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All American (EP)
2012 EP by Hoodie Allen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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All American is the debut EP by American hip hop artist Hoodie Allen.[1] It was released on April 10, 2012, and debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. "No Interruption" is the first single off the album.[2]
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Background
On March 4, 2012, Hoodie announced via Twitter that his upcoming EP would be titled All American.[3] He decided on this title because he credits his success to America, because he felt the songs showcased his best music to date, and because of a hometown restaurant with the same title. Hoodie spent five months developing the album, building tracks from scratch with his producer, RJF, instead of using sampled beats.[1] Regarding the writing process, Hoodie states that "I would describe it as liberating... It was like, 'Okay, I hear this idea in my head, I hear these original ideas, [and] I'm putting them and piecing them together.'"[1] On March 29, 2012, Hoodie released the first single from All American entitled "No Interruption."[2] The music video was posted to YouTube and was featured on the front page the same day. As of May 1, 2018, it has gained more than 34 million views.[4]
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Release and promotion
The night before the album's release, Hoodie announced that he would personally call every fan that buys the album.[5] All American was released on April 10, 2012.[6] Following the rapid success of the EP, Hoodie released the music video for his second single, "No Faith in Brooklyn", which features Jhameel, as a gift to his fans. Over the months of April and May, Hoodie made a 22-stop tour across the US in support of All American, featuring Wax, Jared Evan, and others varying from show to show.[7] On March 23, 2012, Hoodie hinted at an upcoming announcement of a "UK tour for June", and officially announced the four dates on April 19 via Facebook.[8] The "I Work Better in the UK Tour" was his first time performing overseas.
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Commercial performance
In the United States, All American debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, with 28,000 copies sold in its first week.[9]
Track listing
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Personnel
- Hoodie Allen – composer, vocals
- RJF – composer, producer
- Grant "WNDRBRD" Michaels – composer, producer
- Teddy "Roxpin" Rosenthal – composer, producer
- Jay Vice – composer, producer
- Carlos St John – composer
- Amir Salem – composer
- Natalie Warner – composer, vocals
- DJ Fresh Direct – engineer, mixing tracks 1, 2, 4, 7
- Mike Roberts – mixing tracks 3, 5, 6, 8
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Will Quinnell – mastering assistant
- Frans Mernick – engineer
- Pran Bandi – engineer
- Chris Leon – engineer
- Dennis Drummond – guitar
- Spencer Stewart – bass
- Ben Alleman – piano, organ, synthesizer
- Nick Toyne – backing vocals
- Jhameel – vocals
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References
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