Often compared to Future, Los Angeles rapper, singer, and songwriter Ty Dolla $ign is more like the duo Rae Sremmurd reduced down to one, offering lean trap rhymes and hooky choruses that stick in the head long after the song is done.
Both Future and Rae Sremmurd guest on Ty's debut album highlight "Blasé," where the lead MC spits out "And my bitch cold, she a centerfold/Put her on a stand, and she never told" in a way that's more street than Future, and wiser than the Sremmurd crew.
Speaking of wise, Ty seems like an old soul with Jagged Edge ("Straight Up") and Babyface ("Solid") on the guest list, and he's a creative one at that, giving the former a drifting, slightly off R&B number to sing while the latter superstar gets a clever, acoustic-guitar driven masterpiece that could be passed off as K'NAAN, Wyclef, or maybe even the late singer/songwriter Ted Hawkins.
If it's a surprise to find a full-bodied, blues-inspired number here, it's equally as intriguing when this mush-mouthed rapper winds up a worthy Usher rival on the swaggering strip-club number "Saved" with E-40, and still it's "Guard Down" where the jaw drops the farthest as Diddy and Kanye West help deliver a track driven by glitchy underground electronica, plus one with lyrics that are as sincere and empowering as the Beatles' "Hey Jude" or 2Pac's "Keep Ya Head Up." R.
Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, and what seems like the rest of 2015's A list wind in and out of this busy effort with ease, and all of the genre-jumping seems like second nature for this deceptively diverse artist, acting like he's on album number six when he's really just on number one.
Numerous proven mixtapes help set Ty up for an easier introduction than most, but Free TC tops all expectations, as the man conquers the club, the bedroom, and the brain with this end-to-end stunner.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L.A.Marlon Barrow, Kendrick Duckworth, James Fauntleroy, Tyrone Griffin, Nate Howard, Yves Bazelais Jr., Darius Logan, Dominique Logan | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | SavedNick Audino, Bobby Brackins, Tyrone Griffin, Lewis Hughes, Dijon McFarlane, Glenda Proby, Earl Stevens | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Straight UpShereelynn Sarah Brown, Brandon Casey, Brian Casey, Ronald Colson, Bryan Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Tyrone Griffin, Glenda Proby, Patrice Rushen, Andrew Wansel, Fred Washington, Autoro Whitfield | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | SolidKenneth Edmonds, Tyrone Griffin, Glenda Proby, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Horses in the StableDave Cuncio, Larrance Dopson, Tyrone Griffin, Tish Hyman | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Know YaJoseph Allen, Tyrone Griffin, Tremaine Neverson, Leland Wayne | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | CreditMarlon Barrow, Devin Cruise, Tyrone Griffin, Brandon Hamlin, Glenda Proby, Cyshae Strachan | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 06:11 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Miracle/WhereverAngel Griffin, Tyrone Griffin, Christopher Jones, Nate Welsh | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 08:15 | 18 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Guard DownSean Combs, Tyrone Griffin, Chauncey Hollis, Paris Jones, Kanye West | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Sitting PrettyBen Ash, Noah Beresin, Tyrone Griffin, Benjamin Levin, Cameron Thomaz, Jazzaé De Waal | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | When I See YaTyrone Griffin, John Juliano, Brock Korsan, Ronald LaTour, Willie Maxwell | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | BlaséAaquil Brown, Malik Brown, Tyrone Griffin, Gary Hill, Marquis Medina, Nayvadius Wilburn | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Only RightMikely Adam, Joseph Allen, Tyrone Griffin, Keenon Jackson, Dijon McFarlane, Marquise Newman | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Bring It Out of MeMikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tyrone Griffin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Glenda Proby, Paolo Prudencio | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | ActressTyrone Griffin, R. Kelly | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 06:12 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | FinaleKhalil Abdul-Rahman, Taz Arnold, Sam Barsh, Stephen Bruner, Tyrone Griffin, Shafiq Husayn, Paris Jones, Om'Mas Keith | Ty Dolla $ign | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khalil Abdul-Rahman | Composer |
| 2 | Mikely Adam | Composer |
| 3 | Richard Adkins | Violin |
| 4 | Derek "MixedByAli" Ali | Mixing |
| 5 | Joseph Allen | Composer |
| 6 | Tim Anderson | Saxophone |
| 7 | Taz Arnold | Composer |
| 8 | Ben Ash | Composer |
| 9 | Nick Audino | Composer |
| 10 | B Ham | Additional Production |
| 11 | Babyface | Featured Artist |
| 12 | Andy Barnes | Engineer, Orchestra |
| 13 | Shawn Barron | A&R |
| 14 | Marlon Barrow | Composer |
| 15 | Sam Barsh | Composer, Keyboards |
| 16 | Battlecat | Talk Box |
| 17 | Yves Bazelais Jr. | Composer |
| 18 | Noah Beresin | Composer |
| 19 | Sunny Bey | Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Big TC | Featured Artist |
| 21 | Tim Blacksmith | Executive Producer, Production Coordination |
| 22 | Benny Blanco | Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 23 | Paul Boutin | Mixing |
| 24 | Bobby Brackins | Composer |
| 25 | Ryan Brady | Marketing, Vocals |
| 26 | Brandy | Featured Artist |
| 27 | Tanisha Broadwater | Production Coordination |
| 28 | Aaquil Brown | Composer |
| 29 | Malik Brown | Composer |
| 30 | Shereelynn Sarah Brown | Composer |
| 31 | Stephen Bruner | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Cardo | Producer |
| 33 | Brandon Casey | Composer |
| 34 | Brian Casey | Composer |
| 35 | Chordz | Producer |
| 36 | Ronald Colson | Composer |
| 37 | Sean Combs | Composer |
| 38 | Jory Cordy | Photography |
| 39 | Bryan Cox | Composer |
| 40 | Kenny Crouch | Piano |
| 41 | Devin Cruise | Additional Production, Composer |
| 42 | Dave Cuncio | Composer |
| 43 | D&D | Vocals |
| 44 | D'Mile | Additional Production, Executive Producer, Producer |
| 45 | D-Loc | Featured Artist |
| 46 | Brian Dackowski | Marketing |
| 47 | Danny D | Executive Producer, Production Coordination |
| 48 | Jazzaé De Waal | Composer |
| 49 | Diddy | Featured Artist, Producer |
| 50 | DJ Battlecat | Talk Box |
| 51 | DJ Khalil | Engineer, Producer |
| 52 | DJ Mustard | Producer |
| 53 | DJ Spinz | Producer |
| 54 | Larrance Dopson | Composer |
| 55 | Kendrick Duckworth | Composer |
| 56 | Jermaine Dupri | Composer |
| 57 | E-40 | Featured Artist |
| 58 | Kenneth Edmonds | Composer, Producer |
| 59 | Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation |
| 60 | James Fauntleroy | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 61 | Fetty Wap | Featured Artist |
| 62 | Seth Firkins | Mixing |
| 63 | Mike Free | Producer |
| 64 | Future | Featured Artist |
| 65 | Cy Fyre | Additional Production |
| 66 | Lanre Gaba | A&R |
| 67 | Serban Ghenea | Mixing |
| 68 | Angel Gold | Vocals (Background) |
| 69 | Tiffany Gouché | Vocals |
| 70 | Angel Griffin | Composer |
| 71 | Tyrone Griffin | Composer, Flugelhorn, Horn, Trumpet |
| 72 | Brandon Hamlin | Composer |
| 73 | Neel Hammond | Violin |
