4:44

Tracklist

• 1
  Kill Jay Z
  2:58
  2.0 ★
• 2
  The Story of O.J.
  3:51
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Smile
  4:49
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Caught Their Eyes
  3:26
  3.5 ★
• 5
  4:44
  4:44
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Family Feud
  4:11
  1.5 ★
• 7
  Bam
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Moonlight
  2:23
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Marcy Me
  2:54
• 10
  Legacy
  2:57

Recent reviews

audrey_sreb12 Jul 2026

★★★★½

ohhh so this is the blueprint

2 likes1 comment

Cdbd30 Jun 2026

★★★★★♥︎

“You got a knot in your chest, imagine how a knife hurts.”

0 likes0 comments

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Release credits

• Casey Cuayo
  assistant [7]
• Donny Hathaway
  samples from artist [10]
• Fugees
  samples from artist [8]
• Funk Inc.
  samples from artist [2]
• Jacob Miller
  samples from artist [7]
• Jona Levine
  trombone [7]
• Kenneth Whalum III
  tenor saxophone [7]
• Kool & the Gang
  samples from artist [2]
• Michael “Law” Thomas
  additional [7]
• Mike Miller
  additional [9]
• Nate Mercereau
  French horn [7], Moog [9], guitar [9], piano [9]
• Nina Simone
  samples from artist [2, 4]
• No I.D.
  producer [1]
• Quarteto 1111
  samples from artist [9]
• Raekwon
  samples from artist [10]
• Ron Gilmore, Jr.
  vocoder [9]
• RØVÉL
  flugelhorn [7], trumpet [7]
• Sister Nancy
  samples from artist [7]
• Steve Wyreman
  Hammond organ [9], bass [2, 7], celesta [2], electric piano [2, 7], guitar [2, 7, 9], synthesizer [2, 7, 9]
• Stevie Wonder
  samples from artist [3]
• Stuart White
  additional [6]
• The Alan Parsons Project
  samples from artist [1]
• The Clark Sisters
  samples from artist [6]
• Show all credits (23)

Issues

• 

  4
  (Combined release view)
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (explicit)
  30 June 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (explicit)
  30 June 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  CD
  7 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  CD
  7 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (explicit, apple digital master)
  7 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (clean)
  7 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (explicit, includes bonus tracks)
  29 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (clean, includes bonus tracks)
  29 July 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Cassette
  18 August 2017
• 

  4
  4:44

  Digital Media (explicit)
  30 June 2026