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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = 56 Nights
| name = 56 Nights
| type = Mixtape
| type = Mixtape
| artist = [[DJ Esco]] and [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
| cover = Future 56 Nights (mixtape).jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| released = {{Start date|March 21, 2015}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Trap music|trap]]}}
| length = 30:46
| label = [[Freebandz]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Southside (record producer)|Southside]] (also exec.)|[[808 Mafia|Tarentino]]|[[808 Mafia|DY]]|[[DJ Esco]]}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[DJ Esco]]
| type = mixtape
| prev_title = No Sleep
| prev_year = 2013
| title = 56 Nights
| year = 2015
| next_title = [[Project E.T.]]
| next_year = 2016
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
| artist = [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
| cover = Future 56 Nights (mixtape).jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|March 21, 2015}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Trap music (hip hop)|trap]]}}
| length = 28:46
| label = [[Freebandz]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Southside (record producer)|Southside]] {{small|([[Executive producer|exec]].)}}|[[808 Mafia|Tarentino]]|[[808 Mafia|DY]]|[[DJ Esco]]}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
| type = mixtape
| type = mixtape
| prev_title = [[Beast Mode (Future album)|Beast Mode]]
| prev_title = [[Beast Mode (mixtape)|Beast Mode]]
| prev_year = 2015
| prev_year = 2015
| title = 56 Nights
| title = 56 Nights
| year = 2015
| year = 2015
| next_title = [[DS2]]
| next_title = [[DS2 (album)|DS2]]
| next_year = 2015
| next_year = 2015
}}
}}
{{Singles
{{Singles
| Name = 56 Nights
| name = 56 Nights
| Type = mixtape
| type = mixtape
| Single 1 = [[Trap Niggas]]
| single1 = [[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]
| Single 1 date = March 21, 2015
| single1date = August 31, 2015
| Single 2 = [[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]
| Single 2 date = August 31, 2015
}}
}}
}}
}}
'''56 Nights''' is the fifteenth mixtape by American rapper and singer [[Future (rapper)|Future]] and the fifth mixtape by DJ and record producer [[DJ Esco]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=The Terrifying True Story Of How Future’s DJ Got Stuck In A Dubai Jail For 56 Nights|url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/01/28/dj-esco-spent-56-days-in-dubai-jail-this-is-his-story|access-date=2020-10-16|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref> It was released on March 21, 2015, through rapper [[Future (rapper)|Future's]] [[Freebandz|Freebandz Entertainment]] label.<ref name=":02" /> The mixtape additionally received contribution from Future lyrically, featuring no other artists and being designated as "hosted by" Future. It was exclusively produced by [[808 Mafia]], whose founding member, [[Southside (record producer)|Southside]], handled the majority of the production and was credited as an executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future - 56 Nights Mixtape Hosted by DJ Esco, 808 Mafia |url=http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/33253/future-56-nights.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=LiveMixtapes |language=en}}</ref>

'''''56 Nights''''' is a [[mixtape]] by [[Future (rapper)|Future]]. It was released on March 21, 2015. Along with ''[[Monster (Future album)|Monster]]'' and ''[[Beast Mode (Future album)|Beast Mode]]'', it is considered one of "a trilogy of album-quality mixtapes" that Future released following ''[[Honest (Future album)|Honest]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20810-dirty-sprite-2/ |title=Future: Dirty Sprite 2 |work=[[Pitchfork.com]] |accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/04/13/futurehive-assemble-future-announces-monster-vs-beast-mode-tour |title=#FutureHive, Assemble: Future Announces Monster vs. Beast Mode Tour |work=[[The Fader]] |accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref> The mixtape is entirely produced by members of [[808 Mafia]], particularly Southside and hosted by Future.


