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Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial

Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial is the debut studio album by American rapper Roddy Ricch. It was released on December 6, 2019, through Atlantic Records and Bird Vision Entertainment. It features guest appearances from Gunna, Lil Durk, Meek Mill, Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign, and A Boogie wit da Hoodie, with production handled by multiple producers including 30 Roc, ATL Jacob, JetsonMade, OZ, and Mustard. The album won Album of the Year at the 2020 BET Awards. Apple Music also named it Album of the Year, where it was 2020's most streamed album globally. [4][5]

Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
Studio album by
Roddy Ricch
ReleasedDecember 6, 2019 (2019-12-06)
Recorded2019[1]
Studio
Genre
Length43:18
Label
Producer
  • 30 Roc
  • ATL Jacob
  • Billboard Hitmakers
  • Datboisqueeze
  • DJ Shawdi P
  • Fabio Aguilar
  • Figurez Made It
  • Flexico
  • ForeignGotEm
  • GYLTTRYP
  • Jasper Harris
  • JetsonMade
  • Keanu Beats
  • Kember Dreams
  • Kid Wond3r
  • Kilo Keys
  • Mustard
  • Niaggi
  • Nils
  • OZ
  • Pilgrim
  • Sonic
  • Saint Mino
  • Yung Lan
  • Zentachi
Roddy Ricch chronology
Feed Tha Streets II
(2018) 		Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
(2019) 		Live Life Fast
(2021)
Singles from Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
  1. "Big Stepper"
    Released: October 11, 2019
  2. "Start wit Me"
    Released: October 25, 2019
  3. "Tip Toe"
    Released: November 25, 2019
  4. "The Box"
    Released: January 11, 2020
  5. "High Fashion"
    Released: May 19, 2020[3]

Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial was supported by four singles: "Big Stepper", "Start wit Me" featuring Gunna, "Tip Toe" featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and "High Fashion", featuring Mustard, all of which have been certified platinum or higher. Prior to being released as a single, "The Box" became Roddy Ricch's highest-charting song of his career, reaching the top of the US Billboard Hot 100; the song later became the album's fourth single.[6] The album also received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a massive commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 101,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[2] It also spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, becoming the longest-running number one debut rap album since 2003.

Background and production

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In an interview with Revolt, the album's audio engineer Chris Dennis uncovered some of the album's recording sessions. Dennis recalls first meeting Roddy Ricch at a studio session one a day in March 2019, where after they "just kept working ever since then" from that day on. Ricch had just returned to the US after touring with Post Malone on the European leg of Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys Tour. Ricch's label wanted to start working on his debut album, something which Ricch also expressed interest in. Dennis says they spent a "solid year" working on the album, changing tracklists constantly and recording new music. He used production software Plugin Alliance which, he explained, "has no latency in the recording on any of the plugins". For the album, Ricch didn't want to employ a lot of effects or reverb, because "he likes his stuff really clean, dry, and in your face. That was the learning curve in the beginning — getting his clean vocals. You also have to work fast because he can record a song in 10 minutes", Dennis stated. "The Box", for instance, was recorded in roughly 15 minutes. On the track "War Baby", a choir was used, an idea Ricch came up with. The choir was arranged through Ricch's cousin.

Around 250 songs were recorded for the album. Dennis stated that a lot of those songs will instead appear on other artists' albums.[1]

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Result Ref.
American Music Awards 2020 Favorite Album — Rap/Hip-Hop Won [7]
Apple Music Awards 2020 Album of the Year Won [8]
BET Awards 2020 Album of the Year Won [9]
BET Hip Hop Awards 2020 Hip Hop Album of the Year Won [10]
Billboard Music Awards 2020 Top Rap Album Nominated [11]

Commercial performance

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Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 101,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[2] This became Roddy Ricch's first number one on the chart.[2] The album also accumulated a total of 130.7 million in on-demand audio streams for the set's songs.[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number three on the chart, with an additional 81,000 units.[12] In its third week, the album remained at number three on the chart, earning 73,000 more units.[13] In its fourth week, the album climbed to number two on the chart with 74,000 units.[14] In its fifth week, it regained the number one position on the chart, earning 97,000 album-equivalent units, with a 31% increase in total units.[15] The album ended up spending two more weeks at number one in its eighth and tenth week.[16][17] It became the longest-running number one debut rap album in the US since 2003.[18] On November 5, 2020, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over two million units in the United States.[19]

Five songs off the album also managed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "The Box" being the highest-charting song, spending eleven weeks at number one on the chart despite no initial single release.[20] Tracks from the album have sold over 20 million certified units as of January 2022.[21]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[22]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [23]
HipHopDX4/5[24]
NME     [25]
Pitchfork6.9/10[26]

Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial held a 72/100 on Metacritic, indicating “generally favourable reviews”.

Track listing

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[27]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
  • ATL Jacob
  • Billboard Hitmakers
2:15
2."The Box"
3:16
3."Start wit Me" (featuring Gunna)
2:38
4."Perfect Time"
  • Moore
  • Eric Sandoval
  • Anthony Beecham
  • Sonic
  • Kid Wond3r
2:22
5."Moonwalkin" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • Sonic
  • Aguilar
  • Keanu Beats
2:47
6."Big Stepper"
  • Moore
  • Cristian Gonzalez
  • Joseph Nguyen
  • Steven Alexander
  • Flexico
  • Figurez Made It
  • DJ Shawdi P
2:55
7."Gods Eyes"
  • Moore
  • Sandoval
Sonic2:15
8."Peta" (featuring Meek Mill)
3:18
9."Boom Boom Room"
  • Moore
  • Milan Modi
  • Brain Anamayatana
  • Vid Vučenović
  • Yung Lan
  • Kilo Keys
  • ForeignGotEm
2:47
10."Elyse's Skit"  0:23
11."High Fashion" (featuring Mustard)
3:40
12."Bacc Seat" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
Yung Lan2:52
13."Roll Dice"
  • Moore
  • Gloade
  • Moragne
  • Tate
  • 30 Roc
  • Datboisqueeze
  • Zentachi
2:50
14."Prayers to the Trap God"
  • Moore
  • Sandoval
  • Mino Drerup
  • Sonic
  • Saint Mino[a]
2:40
15."Tip Toe" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)
  • Niaggi
  • Pilgrim
3:05
16."War Baby"
  • Moore
  • Sandoval
  • Ashley Kember
  • Sonic
  • Kember Dreams[a]
3:15
Total length:43:18

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal:[27]

  • Chris Dennis – recording (tracks 1–9, 11–16)
  • Curtis "Sircut" Bye – engineering assistant (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–9, 11–16), mixing (track 5)
  • Zachary Acosta – engineering assistant (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11–16)
  • Cyrus "NOIS" Taghipour – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11–16)
  • Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – mixing (tracks 1–9, 11–16)
  • Nicolas de Porcel – mastering (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11–16)
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering (track 3)

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[57] Gold 20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[58] Platinum 80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[59] Platinum 20,000‡
France (SNEP)[60] Gold 50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[61] Gold 7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Gold 100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[19] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales streaming figures based on certification alone.

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