Vince Staples - Dark Times (2024)

 

Dark Times este cel de-al 6-lea album al lui Vince Staples și a fost lansat în data de 24 mai 2024, prin Blacksmith Records & Def Jam Recordings.

Track listing

Dark Times track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Close Your Eyes and Swing"	Vincent Staples Grecia Alfaro Tyler Page LeKen Taylor	Brazzen Taylor Page	0:31
2.	"Black&Blue"	Staples Robert Davis Marcus Edwards Alejandro Garcia Alex Goose Josh Lane Sal Samano Rahm Silverglade Taylor Michael Uzowuru	Goose Uzowuru Rahm[a] Taylor[a]	3:18
3.	"Government Cheese"	Staples Frank Dukes Taylor	Taylor	2:45
4.	"Children's Song"	Staples Mino Drerup Afolabi Osinulu Page Taylor Uzowuru	Uzowuru Saint Mino Teej Taylor[a] Page[a]	2:12
5.	"Shame on the Devil"	Staples Drerup Joe Harrison Page Uzowuru	Saint Mino Page[p] Harrison Uzowuru	3:25
6.	"Étouffée"	Staples Jahlil Gunter Mike Hector Antoine Lee	Jay Versace Hector Whosantoine[a]	4:28
7.	"Liars"	Staples James Baldwin Silverglade Darian Thomas Kiah Victoria	Rahm	0:57
8.	"Justin"	Staples	Taylor	2:04
9.	"Radio"	Staples Marvin Gaye Ronald LaTour Jr. Tom Merriman Page Jason Pounds Taylor	Cardo J.LBS Taylor[a] Page[a][v] Caleb Laven[v]	2:56
10.	"Nothing Matters"	Staples Page Taylor Uzowuru	Taylor Uzowuru[a] Page[a]	2:42
11.	"Little Homies"	Staples Kaelin Ellis Taylor	Taylor Ellis[a]	3:44
12.	"Freeman"	Staples Drerup Courageous Herrera Michna Taylor Zachary Sekoff Manny Solas Taylor Uzowuru	Michna Uzowuru Saint Mino Xavi Taylor[a] Sekoff[a]	2:34
13.	"Why Won't the Sun Come Out?"	Staples Benjamin Bock Laven Page Julian Ali Rapaport Ely Weisfeld	Benny Bock Julian Ali Laven[a] Ely Rise[a] Page[a][v] Sean Matsukawa[v]	3:24
Total length:				35:00

Notes

• ^{^[p]} signifies a primary and vocal producer
• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Musicians

• Vince Staples – vocals (all tracks), vibraphone (track 10)
• LeKen Taylor – keyboards, percussion programming (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 11); drums (1, 3, 10); bass, percussion (1); piano (10), synth bass (11)
• Tyler Page – keyboards (tracks 1, 5, 9), programming (4), vibraphone (10)
• Carissa Murray – background vocals (track 1)
• Brazzen – keyboards, programming, sound effects (track 1)
• Rahm Silverglade – keyboards (tracks 2, 7), synthesizer (2); bass, percussion, programming (7)
• Corey Smyth – background vocals (track 2)
• Alex Goose – programming (2)
• Teej – guitar, keyboards, percussion (track 4)
• Samuel Ivoko – background vocals (track 5), additional vocals (6)
• Saint Mino – keyboards (tracks 5, 12)
• Baby Rose – additional vocals (track 5)
• Maria Zardoya – additional vocals (track 5)
• Joe Harrison – bass, guitar (track 5)
• Donald Robertson – speaker (track 6)
• Kiah Victoria – background vocals (track 7)
• Darian Thomas – strings (track 7)
• Cardo – drums, programming (track 9)
• J.LBS – keyboards, programming (track 9)
• Maddy Davis – additional vocals (track 10)
• Alexandra Taylor Diaz – additional vocals (track 11)
• Ivan Hicks – additional vocals (track 11)
• Kilo Kish – additional vocals (track 11)
• Tasia Flores-Woods – additional vocals (track 11)
• Matty Michna – background vocals, bass, guitar (track 12)
• Xavi – drums (track 12)
• Zachary Sekoff – keyboards (track 12)
• Santigold – additional vocals (track 13)
• Benny Bock – bass, keyboards, programming (track 13)
• Julian Ali Rapaport – bass, keyboards, programming (track 13)
• Caleb Laven – keyboards, synthesizer programming (track 13)
• Ely Rise – piano (track 13)

Technical

• Mike Bozzi – mastering (1–13)
• Joe Visciano – mixing (1–13)
• Tyler Page – engineering (tracks 1–6, 8–13), recording arrangement (5, 10, 13)
• Sean Matsukawa – engineering (tracks 5, 10, 13)
• Rahm Silverglade – engineering (track 7)
• J. Rocc – engineering (track 9)
• Caleb Laven – engineering (tracks 9, 10, 13)
• Michael Uzowuru – recording arrangement (track 5)