Wasteland (Brent Faiyaz album)

Wasteland
Three black-and-white photos of the artist in a row across the middle of a plain black frame. Above the photos is the name of the album in all caps printed in large blocky red letters, with a wispy, thin, white W over the red one. Below the photos is the artist's name, evenly spaced in smaller white print.
Studio album by
Brent Faiyaz
ReleasedJuly 8, 2022
GenreR&B[1]
Length64:08
Label
  • Lost Kids
  • Venice
  • Stem
Producer
Brent Faiyaz chronology
Fuck the World
(2020) 		Wasteland
(2022) 		Too Late to Die Young
(with Sonder)
(2022)
Singles from Wasteland
  1. "Dead Man Walking"
    Released: September 20, 2020
  2. "Gravity"
    Released: January 29, 2021
  3. "Wasting Time"
    Released: July 1, 2021
  4. "Price of Fame"
    Released: June 24, 2022

Wasteland (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American R&B singer Brent Faiyaz, released on July 8, 2022, through Lost Kids, Venice Music, and Stem Disintermedia.[2] The album features guest appearances from Alicia Keys, DJ Dahi, Drake, Joony, Tre Amani, and Tyler, The Creator, while the album's production was primarily handled by Faiyaz himself and Jordan Ware, with assistance from Beat Butcha, Che Pope, DJ Dahi, Jake One, No I.D., Paperboy Fabe, Raphael Saadiq, |The Neptunes, and the album's executive producer, Jonathan "Freeze" Wells.[3] The album serves as a follow-up to the EP Fuck the World (2020).[4]

Wasteland received "generally favorable" reviews from music critics who praised the album's "smooth" production and Faiyaz's vocals.[5] It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, in which it earned 88,000 album-equivalent units, of which 6,000 were pure album sales while nine out of the seventeen album tracks debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[6] The album was supported by four official singles: "Dead Man Walking", "Gravity" with DJ Dahi featuring Tyler, The Creator, "Wasting Time" featuring Drake, and "Price of Fame".

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference clash was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mendez, Chris Malone (July 8, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz Returns With Wasteland Album". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Price, Joe (July 8, 2022). "Stream Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland Album f/ Drake, Tyler, the Creator, the Neptunes, and Alicia Keys". Complex. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  4. ^ First Class, DJ (July 8, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz visits the Wasteland on new album". Revolt TV. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Metacritic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Anderson, Trevor (July 20, 2022). "Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2024.