Ardipithecus (album)

Ardipithecus
Studio album by
Willow
ReleasedDecember 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
Genre
Length54:07
Label
Producer
  • Willow Smith
  • AcE
  • JABS
  • Mel "Chaos" Lewis
  • James Chul Rim
  • Anthony Bell
  • James Darrell Robinson
  • DWayne E. Moore
  • Rayfield Holloman
Willow chronology
Interdimensional Tesseract
(2015) 		Ardipithecus
(2015) 		The 1st
(2017)
Singles from Ardipithecus
  1. "Why Don't You Cry"
    Released: September 18, 2015
  2. "Wait a Minute!"
    Released: December 11, 2015

Ardipithecus (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American singer Willow. It was released on December 11, 2015 through Roc Nation and Interscope Records. Smith is credited as sole songwriter on 11 tracks, and sole producer on 10 of them. The album also features contributions from Smith's brother Trey Smith, under the moniker AcE, and frequent collaborator Jabs.[2][3][4] The track "F Q-C #7" was released on May 7, 2015, with an accompanying music video.[5] A video to the track "Why Don't You Cry" was also released on September 17.[6]

The album takes its name from the genus of an extinct hominine of the same name.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes-review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Britton, Luke Morgan (December 11, 2015). "Willow Smith surprise-releases debut album 'Ardipithecus'". NME. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Golding, Shenequa (December 13, 2015). "Willow Smith Released Her Surprise Debut Album 'Ardipithecus'". Vibe. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Victoria (December 11, 2015). "Willow Smith "Ardipithecus" Album Stream, Cover Art & Tracklist". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "F Q-C # 7 - Single by Willow". Itunes.apple.com. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  6. ^ "world premiere: watch willow smith's new video 'why don't you cry'". i-d.vice.com/. 2015-09-17. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.