Montana (album)

2019 studio album by French Montana

Montana

Studio album by

French Montana

Released| December 6, 2019[1]
Length| 67:00
Label| Montana Entertainment, Coke Boys, Bad Boy, Epic
Producer|

* Ashton Vines
* Ben Billions
* Cardo
* Cashio
* Cool & Dre
* Couture
* Cubeatz
* Di Genius
* French Montana
* Harry Fraud
* Hector Chaparro
* Juicy J
* London on da Track
* Louis Bell
* Mally Mall
* Maaly Raw
* Mixx
* Murda Beatz
* Prince 85
* Rvssian
* SAP
* Scorp Dezel
* Tony Seltzer
* Yo Asel

French Montana chronology
| Coke Wave 4
(2019)  | Montana
(2019)  | CB5
(2020)

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Singles from  Montana

1. "Lockjaw"
Released: May 27, 2016
2. "No Shopping"
Released: July 16, 2016
3. "No Stylist"
Released: September 20, 2018
4. "Slide"
Released: April 18, 2019
5. "Wiggle It"
Released: July 12, 2019
6. "Suicide Doors"
Released: September 13, 2019
7. "Writing on the Wall"
Released: September 27, 2019
8. "Twisted"
Released: October 11, 2019
9. "Out of Your Mind"
Released: January 21, 2020

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
Pitchfork| 5.8/10[3]

Montana (stylized in all caps)[4] is the third studio album by American rapper French Montana. It was released on December 6, 2019 through Epic Records, Bad Boy, Coke Boys and Montana Entertainment.[5] The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Harry Fraud, Louis Bell, London on da Track, Cardo, Rvssian and Murda Beatz among others. The album also features guest appearances by Post Malone, Swae Lee, Kodak Black, Cardi B, Chris Brown, PartyNextDoor, ASAP Rocky and many others.

Montana was supported by seven singles: "No Stylist", "Slide", "Wiggle It", "Suicide Doors", "Writing on the Wall", "Twisted" and "Out of Your Mind".[6][7] It also includes the singles "Lockjaw" featuring Kodak Black and "No Shopping" featuring Drake, which were previously released on Montana's 2016 mixtape MC4. The album received mixed reviews from music critics and poor commercial performance. It debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[8]

## Promotion

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French Montana shared a trailer for the album directed by Kid Art, which features him "surrounded by a line of women in thigh-high red boots and dark burqas" and was called "connecting with his Muslim roots".[6][9]

## Commercial performance

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Montana debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units (including 6,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.[8] This became Montana's lowest first week sales and lowest charting album to date.[8] On December 5, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[10]

## Track listing

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[11]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Montana"|

* Karim Kharbouch
* Mejdi Rhars
* Rory Quigley
* Ellas McDaniel
* Koko Taylor
* Les Baxter
* Robert Caldwell

* Prince 85
* Harry Fraud
* French Montana

| 3:26
2.| "Suicide Doors" (featuring Gunna)|

* Kharbouch
* Sergio Kitchens
* Quigley

| Harry Fraud| 3:33
3.| "50's & 100's" (featuring Juicy J)|

* Kharbouch
* Jordan Houston

| Juicy J| 2:41
4.| "What It Look Like"|

* Kharbouch
* Marcello Valenzano
* Andre Lyon
* Jonathan King
* James Smith

* Cool & Dre
* SAP
* French Montana

| 2:49
5.| "Lifestyle" (featuring Kodak Black and Kevin Gates)|

* Kharbouch
* Bill Kapri
* Kevin Gilyard
* Ronald LaTour
* Jocelyn Donald
* Darwin Turner

| Cardo| 2:41
6.| "Salam Alaykum"|

* Kharbouch
* Quigley
* Baruch Nembhard
* Liew Kellett

* Harry Fraud
* Mixx
* French Montana

| 4:07
7.| "That Way"|

* Kharbouch
* Paul Couture
* Stephen Cropper
* Donald Dunn
* Al Jackson, Jr.
* Booker Jones, Jr.
* Edward Archer
* Hoard Thompson
* James Brown

* Couture
* French Montana

| 2:14
8.| "Say Goodbye" (featuring Belly)|

* Kharbouch
* Ahmad Balshe
* Scorp Dezel
* Quigley
* Jamal Rashid
* Oluwaseyi Agbeti

* Scorp Dezel
* Harry Fraud
* Mally Mall
* French Montana

| 3:47
9.| "Coke Wave Boys" (featuring Chinx and Max B)|

* Kharbouch
* Lionel Pickens
* Charley Wingate
* Quigley
* Tony Seltzer
* Ahmir Thompson
* Jimmy Gray
* Leonard Hubbard
* Raphael Saadiq
* Tarik Collins

* Harry Fraud
* Tony Seltzer

| 4:13

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Writing on the Wall" (featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, and Rvssian)|

* Kharbouch
* Austin Post
* Belcalis Almanzar
* Tarik Johnston
* Louis Bell
* Stephen McGregor
* Cashio
* Azul
* Richard McClashie

* Bell
* Rvssian
* Di Genius
* Cashio

| 3:21
2.| "Out of Your Mind" (with Swae Lee featuring Chris Brown)|

* Kharbouch
* Khalif Brown
* Christopher Brown
* Rashid

| Mally Mall| 3:14
3.| "Wanna Be" (featuring PartyNextDoor)|

* Kharbouch
* Jahron Brathwaite
* London Holmes

| London on da Track| 3:22
4.| "Twisted" (featuring Juicy J, Logic, and ASAP Rocky)|

