Moosetape

Moosetape is the second and final studio album by Indian singer, rapper and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala, released independently on 15 May 2021. Moose Wala served as the executive producer. Writing was handled by Sidhu dominantly among other artists, while the tracks were produced by The Kidd, Steel Banglez, Snappy, Wazir Patar, and JB. At 32 tracks, it is Moose Wala's longest album. It features guest vocals from Bohemia, Tion Wayne, Stefflon Don, Morrisson, Divine, Raja Kumari, Blockboi Twitch and Sikander Kahlon. The second most popular track from the album, "GOAT" featuring Jumana Abdu Rahman, surpassed 320 million views on YouTube as of October 2024.

Moosetape
Studio album by Sidhu Moose Wala
Released	15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)
Recorded	2020–2021
Genre	Hip hop R&B drill progressive hip hop gangsta rap hardcore hip hop
Length	97:00
Label	Sidhu Moose Wala
Producer	The Kidd Steel Banglez Snappy Wazir Patar JB M1onthebeat Chris Rich A.Singh
Sidhu Moose Wala chronology
Snitches Get Stitches (2020) Moosetape (2021) No Name (2022)
Singles from Moosetape
"Burberry" Released: 20 May 2021 "US" Released: 23 May 2021 "Brown Shortie" Released: 29 May 2021 "Me and My Girlfriend" Released: 7 June 2021 "Signed To God" Released: 16 June 2021 "Malwa Block" Released: 23 June 2021 "G-Shit" Released: 4 July 2021 "Calaboose" Released: 10 July 2021 "IDGAF" Released: 17 July 2021 "Power" Released: 21 July 2021 "GOAT" Released: 25 July 2021 "Celebrity Killer" Released: 9 August 2021

Background

The album was announced by Sidhu Moose Wala on 10 March 2021, on his official Instagram account.^[1][2] Followed by cover art, features and credits of every track per day till 23 April 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Moose Wala released the teaser of the album on his YouTube channel on 29 April 2021, with its release date.^[3][4] The teaser was viewed over a million times within twelve hours of its release.^[5] On 5 May 2021, Moose Wala released the trailer of the album.^[6] Tracklist was revealed on 12 May 2021 on his instagram handle.^[7]

The tracks were released one by one from 15 May 2021; they were scheduled to release until 21 July.^[8] On 18 May 2021, he released the bonus track "Unfuckwithable" featuring Afsana Khan, which was produced by The Kidd. Its music video was directed by Teji Sandhu.^{[citation needed]}

Posthumously, the track "295" charted at 154 on the Billboard Global 200, making Moose Wala the first Punjabi singer to do so. The song was heavily played after his death as the song title surprisingly highlights the date of his death.^[9]

As of 6 December 2023, Moosetape became the first Indian album to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Moosetape track listing^[10][11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Moosetape Intro"		Wazir Patar	1:32
2.	"Bitch I'm Back"		The Kidd	3:50
3.	"Burberry"		The Kidd	3:23
4.	"Racks and Rounds" (featuring Sikander Kahlon)	Moose Wala Sikander Kahlon	The Kidd	3:45
5.	"US" (featuring Raja Kumari)	Moose Wala Raja Kumari	The Kidd	3:50
6.	"Moosedrilla" (featuring Divine)	Moose Wala Divine	The Kidd	3:52
7.	"Boo Call" (skit)		Wazir Patar	0:43
8.	"Brown Shortie" (featuring Sonam Bajwa)		The Kidd	3:28
9.	"Aroma"		The Kidd	4:16
10.	"Real One" (skit)		Wazir Patar	0:44
11.	"GOAT"		Wazir Patar	3:34
12.	"Sidhu Son"		The Kidd	3:37
13.	"Chacha Huu" (skit)		Wazir Patar	0:46
14.	"Me and My Girlfriend"		The Kidd	3:23
15.	"These Days" (featuring Bohemia)	Moose Wala Bohemia	The Kidd	3:29
16.	"Ultimatum" (skit)		The Kidd	1:30
17.	"Signed to God"		Steel Banglez The Kidd JB	2:27
18.	"Regret"		The Kidd	5:11
19.	"Pind Hood Damn Good" (RMG Intro)	Randiala Wala	Wazir Patar	1:15
20.	"Malwa Block"		Wazir Patar	3:59
21.	"B&W"		The Kidd	4:05
22.	"Celebrity Killer" (featuring Tion Wayne)	Moose Wala Tion Wayne	Steel Banglez M1 Chris Rich A Singh JB The Kidd	3:23
23.	"Invincible" (featuring Stefflon Don)	Moose Wala Stefflon Don	Steel Banglez The Kidd	4:04
24.	"Amli Talk" (skit)		Wazir Patar	0:44
25.	"G-Shit" (featuring Blockboi Twitch)	Moose Wala Blockboi Twitch	The Kidd	3:53
26.	"Built Different"		The Kidd	4:07
27.	"Trial Day" (skit)		Wazir Patar	1:59
28.	"Calaboose"		Snappy	4:05
29.	"Facts" (skit)		Wazir Patar	1:11
30.	"295"		The Kidd	4:30
31.	"IDGAF" (featuring Morrisson)	Moose Wala Morrisson	The Kidd	2:56
32.	"Power"		The Kidd	3:48
Total length:				97:00

All tracks are written by Sidhu Moose Wala, except where noted.

