Victory

by DJ Khaled

Overview

The release of DJ Khaled's fourth studio album was repeatedly delayed. With each pushed-back street date came a new track list, the biggest change coming when the Shyne feature "All My Life" fell off, and Young Jeezy went from centerpiece artist to two-track contributor. It's a testament then to the DJ's executive production power that the final product not only holds together, but solidly supports the album's theme, offering a fist-pumping song cycle of triumph in the hood. With the five-star lineup of T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and Rick Ross, "All I Do Is Win" is the gold medal track, with the Young Jeezy showcase "Put Your Hands Up" winning the silver. Bun B ("I got those yams like Thanksgiving dinner") helps "Rockin' All My Chains On" score the bronze, giving the track a slight edge over the hood reggae number "Killing Me," which partners Busta Rhymes with Jamaican stars Buju Banton and Bounty Killer. Through intros and shout-outs, Khaled puts more of himself into this personal, story-telling album, and while this supposedly troubled effort seems complete and sound, for the most part, the closing "Rep My City" is the least satisfying number and is best thought of as a bonus track. Otherwise, the Terror Squad DJ's ode to the victor is as satisfying as his other mega-star-studded albums, with the added benefit of being more cohesive and significantly more purposeful. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	04/13/2019
Label:	Eone
UPC:	0634164608811
Rank:	41729

Album Credits

Performance Credits

DJ Khaled   Primary Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bounty Killer   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Birdman   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jim Jones   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
T-Pain   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Lil' Boosie   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ludacris   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Plies   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pitbull   Primary Artist
Nas   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Diddy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Gunplay   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Busta Rhymes   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Young Cash   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bun B   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jeezy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
John Legend   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Piccalo   Primary Artist
Rick Ross   Primary Artist
Nelly   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Buju Banton   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ace Hood   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Iceberg   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bali   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Kevin Cossom   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ball Greezy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Schife   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Desloc   Primary Artist
Jarvis   Primary Artist
Soulja Boy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Rum   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
J. Martin   Vocals (Background)
Lil Wayne   Featured Artist
Usher   Featured Artist
Desloc Piccalo   Featured Artist
Drake   Featured Artist
Samantha Natalie   Piano
Brett "Beats" Bailey   Guitar

Technical Credits

B. Freeman   Composer
Chris Athens   Mastering
Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva   Engineer,Pro-Tools
E. Anderson   Composer
M. Randolph   Composer
I. Lewis   Composer
R. Price   Composer
A. Perez   Composer
Anthony Kilhoffer   Engineer
The Runners   Producer
Fareed Salamah   Engineer
A. Washington   Composer
M. Carpenter   Composer
Ben Diehl   A&R,Mixing,Engineer,Music Supervisor
C. Hayes   Composer
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing
DJ Khaled   Producer
Eric Leonard   Engineer
R. Morales   Composer
The Team   Producer
Eddie Hernandez   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Calvin Broadus   Composer
DJ Nasty   Producer
Matthew Testa   Engineer
The Inkredibles   Producer
Kevin Cossom   Composer
L.V.M.   Producer
Christopher Bridges   Composer
Julian Jones Griffith   Coordination
Derek Garcia   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
L. Mollings   Composer
L. Elliott   Composer
J. Stephens   Composer
Vernon Mungo   Engineer
N. Walker   Composer
Andrew Kelley   Design,Art Direction
Lu Diaz   Mixing
O. Zayas   Composer
Schife   Producer
Noah Shebib   Engineer
Laurel Dann   A&R
Karl Heilbron   Pro-Tools
Shon Don   Engineer
DeAndre Way   Composer
Johnny Mollings   Composer
Regena Ratcliffe   Producer
Christian Martinez   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Khaled Khaled   A&R,Executive Producer
Paul Grosso   Creative Design
Gennessee Lewis   Composer
Brandon Parks   Assistant
Patty Jaime   Project Coordinator
Javier Salgado   Mixing Assistant
Lenny Mollings   Composer
Alfred Lazaro   Engineer
Marleny Dominguez   Label Direction
Jane Minovskaya   Producer
Charles Wakeman   Mixing Assistant
William Roberts   Composer
Inderan K. Bailey   Assistant Engineer
Jerrell Brown   Assistant
Brian "Half Baked" White   Assistant
Gregory "Kiko" Philoctete   Artist Relations
Jay Ones   Marketing
Leroy Romans   Producer
Marlon Saunders   Technical Advisor
Nicole Tuck   Spiritual Advisor
Osiris Santos   Cover Design
Rayon Richards   Photography
Antoine McColister   Composer
Trevor Smith   Composer