* Kharbouch
* Houston
* Sir Bryson Hall, Jr.
* Rakim Mayers

| Juicy J| 4:22
5.| "Hoop" (featuring Quavo)|

* Kharbouch
* Quavious Marshall
* Nembhard
* Jamaal Henry

* Mixx
* Maaly Raw

| 3:11
6.| "No Stylist" (featuring Drake)|

* Kharbouch
* Aubrey Graham
* Hector Chaparro
* L. Holmes
* Christian Ward
* Floyd Bentley
* Felix Pappalardi
* Leslie Weistein
* John Ventura
* Christopher Dotson

* Hector Chaparro
* London on da Track

| 3:09
7.| "Wiggle It" (with Quality Control featuring City Girls)|

* Kharbouch
* Caresha Brownlee
* Jatavia Johnson
* Benjamin Diehl
* Raynford Humphrey
* Gamal Lewis
* Hugh Brankin
* John Reid
* Ross Campbell
* Graham Wilson

* Ben Billions
* French Montana

| 2:42
8.| "Slide" (featuring Blueface and Lil Tjay)|

* Kharbouch
* Johnathan Porter
* Tione Merritt
* Ashton Vines
* Nembhard
* Andre Young
* Calvin Broadus, Jr.
* Clarence Satchell
* Delmar Arnaud
* Eric Collins
* Gregory Webster
* Joseph Williams
* Lawrence Parker
* Leroy Bonner
* Marshall Jones
* Marvin Pierce
* Norman Napier
* Philip Thomas
* Ralph Middlebrooks
* Ricardo Brown
* Walter Morrison

* Ashton Vines
* Mixx
* French Montana

| 3:06
9.| "Saucy"|

* Kharbouch
* Quigley

| Harry Fraud| 3:56

Side two Bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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10.| "No Shopping" (featuring Drake)|

* Kharbouch
* Graham
* Shane Lindstrom
* Kevin Gomringer
* Tim Gomringer

* Murda Beatz
* Cubeatz

| 3:47
11.| "Lockjaw" (featuring Kodak Black)|

* Kharbouch
* Kapri
* Khaled Khaled
* Diehl
* Assil Youssef

* Ben Billions
* Yo Asel

| 3:43

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[11]

* Mixx – recording (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9)
* ADHD – recording (tracks 1, 2, 7)
* Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9)
* Jacob Richards – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
* Rashawn McLean – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
* Mike Seaberg – mixing (track 1), mixing assistant (tracks 4, 5), engineering assistant (tracks 8, 9)
* John Sparkz – mixing (tracks 2, 6, 7)
* Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 1, 3–9)
* Tommy Tee – writer (track 2)

## Charts

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Chart (2019)  | Peak
position

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Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] | 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] | 74
French Albums (SNEP)[14] | 184
US Billboard 200[15] | 25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] | 14

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Canada (Music Canada)[17] | Gold  | 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold  | 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ Twitter
2. ^ "Montana Review by Neil Z. Yeung". allmusic.com. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
3. ^ Tosiello, Pete (December 19, 2019). "French Montana: MONTANA Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
4. ^ "French Montana: MONTANA". Pitchfork.
5. ^ Higgins, Keenan (September 23, 2019). "Watch: French Montana Drops 'Montana' Mini-Movie as an Album Trailer for His Upcoming LP". The Source. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
6. ^ a b Saponara, Michael (September 23, 2019). "French Montana Connects With His Roots For Cinematic Album Trailer: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
7. ^ Mamo, Heran (October 11, 2019). "French Montana's 'Writing on the Wall,' Feat. Post Malone, Cardi B & Rvssian". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
8. ^ a b c "Roddy Ricch, XXXTentacion & French Montana First Week Sales". December 10, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
9. ^ Ivey, Justin (September 23, 2019). "French Montana Announces "Montana" Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
10. ^ a b "American album certifications – French Montana – Montana". Recording Industry Association of America.
11. ^ a b "MONTANA / French Montana". Tidal. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
12. ^ "Camila Cabello's 'Romance' Is A Chart Topper". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
13. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – French Montana – Montana" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
14. ^ "Top Albums (Week 50, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
15. ^ "French Montana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
16. ^ "French Montana Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
17. ^ "Canadian album certifications – French Montana – Montana". Music Canada.

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French Montana

Discography

Studio albums|

* Excuse My French
* Jungle Rules
* Montana
* They Got Amnesia

Collaborative albums|

* Self Made Vol. 2
* Self Made Vol. 3
* Montega

Mixtapes|

* Coke Wave
* Coke Boys
* Cocaine Mafia
* Mac & Cheese 3
* The Appetizer
* Casino Life 2
* Coke Zoo
* Wave Gods
* MC4
* CB5
* Coke Boys 6
* Mac & Cheese 5

Singles|

* "Shot Caller"
* "Pop That"
* "Freaks"
* "Ain't Worried About Nothin'"
* "Don't Panic"
* "Bad Bitch"
* "Moses"
* "Figure It Out"
* "Lockjaw"
* "No Shopping"
* "Unforgettable"
* "A Lie"
* "Boom Boom"
* "Welcome to the Party"
* "No Stylist"
* "Slide"
* "Writing on the Wall"
* "Handstand"
* "Another One of Me"

Featured singles|

* "Stay Schemin'"
* "Who Booty" (Remix)
* "Shisha"
* "I Swear"
* "Feelin' Myself"
* "Loyal"
* "I Luh Ya Papi"
* "They Don't Love You No More"
* "Chimes RMX"
* "Can't Trust Thots"
* "I'm Up"
* "All the Way Up"
* "You"
* "Hurtin' Me"
* "Dirty Sexy Money"
* "Tip Toe"
* "Me So Bad"
* "Olha a Explosão" (Remix)
* "First Time"
* "Just Got Paid"
* "Medicine"

Other songs|

* "FU"
* "Nobody"
* "Same Girl"
* "He Like That" (Remix)
* "GPS"

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