Bonus Track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Unfuckwithable" (with Afsana Khan)	Sidhu	The Kidd	4:43
Total length:				4:43

Notes

• There is no Deluxe Edition of the Album, the Bonus Track "Unfuckwithable" was released as single between track 3 and 4.
• All tracks were released as one track per day as per schedule from 15 May – 9 August 2021.
• "Moosetape Into" features vocals from Gurinder Dimpy.
• "Boo Call (skit)" features uncredited vocal by Sonam Bajwa.
• "Brown Shortie" has credited Sonam Bajwa as a vocal feature, is featured in music video only
• "Pind Hood Damn Good (RMG Intro)" features uncredited vocals by Randiala Wala.
• "Malwa Block" and "Goat" have Wazir Patar in lead, is credited as producer.

Personnel

• Sidhu Moose Wala – vocals, writer, executive producer
• Jumana Abdu Rahman – actor
• Bohemia – featured artist
• Divine – featured artist
• Stefflon Don – featured artist
• Sikander Kahlon – featured artist
• Raja Kumari – featured artist
• Morrisson – featured artist^[12]
• Blockboi Twitch – featured artist
• Tion Wayne – featured artist
• Afsana Khan - featured artist
• Preet Aujla – actor
• Sonam Bajwa – actor
• Sara Gurpal – actor

Technical personnel

• Steel Banglez – producer
• Dense – engineer
• The Kidd – producer
• Wazir Patar – producer
• Snappy – producer
• Dense – mixing & mastering all tracks from Moosetape except "Calaboose"
• Bauss-P – mixing & mastering for track "Calaboose"
• FlutePreet Singh - flute programing for tracks 18 & 26

Music videos and directors

➡ Sukh Sanghera

• US
• Brown Shortie
• G-Shit
• IDGAF
• Power
• GOAT.

➡Tru-Makers

• Calaboose

➡Teji Sandhu

• Burberry
• Unfuckwithable

➡ Raf-Saperra

• Signed To God
• Celebrity Killer

➡ Jashan Narrah

• Me and My Girlfriend

➡ Hunny Pk Films

• Malwa Block

➡ Navkaran Brar

• Audio visual artist

Promotion

Tour

On 4 July 2021, Moose Wala announced the Moosetape Tour officially on his Instagram Live with the name Moosetape World Tour, and regions including North America, UK, Canada, Dubai, Australia and Pakistan.^[13][14] Tour was scheduled to be in 2021, but due to concerns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Tour Postpones. Tour's first leg announced by BollyBoom Entertainment India, that took place in 4 different cities of India, which was produced by themselves only.^[15]

On 26 December 2021; the tour's promoter Platinum Events Inc introduced on their social media about the upcoming world tour of Sidhu Moose Wala & tease the fans by sharing pics with Sidhu itself.^[16]

After five shows, on 17 April 2022, Moose Wala officially changed the name to Back To Business World Tour with Sunny Malton as a supporting act. However, the tour was cancelled shortly after Moose Wala's death on 29 May 2022.^[17]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 26 March 2022, in Dubai, UAE. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour^[18]

1. "295"
2. "These Days"
3. "Satisfy"
4. "Old-Skool"
5. "GOAT"
6. "Same-Beef"
7. "US"
8. "So-High"
9. "Celebrity-Killer"
10. "G-Shit"

Encore

12. "Moosedrilla"

Notes

• During the show in Mumbai on 21 November 2021, Raja Kumari joined Moose Wala onstage to perform their duet song "US".

Tour dates

This list includes planned dates that were subsequently cancelled.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Notes
Leg 1 - Asia
20 November 2021	Gurgaon	India	Imperfecto Patio	–
21 November 2021	Mumbai		Opa Bar & Cafe	Raja Kumari
4 December 2021	Noida		Local Noida	–
17 December 2021	Hyderabad		Prism, Hyderabad	–
26 March 2022	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Coca-Cola Arena	Afsana Khan	[19]
4 June 2022	Gurugram	India	BackYard Sports Club		The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death[20]
Leg 2 - North America
23 July 2022	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Coliseum	Sunny Malton	The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death
24 July 2022	Winnipeg		Shaw Park
30 July 2022	Toronto		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
31 July 2022	Calgary		—
5 August 2022	New York	United States
6 August 2022	Chicago
12 August 2022	Fresno
13 August 2022	Bay Area		Oakland Arena
Leg 3 - Europe
9 September 2022	Birmingham	United Kingdom	TBA	Sunny Malton
11 September 2022	London

Virtual experiences

On 10 June 2021, Moose Wala collaborated with music streaming app Spotify, hosted by Vishnu Kausal. Actress Sonam Bajwa also joined the live session.

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Moosetape

Chart (2021–2022)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21]	65
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22]	33

Singles

Title	Chart (2021)	Peak position
"Bitch I'm Back"	Top Triller Global (Billboard)[23]	1
"Moosedrilla"		1
"US"		3
"Brown Shortie"		7
"These Days"		13
"Bitch I'm Back"	Canadian Hot 100 (Billboard)[24][25]	81
"Brown Shortie"		80
"295"		62
"GOAT"		100
"Bitch I'm Back"	New Zealand Hot[26][27][28][29]	14
"Burberry"		15
"Racks and Rounds"		16
"US"		23
"Moosedrilla"		25
"INVINCIBLE"		35
"G-Shit"		20
"Brown Shortie"		15
"These Days"		33
"Built Different"		33
"Calaboose"		24
"295"		27
"295"	Billboard Global 200[30]	154