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| Released | September 22, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | February 2022 — September 2022 | |||
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| Length | 24:18 | |||
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World Damination (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by the American rapper Kashdami. It was released on September 16, 2022 through Kashwayz, Mercury Records, and Republic Records. The album was primarily produced by several producers, including 1kSensei, Bakkwoods, Callan, cashcache!, Cxdy, Div, DSRK, Dylvinci, FwThis1Will, Glumboy, North of Ikari, ProdByEsse, Rio Leyva, Spaceman, Swishrr, Taz Taylor, Teenslug, ThankYouWill, and ZaySkillz. The album features guest appearances to midwxst, NoCap, and XLOVCLO and primarily Ilyfall and Slump6s.[1] The album gained popularity into streaming platforms, upcoming to characterized of the underground, serving his mixtape Hypernova (2021).[2] World Damination serves many promotions of all tracks.
World Damination is an 24-minute and 18 seconds album with over 13 tracks, but the track was removed, and supported by one single. The album was officially teased and announced on Kashdami's Instagram livestream on February 18, 2022, with the user "taneaparttwo", who is one of his close associates, which leads to the comment saying "worlddamination". During an livestream, Kashdami said to keep that term/title in mind, hinted towards the new studio album in that production. World Damination was worked pediatric in with Kashdami changing his name to the album.[3][4]
The consists of World Damination is proceed of supported by two single, especially one, "Phoenix" and "Posed2be". The promotional single "Posed2be" was released on March 22, 2022 and it was previewed several times on TikTok to be rumored of the album. The song "Phoenix" was released on April 29, 2022, previous on an Easter Day. Formerly singing his tracks to confirmed by his audiences to several snippets on his album.
Background
editOn November 12, 2021, Kashdami released his third mixtape Hypernova, upon 11 tracks, following its self-release through his first studio album Epiphany.[2] Before the published release, Kashdami grew heavily with his family life before moving through his original hometown. World Damination was teased during an Instagram livestream, confirmed by the user "taneaparttwo", presumably of Dami's close associates, who commented "worlddamination", which consisted the album through Dami changing his Instagram name to the album name.
Composition
editWorld Damination is an experimental hip-hop and rap album. Diverging his melodic trap and primary cloud rap, considered his style of his third mixtape Hypernova (2021). It incorporates chill beats and clouds throughout is sounds, corporates his own vocals and rapping. It features other artists with more elements of trap. Its music consists mainly several beats and producers of the song.
Songs
editThe album was featured with many artists, including NoCap, Midwxst, IlyFall, Slump6s, XLOVCLO, and more others. Professional of the album, World Damination opens with the track "Phoenix", blending the elements of cloud rap, with the sound effect said "Perfect". The second track is "Kompany", a collaboration with artist midwxst, based of a melodic type of a video game adventure series, including Sonic The Hedgehog. Certified as a chill melody song. The third track is "Famine", featuring collaboration artist XLOVCLO, a female girl rapper. It occasionally leads vocals by Kashdami, but reserve the distribution of the song. The opening track of the single, which features the same lyrics where Kashdami used in the intro "Spee" and "Fah fah fah". Soon before publishing the single, another track, titled "33", an drum, skeleton type beat, pacing his way through the microgenre of the futuristic synths. The fourth track "Bag Chaser", the song was originally sung of an kinda sound from the popularity single "Party Girl" to StaySolidRocky. Repeatedly with the lyrics "If you don't fuck with what I'm doing, you a hater, nigga"/"If that's your ho up in my crib, don't try to save her, nigga", based on an robbery relationship. Kashdami released the single, titled "Posed2be" and it was released on an Saint Patrick's Day on March 22, 2022, and it was promoted by his Instagram during his livestream. Kashdami released multiple tracks on the album that it was considered by its delivery of lyricism.
Release and promotion
editWorld Damination was released on February 18, 2022, through an livestream on Instagram, where Kashdami discusses the album with an comment that said "worlddamination", leads an certification of him changing his Instagram name to the album name.[3] The album was proceed to supported by two single especially one, "Posed2be" and "Phoenix". The promotional single was released on March 22, 2022 and the single was released on an Easter Day on April 29, 2022. The album leads to an promotional release of the tracks. In the interview of On The Radar, Kashdami updates about his fan base through his album, stating that it was first project and his evolution to his elements of the track.
Critical reception
editHotNewHipHop talks about the album stating that it’s taking every lane he enters. Hoping him to continue growing his feature fan base, releasing his new body work album. It approachs his creation of his additional style, while making multiple projects, serving only two tracks.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by David Wallace.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Phoenix" | Kashdami |
| 2:15 |
| 2. | "Kompany (with midwxst)" | Kashdami, midwxst |
| 1:17 |
| 3. | "Famine (with XLOVCLO)" | Kashdami, XLOVCLO | (no producer) | 2:12 |
| 4. | "33" | Kashdami |
| 1:24 |
| 5. | "Bag Casher!" | Kashdami |
| 2:35 |
| 6. | "Posed2be" | Kashdami |
| 3:00 |
| 7. | "Less Than Me" | Callan | 3:14 | |
| 8. | "U & I" | Kashdami | Rio | 1:36 |
| 9. | "Wifi" | Kashdami | Rio | 1:34 |
| 10. | "Komission" | Kashdami |
| 1:15 |
| 11. | "No Lovin' (with ilyFail)" |
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| 1:41 |
| 12. | "Usvme" | Kashdami |
| 2:11 |
| Total length: | 24:18 | |||
Credits and personnel
editMusicians
editPrimary musicians
edit- IlyFall — feature collaboration
- Slump6s — feature collaboration
Producers
edit- Cxdy — record producer
- Taz Taylor — record producer
- ThankYouWill — record producer
- 1kSensei — record producer
- Glumboy — record producer
- Dylvinci — record producer
- Cashcache! — record producer
- Bakkwoods — record producer
- Deuce — record producer
- Callan — record producer
- Rio — mixing engineer
- Esse — producer
- Swish — producer
- FwThis1Will — producer
- ZaySkillz — producer
References
edit- 1 2 Gross, Lawrienca. "Ka$hdami Releases 13-Track Mixtape, "WORLD DAMINATION"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
- 1 2 "KASHDAMI Shares 11-Track album "Hypernova". Including Trippie Redd Feature". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- 1 2 "KASHDAMI Drops Off His Latest Single "Intermisson"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ↑ "KASHDAMI Drops "Games", Revealing His Deepest Reflections on Relationships". GRID Magazine. Retrieved January 26, 2024.