''Last Winter'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

Bas Bas may refer to: People * Bas (name), a given name and a surname * Bas (rapper) (born 1987) Chemistry * Boron arsenide (BAs), a chemical compound * Barium sulfide (BaS), a chemical compound Other uses * ''bas'' (French for "low"), as in bas ...

. It was released on April 29, 2014, by

Dreamville Records Dreamville Records is an American record label founded by American rapper J. Cole and his manager Ibrahim Hamad. The label is currently distributed through Interscope Records, a unit of Universal Music Group. The roster includes Bas, Cozz, O ...

, and

Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture ...

. The album debuted at No. 103 on ''Billboard'' 200, selling 3,601 copies in its first week. It has sold 11,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.

Background

The album features

guest appearance The term guest appearance generally denotes the appearance of a guest in an artistic or pop-culture setting. The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are disting ...

s from his label-mates J. Cole, and KQuick, along with artists contributing this album such as Irvin Washington, and Mack Wilds. The

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on this album includes from Cedric Brown, Ron Gilmore, GP808, Hottrak, Jay Kurzweil, and Ogee Handz, among others.

Singles and promotion

On May 2, Bas released the music video for "My Nigga Just Made Bail" featuring J. Cole. The song "Lit" appeared on his mixtape in 2013, and a music video for that was released on July 11, followed by a video for "Charles De Gaulle to JFK".

Track listing

Credits adapted from ASCAP. Sample Credits * "New World Order" contains a sample of "Demise" written and performed by Georgia Anne Muldrow. * "Vacation" contains a sample of " Flashback" written by Adam Wiles and performed by

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris (and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007 ...

. * "Donk of the Day" contains a sample of "You Are the Heart of Me" written by

Eddie Holland Edward James Holland Jr. (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is brother to Brian Holland. Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Although he was an early Motown artist who recorde ...

and Michael Smith and performed by

The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959 as the Primettes. A premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful Amer ...

. * "Golden Goals" contains a sample of "This Time" written by Myron Avant, Stephen Huff, Chris Kelly and Eric Payton and performed by Avant. * "Last Winter" contains a sample of "Who Can I Run To?" written by Frank Alstin and Charles Simmons and performed by

The Jones Girls The Jones Girls were an American R&B vocal trio of sisters from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Consisting of Brenda, Shirley and Valorie Jones, the Jones Girls first signed and recorded for GM Records in 1970. The trio were best known for t ...

. * "Lit" contains a sample of " Do You..." written by Miguel Pimantel, Arden Altino,

Jerry Duplessis Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis (born August 9, 1975) is a Haitian record producer and musician. His first major success came as the producer of the Fugees' 1996 album ''The Score (Fugees album), The Score''. He served as the bass guitarist for the grou ...

and

Paul Pesco Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and ...

and performed by Miguel. ;Notes indicated a co-producer.

Charts

References

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