Jet World Order is an album by rapper
Curren$y
Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (often stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. In 2011, he founded the label Jet Life Recordings.
Music career
2002–2008: No Limit and Young Mone ...
and his
Jet Life
Jet Life is an American hip hop collective formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, originally consisting of rappers Curren$y, Trademark da Skydiver, and Young Roddy. All members of the Jet Life collective are signed to Jet Life Recordings, which is ...
crew. It was released on November 29, 2011. The bonus track edition of the album includes a guest appearance from
Big K.R.I.T. A bonus loud pack edition of the album was released on the same day and features guest appearances from
Cory Gunz,
Bun B
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,
Dom Kennedy,
Schoolboy Q
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,
Kendrick Lamar
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,
A$AP Rocky
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and
Terri Walker
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.
Singles
The first single from ''Jet World Order'' is "1st Place", produced by Show Off. It was released on November 2, 2011 to
iTunes. It features labelmates Curren$y, Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy and
Mikey Rocks. The music video for the song was released on December 20.
Critical response
''Jet World Order'' scored a 6.7 from
Pitchfork Media
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Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
, a 3/5 from HipHopDX, and a 7/10 from
AllHipHop
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History
The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur. In 1997, Watkins registered the allhiphop.com domain to promote the artists on ...
.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #148 on the
''Billboard'' 200, selling 4,200 copies. It also debuted at #3, #17, and #26 on the Heatseekers Albums, Rap Albums, and
Independent Albums charts, respectively.
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Track listing
Samples
*"The Business" contains a sample of "Completeness" by Jean Carne
*"1st Place" contains a sample of "I Am Too Waiting" by Syreeta
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*"Lop Sided" contains a sample of "Time Is Passing" by Sun
*"Money Piles" contains a sample of "You Are What I'm All About" by The New Birth
*"Paper Habits" contains a sample of "Liquid Sunshine" by John Cameron
References
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2011 albums
Currensy albums
Albums produced by Beat Butcha