The House Is Burning (album)

Rashad first spoke of his plans for a follow-up to his second studio album ''The Sun's Tirade'' (2016) through a series of tweets in October 2017. He revealed the album's title via an Instagram Live session in May 2019, almost two years after its initial announcement. During this period, he would tease the album further, playing snippets from its recordings through various social media posts and livestreams, until April 22, 2020, when he released his first single in four years, "Why Worry", as part of a promotional event held by Top Dawg Entertainment. Rashad spoke about what the album meant to him in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying: In an interview with GQ, Rashad stated he wants listeners to "walk away and be like, 'Damn, he's good at making a lot of different stuff.' If you've been a part of this shit, I'd want you to be like, 'Damn, he gave me a good update on his life and he’s still giving me stuff that's going to help me during my day when I'm going through my own shit.'" ==Release and promotion==

In a May 2021 interview for The Fader, Rashad announced that the album was scheduled to be released sometime in June. A few days later on May 7, he released the album's lead single, "Lay wit Ya", featuring a guest appearance from rapper Duke Deuce, and accompanied by a music video directed by Omar Jones. The song's credits on digital platforms also revealed that he had signed a joint venture deal with Warner Records. On June 18, Rashad released the album's second single, "Headshots (4r da Locals)", alongside a music video for it directed by Jack Begert and Mez Heirs six days later. On July 7, Rashad revealed the album's cover art and confirmed its July 30 release date through social media. ==Critical reception ==

The House Is Burning received acclaim from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 8 reviews. ==Track listing==

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Musicians • Isaiah Rashad – vocals • Devin Malik – programming (tracks 1, 7, 9, 12, 13) • Kal Banx – programming (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 10–12, 14, 16–18), additional vocals (3, 8, 11, 13), keyboards (16), piano (16), vocals (18) • Hollywood Cole – programming (track 4) • Austin Brown – guitar (tracks 5, 14, 16), keyboards (5) • J. Lbs – additional vocals, programming (track 5) • Zacari – additional vocals (track 5) • Santiago Gonzalez – bass (track 5) • Groove – programming (track 5) • Rory Behr – guitar (tracks 6, 18), programming (10, 11, 16) • Nomi – background vocals (track 6) • Amindi – additional vocals (track 9) • Amaire Johnson – programming (track 10) • Lance Skiiiwalker – additional vocals (tracks 11, 16) • Ab-Soul – additional vocals (track 11) • Sam Yun – guitar (track 12) • Kenny Beats – programming (track 14) • Free P – programming (tracks 15, 19) • Tiggi – programming (track 15) • Jesse Boykins III – additional vocals, guitar (track 16) • Natalia Howard – additional vocals (track 16) • Njomza – additional vocals (track 16) • Crooklin – programming (track 16) • Pete (Scum) Nebula – programming (track 16) • Mike Cottone – trumpet (track 16) • CoryaYo – programming (track 19) • D. Sanders – programming (track 20) Technical • Nicolas De Porcel – mastering • James Hunt – mixing (tracks 1–15, 17–20), engineering (9, 16) • Liz Robson – mixing, engineering (tracks 1, 7) • Rory Behr – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17), engineering (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10–13, 16–20), additional engineering (15) • Ben Thomas – engineering (track 2) • Kal Banx – engineering (tracks 3, 17) • Keaton Smith – engineering (track 4) • Morgan Bailey – engineering (track 4) • Christopher Smith Jr. – engineering (track 5) • Julio Ulloa – engineering (track 5) • Henry Was – engineering (tracks 6, 8, 9) • Honda Carter – engineering (track 9) • J.T. Gagarin – engineering (track 14) • Kenny Beats – engineering (track 14) • Rob Bisel – engineering (track 14) • Sedrick Moore II – engineering (track 15) • Aaron Bow – sound design • Teddy Walton – sound design • Demitrius Lewis II – mastering assistance • Johnny Winik – mixing assistance ==Charts==

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