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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. | 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== | ==Background and production== | ||
On January 22, 2018, Q-Lo [[Death of 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 | On January 22, 2018, Q-Lo [[Death of 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 two separate projects: his next solo album and a collaborative record with the long-time collaborator and producer [[Stephacide]]. His last work was the {{W|Extended play|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 | Q-Lo had been working on his next studio album for approximately three years, and had begun work shortly following the commercial release of ''Purple 001''. The planned album included various unused tracks and music samples that did not make the final cut of Q-Lo's previous works, which included music produced as early as 2012. This includes the Yeeda and Fren-Z collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLN9vt5jQk No Ma'am]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsuk8Ib95zg Don't Tell Me]</span>", while "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67HqZ0pQ6HI All Alone]</span>" had been a leftover track from the ''Saudade'' sessions. The [[Yung Nevabroke]] collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMechSxBq0 Stupid]</span>", was recorded during the summer of 2016 at producer SK99's home studio alongside the song "Shackles To Diamonds", which was included in the rapper's fifth studio album, ''OPEN SEASON'' (2016). "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlifiTrWn1k Harder]</span>" had also been a leftover track from ''OPEN SEASON'', one which Q had teased on social media numerous times prior to his death and had performed lived at his final three shows. Songs included in the deluxe version of the album, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnt9MYYNLg Every Summer]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzey6DdUfSI Cash Cash]</span>" featuring ZuWop, were recorded during the sessions for ''Purple 001''. | ||
Stephacide, a record producer whom Q-Lo had worked considerably throughout his professional career and executive producer of the album, would confirm in an interview with ''Sierra Media'' that "most" songs featured on the record were originally intended for their collaborative album, with recording sessions beginning in early 2017 and continuing throughout the year while the rapper was on tour promoting ''Purple 001''. These sessions include "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZnSEVoVUZ8 My Way]</span>", one of the few songs to have a music video recorded before the rapper's passing though it remained unfinished until after his passing; "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfWIundoes Used To]</span>", "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnvpJa6Ms4 Searchin]</span>", the KitKat collaboration "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyv2W9Y3LA0 All Flavors]</span>", "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdFJGPP-8wg Loving You]</span>", and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egp63x4H16k Break It Down]</span>". One of the last songs recorded by Q, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjEF0E2rfS4 Raindrops]</span>", would be finished posthumously while Q in the studio listening to the song would be included as "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDW6tYWF5w Raindrops (Interlude)]</span>". Another song, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1W1PdGvTJw It's Been So Long]</span>", would be found on the rapper's laptop located in his touring bus following his death, having been recorded an hour before the rapper's last show the same night as his death. | |||
==Release and promotion== | ==Release and promotion== | ||
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| title14 = <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDW6tYWF5w Raindrops]</span> | | title14 = <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDW6tYWF5w Raindrops (Interlude)]</span> | ||
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