Airtight's Revenge

Airtight's Revenge
Studio album by Bilal
Released	September 14, 2010
Recorded	2008–2010
Genre	Soul indie rock progressive soul electronic neo soul jazz
Length	47:52
Label	Plug Research
Producer	Bilal Steve McKie Nottz Shafiq Husayn Conley "Tone" Whitfield 88-Keys
Bilal chronology
Love for Sale (unreleased) Airtight's Revenge (2010) A Love Surreal (2013)
Singles from Airtight's Revenge
"Restart" Released: 2010 "All Matter" Released: 2010 "Little One" Released: 2010

Airtight's Revenge is the third^[1] studio album by American singer-songwriter Bilal. It was released on September 14, 2010, by the independent record label Plug Research, his first album for the label.

Bilal began composing music for the album using the recording software GarageBand, while touring in the aftermath of his unreleased but widely leaked album Love for Sale. He wrote and recorded Airtight's Revenge during a period of approximately three years, working alongside the musician-producers Steve McKie, Nottz, Shafiq Husayn, Conley "Tone" Whitfield, and 88-Keys. The album's soul and rock music is more electronic- and guitar-oriented than Bilal's previous albums, featuring influences from jazz, blues, and futurism. Experiences from his personal life and professional conflicts with his former label, Interscope Records, formed the inspiration for the album's dark songwriting, which explores themes of love, spirituality, capitalism, and politics, with lyrics informed by free thought.

The album debuted at number 106^[2] on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 4,600 copies in its first week. Although it charted modestly, Airtight's Revenge was well received by music critics upon its release. PopMatters ranked the album number 61 in its year-end list of best albums for 2010, calling it a "wildly inventive, wildly enjoyable album".^[3]