Mumble Rap (mixtape)

Mumble Rap
Mixtape by Belly
Released	6 October 2017
Genre	Hip hop
Length	32:14
Label	XO Roc Nation Republic
Producer	Allen Ritter Ben Billions Boi-1da Brett Kruger DannyBoyStyles Frank Dukes Katalyst Ken Lewis Nick Brongers T-Minus Vinylz
Belly chronology
Inzombia (2016) Mumble Rap (2017) Immigrant (2018)
Singles from Mumble Rap
"P.O.P." Released: 25 July 2017

Mumble Rap is the eleventh mixtape by Palestinian-Canadian rapper Belly. It was released on 6 October 2017 through XO, Roc Nation, and Republic Records.[1] The mixtape features a sole guest appearance from Pusha T.[2] It includes production from Boi-1da mainly, alongside Allen Ritter, Ben Billions, DannyBoyStyles, Frank Dukes, T-Minus and Vinylz, among others. A sequel was released on 19 May 2023.

Background

On 5 October 2017, Belly was interviewed by Zane Lowe on his radio show on Beats 1 and announced the project's title, in which he called Boi-1da the executive producer.[3] He also talked about how the mixtape came to fruition, Boi-1da's involvement and reclaiming what the title phrase meant in rap, by stating

"It started with me and Boi-1da. We've always wanted to worked together. We've always been big fans of each other. We've done one-off songs in the past. We wanted to do a full project, something special. He produced like 75 percent of it. I wanted to snatch the word back. I want when people say mumble rap now, they're going to think of this, one of the greatest rap projects ever put out. That's what I want people to think."

Singles

The lead single, "P.O.P." was released on 25 July 2017. The song was produced by Ben Billions. The music video was directed by Director X. It was released on 9 August 2017 and stars American model Blac Chyna. The first promotional single is "Lullaby". The music video for Lullaby was released as a Tidal exclusive on 3 October 2017.[4] The second promotional single is "Mumble Rap". The music video for "Mumble Rap" was released the same day as the mixtape was released.[3] The third promotional single is "Immigration to the Trap". The music video was released 13 October 2017.[5] The final promotional single is "The Come Down is Real Too". The music video was released 6 December 2017.[6]

Track listing

Mumble Rap[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Immigration To the Trap"	Ahmad Balshe Matthew Samuels	Boi-1da	1:53
2.	"Make a Toast"	Balshe Samuels Anderson Hernandez Tyler Williams Allen Ritter Danny Schofield Omerror Dawson III	Boi-1da Vinylz T-Minus Ritter DannyBoyStyles^[b]	4:26
3.	"The Come Down Is Real Too"	Balshe Schofield Williams Brian Morgan	T-Minus	3:51
4.	"Mumble Rap"	Balshe Schofield Ennio Morricone	DannyBoyStyles	2:43
5.	"Lullaby"	Balshe Samuels Brent Kolatalo Brett Kruger Ken Lewis	Boi-1da Katalyst^[a] Kruger^[a] Lewis^[b]	3:14
6.	"Bobby Brown"	Balshe Benjamin Diehl Khaled Khaled Czesław Wydrzycki Norman Simon	Ben Billions	2:46
7.	"Papyrus"	Balshe Schofield Michel Polnareff	DannyBoyStyles	2:13
8.	"Alcantara" (featuring Pusha T)	Balshe Terrence Thornton Adam Feeney Samuels Schofield	Frank Dukes Boi-1da DannyBoyStyles^[b]	3:07
9.	"Clean Edit"	Balshe Samuels Nick Brongers	Boi-1da Brongers^[a]	2:08
10.	"P.O.P."	Balshe Diehl Khaled	Ben Billions	3:21
11.	"All Alone"	Balshe Diehl Khaled	Ben Billions	2:32
Total length:				32:14

Notes

• ^.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}^[a] signifies a co-producer
• ^^[b] signifies an additional producer

Sample credits

• "The Come Down Is Real Too" contains a sample from "I'm So into You", performed by SWV
• "Mumble Rap" contains a sample from Ennio Morricone's original composition "Grazie Zia"
• "Papyrus" contains a sample from "Voyages", performed by Michel Polnareff

Personnel

Instruments

• DannyBoyStyles – keyboard (track 2)
• Ben Billions – keyboard (tracks 6, 7, 10, 11)

Technical

• Faris Al-Majed – recording (tracks 1–3, 5–9)
• Danny Schofield – recording (track 4)
• Benjamin Diehl – recording (tracks 10, 11), mixing (track 10)
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 1–9, 11)
• David Nakaji – mixing assistant (tracks 1–9, 11)
• Iván Jiménez – mixing assistant (tracks 1–9, 11)

Creative

• Fluency Creative - creative direction

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7]	55

References

1. "Mumble Rap by Belly on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
2. A., Aron (5 October 2017). "Belly & Pusha T Link Up On "Alcantara"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. "Premiere: Watch Belly's New Video for "Mumble Rap"". Complex. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
4. "Watch Lullaby by Belly on TIDAL". Tidal. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Watch Immigration to the Trap by Belly on YouTube". YouTube. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
6. "Watch The Come Down is Real Too by Belly on YouTube". YouTube. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
7. "Belly Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 October 2017.