Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
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| Studio album by Jack Ü | ||
| Released | February 27, 2015 | |
| Genre | EDM | |
| Length | 31:55 | |
| Label | Atlantic, Mad Decent, OWSLA | |
| Producer | Diplo, Skrillex | |
| Singles from Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü | ||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 6/10 |
| Complex |    |
| Consequence of Sound | C- |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Noisey |  |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.8/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
| Zumic | |
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü is the debut studio album by American DJ duo Jack Ü, known individually as Skrillex and Diplo. It was released on February 27, 2015 by OWSLA and Mad Decent, Skrillex and Diplo's respective labels. The album features collaborations with a range of artists including Kiesza, AlunaGeorge, 2 Chainz, Missy Elliott and Justin Bieber. It also features the Trinidadian soca artist Bunji Garlin. The album produced the internationally successful single "Where Are Ü Now" featuring Justin Bieber.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album and "Where Are Ü Now" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
The first track to emerge from the duo was "Take Ü There" featuring Canadian musician Kiesza. In an interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, Skrillex explained that the making of this song had a unique process: He and Diplo were set to play a show in Ibiza when they saw Canadian pop singer Kiesza perform ahead of them. Impressed with her singing, they asked her to do the vocals for a song. They recorded her in their hotel room and finished the song in one night. During a set at Camp Question Mark of the Burning Man festival (one of eight different sets they played over the course of the festival), the duo played "Take Ü There" along with an unreleased track titled "To Ü", of the electro and future bass genres, featuring vocals from AlunaGeorge. "Beat Steady Knockin'", which features vocals by New Orleans bounce artists Fly Boi Keno, was also played. It was later re-titled "Beats Knockin'" for the album's release.
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