==Background==
==Background==
The mixtape's name, cover artwork, and release are all inspired by DJ Esco's 2014 arrest and eventual prison sentence for possession of marijuana in the Dubai airport. After being stopped and searched while leaving the airport, police officers found 15 grams of marijuana in one of his pieces of luggage.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title=How 56 Nights In A Dubai Jail Changed DJ Esco’s Life Forever|url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/11/19/dj-esco-interview-march-madness-prison|access-date=2020-10-16|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref> Though he at first assumed the ordeal would be over quickly, Esco ended up spending 56 days in an Abu Dhabi prison before being released and returning to the United States on January 13, 2015.<ref name=":12" /> The sentence was both grueling and inspiring. In an interview with [[The Fader|FADER magazine]] after his release, Esco describes how in the prison he met former Taliban members, overcame a severe language barrier by learning Arabic, and even became so well liked by his fellow inmates that on the day of his release, the two largest gangs within the prison walked him out together with raucous cheers.<ref name=":12" />
In 2014, DJ Esco was sentenced to jail for 56 days for possessing 15 grams of [[marijuana]] in [[Dubai]] where he traveled to perform with Future at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Esco was arrested then taken to the police station where there is no English being spoken, Esco quotes, "There's no judge, no jury. They assign you to a prosecutor and the prosecutor can just do what he wants." Being an American Esco still has the mindset that he is going to get up the next day and be bailed out, but he claims it doesn't work like that in Abu Dhabi so they tell him, "Grab some extra clothes because you're gonna be here for a couple of days". He gets in and is the only American out of everyone in the jail with all types of people from Pakistanis, Saudis, Afghans, Kuwaitis and Iranians all the way to some Africans like Somalis, Nigerian, and Egyptians. Esco spends 56 nights in the jail learning the cultures and languages of the different people in there becoming closer with some of the inmates and even the warden by the end of his time there. The warden ultimately took a liking toward him teaching him some things about Islam which helped their relationship grow in the end helping Esco get out of jail.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Terrifying True Story Of How Future’s DJ Got Stuck In A Dubai Jail For 56 Nights|url = http://www.thefader.com/2015/01/28/dj-esco-spent-56-days-in-dubai-jail-this-is-his-story|website = The FADER|access-date = 2016-01-26}}</ref> Future and DJ Esco were inspired to release the mixtape after the producer was released from prison.<ref>[http://hypetrak.com/2015/01/the-story-on-how-futures-dj-got-incarcerated-for-56-days-in-dubai/ Read the Story on the 56-Day Incarceration of Future’s DJ in Dubai] Hypetrak.com. Retrieved March 22, 2015.</ref>

The timing of Esco's arrest was significant to the career of rapper [[Future (rapper)|Future]] because of a hard drive that was in Esco's possession at the time. The hard drive contained over 400 songs that he and Future had worked on and when he was arrested and the drive was confiscated, all possible releases for the artists had to be delayed.<ref name=":22">{{Citation|title=Future – Kno the Meaning|url=https://genius.com/Future-kno-the-meaning-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2020-10-16}}</ref> Future references this on his song "Kno the Meaning" from his third studio album, ''[[DS2 (album)|DS2]]'', when he says in the intro, "People didn't even understand that my hard drives that I recorded all my music on, for two years straight, was on this one hard drive that DJ Esco had".<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|title=Future: 56 Nights|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20424-56-nights/|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> Esco describes how while in prison, one of the songs on the hard drive (which would later become the hit song, "[[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]"), became the only piece of music he could remember. Upon his release, he purchased a pair of headphones and played the song over and over on his flight back to America. After reconnecting with Future, the pair immediately decided to release ''56 Nights'' together, pulling only songs from the now recovered hard drive, naming the mixtape after the length of Esco's time in prison and using Arabic text to create the cover artwork in reference to his new understanding of the language.<ref name=":22" /> "March Madness" was released as its primary single.<ref name=":32" />

