Fire Shack
| Fire Shack | ||||
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| Released | 28 June 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–18 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | New wave · hip hop · trap-pop · synth-pop · experimental R&B | |||
| Length | 48:37 | |||
| Label | Skid Row Productions · O.P. Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Stephacide (also exec.) · Q-Lo · Jay Fresco · DJ Glock · Henry Fritz · SK99 · Quitmydayjob · DanceDanDance · M1RZA · Da Payout · DaaDah Bless | |||
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Fire Shack is the seventh and final album by Sierran rapper and singer Q-Lo, released posthumously on 28 June, 2019, through Skid Row Productions, a subsidiary of O.P. Entertainment. The album follows Q-Lo's death by an accidental overdose from a combination of Xanax and codeine approximately a year and a half prior, on 22 January 2018. The record was planned before his passing and was meant to be a collaboration with EDM-producer Stephacide, but due to his passing, the collaboration would turn into Stephacide serving as executive producer for the album, with guest appearances from frequent collaborators KitKat, Yeeda, and Fren-Z, as well as Inland Empire-based rapper Yung Nevabroke.
Widely anticipated, Fire Shack debuted at number one on the Sunset 100 with 726,000 album-equivalent units, marking the biggest debut-week units of 2019 at that time, surpassing Okonma East's God's Country (412,000), and the biggest opening week since since his own Purple 001 (2017) debuted with 546,000 units, later being surpassed by Adan's Would’ve Came Back For You (2021). On 17 February 2024, Fire Shack was certified 5× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a five millions units in North America, with more than 3,520,000 album-equivalent units being sold in the Kingdom of Sierra alone.
Background
On January 22, 2018, Q-Lo died from an accidental drug overdose while on tour in Honolulu. At the time of his death, Q-Lo had been working on his next album, which would be in collaboration with the artist Stephacide. His last work was the EP La Douleur Exquise, which was released just a week before his death. His last studio album was Purple 001, which was released in 2017.
Q-Lo had been working on his next collaboration album for approximately three years, and had begun work shortly following the commercial release of Purple 001 The planned album included unused tracks and music samples that did not make the final cut in Q-Lo's previous works, which included music produced as early as 2012. Q-Lo's unfinished project was intended to be an extensive collaborative project with Stephacide, a record producer whom Q-Lo had worked considerably throughout his professional career.
Release and promotion
Critical reception
Tracklist
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Good Day" (Intro) | Jermaine Williams Jr. | 0:49 | |
| 2. | "My Way" | Williams Jr. · Ignatius Sherazi | Q-Lo · Stephacide | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Used To" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi | Q-Lo · Stephacide | 3:06 |
| 4. | "All Flavors" (featuring KitKat) | Williams Jr. · Jesse Klein · Jay Fresco · Bruno Rodriguez · Sherazi · Henry Fritz | Q-Lo · Jay Fresco · DJ Glock[a] · Stephacide[a] · Henry Fritz[a] | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Q Speaks" (Interlude) | Williams Jr. | 1:29 | |
| 6. | "Harder" | Williams Jr. · Rodriguez · Fritz | DJ Glock · Fritz | 2:32 |
| 7. | "Stupid" (featuring Yung Nevabroke) | Williams Jr. · Amari Simons · Korbin Sunn · Cole Savage · Rodriguez | SK99 · Quitmydayjob[a] · DJ Glock[a] | 2:30 |
| 8. | "Loving You" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi | Q-Lo · Stephacide | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Break It Down" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi · Daniel Andrews | Stephacide · DanceDanDance | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Live From The Sky" (Interlude) | Williams Jr. | 0:45 | |
| 11. | "Don't Tell Me" | Williams Jr. · Andrews · Sherazi · Rodriguez · Dakota Hopkins · Stefan Greer | Q-Lo · DanceDanDance · Stephacide · DJ Glock[a] · M1RZA[a] · Da Payout[a] | 3:14 |
| 12. | "Searchin" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi · Greer | Q-Lo · Stephacide · Da Payout[a] | 3:14 |
| 13. | "No Ma'am" (featuring Yeeda and Fren-Z) | Williams Jr. · Trevor Young · Kareem Abdul · Caiden Brooks · Rodriguez · Greer | DaaDah Bless · DJ Glock · Da Payout[a] | 2:40 |
| 14. | "Raindrops" (Interlude) | Williams Jr. | 0:57 | |
| 15. | "Raindrops" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi | Q-Lo · Stephacide | 2:15 |
| 16. | "All Alone" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi · Greer | Q-Lo · Stephacide · Da Payout[a] | 3:40 |
| 17. | "It's Been So Long" | Williams Jr. | Q-Lo | 5:04 |
| 18. | "The Hustle Never Stops" | Williams Jr. · Sherazi · Savage | Q-Lo · Stephacide · Quitmydayjob[a] | 2:40 |
| Total length: | 48:37 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 18. | "Every Summer" | Williams Jr. · Rodriguez · Greer | Q-Lo · DJ Glock · Da Payout[a] | 3:12 |
| 19. | "Cash Cash" (featuring ZuWop) | Williams Jr. · Davis Stone · Hykeem Terrace · Tyrone Davenport · Jeoffrey Mack · Marc Mullins | Wonderkidd · Streetside · Bayz[a] · Loopy[a] | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 54:47 | |||