? (XXXTentacion album)
| ? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by XXXTentacion | ||||
| Released | March 16, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | Bad Vibes Forever | |||
| Producer |
|
|||
| XXXTentacion chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from ? | ||||
|
||||
? is the second studio album by American rapper XXXTentacion. It was released on March 16, 2018 by Bad Vibes Forever, and distributed by Caroline Distribution. It succeeds the release of XXXTentacion's debut album 17 (2017), and the extended play A Ghetto Christmas Carol. The album is executive produced by frequent collaborator John Cunningham, and includes guest appearances from PnB Rock, Travis Barker and Joey Badass, among others.
? was supported by two singles: "Sad!" and "Changes".
XXXTentacion released his debut studio album, 17 in August 2017 to commercial success. Following the release of the album, he announced he was quitting music due to negativity and backlash, though he eventually signed a $6 million one-album deal with Caroline Distribution and released A Ghetto Christmas Carol EP on his SoundCloud on December 11, 2017.
After the release of A Ghetto Christmas Carol, XXXTentacion announced he was preparing three new albums and eventually announced the titles of the albums Bad Vibes Forever, Skins and ?, after being released on house arrest on December 23, 2017.
The track listing and release date was confirmed by XXXTentacion on March 12, 2018 via social media.
The cover art was first shown on XXXTentacion's Instagram story on January 28, 2018, with the caption "coming soon". Later that day, he explained that:
"This albums not about the words, it's about the feeling...it'll be very hard to understand, but very easy to listen to...it's not what you're expecting, even if you feel like you understand my music, be prepared to not understand this music."
XXXTentacion released the song "Hope" on his SoundCloud on February 21, 2018, dedicated to the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. "Hope" was released shortly after XXXTentacion hosted a benefit show and offered condolences to the victims of the shooting. On February 25, 2018, after the release of "Hope", XXXTentacion posted vague messages on social media accusing Canadian rapper Drake of threatening to murder him alongside crude photoshopped images of Drake. XXXTentacion proceeded to claim his accounts were hacked whilst there was speculation he was insulting the rapper for promotion of his new song, "Sad!".
...
Wikipedia