This Unruly Mess I've Made

This Unruly Mess I've Made
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, ADA
Producer
Macklemore chronology
The Heist
(2012)		 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 three singles: "Downtown" featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz and "Dance Off",[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 their follow-up album, titled This Unruly Mess I've Made, on January 15, 2016, on his Instagram post.[4] The album was self-released on February 26, 2016.[4] He also revealed on the trailer for their album on his official website,[4] which features him discussing about how their album was created and their inspiration for making the new music.

Release

In the weeks and months of predating the album's release, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis 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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubC+[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[9]
The Guardian[10]
NME3/5[11]
Pitchfork5.1/10[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Spin7/10[14]
XXL4/5[15]
ViceA−[16]

The duo's lead single for the This Unruly Mess I've Made, titled "Downtown" was released on August 27, 2015. The song was produced by Ryan Lewis, whose also co-wrote it with Macklemore, while Macklemore and Lewis collaborated with artists such as Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz on this track. Its music video for "Downtown" featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz, was also released on August 27, 2015.[17]

"Dance Off" was released as the album's second single on February 25, 2016, in Australia, New Zealand and selected countries of Europe. The song was not released in the United States.[18] The song contains a dialogue from an actor Idris Elba, and also features guest vocals from a American recording artist Anderson Paak. Its music video for "Dance Off" featuring Idris Elba, was released on May 17, 2016.[19]

Promotional singles

"Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" featuring Ed Sheeran, was released on August 5, 2015.[20] The previously-leaked track, White Privilege II" featuring Jamila Woods, was released on January 22, 2016.[21] "Brad Pitt's Cousin was released as the album's third promotional single on April 12, 2016, also in Australia and New Zealand.[22] The song features guest vocals from Xperience (XP).

Other songs

On February 24, 2016, the music video was released for "Kevin" featuring Leon Bridges.[23]

Critical reception

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.[6] Writing for Rolling Stone, Mark Seliger said of the album, "On Unruly Mess, Macklemore's confrontational side returns..."[24]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, with 61,000 album-equivalent units; it sold 51,000 copies in its first week in the United States.[25] 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 and left the chart entirely after its seventh. As of November 2016 the album has sold 667.000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Light Tunnels" (featuring Mike Slap)
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 Xperience (XP))
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Tyler 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)
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)
 3:49
10. "Let's Eat" (featuring Xperience (XP))
  • B. Haggerty
  • Lewis
  • Andrews
  • Rawlings
Lewis 2:55
11. "Bolo Tie" (featuring YG)
Lewis 3:37
12. "The Train" (featuring Carla Morrison)
 3:07
13. "White Privilege II" (featuring Jamila Woods)
 8:42
Notes

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 6
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[27] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] 17
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] 4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[32] 93
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[33] 15
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[34] 33
French Albums (SNEP)[35] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[36] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA)[37] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[38] 16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[39] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[40] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[41] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[43] 16
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[44] 1
US Billboard 200[45] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[46] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[47] 1

References

Footnotes
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  3. ↑ Hernandez, Victoria (February 26, 2016). "Macklemore and Ryan Lewis lead singles". Hip hop dx. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Spanos, Britanny (January 15, 2016). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Announce new album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Camp, Zoe (January 15, 2016). "Macklemore and Ryan Lewis share three songs". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Reviews for This Unruly Mess I've Made by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Jeffries, David. "This Unruly Mess I've Made – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ Hugar, John (February 26, 2016). "Clumsy messages hurt what could have been a great album from Macklemore". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ Rahman, Ray (February 26, 2016). "This Unruly Mess I've Made by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (February 25, 2016). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: This Unruly Mess I've Made review – writhing earworms". The Guardian. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ Pattison, Louis (February 26, 2016). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 'This Unruly Mess I've Made' Review". NME. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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  13. ↑ Dolan, Jon (February 25, 2016). "This Unruly Mess I've Made". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  14. ↑ Weiss, Dan (March 3, 2016). "Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Are the Best Kind of Bleached Assholes on 'This Unruly Mess I've Made'". Spin. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  15. ↑ Glaysher, Scott (March 4, 2016). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Push Boundaries on 'This Unruly Mess I've Made'". XXL. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  16. ↑ Christgau, Robert (September 23, 2016). "Enjoy, However Bad This Shit Gets: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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  20. ↑ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Growing Up (Sloane's Song) feat. Ed Sheeran. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. JAMILA WOODS - WHITE PRIVILEGE II. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via YouTube.
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