There's Really a Wolf

There's Really a Wolf is the twelfth studio album and major-label debut by American rapper Russ, who composed and produced all of the songs. It was released on May 5, 2017, by Diemon and Columbia Records and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[2][3][4] On April 18, 2018, it was certified Platinum.

There's Really a Wolf
Studio album by Russ
Released	May 5, 2017
Recorded	2015–2017
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	63:50
Label	Diemon Columbia
Producer	Russ (also exec.)
Russ chronology
How to Rob (2014) There's Really a Wolf (2017) Zoo (2018)
Singles from There's Really a Wolf
"Pull the Trigger" Released: July 28, 2015 "What They Want" Released: August 19, 2015 "Losin Control" Released: November 9, 2015 "Do It Myself" Released: December 30, 2015 "Me You" Released: June 6, 2017[1]

Promotion

The album was announced on April 19, 2017, with a tweet revealing the album's release date of May 5, 2017.

Singles

All but four of the songs on the album were brand new releases that Russ had recorded and saved from the public eye for a span of two years. The previous released tracks "What They Want", "Pull the Trigger", "Do It Myself", and the R&B track "Losin Control", were all originally released on SoundCloud.^[5] "Me You" was sent to rhythmic radio as the third single on June 6, 2017.^[1]

Commercial performance

There's Really a Wolf debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts moving 49,000 album-equivalent units in its first week of release.^[2] On April 18, 2018, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.^[6]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7] All tracks produced by Russ.^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Here"	Russell Vitale	3:59
2.	"The Stakeout"	Vitale Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Purificación Casas-Romero Alejandra Beigbeder-Casas Angeles Beigbeder-Casas Beatriz Beigbeder-Casas Viviana Beigbeder-Casas	2:51
3.	"Act Now"	Vitale	3:09
4.	"Cherry Hill"	Vitale	3:42
5.	"Me You"	Vitale	2:44
6.	"Ride Slow"	Vitale	3:05
7.	"Don't Lie"	Vitale	3:08
8.	"Do It Myself"	Vitale	2:47
9.	"I Wanna Go Down with You"	Vitale	3:03
10.	"Family & Friends"	Vitale	2:55
11.	"What They Want"	Vitale	2:45
12.	"Got This"	Vitale	2:52
13.	"No Turning Back"	Vitale	2:34
14.	"Losin Control"	Vitale	3:57
15.	"Scared"	Vitale Bruce Sudano	2:59
16.	"Back to You"	Vitale Kwabena Frimpong	3:27
17.	"One More Shot"	Vitale	3:11
18.	"Emergency"	Vitale Gary Henry	3:50
19.	"Pull the Trigger"	Vitale Peter Taylor Cliff Twemlow	2:36
20.	"MVP"	Vitale Josephine Armstead Tennyson Stephens	4:16
Total length:			63:50

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 54 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 33 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 144 French Albums (SNEP)[13] 149 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 29 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 85 US Billboard 200[16] 7 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200[18] 81 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 28 Chart (2018) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 136 US Billboard 200[21] 83 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[22] 59

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	Platinum	80,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24]	2× Platinum	30,000‡
United States (RIAA)[25]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.