Chixtape 5

Chixtape 5 is the fourth studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on November 15, 2019, by Mad Love and Interscope. It is the fifth installment of the Chixtape series with samples of "2000s-era R&B hits".[7][8] The album includes guest appearances by Jagged Edge, T-Pain, Chris Brown, The-Dream, Mýa, Ashanti, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Fabolous and more.[9]

Chixtape 5
Studio album by Tory Lanez
Released	November 15, 2019
Recorded	2019
Genre	R&B hip hop
Length	70:08
Label	Mad Love Interscope
Producer	Adam Mouttet Alo905 Coop Chardonnay Dr. Zeuz Halfway Kxhris Troy Brown Papiyerr Play Picasso Rajah Saox Sergio Romero Todd Pritchard Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez chronology
Love Me Now? (2018) Chixtape 5 (2019) The New Toronto 3 (2020)
Singles from Chixtape 5
"Jerry Sprunger" Released: November 8, 2019

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	3.4/5[2]
NME	[3]
Now	2/5[4]
Pitchfork	5.8/10[5]
RapReviews	6.5/10[6]

Background

Chixtape 5 is the first of the series in which it was released as an album on streaming platforms. The album cleared all of the samples and includes the original artist featured on the song. In an interview with Billboard, Tory Lanez said "Everything is 2000s-inspired. Everything is inspired by the times when things were golden for us. I think all those pieces and everything that we've come out with has been all about nostalgia. I'm about to take you on a whole journey musically."[10]

The singer said that the album was heavily inspired by Chris Brown's album Indigo, inspiring him with its edited low-pitched background vocals, its samples from early 2000s R&B, and how double tracks from that album were managed.[11]

Singles and promotion

On November 1, 2019, Tory Lanez announced the album's release date with Ashanti on the cover art.[12] On November 8, he released the first single of the album, "Jerry Sprunger" featuring T-Pain, accompanied by a music video.[13][14] Tory Lanez launched a website named after the album with an interface designed after the social network website MySpace.[15]

Commercial performance

Chixtape 5 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, earning 83,000 album-equivalent units, (including 9,000 pure album sales) in its first week. It is Lanez's fourth US top-five album.[16]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Jalissa's Back! (Skit)"	Daystar Peterson Brittany Taylor	Tory Lanez	0:54
2.	"The Trade" (featuring Jagged Edge and Jermaine Dupri)	Peterson Daniel Gonzalez Aidan Crotinger Brandon Casey Brian Casey Chauncey Hawkins Kenneth Ifill John Jackson Ernesto Shaw Jermaine Dupri Usher Raymond Manuel Seal	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Halfway	4:34
3.	"Jerry Sprunger" (with T-Pain)	Peterson Gonzalez Faheem Najm Anthony Woart, Jr.	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Papi Yerr	3:53
4.	"Beauty in the Benz" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Peterson Gonzalez Calvin Broadus Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	3:57
5.	"Blowin' Mine's // Leah's Introduction (Skit)"	Peterson Gonzalez Broadus Mark Adams Steven Arrington Hugo Raymond Turner Stephen Washington Daniel Webster Williams Kyle Coleman Hue Strother	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Kxhris	3:29
6.	"The Take" (featuring Chris Brown)	Peterson Christopher Brown Gonzalez Sergio Romero Anthony Woart, Jr. Manesh Lad Aaron Lobban Lamar Edwards James Fauntleroy Harvey Mason Steven Russell Damon Thomas	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Romero Papi Yerr Rajah ALO905	3:41
7.	"Broken Promises"	Peterson Gonzalez Romero	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Romero	2:26
8.	"The Fargo Splash" (featuring Ludacris)	Peterson Christopher Bridges Gonzalez Laurence Mizell Jesus Bobe Alvaro Barranco Carl Wheeler Dwayne Wiggins	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Dr. Zeuz Saox	5:11
9.	"Luv Ya Gyal // Love Sounds" (featuring The-Dream)	Peterson Gonzalez Terius Nash Christopher Stewart	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Papi Yerr	6:44
10.	"Yessirr"	Peterson Gonzalez Todd Pritchard Derrick Baker Marcus Cooper Stephen Garrett Corey Mathis James Scheffer Diamond Smith Joseph Smith Spectacular Smith Philip Payne	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Pritchard	3:43
11.	"Best of You // Busted (Skit)" (featuring Mýa)	Gonzalez Peterson Romero Mya Harrison Teron Beal Jimmy Cozier Kasseem Dean Mashonda Tifrere Jason Phillips Payne Shawn Carter Marcel Hall Samuel Barnes Larry Gates Marlon Williams Jean-Claude Olivier	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Romero	3:51
12.	"The Cry" (featuring Mario)	Peterson Gonzalez Mario Barrett Payne Jasper Cameron Jamal Jones Elvis Williams	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	4:30
13.	"Still Waiting" (featuring Trey Songz)	Peterson Gonzalez Romero Tremaine Neverson Johntá Austin Mikkel Eriksen Tor Hermansen	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Romero	4:15
14.	"A Fools Tale (Running Back)" (featuring Ashanti)	Peterson Gonzalez Ashanti Douglas Seven Aurelius Mark DeBarge Etterlene Jordan Irv Lorenzo Payne	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	4:52
15.	"Thoughts" (featuring Lloyd and Lil Wayne)	Peterson Gonzalez Dwayne Carter Lloyd Polite, Jr. Coleman Adam Mouttet Bobe Gary Kemp Maurice Sinclair Cameron	Tory Lanez Play Picasso Dr. Zeuz Kxhris Mouttet	5:33
16.	"If You Gotta..." (featuring Fabolous)	Peterson Gonzalez Jackson Cynthia Loving Justin Smith	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	3:45
17.	"Room 112" (featuring Slim and Nyce)	Peterson Gonzalez Bernard Edwards Garrett Hamler Peter Ivers John Parker Quinnes Parker	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	3:35
18.	"Last Love Letter (Skit)"	Peterson Gonzalez Taylor	Tory Lanez Play Picasso	1:15
Total length:				70:08

Notes

• "Jalissa's Back! (Skit)", "Blowin' Mine's // Leah's Introduction (Skit)", and "Last Love Letter (Skit)" features vocals by Brittany Taylor [17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

• Todd Pritchard – instrumental ensemble (tracks 2–4, 12–16)
• Daniel Gonzalez – instrumental ensemble (track 3)
• Larry Cooper, Jr. – instrumental ensemble (tracks 4, 10, 14)
• Sebastian Rompotis – instrumental ensemble (tracks 10, 17)
• Benjamin Lasnier – instrumental ensemble (track 12)

Technical

• Johann Chavez – mixing (all tracks), engineering (track 2–17)
• Play Picasso – mixing (all tracks)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering (all tracks)
• Tory Lanez – engineering (tracks 1, 18)
• Michael Romero – engineering (track 2–18)
• T-Pain – engineering (track 3)
• Philip "DJ Hardwerk" Constable – engineering (track 10)
• Andrew Grossman – engineering (track 10

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19]	64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]	131
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]	15
French Albums (SNEP)[23]	76
Irish Albums (IRMA)[24]	81
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	65
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	10
US Billboard 200[16]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28]	1

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