The Product III: State of Emergency (stylized as The Product III: stateofEMERGEncy) is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter August Alsina. It was released on June 26, 2020, through his own label Shake the World and distributed by Empire. Production was handled by several record producers, including The Exclusives, Cardiak and DJ Mustard. It features guest appearances from Darrel Walls, Juicy J, Lil Wayne, Tink and Yo Gotti. The album was anticipated by the lead single "Today", the second official single "NOLA", and four promotional singles[1]
The Product III: State of Emergency marks his first release since 2015's This Thing Called Life, also serving as the third installment in his "Product" mixtape series, which began in 2012. The sequel, The Product II, followed in 2013. The album is an R&B and hip hop record that lyrically revolves around the struggle that the singer faced throughout his lifetime.[1]
The album debuted at number 48 on the US Billboard 200, and at number 4 on the US Independent Albums chart. The Product III: State of Emergency was met with mixed reviews from music critics, that praised its personal songwriting but criticized its production.
In July 2019, the singer shared that he'd been privately battling health issues and had momentarily lost the ability to walk. "I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself" August Alsina said. "Reality is I'm sick all the time. I'd really like to talk about it and I'm not looking for anybody's sympathy. Don't treat me like I'm a f*cking cancer patient, because I'm not."
The singer has shared bits of his recovery via social media, and fans speculated a return for his music after his recovery ended. Alsina has given his listeners brief snippets of music through videos and Instagram stories over 2019, and on June 26, 2020 he announced that he was set to drop his forthcoming project The Product III: State of Emergency the next Friday.
The singer announced that the choice to make The Product III: State of Emergency a 27-track album came from the fact that it was inspired by Chris Brown's acclaimed 2017 album Heartbreak on a Full Moon, that inspired his third body of work for its length and for what the singer described as "the most honest and open songwriting possible". The singer announced that the album highlights "the struggle in my life, my upbringing as a crack baby, losing my father and sister, and becoming the guardian for my three nieces", as well as his battle with the auto-immune disease that affected him.[3][4]
In describing the album, Alsina said,
The goal of this project is to expose myself through the art and to help others reveal their true selves. Go back into the past, bring it into the present and positively impact our future. I want to show the community that we’ve all had to overcome some type of obstacle. Some greater than others, but pain is pain...and pain and its threshold is subjective and different for each individual.[5]
Upon its release, the album was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Andy Kellman of AllMusic complimented its personal songwriting but found the production to be "repetitive" and "flat", he stated "Alsina might do well to be as bold with production choices as he is with his songwriting. He has been a sympathetic artist since his debut, but this contains some of his bravest lyrics yet"[2] Cultural critic and media personality Joe Budden praised some of the songs but was dismissive of its length, saying in his review for Complex: "The album has his fair piece of good songs. But this is not Chris Brown, where your talents allow your forty-songs-project to be great from start to bottom. This album is just too ambitious for August Alsina".[7][6]
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The Product III State of Emergency stylized as The Product III stateofEMERGEncy is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter August Alsina It was released on June 26 2020 through his own label Shake the World and distributed by Empire Production was handled by several record producers including The Exclusives Cardiak and DJ Mustard It features guest appearances from Darrel Walls Juicy J Lil Wayne Tink and Yo Gotti The album was anticipated by the lead single Today the second official single NOLA and four promotional singles 1 The Product III State of EmergencyStudio album by August AlsinaReleasedJune 26 2020 2020 06 26 Recorded2019 20 1 StudioShake the World Studios 2 GenreR amp B hip hopLength1 32 07LabelShake The WorldEmpireProducerAmir CuylerAubrey RobinsonAugust AlsinaAwaz BeatzB WillBLSSDCardiakCarlos CaheeDarvel RankinDat Boi BeezoDevon GeorgeDJ MustardGregory ReidHero SavesTheWorldInsomniakzJean Baptiste LamothePatrick PlanerRomanoSoundzTariq BeatsThe ExclusivesTimothy WallsTimur SaifullinAugust Alsina chronologyThis Thing Called Life 2015 The Product III State of Emergency 2020 Singles from The Product III State of Emergency Today Released December 6 2019 NOLA Released June 21 2020 Rounds Released July 17 2020 Pretty Released March 4 2021The Product III State of Emergency marks his first release since 2015 s This Thing Called Life also serving as the third installment in his Product mixtape series which began in 2012 The sequel The Product II followed in 2013 The album is an R amp B and hip hop record that lyrically revolves around the struggle that the singer faced throughout his lifetime 1 The album debuted at number 48 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 4 on the US Independent Albums chart The Product III State of Emergency was met with mixed reviews from music critics that praised its personal songwriting but criticized its production Contents 1 Background and release 2 Critical response 3 Track listing 4 Notes 5 Charts 6 ReferencesBackground and release EditIn July 2019 the singer shared that he d been privately battling health issues and had momentarily lost the ability to walk I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself August Alsina said Reality is I m sick all the time I d really like to talk about it