One time for Dreamville’s J.I.D, who’s long-awaited sophomore album Dicaprio 2 is finally here and thriving.
Hours after it’s Nov. 26 release, the 14-track album shot straight to the top of the iTunes charts, sitting comfortably at No. 1 on the Hip-Hop/Rap chart. Lead by singles “151 Rum” and the J.Cole assisted track “Off Deez,” Dicaprio 2 runs at 50 minutes, with features from 6lack, Ella Mai, Method Man and more.
“Wow guys.. we have the #1 hip-hop project on the charts” he wrote in a lengthy IG caption. “It literally ripped the soul out of my body putting this together, my team is the best I could ever ask for and I’m thankful to even have your attention at this moment, (literally this why I dropped on Monday so we could have our own moment), we work so hard and pray for things like this daily, Thank God and Thank YOU GUYS!! Love y’all man”
Last week, the Dreamville rapper spoke out on why he chose to drop the album on a Monday rather than optimize a Thursday or Friday for maximum exposure and chart growth.
“First week sales are kool for the Coles, Kdots, Drake’s And Nikki’s but, that’s not the game I’m playin right now” he explained in a Twitter thread. “We doing this shit our way and letting the people have the music how we see fit.”
I see yall askin me “y aRE yEw DRopPiN mUNdAY INshteAD Of fryDAe”, 😂bruh I👏🏾don’t👏🏾af👏🏾about👏🏾no 👏🏾first 👏🏾week👏🏾sales, first week sales are kool for the Coles, Kdots, Drake’s And Nikki’s but, that’s not the game I’m playin right now, i need the attention I can garner, cont..
— (J.I.D) (@JIDsv) November 22, 2018
I’m not playing the game they want me to play, we doing this shit our way and letting the people have the music how we see fit, I’m excited for Dicaprio2, the Level of shit talk I produced on “Slicktalk” is unparalleled, I tapped in on this project 😂
— (J.I.D) (@JIDsv) November 22, 2018
Stream ‘Dicaprio 2’ below.
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