''Mumble Rap'' is the eleventh

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by Palestinian-Canadian rapper

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. It was released on 6 October 2017 through XO,

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, and

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. The mixtape features a sole

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from

Pusha T Terrence LeVarr Thornton (born May 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Pusha T, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as one half of the Virginia-based hip hop duo Clipse, which he formed with his older brother No Malice, Malice. M ...

. It includes production from

Boi-1da Matthew Jehu Samuels (born October 12, 1986), known professionally as Boi-1da (a play on Boy Wonder) is a Canadian record producer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. He is an in-house producer for Drake's OVO Sound label and has prod ...

mainly, alongside

Allen Ritter Allen Raphael Ritter (born June 19, 1988) is an American record producer and songwriter. A frequent collaborator of fellow producers Boi-1da, Vinylz, and Sevn Thomas, Ritter has worked in production for high-profile hip hop and contemporary R&B, ...

Ben Billions Benjamin Dyer Diehl, known professionally as Ben Billions, is an American audio engineer, record producer and songwriter from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He is best known for his production and engineering work for prominent music industry artists ...

DannyBoyStyles Danny Schofield, known professionally as DannyBoyStyles (and previously known as Styles), is an American Grammy award-winning record producer, engineer, songwriter, and composer. He produced all ten tracks on the Weeknd's album ''Kiss Land'' and ...

Frank Dukes Adam King Feeney (born September 12, 1983), better known as Ging and by his former stage name Frank Dukes, is a Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter. A prolific producer, he has worked with artists including Lorde for ''Melodrama'' ...

, T-Minus and

Vinylz Anderson Hernandez (born September 2, 1989),Rys, Dan (July 11, 2013)"‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ Behind The Scenes: Five Producers Who Helped Craft The Album". '' XXL''. Accessed on July 11, 2013. professionally known as Vinylz, is an American ...

, among others. A

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was released on 19 May 2023.

Background

On 5 October 2017, Belly was interviewed by Zane Lowe on his radio show on Beats 1 and announced the project's title, in which he called Boi-1da the executive producer. He also talked about how the mixtape came to fruition, Boi-1da's involvement and reclaiming what the title phrase meant in rap, by stating

Singles

The lead single, "P.O.P." was released on 25 July 2017. The song was produced by

. The music video was directed by

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. It was released on 9 August 2017 and stars American model

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. The first promotional single is "Lullaby". The music video for Lullaby was released as a

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exclusive on 3 October 2017. The second promotional single is "Mumble Rap". The music video for "Mumble Rap" was released the same day as the mixtape was released. The third promotional single is "Immigration to the Trap". The music video was released 13 October 2017. The final promotional single is "The Come Down is Real Too". The music video was released 6 December 2017.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co- producer * signifies an additional producer Sample credits * "The Come Down Is Real Too" contains a sample from "

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", performed by

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* "Mumble Rap" contains a sample from

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's original composition "Grazie Zia" * "Papyrus" contains a sample from "Voyages", performed by

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Personnel

Instruments *

– keyboard *

– keyboard Technical * Faris Al-Majed – recording * Danny Schofield – recording * Benjamin Diehl – recording , mixing *

Jaycen Joshua Jaycen Joshua is an American audio engineer based in California. He won three Grammy Awards: the first for mixing ''Growing Pains'' for Mary J. Blige in 2007, followed by '' El mal querer'' for Rosalía in 2018, and ''Hyperspace'' for Beck in ...

– mixing * David Nakaji – mixing assistant * Iván Jiménez – mixing assistant Creative * Fluency Creative - creative direction

Charts

References

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