This Unruly Mess I've Made

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This Unruly Mess I've Made
File:This Unruly Mess I've Made (Front Cover).png
Studio album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Released February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
Recorded 2013–15
Genre Hip hop
Length 57:39
Label Macklemore LLC
Producer
Macklemore chronology
The Heist
(2012)The Heist2012		 This Unruly Mess I've Made
(2016)
Singles from This Unruly Mess I've Made
  1. "Downtown"
    Released: August 27, 2015
  2. "Dance Off"
    Released: February 25, 2016

This Unruly Mess I've Made is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It was released on February 26, 2016, by Macklemore LLC.[1] The album was supported by the lead single, "Downtown" featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz,[2] along with "White Privilege II" featuring Jamila Woods, which was released as the album's promotional single.[3]

Background

Following the success of the duo's debut album The Heist (2012), Macklemore revealed the album cover artwork to the follow-up album, titled This Unruly Mess I've Made, on January 15, 2016, with an Instagram post.[4] The album was self-released on February 26, 2016.[4] He also revealed an album trailer on his official website,[4] which features him discussing about how the album was created and the inspiration for making new music.

Release

In the weeks and months of predating the album's release, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis has shared three songs from the album: "Downtown" featuring Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and Eric Nally, "Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" featuring Ed Sheeran, and "Kevin" featuring Leon Bridges.[5]

Singles

The duo's lead single for the second album, titled "Downtown" was released on August 27, 2015. The song was produced by Ryan Lewis, who co-wrote it with Macklemore, while Macklemore collaborated with artists such as Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz on this track. Its music video was also released on August 27, 2015.[6]

"Dance Off" was released as the album's second single on February 25, 2016, only in Australia.[7] The song features guest vocals from an actor Idris Elba and American recording artist Anderson Paak. Its music video was released on May 17, 2016.[8]

Promotional singles and other songs

"Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" featuring Ed Sheeran, was released on August 5, 2015.[9] The previously-leaked track, White Privilege II" featuring Jamila Woods, was released on January 22, 2016.[10] "Spoons" featuring Ryan Bedard, was released on February 14, 2016.[11] "Buckshot" featuring KRS-One and DJ Premier, and "Kevin" featuring Leon Bridges, both were released on February 23, 2016.[12][13] On February 24, 2016, the music video was released for "Kevin" featuring Leon Bridges.[14] On April 12, 2016, the music video was released for "Brad Pitt's Cousin" featuring XP.[15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 59/100[16]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[17]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[18]
Zumic 4/5 stars[19]

This Unruly Mess I've Made has received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the score currently has a score of 59 out of 100 based on 17 reviews.[16] Writing for Rolling Stone, Mark Seliger said of the album, "On Unruly Mess, Macklemore's confrontational side returns..."[20]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, with 61,000 equivalent album units; it sold 51,000 copies in its first week in the United States.[21] The album debuted at number one on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album dropped to number 31 in its second week on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Light Tunnels" (featuring Mike Slap)
Ryan Lewis 6:37
2. "Downtown" (featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz)
Lewis 4:52
3. "Brad Pitt's Cousin" (featuring XP)
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Tyler "XP" Andrews
  • Rawlings
 Lewis 3:11
4. "Buckshot" (featuring KRS-One and DJ Premier)
Lewis 3:33
5. "Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
Lewis 5:05
6. "Kevin" (featuring Leon Bridges)
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Todd Bridges
  • Karp
  • Rawlings
  • Joslyn
  • Andrews
 Lewis 4:40
7. "St. Ides"  
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Karp
  • Rawlings
 Lewis 3:39
8. "Need to Know" (featuring Chance the Rapper)
Lewis 3:52
9. "Dance Off" (featuring Idris Elba and Anderson.Paak)
  • Lewis
  • Karp[a]
 3:49
10. "Let's Eat" (featuring XP)
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Andrews
  • Rawlings
 Lewis 2:55
11. "Bolo Tie" (featuring YG)
Lewis 3:37
12. "The Train" (featuring Carla Morrison)
  • Lewis
  • Karp[b]
 3:07
13. "White Privilege II" (featuring Jamila Woods)
8:42
Notes

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 6
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[23] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 17
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[28] 93
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[29] 15
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 33
French Albums (SNEP)[31] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA)[33] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[34] 16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 16
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[40] 1
US Billboard 200[41] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[42] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[43] 1

References

Footnotes
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