Moosetape

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Moosetape
File:Moosetape.jpg
Studio album by
Released15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)
Recorded2020–2021
Genre
Length97:00
LabelSidhu Moose Wala
Producer
  • The Kidd
  • Steel Banglez
  • Snappy
  • Wazir Patar
  • JB
  • M1onthebeat
  • Chris Rich
  • A.Singh
Sidhu Moose Wala chronology
Snitches Get Stitches
(2020)
Moosetape
(2021)
No Name
(2022)
Singles from Moosetape
  1. "Burberry"
    Released: 20 May 2021
  2. "US"
    Released: 23 May 2021
  3. "Brown Shortie"
    Released: 29 May 2021
  4. "Me and My Girlfriend"
    Released: 7 June 2021
  5. "Signed To God"
    Released: 16 June 2021
  6. "Malwa Block"
    Released: 23 June 2021
  7. "G-Shit"
    Released: 4 July 2021
  8. "Calaboose"
    Released: 10 July 2021
  9. "IDGAF"
    Released: 17 July 2021
  10. "Power"
    Released: 21 July 2021
  11. "GOAT"
    Released: 25 July 2021
  12. "Celebrity Killer"
    Released: 9 August 2021

Moosetape is the second and final studio album by Indian singer, rapper and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala, released independently on 15 May 2021. Moose Wala served as the executive producer. Writing was handled by Sidhu dominantly among other artists, while the tracks were produced by The Kidd, Steel Banglez, Snappy, Wazir Patar, and JB. At 32 tracks, it is Moose Wala's longest album. It features guest vocals from Bohemia, Tion Wayne, Stefflon Don, Morrisson, Divine, Raja Kumari, Blockboi Twitch and Sikander Kahlon. The second most popular track from the album, "GOAT" featuring Jumana Abdu Rahman, surpassed 320 million views on YouTube as of October 2024.

Background

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The album was announced by Sidhu Moose Wala on 10 March 2021, on his official Instagram account.[1][2] Followed by cover art, features and credits of every track per day till 23 April 2021.[citation needed]

Moose Wala released the teaser of the album on his YouTube channel on 29 April 2021, with its release date.[3][4] The teaser was viewed over a million times within twelve hours of its release.[5] On 5 May 2021, Moose Wala released the trailer of the album.[6] Tracklist was revealed on 12 May 2021 on his instagram handle.[7]

The tracks were released one by one from 15 May 2021; they were scheduled to release until 21 July.[8] On 18 May 2021, he released the bonus track "Unfuckwithable" featuring Afsana Khan, which was produced by The Kidd. Its music video was directed by Teji Sandhu.[citation needed]

Posthumously, the track "295" charted at 154 on the Billboard Global 200, making Moose Wala the first Punjabi singer to do so. The song was heavily played after his death as the song title surprisingly highlights the date of his death.[9]

As of 6 December 2023, Moosetape became the first Indian album to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.[citation needed]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Sidhu Moose Wala, except where noted.

Moosetape track listing[10][11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Moosetape Intro" Wazir Patar1:32
2."Bitch I'm Back" The Kidd3:50
3."Burberry" The Kidd3:23
4."Racks and Rounds" (featuring Sikander Kahlon)
  • Moose Wala
  • Sikander Kahlon
The Kidd3:45
5."US" (featuring Raja Kumari)
  • Moose Wala
  • Raja Kumari
The Kidd3:50
6."Moosedrilla" (featuring Divine)
  • Moose Wala
  • Divine
The Kidd3:52
7."Boo Call" (skit) Wazir Patar0:43
8."Brown Shortie" (featuring Sonam Bajwa) The Kidd3:28
9."Aroma" The Kidd4:16
10."Real One" (skit) Wazir Patar0:44
11."GOAT" Wazir Patar3:34
12."Sidhu Son" The Kidd3:37
13."Chacha Huu" (skit) Wazir Patar0:46
14."Me and My Girlfriend" The Kidd3:23
15."These Days" (featuring Bohemia)
  • Moose Wala
  • Bohemia
The Kidd3:29
16."Ultimatum" (skit) The Kidd1:30
17."Signed to God" 
2:27
18."Regret" The Kidd5:11
19."Pind Hood Damn Good" (RMG Intro)Randiala WalaWazir Patar1:15
20."Malwa Block" Wazir Patar3:59
21."B&W" The Kidd4:05
22."Celebrity Killer" (featuring Tion Wayne)
  • Moose Wala
  • Tion Wayne
  • Steel Banglez
  • M1
  • Chris Rich
  • A Singh
  • JB
  • The Kidd
3:23
23."Invincible" (featuring Stefflon Don)
  • Moose Wala
  • Stefflon Don
  • Steel Banglez
  • The Kidd
4:04
24."Amli Talk" (skit) Wazir Patar0:44
25."G-Shit" (featuring Blockboi Twitch)
  • Moose Wala
  • Blockboi Twitch
The Kidd3:53
26."Built Different" The Kidd4:07
27."Trial Day" (skit) Wazir Patar1:59
28."Calaboose" Snappy4:05
29."Facts" (skit) Wazir Patar1:11
30."295" The Kidd4:30
31."IDGAF" (featuring Morrisson)
  • Moose Wala
  • Morrisson
The Kidd2:56
32."Power" The Kidd3:48
Total length:97:00
Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Unfuckwithable" (with Afsana Khan)SidhuThe Kidd4:43
Total length:4:43

