''Give the Drummer Some'' is the debut solo studio album by American drummer

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. Barker had earlier announced that the album would be slated for a September 14, 2010 release, but was later pushed back, with the album being released on March 15, 2011. The album, released under Interscope Records, was produced by the drummer himself, alongside

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, RZA,

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, Transplants, Kid Cudi,

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, Corey Taylor and Steve Aoki. The album debuted at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 28,000 copies in the United States.

Background

The album title itself is a reference to a track by the

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of the same name, which in turn derives from James Brown's "

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." The album cover was created by

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. It was first announced by Barker himself that the album would be of "no one genre," indicating that the album wouldn't be based on hip hop or punk rock, unlike his previous remixes and collaborations. However, most of the tracks are hip hop and R&B influenced, though for instance "Misfits" has a techno and dance sound and "On My Own" has a metal groove to it. Guests that collaborated and are featured are: Slaughterhouse,

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, RZA,

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, Rick Ross, Game,

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, Steve Aoki, Busta Rhymes,

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, Cypress Hill,

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, Kobe,

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, Clipse, Kid Cudi,

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, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco,

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, and Bun B. Barker confirmed in an interview that there will not be any collaborations with Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge from

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as he thought it would be wrong to have the first new Blink-182 song on his album, and that the song will be released separately as a single before the album is released in June–July 2011. The track listing was revealed on February 25, 2011.

Promotion

The first music video released from the album was for the song "Jump Down" featuring

. It was directed by Nichole Ehrlich and Chris Young, and premiered on October 14, 2010, on

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in both normal and 3D versions. The second music video "Carry It" featuring

, RZA and

premiered on November 2, 2010. The first official single from the album, "Could a Drummer Get Some" featuring

, Rick Ross,

and Game, was released on February 1, 2011, though it leaked a few days earlier. Barker had performed the song live along with Game,

and

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on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on February 10, 2011. Barker had performed the song "Saturday Night" live with Transplants,

, Elvis Cortez of Left Alone and

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of Telacasters, on '' Conan'' on March 7, 2011. Music videos have been released for "Jump Down", "Carry It", "Could a Drummer Get Some" , "Misfits", "Saturday Night", "Let's Go", and most recently "Just Chill".

Track listing

Confirmed by

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. *On the clean version "Raw Shit" is labeled "Raw ****".

Charts

Personnel

In alphabetical order * Steve Aoki – vocals, producer *

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– vocals, guitar, producer * Alabama Barker – vocals * Landon Barker – vocals *

– bass, composer, creative director, drum programming, drums, percussions, keyboard, programming, producer * B-Real – vocals *DJ Marshall Barnes – turntables * Beanie Sigel – vocals *

– bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards *Dee Brown – assistant *

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– vocals * Bun B – vocals *Andrew Coleman – engineer * Crooked I – vocals *Dev – vocals *DJ Spider – turntables *

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– vocals *Edit – producer, programming * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering *Game – vocals *George Gumbs – assistant, mixing assistant *Graham Stan Hargrove – assistant *Ryan Hunter – photography *Chuck Inglish – vocals, producer *James Ingram – assistant, bass, editing, guitar mixing, studio manager *

– vocals *Jaysonsucks – photography *Kev-E-Kev – turntables *Kobe – vocals *

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– vocals * Kid Cudi – vocals, guitar, producer *

– producer *

– vocals *

– vocals * Lupe Fiasco – vocals *Maxx242 – art direction *Joshua Monroy – engineer *

– composer, guitar *

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– mixing *Jeremiah Olvera – assistant, mixing assistant * Joell Ortiz – vocals *P-Mo – assistant *Dawaun Parker – keyboards *

– vocals *

– cover art *

– vocals * Rick Ross – vocals * Royce da 5'9" – vocals *Mikey Rocks – vocals * RZA – vocals, guitar, producer *

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– vocals *

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– vocals, producer *

– guitar solo * Snoop Dogg – vocals *

– vocals * Corey Taylor – vocals, guitar, producer *

– vocals *

– vocals * Pharrell Williams – vocals, producer *

– vocals

References

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