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]
ViceA−[5]

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

Background

On May 22, 2013, Lil Dicky self-released his debut mixtape, titled So Hard. Lil Dicky later used Kickstarter, with the goal of raising $70,000, to released his debut album with accompanying music videos and tours. On November 20, 2013, the projected month-long crowdfunding period reached the fundraising goal within a week. The fundraising was dramatically successful, raising a total of $113,017.[7]

Commercial performance

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

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Meet the Burds (Interlude)"    1:03
2. "Professional Rapper" (featuring Snoop Dogg)Stan Lane 5:54
3. "Who Knew"  Latrell James & Tedd Boyd 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". Vice. 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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