Notes

  • There is no Deluxe Edition of the Album, the Bonus Track "Unfuckwithable" was released as single between track 3 and 4.
  • All tracks were released as one track per day as per schedule from 15 May – 9 August 2021.
  • "Moosetape Into" features vocals from Gurinder Dimpy.
  • "Boo Call (skit)" features uncredited vocal by Sonam Bajwa.
  • "Brown Shortie" has credited Sonam Bajwa as a vocal feature, is featured in music video only
  • "Pind Hood Damn Good (RMG Intro)" features uncredited vocals by Randiala Wala.
  • "Malwa Block" and "Goat" have Wazir Patar in lead, is credited as producer.

Personnel

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Technical personnel

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  • Steel Banglez – producer
  • Dense – engineer
  • The Kidd – producer
  • Wazir Patar – producer
  • Snappy – producer
  • Dense – mixing & mastering all tracks from Moosetape except "Calaboose"
  • Bauss-P – mixing & mastering for track "Calaboose"
  • FlutePreet Singh - flute programing for tracks 18 & 26

Music videos and directors

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Sukh Sanghera

  • US
  • Brown Shortie
  • G-Shit
  • IDGAF
  • Power
  • GOAT.

➡Tru-Makers

  • Calaboose

➡Teji Sandhu

  • Burberry
  • Unfuckwithable

➡ Raf-Saperra

  • Signed To God
  • Celebrity Killer

➡ Jashan Narrah

  • Me and My Girlfriend

➡ Hunny Pk Films

  • Malwa Block

➡ Navkaran Brar

  • Audio visual artist

Promotion

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On 4 July 2021, Moose Wala announced the Moosetape Tour officially on his Instagram Live with the name Moosetape World Tour, and regions including North America, UK, Canada, Dubai, Australia and Pakistan.[13][14] Tour was scheduled to be in 2021, but due to concerns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Tour Postpones. Tour's first leg announced by BollyBoom Entertainment India, that took place in 4 different cities of India, which was produced by themselves only.[15]

On 26 December 2021; the tour's promoter Platinum Events Inc introduced on their social media about the upcoming world tour of Sidhu Moose Wala & tease the fans by sharing pics with Sidhu itself.[16]

After five shows, on 17 April 2022, Moose Wala officially changed the name to Back To Business World Tour with Sunny Malton as a supporting act. However, the tour was cancelled shortly after Moose Wala's death on 29 May 2022.[17]

Set list

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This set list is representative of the show on 26 March 2022, in Dubai, UAE. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour[18]

  1. "295"
  2. "These Days"
  3. "Satisfy"
  4. "Old-Skool"
  5. "GOAT"
  6. "Same-Beef"
  7. "US"
  8. "So-High"
  9. "Celebrity-Killer"
  10. "G-Shit"
Encore
  1. "Moosedrilla"
Notes
  • During the show in Mumbai on 21 November 2021, Raja Kumari joined Moose Wala onstage to perform their duet song "US".

Tour dates

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This list includes planned dates that were subsequently cancelled.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue.
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Notes
Leg 1 - Asia
20 November 2021 Gurgaon India Imperfecto Patio
21 November 2021 Mumbai Opa Bar & Cafe Raja Kumari
4 December 2021 Noida Local Noida
17 December 2021 Hyderabad Prism, Hyderabad
26 March 2022 Dubai United Arab Emirates Coca-Cola Arena Afsana Khan [19]
4 June 2022 Gurugram India BackYard Sports Club The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death[20]
Leg 2 - North America
23 July 2022 Vancouver Canada PNE Coliseum Sunny Malton The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death
24 July 2022 Winnipeg Shaw Park
30 July 2022 Toronto Paramount Fine Foods Centre
31 July 2022 Calgary
5 August 2022 New York United States
6 August 2022 Chicago
12 August 2022 Fresno
13 August 2022 Bay Area Oakland Arena
Leg 3 - Europe
9 September 2022 Birmingham United Kingdom TBA Sunny Malton
11 September 2022 London

Virtual experiences

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On 10 June 2021, Moose Wala collaborated with music streaming app Spotify, hosted by Vishnu Kausal. Actress Sonam Bajwa also joined the live session.

Charts

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Album

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Chart performance for Moosetape
Chart (2021–2022) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] 33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 33

Singles

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Title Chart (2021) Peak
position
"Bitch I'm Back" Top Triller Global (Billboard)[23] 1
"Moosedrilla" 1
"US" 3
"Brown Shortie" 7
"These Days" 13
"Bitch I'm Back" Canadian Hot 100 (Billboard)[24][25] 81
"Brown Shortie" 80
"295" 62
"GOAT" 100
"Bitch I'm Back" New Zealand Hot[26][27][28][29] 14
"Burberry" 15
"Racks and Rounds" 16
"US" 23
"Moosedrilla" 25
"INVINCIBLE" 35
"G-Shit" 20
"Brown Shortie" 15
"These Days" 33
"Built Different" 33
"Calaboose" 24
"295" 27
"295" Billboard Global 200[30] 154

Certifications

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Certifications for "Moosetape"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31] Gold 7,500

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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