremih, with the production on this track was handled and provided by T-Minus. The song peaking at number 23 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 16 on the Rap Songs, and number 89 on the Hot 100. The music video was shot at OVO Fest, in Toronto, on August 6, 2012. DJ Drama gathered the song's featured artists and also released behind-the-scenes pictures of the video shoot via his Instagram account. The music video premiered on MTV Jams on September 9, 2012.
The album's third single was this second version of "We in This Bitch", which was called "We in This Bitch 1.5", which also features guest vocals from southern rapper Future with his new verse, and Canadian hip hop recording artist Drake. It was released on May 11, 2012, however, it later came out as a digital download on September 4, 2012.
The album's fourth single, "Never Die" was released on September 15, 2012. The song features guest vocals from American hip hop recording artists Jeezy, Jadakiss and Nipsey Hussle, along with American singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green, with the production that was handled and provided by Cardiak. On that same day, it came out to be included on the final track list for the album.
Other songs Upon Quality Street Music'''s release, "So Many Girls" featuring Wale, Tyga and Roscoe Dash, peaking at number 44 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs. The cover for the song was released on October 8. It was released as a single on February 20, 2013, and debuted on the Hot 100 at number 90.
"Pledge of Allegiance" featuring Wiz Khalifa, Planet VI and B.o.B., debuted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 48 despite never being released as a single.
Commercial performance The album debuted at number 15 on the US Billboard 200, and at number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 25,000 copies on its first week. Quality Street Music is DJ Drama's highest charting album to date. As of February 7, 2013, the album has sold 51,080 copies in the United States.
Track listing
Personnel Credits for Quality Street Music'' adapted from Allmusic.
2 Chainz – Featured Artist Olubowale Akintimehin – Composer Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – Engineer Kori Anders – Engineer Ermias Asghedom – Composer Bart Simmons – Composer Lu Balz – Mixing Kirko Bangz – Featured Artist Alton Bates – Engineer Jahill Beats – Producer Birdman – Featured Artist B.o.B – Featured Artist Boi-1DA – Producer Andre Bridges – Engineer Christopher Bridges – Composer Jack "Suthernfolk" Brown – Engineer Thomas Calloway – Composer Cardiak – Producer Elliot Carter – Engineer Childish Gambino – Featured Artist Clifford Harris – Composer Jeremy Coleman – Composer Talia Coles – Wardrobe Brian Collins – Composer Common – Featured Artist Currensy – Featured Artist Drake – Featured Artist Roscoe Dash – Featured Artist Radric Davis – Composer D.E.B.O. – Featured Artist Hector Delgado – Engineer DJ Drama – A&R, Primary Artist DJ Mustard – Producer Kendrick Duckworth – Composer Harold Duncan – Composer Tauheed Epps – Composer Fabolous – Featured Artist Jeremy Felton – Composer Seth Firkins – Engineer Steve Fischer – Engineer Hayden Flack – Assistant 40 – Engineer Shante Scott Franklin – Composer Future – Featured Artist Ghost – Engineer Donald Glover – Composer Stephen Glover – Engineer Fred the Godson – Featured Artist Aubrey Graham – Composer Cee Lo Green – Featured Artist Remo Green – Composer
Paul Grosso – Creative Director Gucci Mane – Featured Artist Cory Gunz – Featured Artist Quincy Hanley – Composer Kevin Hart – Primary Artist Eddie Hernandez – Engineer Hit-Boy – Producer Remo the Hitmaker – Engineer, producer Chauncey Hollis – Composer Bradley Home – Engineer Nipsey Hussle – Featured Artist Jess Jackson – Engineer John Jackson – Composer Jadakiss – Featured Artist Jeffery James – Composer Jeffrey James – Producer Jay Jenkins – Composer Jeremih – Featured Artist J-MIKE – Producer Daniel Andrew Johnson – Composer Ricardo "Stickuhbush" Johnson – Engineer Jeffrey Lee Johnson, Jr. – Composer Kane Beatz – Producer Kid Ink – Featured Artist Rob Kinelski – Engineer Kendrick Lamar – Featured Artist Jeff Lane – Engineer Derez Lenard – Composer Mack Loggins – Composer Ludacris – Featured Artist Princeton Lynah – Engineer Lonnie Rashid Lynn – Composer Juaquin Malphurs – Composer Sean Marlowe – Art Direction, Design Graham Marsh – Engineer Lakeem Mattox – Composer Carl McCormick – Composer Dijon McFarlane – Composer Meek Mill – Featured Artist Miguel – Featured Artist Mario Mims – Composer Leighton Morrison – A&R Faheem Najm – Composer Scott Naughton – Engineer Alec Newell – Engineer Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson – Composer Tyler Okonma – Composer Peter Pankey – Composer Jason Phillips – Composer Miguel Pimentel – Composer Planet VI – Featured Artist
Lloyd Pollite – Composer Poobs – Engineer Pusha T – Featured Artist Angel Ramirez, Jr. – Engineer Kirk Randle – Composer Kevin Rashad – Engineer Toni Ray – Engineer William Roberts – Composer Rick Ross – Featured Artist The Rug – Engineer Matthew Samuels – Composer Glen Schlick – Mastering Schoolboy Q – Featured Artist Cody Sciarra – Engineer Verse Simmonds – Vocals (Background) Bobby Ray Simmons – Composer Tyree Simmons – Composer Jordan J. Sirhan – Engineer C. Smith – Composer Kev Spencer – Engineer The Streets – Executive Producer T-Pain – Featured Artist A. Taylor – Composer D. Thomas – Composer Theron Thomas – Composer Timothy Thomas – Composer Cameron Thomaz – Composer Terrence Thornton – Composer T.I. – Featured Artist Tm88 – Producer T-Minus – Producer Travis Porter – Featured Artist Orlando Tucker – Composer Tyga – Featured Artist Tyler, the Creator – Featured Artist V12 – Producer V12 the Hitman – Producer Javier Valverde – Engineer Waka Flocka Flame – Featured Artist Vic – Wainstein Engineer Wale – Featured Artist Summer Walker – A&R Finis "KY" White – Engineer, Mixing Nayvadius Wilburn – Composer Brian Williams – Composer Tyler Williams – Composer Wiz Khalifa – Featured Artist Wizzo – Engineer Zache Wolfe – Photography Donquez Woods – Composer Yo Gotti – Featured Artist Young Jeezy – Featured Artist
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2012) PositionUS Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums100
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