Chixtape 5

Chixtape 5 is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on November 15, 2019, by Mad Love and Interscope. It is the fifth installment of the Chixtape series with samples of "2000s-era R&B hits".[7][8] The album includes guest appearances by Jagged Edge, T-Pain, Chris Brown, The-Dream, Mýa, Ashanti, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Fabolous and more.[9]

Chixtape 5
Studio album by
Tory Lanez
ReleasedNovember 15, 2019
Recorded2019
Genre
Length70:08
Label
Producer
  • Adam Mouttet
  • Alo905
  • Coop Chardonnay
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Halfway
  • Kxhris
  • Troy Brown
  • Papiyerr
  • Play Picasso
  • Rajah
  • Saox
  • Sergio Romero
  • Todd Pritchard
  • Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez chronology
Love Me Now?
(2018)		 Chixtape 5
(2019)		 The New Toronto 3
(2020)
Singles from Chixtape 5
  1. "Jerry Sprunger"
    Released: November 8, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX3.4/5[2]
NME[3]
Now2/5[4]
Pitchfork5.8/10[5]
RapReviews6.5/10[6]

Background

Chixtape 5 is the first of the series in which it was released as an album on streaming platforms. The album cleared all of the samples and includes the original artist featured on the song. In an interview with Billboard, Tory Lanez said "Everything is 2000s-inspired. Everything is inspired by the times when things were golden for us. I think all those pieces and everything that we've come out with has been all about nostalgia. I'm about to take you on a whole journey musically."[10]

The singer said that the album was heavily inspired by Chris Brown's album Indigo, inspiring him with its edited low-pitched background vocals, its samples from early 2000s R&B, and how double tracks from that album were managed.[11]

Singles and promotion

On November 1, 2019, Tory Lanez announced the album's release date with Ashanti on the cover art.[12] On November 8, he released the first single of the album, "Jerry Sprunger" featuring T-Pain, accompanied by a music video.[13][14] Tory Lanez launched a website named after the album with an interface designed after the social network website MySpace.[15]

Commercial performance

Chixtape 5 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, earning 83,000 album-equivalent units, (including 9,000 pure album sales) in its first week. This became Lanez's fourth US top-five album.[16]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Jalissa's Back! (Skit)"
Tory Lanez0:54
2."The Trade" (featuring Jagged Edge and Jermaine Dupri)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Halfway
4:34
3."Jerry Sprunger" (with T-Pain)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Papi Yerr
3:53
4."Beauty in the Benz" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:57
5."Blowin' Mine's // Leah's Introduction (Skit)"
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Kxhris
3:29
6."The Take" (featuring Chris Brown)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
  • Papi Yerr
  • Rajah
  • ALO905
3:41
7."Broken Promises"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Romero
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
2:26
8."The Fargo Splash" (featuring Ludacris)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Saox
5:11
9."Luv Ya Gyal // Love Sounds" (featuring The-Dream)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Papi Yerr
6:44
10."Yessirr"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Todd Pritchard
  • Derrick Baker
  • Marcus Cooper
  • Stephen Garrett
  • Corey Mathis
  • James Scheffer
  • Diamond Smith
  • Joseph Smith
  • Spectacular Smith
  • Philip Payne
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Pritchard
3:43
11."Best of You // Busted (Skit)" (featuring Mýa)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
3:51
12."The Cry" (featuring Mario)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
4:30
13."Still Waiting" (featuring Trey Songz)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Romero
4:15
14."A Fools Tale (Running Back)" (featuring Ashanti)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
4:52
15."Thoughts" (featuring Lloyd and Lil Wayne)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
  • Dr. Zeuz
  • Kxhris
  • Mouttet
5:33
16."If You Gotta..." (featuring Fabolous)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:45
17."Room 112" (featuring Slim and Nyce)
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
3:35
18."Last Love Letter (Skit)"
  • Peterson
  • Gonzalez
  • Taylor
  • Tory Lanez
  • Play Picasso
1:15
Total length:70:08

Notes

  • "Jalissa's Back! (Skit)", "Blowin' Mine's // Leah's Introduction (Skit)", and "Last Love Letter (Skit)" features vocals by Brittany Taylor [17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

  • Todd Pritchard – instrumental ensemble (tracks 2–4, 12–16)
  • Daniel Gonzalez – instrumental ensemble (track 3)
  • Larry Cooper, Jr. – instrumental ensemble (tracks 4, 10, 14)
  • Sebastian Rompotis – instrumental ensemble (tracks 10, 17)
  • Benjamin Lasnier – instrumental ensemble (track 12)

Technical

  • Johann Chavez – mixing (all tracks), engineering (track 2–17)
  • Play Picasso – mixing (all tracks)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering (all tracks)
  • Tory Lanez – engineering (tracks 1, 18)
  • Michael Romero – engineering (track 2–18)
  • T-Pain – engineering (track 3)
  • Philip "DJ Hardwerk" Constable – engineering (track 10)
  • Andrew Grossman – engineering (track 10

Charts

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