Suite 420
Suite 420 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Studio album by Devin the Dude | ||||
Released | April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20) | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 55:31 | |||
Label | E1 Music | |||
Producer |
| |||
Devin the Dude chronology | ||||
|
Suite 420 is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude. It was released on April 20, 2010[1] via E1 Music. Production was handled by Luster Baker, Big Baby, Mirawge, Rob Quest, C-Ray Sullivan, Midas, Mike Dean, Q-Stone, Reggie Coby, and Devin himself. It features guest appearances from the Coughee Brothaz, Alpha-Bet-D, Ced-B, Korey-B and Scool-Boy. The album peaked at number 88 on the Billboard 200, number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 9 on the Top Rap Albums and number 12 on the Independent Albums in the United States.
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 57/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
HipHopDX | 4.5/5[4] |
Now | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 5.3/10[6] |
RapReviews | 8/10[7] |
Robert Christgau | ![]() |
The A.V. Club | C[9] |
Suite #420 was met with mixed or average reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 57, based on seven reviews.[2]
AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "Devin's redundancy is the reason fans keep coming back. They won't be disappointed by Suite #420, which features the usual set of chilled-out weed anthems, sex jokes, and old-school R&B beats, along with those great oddball numbers the Dude uses to break each album up".[3] In his final edition of Consumer Guide column for MSN Music, veteran critic Robert Christgau stated: "the weed rhymes he takes himself, the sex rhymes he farms out, which in the Dirty South is a sign of truly delicate sensibility", honourably mentioning tracks "All You Need", "Ultimate High" and "Twitta".[8]
Jason Richards of Now found "Devin's single-mindedness makes for a highly unified style, and the album's relaxed, hazy production is the aural equivalent of comfort food. But the repetition is kinda tedious for an hour of straight listening".[5] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork wrote: "it's good to hear him still recording, even if he's deeply entrenched himself in his own wheelhouse and barely has a single surprising moment in the album's whole hour. But if the album never existed, nobody's life would be much poorer for it-- possibly even Devin's".[6] The A.V. Club head writer Nathan Rabin resumed: "nobody expects maturity from Devin, even though he jarringly mentions that he has a 17-year-old son, but he usually makes eternal adolescence sound a lot more fun than this".[9]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Cultural Coughee" | Devin Copeland | Devin the Dude | 1:39 |
2. | "We Get High" (performed by Odd Squad) |
| Q-Stone | 3:45 |
3. | "Still Comin'" |
|
| 3:20 |
4. | "Pick My Brain" | Copeland | Devin the Dude | 4:37 |
5. | "That Ain't Cool" | Copeland | Devin the Dude | 4:10 |
6. | "I Gotta Ho" (featuring Jugg Mugg, Smit-D and Tony Mack) |
| Rob Quest | 4:39 |
7. | "What I Be On" |
| Reggie Coby | 4:26 |
8. | "Ultimate High" (featuring Smit-D) |
| Luster Baker | 4:55 |
9. | "I Can't Handle It" |
| Mike Dean | 4:04 |
10. | "Where Ya At?" |
| C-Ray Sullivan | 3:36 |
11. | "It's on You" (featuring Ced-B, Korey-B and Tony Mack) |
| Luster Baker | 4:39 |
12. | "People Talk" (featuring 14K) |
| Midas | 3:53 |
13. | "All You Need" (featuring Alpha-Bet-D and Scool-Boy) |
|
| 3:56 |
14. | "Twitta'" | Copeland | Devin the Dude | 0:35 |
15. | "Funky Lil Freestyle" |
|
| 3:17 |
Total length: | 55:31 |
Personnel
- Devin "The Dude" Copeland – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 13, 14)
- Dexter "Jugg Mugg" Johnson – vocals (tracks: 2, 6)
- Robert "Rob Quest" McQueen – vocals (track 2), producer (tracks: 6, 13)
- Roderick "Smit-D" Smith – vocals (tracks: 6, 8)
- Luster "Tony Mack" Tone – vocals (tracks: 6, 11)
- Cedrick "Ced-B" Bishop III – vocals (track 11)
- Korey "Korey-B" Burton – vocals (track 11)
- Brandon Harris – vocals (track 12)
- Kyle "Quad" White – vocals (track 12)
- Adrian "Alpha-Bet-D" Sipsey – vocals (track 13)
- B. "Scool-Boy" Kilbey – vocals (track 13)
- Quincy "Q-Stone" Whetstone – producer (track 2)
- Roy "Big Baby" Williams – producer (tracks: 3, 15)
- Timothy "Mirawge" Hatter – producer (tracks: 3, 15)
- Reggie Coby – producer (track 7)
- Luster "L-Dog" Baker – producer (tracks: 8, 11, 13)
- Mike Dean – producer (track 9)
- Corey "C-Ray" Sullivan – producer (track 10)
- Michael "Midas" Morris – producer (track 12)
Charts
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Billboard 200[10] | 88 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] | 19 |
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[12] | 9 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13] | 12 |
References
- ^ Suite #420 by Devin the Dude on Apple Music, 2010-04-20, retrieved 2024-03-15
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Suite #420 - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Devin the Dude - Suite #420 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ Ketchum III, William (April 21, 2010). "Devin The Dude - Suite #420". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Richards, Jason (May 6, 2010). "Devin The Dude - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (June 2, 2010). "Devin the Dude: Suite #420". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ Wallace, Emanuel (April 20, 2010). "RapReviews.com Feature for April 20, 2010 - Devin the Dude's "Suite #420"". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 2010). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Rabin, Nathan (April 20, 2010). "Devin The Dude: Suite #420". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Devin The Dude Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
External links
- Devin The Dude – Suite #420 at Discogs (list of releases)
- v
- t
- e
- The Dude
- Just Tryin' ta Live
- To tha X-Treme
- Waitin' to Inhale
- Landing Gear
- Suite 420
- Gotta Be Me
- One for the Road
- Fadanuf Fa Erybody!! (with Odd Squad)
- The Other Side of the Law (with Facemob)
- Silence (with Facemob)
- "Fuck You"
- "Baby Phat"