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Downtown: Life Under the Gun is an impressive introduction to New Orleans native August Alsina, a singer and songwriter who experienced enough hardships through his teenage years to sing the blues for a lifetime. As he looks back in the title track, "No one told me life would be this way." A former drug dealer who lived through his father and stepfather's crack addictions, as well as the shooting death of his brother, Alsina established himself through YouTube clips uploaded as far back as 2007. Even as a fresh-faced youngster covering Lyfe Jennings' "Hypothetically," his voice ached. Although he now has as much arrogance as anyone else on contemporary R&B radio, his lingering pain remains, punctuated by a handful of between-song monologues that are all the more chilling for being expressed in a matter-of-fact tone. The gritty realism in ballads like "Hell on Earth" and "Nobody Knows" hints at future greatness. He's singing about his life, not romanticizing it.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Claxton, ComposerLyricist - Briana Payne, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David "D-Clax" Claxton, Producer
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Knucklehead, Producer - Devin Johnson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kidd Kidd, FeaturedArtist - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Irving III, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Cahee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Briana Payne, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Knucklehead, Producer - John McGee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Devin Johnson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Irving III, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Knucklehead, Producer - Cody Sciara, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Trehy Harris, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trinidad James, FeaturedArtist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Irving III, ComposerLyricist - Christine Massa, ComposerLyricist - Nicholaus Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Def Jam Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Devin Johnson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Curren$y, FeaturedArtist - Cody Sciara, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, ComposerLyricist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Cross, ComposerLyricist - Shante Scott Franklin, ComposerLyricist - Cassius J, Producer
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Knucklehead, Producer - Sean McMillion, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rich Homie Quan, FeaturedArtist - The Exclusives, Producer - Briana Payne, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Hudson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sean McMillion, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - August Alsina, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Exclusives, Producer - Cassius J, Producer - Briana Payne, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Downtown: Life Under the Gun is an impressive introduction to New Orleans native August Alsina, a singer and songwriter who experienced enough hardships through his teenage years to sing the blues for a lifetime. As he looks back in the title track, "No one told me life would be this way." A former drug dealer who lived through his father and stepfather's crack addictions, as well as the shooting death of his brother, Alsina established himself through YouTube clips uploaded as far back as 2007. Even as a fresh-faced youngster covering Lyfe Jennings' "Hypothetically," his voice ached. Although he now has as much arrogance as anyone else on contemporary R&B radio, his lingering pain remains, punctuated by a handful of between-song monologues that are all the more chilling for being expressed in a matter-of-fact tone. The gritty realism in ballads like "Hell on Earth" and "Nobody Knows" hints at future greatness. He's singing about his life, not romanticizing it.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: August Alsina
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2013 Def Jam Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 Def Jam Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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