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Trip (2017)

Where the lyrics of Trip take you, and where it was really made.

The album was announced as TRIP 17, yet it was released without any prior announcement, with its lead single introducing it instead.

Key places

Recorded at Fisticuff's Gym (2017)

Recording site Cocoa-Butt — The album was recorded at Fisticuff's Gym in Culver City. The map point marks the city centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at 4420 Studios (2017)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was also recorded at 4420 Studios in Los Angeles. The map point marks the city centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Trip: second studio album by American singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko
• Released September 22, 2017, by ArtClub International, ARTium and Def Jam Recordings
• Follows the debut Souled Out (2014) and the collaborative album Twenty88 (2016)
• According to Pitchfork, Trip is a concept album that aims to translate hallucinogenic highs into sound
• Guests include Big Sean, Swae Lee, Kurupt, Brandy, Mali Music and Chris Brown

Background

• Released without prior announcement, supported by the lead single 'While We're Young'
• Originally announced under the name TRIP 17
• Non-album singles from 2016 to mid-2017 built anticipation, including 'Maniac', 'First Fuck' with 6lack and 'Hello Ego' with Chris Brown
• Aiko said she wanted an album that showcases all of her personalities
• The album was inspired by mental, physical and psychedelic trips she had experienced

Recording

• Production was primarily handled by Dot da Genius, Fisticuffs, No I.D. and Key Wane
• Additional producers include Amaire Johnson, Frank Dukes, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat and Mike Zombie
• Guest appearances include Aiko's father under the moniker Dr. Chill and her daughter Namiko Love
• Recording locations noted: Fisticuff's Gym in Culver City and 4420 Studios in Los Angeles

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, born March 16, 1988, in Los Angeles, California.
• Began her career in 2002 as a backing vocalist and music video performer for the R&B group B2K.
• Signed to The Ultimate Group, where she was marketed as the "cousin" of B2K member Lil' Fizz, although they are not related.
• Her debut album planned for 2003 was shelved; she left the labels to continue her education.

Career

• Returned to music in 2011 with the mixtape Sailing Soul(s).
• Signed to No I.D.'s ARTium Recordings, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, in December 2011.
• Gained mainstream recognition through her guest vocal on Big Sean's 2013 single "Beware", her first Billboard Hot 100 entry.
• Released the EP Sail Out in 2013; "The Worst" received quintuple platinum certification from the RIAA.
• Studio albums Souled Out (2014), Trip (2017) and Chilombo (2020) met with critical and commercial success.
• Chilombo peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and earned three Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year.
• Founded the imprint Allel Sound with Def Jam in 2022.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• HipHopDX: Trey Alston called it a moody yet breezy continuation of Aiko's established aesthetic that ultimately lacks growth in her musical capabilities
• Pitchfork: positive review, arguing that the album works because it is not only about self-medicating or journeying through a grief-ridden mind
• Generally positive reviews from critics, with moderate commercial success

Records

• US Billboard 200 debut at number five, with 32,000 album-equivalent units in the first week (including 10,000 pure album sales)
• Aiko's fourth US top-ten debut
• 37.8 million on-demand audio streams during the tracking week
• RIAA gold certification on November 29, 2018, for over 500,000 units of combined sales and album-equivalent units in the United States
• Ranked 126th most popular album of 2018 on the Billboard 200

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Announced under the name TRIP 17 before the title was settled, then released without prior announcement.
• A 23-minute autobiographical film co-directed by Aiko was released a day before the album, on September 21, 2017.
• On October 11, 2017, Aiko announced a headlining North American tour titled Trip (The Tour), with Willow Smith, Kitty Cash and Kodie Shane.
• In January 2018, Aiko toured with Lana Del Rey on the LA to the Moon Tour.
• A remix of 'Sativa' with Rae Sremmurd was released as a single on January 22, 2018, and peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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