Suffering from Success
Suffering from Success is the seventh studio album by American disc jockey and record producer DJ Khaled. It was released on October 22, 2013, by We the Best Music Group, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. The album has guest appearances from Future, Diddy, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, T.I., 2 Chainz, French Montana, Timbaland, Lil Wayne, Drake, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Jeremih. Producers include DJ Khaled, Boi-1da, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Arthur McArthur, Timbaland, Streetrunner, Young Chop and Lee on the Beats.
Suffering from Success
October 22, 2013
2012–2013
53:28
- DJ Khaled (exec.)
- Ronald "Slim Tha Don" Williams (exec.)
- Bryan "Baby Birdman" Williams (also exec.)
- Dwayne "The President" Carter (also exec.)
- Armzhouse Records
- Arthur McArthur
- Allen Ritter
- Beewirks
- Bkorn
- Boi-1da
- Canei Finch
- Cool & Dre
- DJ Frass
- DJ Nasty & LVM
- Lee on the Beats
- Noah "40" Shebib
- J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
- J. Cole
- JA Productions
- Rico Beats
- Robert Bullock
- Rugah Rahj
- Streetrunner
- The Beat Bully
- Timbaland
- Vinylz
- Young Chop
Suffering from Success was supported by two singles, "No New Friends" featuring Lil Wayne, Drake and Rick Ross, and "I Wanna Be with You" featuring Nicki Minaj, Future and Ross. The album was met with mixed reviews from music critics and debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200.
Guest appearances[edit]
In these early reports from MTV, it said that the album would include the features from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Kanye West.[6] Drake, Future and Nicki Minaj, which would be featured on the first two singles.[7] In May 2013, Khaled also confirmed to be working with Big Sean on the album.[8] On August 26, 2013, on a vlog, it was revealed that Khaled was in the studio with Meek Mill, Vado, Birdman, Juelz Santana, Ace Hood, Mavado, and Swizz Beatz.[9] On September 12, 2013, American rapper Scarface announced that Akon and himself, would be featured on the album.[10] On September 27, 2013, Khaled revealed that President Barack Obama would be featured on the album in an unspecified way.[11] On October 6, 2013, the final track listing was released, revealing guest appearances on the album from Future, Ace Hood, Diddy, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, T.I., Swizz Beatz, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Big Sean, Timbaland, Plies, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Mavado, Bas, Jeremih, J. Cole, Akon, Anthony Hamilton, Jadakiss, John Legend, Scarface, Birdman, Vado and Kat Dahlia.[12]
Singles[edit]
On April 14, 2013, DJ Khaled released a promotional video for Suffering from Success, and the first single, called "No New Friends" featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, which was released on April 19, 2013.[13][14] The music video was shot on May 15 and 16, 2013 in Miami, Florida[15] and featured cameos by Ace Hood and Birdman among others.[16] The music video for "No New Friends" premiered on MTV Jams on June 9, 2013, and was co-directed by Colin Tilley and Drake.[17] "No New Friends" has peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100.[18]
On July 25, 2013, Khaled publicly "proposed" to fellow Cash Money artist Nicki Minaj via MTV. He supported his offer with a 10 karat diamond ring from Rafaello & Co.,valued at about $500,000.[19] Later, he reaffirmed his proposal in an interview with Power 106's DJ Felli Fel, stating: "I ain't a young boy no more. I'm on my thinking the future. I just had to be honest. I always liked her. She's my friend, of course. And I like her. It's more than a crush."[20] On July 29, 2013, in an interview with Funkmaster Flex, Minaj denied Khaled's proposal, saying: "Khaled is my brother and Khaled was not serious with that damn proposal, ya'll. Please let it go. He was kidding."[21] On the same day, Flex premiered Khaled's new single, titled "I Wanna Be with You" which featured Minaj; as well as frequent collaborators Future and Rick Ross. This led some to believe that his proposal was a "publicity stunt" to promote his new single.[22][23] Shortly after the song's release, Khaled confirmed it was all a joke and a way to introduce the record.[24] The music video was shot in Miami, Florida on August 9, 2013.[25] On September 3, 2013, the music video for "I Wanna Be with You" premiered on MTV Jams.[26]
On October 17, 2013, DJ Khaled released a making of video for the song "Never Surrender" featuring Scarface, Akon, Jadakiss, Meek Mill, Anthony Hamilton, and John Legend.[27] The following day the audio to the song was premiered.[28] Then on October 20, 2013, the song's music video was released. The video shows a "crew of drug dealers that gets unraveled when one of their own gets caught and snitches on the rest of them".[29]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 27,000 copies in the United States.[40] In its second week, the album dropped to number 28, selling 9,000 more copies.[41] In its third week the album sold 5,000 more copies.[42] In its fourth week, the album sold 3,000 more copies bringing its total album sales to 44,000 copies.[43]