Waking at Dawn | ||||
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Studio album by Roy Woods | ||||
Released | July 1, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Length | 35:56 | |||
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HotNewHipHop | (74/100) |
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Exclaim! | 6/10 |
Waking at Dawn is the debut studio album by Canadian recording artist Roy Woods. It was released on July 1, 2016, by OVO Sound and Warner Bros. Records. The album serves as a follow-up to his debut EP Exis (2015).
On June 4, 2016, the single "Gwan Big Up Urself" was released digitally on the iTunes Store and Apple Music.
Waking at Dawn was met with generally positive reviews. The album received a 74 out of 100 by HotNewHipHop. Writing for Exclaim!, Themistoklis Alexis praised the album's "flashes of maturity" but criticized Woods' "failure to emote fully on phonics."