| 74 | John Hanes | Mixing Engineer |
| 75 | Tor Erik Hermansen | Composer, Instrumentation |
| 76 | Gary Hill | Composer |
| 77 | Chauncey Hollis | Composer |
| 78 | Jean-Marie Horvat | Mixing |
| 79 | Nate Howard | Composer, Vocals |
| 80 | Lewis Hughes | Composer |
| 81 | Shafiq Husayn | Composer, Engineer, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background) |
| 82 | Seif "Mageef" Hussain | Production Coordination |
| 83 | Tish Hyman | Composer |
| 84 | Keenon Jackson | Composer |
| 85 | Jagged Edge | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 86 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 87 | Christopher Jones | Composer |
| 88 | Paris Jones | Composer |
| 89 | John Juliano | Composer, Producer |
| 90 | Ryan Kaul | Assistant |
| 91 | Om'Mas Keith | Composer |
| 92 | R. Kelly | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 93 | John "J-Banga" Kercy | Mixing |
| 94 | Brock Korsan | Composer |
| 95 | Dave Kuncio | Producer |
| 96 | Dave Kutch | Mastering |
| 97 | Kendrick Lamar | Featured Artist |
| 98 | Ronald LaTour | Composer |
| 99 | Benjamin Levin | Composer |
| 100 | Darius Logan | Composer |
| 101 | Dominique Logan | Composer |
| 102 | Victor Luevanos | Mixing Assistant |
| 103 | Andrew Luftman | Production Coordination |
| 104 | Jacob Luttrell | Vocals |
| 105 | Terrace Martin | Sax (Alto), Talk Box |
| 106 | Willie Maxwell | Composer |
| 107 | Dijon McFarlane | Composer |
| 108 | Donnie Meadows | Production Coordination |
| 109 | Marquis Medina | Composer |
| 110 | Metro Boomin | Producer |
| 111 | Richard Moorings | Trombone |
| 112 | Jorge Moraga | Viola |
| 113 | Joe Moses | Featured Artist |
| 114 | Joya Nemley | A&R |
| 115 | Tremaine Neverson | Composer |
| 116 | Marquise Newman | Composer |
| 117 | Noah Breakfast | Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 118 | Bianca Ortega | Marketing Coordinator |
| 119 | Keke Palmer | Engineer |
| 120 | Dog Peed | Engineer, Tracking |
| 121 | PJ | Featured Artist |
| 122 | Micah Powell | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 123 | Glenda Proby | Composer |
| 124 | Paolo Prudencio | Composer |
| 125 | Rae Sremmurd | Featured Artist |
| 126 | The Rascals | Producer |
| 127 | Khristopher Riddick-Tynes | Composer |
| 128 | Daniela Rivera | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 129 | James Royo | Mixing |
| 130 | Patrice Rushen | Composer |
| 131 | Sa-Ra | Featured Artist |
| 132 | Chris Sclafani | Engineer |
| 133 | Phil Seaford | Assistant Engineer |
| 134 | Daniel Seeff | Bass (Upright) |
| 135 | Stargate | Producer |
| 136 | Nancy Stein-Ross | Cello |
| 137 | Earl Stevens | Composer |
| 138 | Cyshae Strachan | Composer |
| 139 | Sevyn Streeter | Featured Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 140 | Phil Tan | Mixing |
| 141 | Jorge Taveras | Mixing Assistant |
| 142 | TeeCee4800 | Featured Artist |
| 143 | Cameron Thomaz | Composer |
| 144 | Carolyn Tracey | Package Production |
| 145 | Trey Songz | Featured Artist |
| 146 | Two Inch Punch | Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 147 | Ty Dolla $ign | Additional Production, Engineer, Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 148 | Virgilio Tzaj | Art Direction, Design |
| 149 | Miles Walker | Engineer |
| 150 | Andrew Wansel | Composer, Producer |
| 151 | Fred Washington | Composer |
| 152 | Leland Wayne | Composer |
| 153 | Nate Welsh | Composer |
| 154 | Kanye West | Composer, Featured Artist, Producer |
| 155 | Autoro Whitfield | Composer |
| 156 | Nayvadius Wilburn | Composer |
| 157 | Wiz Khalifa | Featured Artist |
| 158 | Benjamin Wright | Arranger, Conductor |
| 159 | YG | Featured Artist |
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