and I m not looking for anybody s sympathy Don t treat me like I m a f cking cancer patient because I m not The singer has shared bits of his recovery via social media and fans speculated a return for his music after his recovery ended Alsina has given his listeners brief snippets of music through videos and Instagram stories over 2019 and on June 26 2020 he announced that he was set to drop his forthcoming project The Product III State of Emergency the next Friday The singer announced that the choice to make The Product III State of Emergency a 27 track album came from the fact that it was inspired by Chris Brown s acclaimed 2017 album Heartbreak on a Full Moon that inspired his third body of work for its length and for what the singer described as the most honest and open songwriting possible The singer announced that the album highlights the struggle in my life my upbringing as a crack baby losing my father and sister and becoming the guardian for my three nieces as well as his battle with the auto immune disease that affected him 3 4 In describing the album Alsina said The goal of this project is to expose myself through the art and to help others reveal their true selves Go back into the past bring it into the present and positively impact our future I want to show the community that we ve all had to overcome some type of obstacle Some greater than others but pain is pain and pain and its threshold is subjective and different for each individual 5 Critical response EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Complex 6 Upon its release the album was met with mixed reviews from music critics Andy Kellman of AllMusic complimented its personal songwriting but found the production to be repetitive and flat he stated Alsina might do well to be as bold with production choices as he is with his songwriting He has been a sympathetic artist since his debut but this contains some of his bravest lyrics yet 2 Cultural critic and media personality Joe Budden praised some of the songs but was dismissive of its length saying in his review for Complex The album has his fair piece of good songs But this is not Chris Brown where your talents allow your forty songs project to be great from start to bottom This album is just too ambitious for August Alsina 7 6 Track listing EditCredits adapted from Tidal 8 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 NOLA August AlsinaRalph JeantySean McMillionKyle Michael Stephon MortonJean Baptiste Lamothe2 482 Today AlsinaJeantyMcMillionAmanda JonesJean Baptiste Lamothe3 213 Rounds AlsinaJeantyMcMillionKortney LeveringstonRalph JeantySean McMillionAubrey Robinson3 334 Lessons AlsinaJeantyMcMillionJonathan NashAwaz BeatzThe Exclusives3 555 Sincerely AlsinaJeantyMcMillionMaurice DavisDevon George4 316 Deliver Us featuring Darrel Walls AlsinaJeantyMcMillionDarrel WallsRalph JeantySean McMillionAugust Alsina4 547 RRR Real Recognize Real AlsinaJeantyMcMillionNashCarlos Cahee2 558 Fly Far AlsinaJeantyMcMillionDavisTravis Ladell ReedRalph JeantySean McMillionDarvel RankinTimothy Walls3 029 Feeling AlsinaMortonRalph JeantySean McMillion3 2110 Perfect Strangers AlsinaJeantyMcMillionLeveringstonAwaz BeatzThe Exclusives3 2711 Pretty AlsinaJeantyMcMillionAugust AlsinaThe Exclusives3 1212 4Real AlsinaJeantyMcMillionNashTerrence WilliamsRomano2 4613 Work to Do AlsinaEllery McKinneyWilbart McCoy III VedoCardiakTariq Beats3 0014 Be Good AlsinaJeantyMcMillionWilliamsMckenzie LawsonRomano2 4715 Soon As I Walk In featuring Tink AlsinaJeantyMcMillionTrinity HomePatrick Planer4 0716 Tonight AlsinaJeantyMcMillionLawsonAwaz BeatzThe Exclusives3 3517 Longer AlsinaJeantyMcMillionLawsonRomano2 4918 Sleeve AlsinaJeantyMcMillionAugust AlsinaThe Exclusives3 1319 Chase AlsinaJeantyMcMillionNashRomanoDat Boi Beezo2 4920 Brakes featuring Yo Gotti AlsinaJeantyMcMillionJonesMario MimsHero SavesTheWorld3 1621 Broken Rollie AlsinaJeantyMcMillionMcKinneyWilliamsDwayne AloSheldon Body Jr Tarik Deshayne Wright Jr InsomniakzSoundz2 5622 If We Broke Up AlsinaJeantyMcMillionLeveringstonJohn Q LeechB WillThe Exclusives3 4823 Ready AlsinaRomanoThe ExclusivesAmir CuylerGregory Reid3 2324 Bossin Up AlsinaJeantyMcMillionLeveringstonB WillThe Exclusives3 4125 Party Til AlsinaJeantyDijon MacFarlaneDJ Mustard3 3426 Resent featuring Lil Wayne and Juicy J AlsinaJeantyMcMillionDwayne Carter Jr Jordan Michael HoustonAugust AlsinaThe Exclusives4 0527 Still Don t Know AlsinaJeantyMcMillionJonesBLSSD3 19Total length 1 32 07Notes Edit Soon As I Walk In is a remix of Soon As U Walk In performed by Tink Charts EditChart performance for The Product III State of Emergency Chart 2020 PeakpositionUS Billboard 200 9 48US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 10 30US Top R amp B Albums Billboard 11 9US Independent Albums Billboard 12 4References Edit a b c August Alsina Returns with New Album The Product III stateofEMERGEncy Rap Up June 25 2020 Retrieved June 26 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b c Andy Kellman The Product III August Alsina AllMusic August Alsina Set To Drop The Product III State of Emergency Next Week www hotnewhiphop com Archived from the original on 2020 06 26 Listen to August Alsina s The Product III StateofEMERGEncy Album Complex Networks August Alsina releases new album The Product III StateofEMERGEncy a b Joe Budden Joe Budden on The Product III August Alsina YouTube https www hotnewhiphop com joe budden calls august alsina corny over red table talk gossip news 113476 html 3f amp dead link Try the TIDAL Web Player TIDAL Retrieved June 26 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link August Alsina Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved July 7 2020 August Alsina Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved July 7 2020 August Alsina Chart History Top R amp B Albums Billboard Retrieved July 7 2020 August Alsina Chart History Independent Albums Billboard Retrieved July 7 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Product III State of Emergency amp oldid 1083491628, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
