DS2 (album)

On July 10, 2015, Future posted the cover artwork, while announcing that his new album would be called DS2, and would be released on July 17, 2015. The track list of the album was released on July 15, 2015. ==Album artwork==

The basis for the album's cover art is a stock photo sold through Shutterstock with the title "Color drop in water, photographed in motion. Ink swirling in water. Cloud of silky ink in water isolated on white background. Colorful ink in water, ink drop". The image was created by Sanja Tošić, an artist based in Slovenia. Although she did not know who Future was until The Fader contacted her to ask about the album art, Tošić said that she would buy a copy of his album. ==Promotion==

The album's lead single, "Fuck Up Some Commas", was released on March 2, 2015, the music video for the song was released on March 27. It peaked at number 55 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single, "Where Ya At" featuring Drake, was released on July 16, 2015, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. the song peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100. ==Critical reception==

DS2 was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 22 reviews. Chris Kelly of Fact said, "DS2 is a relentless, dud-free hour that adds in most of his recent highlights to complete the story of his last year". Reviewing the album's deluxe edition for Vice, Robert Christgau deemed DS2 a "miserable minor masterpiece" that is "all the proof we needed that money can't buy happiness". Rankings ==Commercial performance==

DS2 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 151,000 album-equivalent units; it sold 126,000 copies in its first week. By January 2016, the album sold 344,000 copies domestically. On July 27, 2022, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sale equivalents of three million units. ==Track listing==

Note • "Rich Sex" is stylized as "Rich $ex". ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. • Glenn Schick – mastering engineer • Eric Manco – mixing engineer (all tracks), recording engineer (3–5, 7, 9, 13, 15), engineer (17) • Seth Firkins – mixing engineer (all tracks), recording engineer (1, 2, 6, 8, 10–12, 14, 16–18), engineer (7) • Ryan Coplan – assistant mixing engineer (all tracks) • Jeremy D. Brown – mixing engineer (15), assistant engineer (all tracks), miscellaneous producer (all tracks) • Niles Roberts – assistant engineer • Tyler Kumpee – assistant engineer ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts ==Certifications==