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Whack World
Mixtape by
Tierra Whack
ReleasedMay 30, 2018
Recorded2017–2018
GenreHip-hop
Length14:56
LabelInterscope
Producers
  • Kenete Simms
  • Nick Verruto
  • J Melodic
  • RicandThadeus
  • DJ Fly Guy
  • Scott Styles
Tierra Whack chronology
Whack World
(2018)		 Rap?
(2021)
Singles from Whack World
  1. "Hungry Hippo"
    Released: February 14, 2019

Whack World is the debut mixtape[1] by American rapper Tierra Whack. It was released on May 30, 2018, by Interscope Records.[2] The album is mainly produced by Kenete Simms and Nick Verruto, and conscripts other producers including J Melodic, RicandThadeus, DJ Fly Guy, and Scott Styles. It was mixed and engineered by Kenete Simms and mastered by Chris Athens.[3] The album artwork—of an arcade claw machine—was designed by Nick Canonica[4] and features a sculpture made by Philadelphia artist Caroline Kunka.[5]

Background

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Whack was bullied as a child for being black in a predominantly white school, which inspired much of the "emotional labor" that was done on the album.[6] With each song length being a minute long, Tierra Whack released a 15-minute visual album with a music video for each track.[7] Whack says that she's a visual learner, and the visuals for Whack World allowed her to bring her ideas to life and "bring truth to the viewer's eye."[8] Regarding the many changes in her voice, Whack spoke to Billboard saying:

I get so bored with my voice. It started when I was a class clown, and realized I was kind of funny. And it's bad because sometimes I'll still do it – I'll hear someone and they'll have a funny ass voice, and I'll mock it. But that's rude, so I'll have to [do it] somewhere alone, and mock the voice to like, get it out, and know I can do that voice. I'm a sponge, so I just hear these things.[9]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4058/10[10]
HipHopDX4.3/5[11]
Pitchfork8.3/10[12]
RapReviews8/10[13]
Spectrum CultureStarStarStarHalf star[14]
Sputnikmusic3.0/5[15]
Vice (Expert Witness)A−[16]

The album was critically acclaimed and received positive reviews. Pitchfork praised the album, giving it an 8.3 out of 10 rating, saying: "Whack World is a funhouse of minute-long vignettes, teetering between a fantastic dream and an unsettling nightmare. Lyrics share double meanings with the corresponding 15-minute visual Whack released alongside the album, which adds even more dimension and intrigue to the ambitious project; light and dark are forced to coexist." The author also claimed that the visual album is "prepackaged for optimum social media consumption; every tiny piece stands on its own without losing sight of the larger picture. At its core, though, Whack's sense of humor—her captivating depiction of a black woman's imagination—is an opportunity to celebrate an aspect of art that often goes uncelebrated, an opportunity for Whack to celebrate herself."[12] In a Wired piece about women in the music industry in 2019, the author wrote that Whack World was working to destabilize the popular maximalist narrative currently characterizing music.[17] NPR hip hop writer Rodney Carmichael praised Whack's dream logic that characterizes the visual album, saying "each song vignette offers a deeper level of revelation into her black girl's blues."[6]

Accolades

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Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Black Nails"Tierra WhackKenete Simms0:58
2."Bugs Life"WhackSimms0:58
3."Flea Market"WhackSimms1:00
4."Cable Guy"
  • Whack
  • Nick Verruto
Verruto1:00
5."4 Wings"
  • Whack
  • Simms
Simms1:00
6."Hookers"
  • Whack
  • Verruto
Verruto1:00
7."Hungry Hippo"
  • Whack
  • Verruto
Verruto1:00
8."Pet Cemetery"
  • Whack
  • Simms
Simms1:00
9."Fuck Off"
  • Whack
  • J Melodic
Melodic1:00
10."Silly Sam"
  • Whack
  • Verruto
Verruto1:00
11."Fruit Salad"
  • Whack
  • C. McMillan
  • RicandThadeus
RicandThadeus1:00
12."Pretty Ugly"
  • Whack
  • Melodic
  • DJ Fly Guy
  • Melodic
  • DJ Fly Guy
1:00
13."Sore Loser"WhackScott Styles1:00
14."Dr. Seuss"
  • Whack
  • Simms
Simms1:00
15."Waze"
  • Whack
  • Simms
Simms1:00
Total length:14:56

References

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  1. ↑ Berry, Peter A. (March 15, 2024). "Tierra Whack Delivers on All of Her Potential With Kaleidoscopic World Wide Whack: Album Review". Variety. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Whack World by Tierra Whack". iTunes. May 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Whack World". Amazon.
  4. ↑ Canonica, Nick. "SAVENICK". www.instagram.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Caroline Kunka | Home". www.carolinekunka.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Carmichael, Rodney (February 6, 2019). "Tierra Whack's Labor Of Self-Love, From Car Wash To Critical Mass". NPR. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "It'll Only Take Tierra Whack 15 Minutes to Freak You the Fuck Out". Noisey. June 2018.
  8. ↑ Cineas, Fabiola (March 23, 2019). "North Philly Rapper Tierra Whack Is the Future of Hip-Hop". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  9. ↑ Maher, Natalie. "Tierra Whack on New Project 'Whack World,' Eating Chicken Wings With Andre 3000 & Why She Wants to Record in Tokyo". Billboard.
  10. ↑ Clayton, Tom (June 20, 2018). "Review: Tierra Whack gets delightfully weird on Whack World". The 405. Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  11. ↑ Eustice, Kyle (June 12, 2018). "Review: Tierra Whack's Audiovisual Journey Into "Whack World" Puts That Repeat Button To Work". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  12. 1 2 Younger, Briana (June 12, 2018). "Tierra Whack: Whack World". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  13. ↑ Juon, Steve (January 9, 2024). "Tierra Whack :: Whack World – RapReviews". RapReviews. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  14. ↑ Bromfield, Daniel (June 12, 2018). "Tierra Whack: Whack World". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  15. ↑ A.R.O (October 4, 2018). "Tierra Whack - Whack World (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  16. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 14, 2018). "Robert Christgau on G.O.O.D Music's Good (and Less Good) Music". Vice. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  17. ↑ Parham, Jason (February 14, 2019). "Women Will Dominate—and Dismantle—the Music Industry in 2019". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2018". Complex. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  20. ↑ Dazed (December 5, 2018). "The 20 best albums of 2018". Dazed. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  21. ↑ "100 Best Albums of 2018". Vice.com. December 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  22. ↑ "Okayplayer's Best Albums of 2018". Okayplayer. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  25. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 (10-1)". NPR. December 4, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  26. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (December 19, 2019). "100 Best Rap and R&B Albums of the 2010s". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  27. ↑ "The top 100 albums of the decade". Crack Magazine. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  28. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 10, 2019). "Robert Christgau: Dean's List: The 2010s". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  29. ↑ NME (November 29, 2019). "The Best Albums of The Decade: The 2010s". NME. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  30. ↑ Pitchfork (October 8, 2019). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  31. ↑ "The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s". Rolling Stone. December 3, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  32. ↑ "The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s". Spin. June 30, 2020. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  33. ↑ Staff, VICE (November 6, 2019). "The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s". VICE. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
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