The Rose Tint

The Rose Tint
Studio album by
David Dallas
Released5 May 2011
Recorded2010–11
Genre
LabelDirty Records, Duck Down Music, Dawn Raid Entertainment
Producer
David Dallas chronology
Something Awesome
(2009) 		The Rose Tint
(2011) 		Falling into Place
(2013)
Singles from The Rose Tint
  1. "Take a Picture"
    Released: 25 July 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Zealand Herald4/5[1]
XXL4/5 (XL)[2]

The Rose Tint is the second solo studio album by New Zealand rapper David Dallas. It was released as a free download via DatPiff on 5 May, 2011 through Duck Down Music, Dirty Management and Dawn Raid Entertainment. It serves as his first release since signing to New York City based record label Duck Down Music.

Production was handled by Fire & Ice, Dan "Exile" Mawby, 41, P-Money and M-Phazes. It features guest appearances from Buckshot, Freddie Gibbs, Che Fu, PNC, Pieter T and others.

The album was nominated for 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Urban/Hip Hop Album' at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards, 'Best Pacific Music Album' at the 2012 Pacific Music Awards and shortlisted for the 2012 Taite Music Prize.

Recording

In late 2010, Dallas signed with New York City based record label Duck Down Music, in a partnership deal with Dirty Records and Dawn Raid Entertainment and subsequently moved to New York. Dallas recorded material for the album while living in an apartment in Harlem with P-Money, collaborating with American rappers Buckshot, Freddie Gibbs, Tayyib Ali and Kid Daytona.

Release

The album was released as a digital only free download on 5 May, 2011, via DatPiff. Dallas explained the rationale behind releasing the album as a free download: "that's ultimately what you need, you want people to hear it. You think, would you rather a thousand people heard it or would you rather sell it to one hundred?".[3]

The album was downloaded more than 8,000 times within its first 24 hours of release and by November 2011 had been downloaded over 50,000 times.[4]

A retail deluxe edition featuring four additional tracks, a new M-Phazes remix of "Til Tomorrow" and an additional Disc 2 containing instrumentals of all tracks was released on 8 November in North America and 14 November worldwide. It debuted at #3 on the New Zealand Albums Chart, becoming New Zealand's highest-selling hip hop album of 2011.

Track listing

The Rose Tint
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Start Looking Around"
Dan "Exile" Mawby3:43
2."Say No More"
  • Dallas
  • Aaron Iose Iusitini
  • Jordan Mathew Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:23
3."Take a Picture"
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:52
4."Caught in a Daze" (featuring Freddie Gibbs)
Fire & Ice4:57
5."Nothing to Do (With You)" (featuring Pieter T)
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:33
6."Life Is..." (Interlude)
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:00
7."Til' Tomorrow" (Remix)
M-Phazes3:20
8."Ain't Perfect" (featuring Jordache)
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice4:05
9."Sideline" (featuring Che Fu)
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:50
10."Dream"
  • Dallas
  • Nick MacLaren
413:42
11."Postcard"
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice4:12
12."Make Up" (featuring PNC)
P-Money3:39
13."Ain't Coming Down" (featuring Buckshot)
Fire & Ice4:01
The Rose Tint: Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Feel Like Oasis" (featuring Tayyib Ali & Kid Daytona)
  • Dallas
  • Tayyib Ali
  • Austin Donawa
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice5:11
15."Not Enough" (featuring Jordache)
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:46
16."10 Foot Tall"
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:25
17."Couldn't Walk a Mile"
  • Dallas
  • A. Iusitini
  • J. Iusitini
Fire & Ice3:25
The Rose Tint: Deluxe Edition (Disc 2)
No.TitleLength
18."Start Looking Around" (Instrumental)3:43
19."Say No More" (Instrumental)3:23
20."Take a Picture" (Instrumental)3:52
21."Caught in a Daze" (Instrumental)4:57
22."Nothing to Do (With You)" (Instrumental)3:33
23."Life Is... (Interlude)" (Instrumental)3:00
24."Ain't Perfect" (Instrumental)4:05
25."Sideline" (Instrumental)3:50
26."Dream" (Instrumental)3:42
27."Postcard" (Instrumental)4:12
28."Make Up" (Instrumental)3:39
Total length:1:47:24
Notes
  • There are two versions of the album's seventh track: the original version of "Til' Tomorrow" appears on the standard version, while the M-Phazes-produced version appears as "Til' Tomorrow (Remix)" on the deluxe version.
Sample credits
  • Track 3 contains an interpolation from "Saturate" written by Thomas Rowlands and Edmund Simons and performed by The Chemical Brothers.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 3

Release history

Release dates and formats for The Rose Tint
Region Date Format Edition Label Ref.
Worldwide 5 May 2011 Digital download Standard Dirty, Duck Down, Dawn Raid [6]
North America 8 November 2011 CD, Digital download Deluxe
Various 14 November 2011

References

  1. ^ "Album review: David Dallas, The Rose Tint". The New Zealand Herald. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ Martinez-Belkin, Neil (22 June 2011). "David Dallas, The Rose Tint - XXL". XXL. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ Smith, Jacqueline (12 May 2011). "David Dallas: Straight outta Papatoetoe". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ Jones, Bridget (16 November 2011). "David Dallas pops up in Auckland". Stuff. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – David Dallas – The Rose Tint". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ Dallas, David (5 May 2011). "The Rose Tint Mixtape by David Dallas". DatPiff. Retrieved 21 December 2020.