The Rose Tint

The Rose Tint is the second solo studio album by New Zealand rapper David Dallas. It was released as a free download on 11 May 2011 through Dawn Raid Entertainment/Dirty Management/Duck Down Music. Production was handled by Fire & Ice, Dan "Exile" Mawby, Nick "41" Maclaren, P-Money and M-Phazes. It features guest appearances from Che Fu, Freddie Gibbs, Jordache, Pieter T, PNC and Buckshot. The album peaked at number 3 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

The Rose Tint
Studio album by David Dallas
Released	May 2011
Recorded	2010–11
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Label	Dawn Raid Dirty Duck Down
Producer	Dan "Exile" Mawby Fire & Ice Nick "41" Maclaren P-Money M-Phazes
David Dallas chronology
Something Awesome (2009) The Rose Tint (2011) Falling into Place (2013)
Singles from The Rose Tint
"Take a Picture" Released: 25 July 2011

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The New Zealand Herald	4/5^[1]
XXL	4/5 (XL)^[2]

Due to the album, Dallas won 'Best Pacific Male Artist' at the 2012 Pacific Music Awards.^[3] Both the artist and the album were also nominated for 'Album of the Year', 'Best Male Solo Artist' and 'Best Urban/Hip Hop Album' at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards,^[4] 'Best Pacific Urban Artist' at 2012 Pacific Music Awards,^[3] and shortlisted for the 2012 Taite Music Prize. This was considered an impressive feat for a project released as a free download.

Its lead single "Take a Picture" was nominated for 'APRA Best Pacific Song' at 2012 Pacific Music Awards^[3] and for 'Best Music Video' at 2012 New Zealand Music Awards.

Release

The album was available for free download on the Internet on 5 May 2011 via DatPiff and appeared on Dallas' official website on 11 May 2011. Dallas said he wanted to give his album away for free stating: "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?".^[5] The album was downloaded more than 8,000 times within its first 24 hours, and by November 2011 it has been downloaded 50,000+ times.^[6] Physical edition of the album was announced by Dallas on his website explaining the reason behind the decision:

for EVERYONE who's been asking what The Rose Tint deluxe edition is: it's a gift from me to all the people who've supported this project. At 50,000+ downloads it just felt like it was time we made something for everyone who asked for a physical product they could actually hold.

— David Dallas^{[citation needed]}

The Rose Tint: Deluxe Edition was released on 8 November 2011 in North America and 14 November 2011 in New Zealand and Australia. It contains four Fire & Ice-produced extra songs: "Feel Like Oasis", which features Kid Daytonna & Tayyib Ali, "Not Enough", which features Jordache, "10 Foot Tall" and "Couldn't Walk a Mile", replaces the track "Til Tomorrow" with a remix by M-Phazes, and also includes an instrumental disc of all the original tracks of The Rose Tint except "Til Tomorrow" (and "Ain't Coming Down", which is presented as a bonus track on the standard edition), with Dallas saying that the instrumental disc "is for the aspiring artists or anyone who just loved the beats".

Track listing

The Rose Tint

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Start Looking Around"	David Keith Dallas Dan Mawby	Dan "Exile" Mawby	3:43
2.	"Say No More"	Dallas Aaron Iose Iusitini Jordan Mathew Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:23
3.	"Take a Picture"	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:52
4.	"Caught in a Daze" (featuring Freddie Gibbs)	Dallas Fredrick Tipton A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	4:57
5.	"Nothing to Do (With You)" (featuring Pieter T)	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:33
6.	"Life Is..." (Interlude)	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:00
7.	"Til' Tomorrow" (Remix)	Dallas Mark Landon	M-Phazes	3:20
8.	"Ain't Perfect" (featuring Jordache)	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	4:05
9.	"Sideline" (featuring Che Fu)	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:50
10.	"Dream"	Dallas Nick MacLaren	Nick "41" Maclaren	3:42
11.	"Postcard"	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	4:12
12.	"Make Up" (featuring PNC)	Dallas Sam Hansen Peter Wadams	P-Money	3:39
13.	"Ain't Coming Down" (featuring Buckshot)	Dallas Kenyatta Blake A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	4:01

The Rose Tint: Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Feel Like Oasis" (featuring Tayyib Ali and the Kid Daytona)	Dallas Tayyib Ali Austin Donawa A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	5:11
15.	"Not Enough" (featuring Jordache)	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:46
16.	"10 Foot Tall"	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:25
17.	"Couldn't Walk a Mile"	Dallas A. Iusitini J. Iusitini	Fire & Ice	3:25

The Rose Tint: Dexule Edition (Disc 2)

No.	Title	Length
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" and M-Phazes-produced and version "Til' Tomorrow (Remix)". One version replaces the other on different editions.

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)^[7]	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 Reid	^[8]
North America	8 November 2011	CD	Deluxe
Australia	14 November 2011
New Zealand

References

1. "Album review: David Dallas, The Rose Tint". The New Zealand Herald. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. Martinez-Belkin, Neil (22 June 2011). "David Dallas, The Rose Tint - XXL". XXL. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. . Pacific Music Awards. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012 – via Wayback Machine.
4. "Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2011 Winners | Scoop News". Scoop. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. Smith, Jacqueline (12 May 2011). "David Dallas: Straight outta Papatoetoe". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. Jones, Bridget (16 November 2011). "David Dallas pops up in Auckland". Stuff. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. "Charts.nz – David Dallas – The Rose Tint". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
8. Dallas, David (5 May 2011). "The Rose Tint Mixtape by David Dallas". DatPiff. Retrieved 21 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

• David Dallas – The Rose Tint at Discogs (list of releases)