Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album)

Cruel Summer
Compilation album by GOOD Music
Released	September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14)
Recorded	2011–12[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	54:31
Label	GOOD Def Jam
Producer	Kanye West Andrew "Pop" Wansel Anthony Kilhoffer Boogz & Tapez Dan Black Hit-Boy Hudson Mohawke Illmind Jeff Bhasker Ken Lewis Lifted Mano Mannie Fresh Mike Dean Tommy Brown Travis Scott The Twilite Tone Young Chop
Kanye West chronology
Watch the Throne (2011) Cruel Summer (2012) Yeezus (2013)
Singles from Cruel Summer
"Mercy" Released: April 3, 2012 "Cold" Released: April 17, 2012 "New God Flow" Released: July 21, 2012 "Clique" Released: September 6, 2012

Kanye West Presents: GOOD Music – Cruel Summer,^[2][3][4] usually called Cruel Summer, is a compilation album^[5] by artists working for the American record label GOOD Music. It was released on September 14, 2012, by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. The American rapper Kanye West, the leader of GOOD Music, first discussed plans for an album in October 2011. The album produced four singles—"Mercy", "Cold", "New God Flow", and "Clique"—that were put on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album features Kanye West, with the label's rappers, Pusha T, Big Sean, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Common, D'banj and Malik Yusef, as well as fellow rappers Jay-Z, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, and Cyhi the Prynce. Work on the album was mostly made by members of GOOD Music's production side, Very GOOD Beats, which included Kanye West, Hit-Boy, Hudson Mohawke, Travis Scott and Lifted, with others.

Song listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"To the World" (featuring Kanye West, R. Kelly and Teyana Taylor)	Pop Wansel Oakwud Kanye West^[a] Hudson Mohawke^[b] Ken Lewis^[b] Mano^[b] Travis Scott^[b] Anthony Kilhoffer^[b]	3:51
2.	"Clique" (featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean)	Hit-Boy West^[a] Kilhoffer^[b] Noah Goldstein^[b]	4:53
3.	"Mercy.1" (featuring Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz)	Lifted West^[b]	5:26
4.	"New God Flow.1" (featuring Kanye West, Pusha T and Ghostface Killah)	West Boogz & Tapez^[a] Kilhoffer^[b]	5:57
5.	"The Morning" (featuring Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, Cyhi the Prynce, Kid Cudi and D'banj)	West !llmind Bhasker^[a] Travis Scott^[a]	4:35
6.	"Cold.1" (featuring Kanye West, and DJ Khaled)	Hit-Boy	3:36
7.	"Higher" (featuring The-Dream, Pusha T, Mase and Cocaine 80s)	Hit-Boy West^[a] Mike Dean^[b]	4:34
8.	"Sin City" (featuring John Legend, Travis Scott, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce and Malik Yusef)	Brown Travis Scott	4:28
9.	"The One" (featuring Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Marsha Ambrosius)	West Hudson Mohawke^[a] The Twilite Tone^[a] Kilhoffer^[a] Mannie Fresh^[b] Lifted^[b]	5:44
10.	"Creepers" (featuring Kid Cudi)	Black	3:14
11.	"Bliss" (featuring John Legend and Teyana Taylor)	Hudson Mohawke	3:30
12.	"Don't Like.1" (featuring Kanye West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss)	Young Chop West^[a] The Twilite Tone^[b] Goldstein^[b]	4:43
Total length:			54:31

Notes

• Track listing and credits from album booklet^[6]
• ^{^a} signifies a co-producer.
• ^{^b} signifies an additional producer.
• "Clique" features background vocals by Cocaine 80s, Aude Cardona and Travis Jones.
• "The Morning" features additional vocals by Andrea Martin.
• "Cold.1" features outro vocals by DJ Pharris.
• "Higher" features background vocals by John Legend and 2 Chainz.
• "Sin City" features additional vocals by Cocaine 80s.
• "Don't Like.1" features additional vocals by Noah Goldstein.

Sample credits^[6]

• "Mercy" contains samples of the recording "Dust a Sound Boy", written by Denzie Beagle and Winston Riley, and performed by Super Beagle; samples of the recording "Cu-Oonuh", written by Reggie Williams and Winston Riley, and performed by Reggie Stepper; portions of the recording "Lambo", performed by YB; and a sample of "Tony's Theme", composed by Giorgio Moroder.
• "New God Flow" contains samples of the recording "Synthetic Substitution", written by Herb Rooney, and performed by Melvin Bliss; samples of the recording "Mighty Healthy", written by Herb Rooney, Ronald Bean, Highleigh Crizoe and Dennis Coles, and performed by Ghostface Killah; a sample of the Reverend G. I. Townsend recording "Sermon Fragment", written and performed by Townsend; and samples from the recording "Bôdas De Sangue", written and performed by Marcos Valle.
• "The Morning" contains portions of "Get Me to the Church on Time", written and performed by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
• "Cold" contains interpolations of "Illegal Search", written by James T. Smith and Marlon L. Williams, and performed by LL Cool J; and "Lookin' at Me" by Mase.
• "The One" contains samples of the recording "Public Enemy No. 1", written by Carlton Ridenhour and James Boxley, and performed by Public Enemy; and samples of the recording "Double Barrel", written by Dave Barker, Winston Riley, and Ansell George Collins, and performed by Dave and Ansell Collins.
• "Don't Like" contains elements of "Under Mi Sensi", written and performed by Barrington Levy and Paul Love.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 55 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 125 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 4 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 69 Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)[13] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[14] 30 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 18 Swiss Compilation Albums (Swiss Hitparade)[16] 10 UK Album Downloads Chart (OCC)[17] 4 UK Compilation Chart (OCC)[18] 2 US Billboard 200[19] 2 US Compilation Albums (Billboard)[20] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[22] 35 UK Compilation Chart (OCC)[23] 71 US Billboard 200[24] 79 US Compilation Albums (Billboard)[25] 5 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[26] 15 Chart (2013) Position US Compilation Albums (Billboard)[27] 15 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 54

Certifications

Certifications for Cruel Summer

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[29]	Platinum	1,000,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

List of release date, showing country, and record label

Region	Date	Label
Ireland[30]	September 14, 2012	GOOD Music Def Jam
New Zealand[2]
Denmark[31]
United Kingdom[32]	September 17, 2012
United States[33]	September 18, 2012

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Other websites

• Cruel Summer at Discogs (list of releases)