== Critical reception and impact ==
''56 Nights'' was completed right before Future performed at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] in 2015 in Austin, Texas.<ref name=":32" /> It was well received by critics and was given a score of 7.3 by [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]].<ref name=":32" /> It is seen as the final piece of a trilogy of album-quality mixtapes from Future that includes ''[[Monster (mixtape)|Monster]]'' and ''[[Beast Mode (mixtape)|Beast Mode]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Future: Dirty Sprite 2|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20810-dirty-sprite-2/|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> On April 9, 2020, Future released ''56 Nights'' on all music streaming services, making the mixtape widely available for the first time ever.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Three-Peat: Future Releases His 2015 Mixtape '56 Nights' on All Streaming Services|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9355047/future-56-nights-streaming-services|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Billboard|language=en}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
* All tracks are featuring Future.
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 28:46
| total_length = 30:46
| extra_column = Producer(s)<ref name="lmt" />
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Free At Last
| title1 = Free at Last
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]
* [[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]
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| extra1 = [[Southside (producer)|Southside]]
| extra1 = [[Southside (producer)|Southside]]
| length1 = 1:21
| length1 = 1:21

| title2 = Never Gon Lose
| title2 = Never Gon Lose
| note2 =
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
* Luellen
* Luellen
* [[DY (record producer)|Dwan Avery]]
* Dwan Avery
}}
}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Southside|[[DY (record producer)|DY]]{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Southside|DY{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2 = 3:07
| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = Purple Coming In
| title3 = Purple Coming In
| note3 =
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra3 = Southside
| extra3 = Southside
| length3 = 4:23
| length3 = 4:23

| title4 = Diamonds from Africa
| title4 = Diamonds from Africa
| note4 =
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra4 = Southside
| extra4 = Southside
| length4 = 2:46
| length4 = 2:46

| title5 = Now
| title5 = Now
| note5 =
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra5 = Southside
| extra5 = Southside
| length5 = 2:42
| length5 = 2:42

| title6 = No Compadre
| title6 = No Compadre
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra6 = Southside
| extra6 = Southside
| length6 = 3:33
| length6 = 3:33

| title7 = [[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]
| title7 = [[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]
| note7 =
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra7 = [[808 Mafia|Tarentino]]
| extra7 = [[808 Mafia|Tarentino]]
| length7 = 4:42
| length7 = 4:42
| title8 = Trap Niggas

| note8 =
| title8 = [[Trap Niggas]]
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| extra8 = Southside
| extra8 = Southside
| length8 = 2:55
| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = Da Fam on da Gram
| title9 = Da Fam on da Gram
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
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* [[DJ Esco|William Moore]]
* [[DJ Esco|William Moore]]
}}
}}
| note9 = skit
| extra9 = [[DJ Esco]]
| extra9 = [[DJ Esco]]
| length9 = 1:22
| length9 = 1:22

| title10 = 56 Nights
| title10 = 56 Nights
| note10 =
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* Wilburn
* Wilburn
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| length10 = 3:55
| length10 = 3:55
}}
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = iTunes version
| collapsed = yes
| total_length = 26:26


{{track listing
| title1 = Never Gon Lose
| headline = Streaming version
| length1 = 3:07
| total_length = 23:21

| title2 = Purple Come In
| title1 = Never Gon Lose
| length2 = 3:15
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = Purple Come In

| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Diamonds in Africa
| title3 = Diamonds From Africa
| length3 = 2:46
| length3 = 2:46

| title4 = Right Now
| title4 = Now
| length4 = 2:41
| length4 = 2:41
| title5 = No Compadre

| length5 = 3:37
| title5 = No Compadre
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = 56 Nights
| length6 = 3:55

| title6 = March Madness
| title7 = March Madness
| length6 = 4:04
| length7 = 4:04

| title7 = Trap Nights
| length7 = 3:05

| title8 = 56 Nights
| length8 = 3:55
}}
}}
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Latest revision as of 04:20, 10 December 2024

56 Nights
Mixtape by
DJ Esco and Future
ReleasedMarch 21, 2015 (March 21, 2015)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length30:46
LabelFreebandz
Producer
DJ Esco chronology
No Sleep
(2013) 		56 Nights
(2015) 		Project E.T.
(2016)
Future chronology
Beast Mode
(2015) 		56 Nights
(2015) 		DS2
(2015)
Singles from 56 Nights
  1. "March Madness"
    Released: August 31, 2015

56 Nights is the fifteenth mixtape by American rapper and singer Future and the fifth mixtape by DJ and record producer DJ Esco.[1] It was released on March 21, 2015, through rapper Future's Freebandz Entertainment label.[1] The mixtape additionally received contribution from Future lyrically, featuring no other artists and being designated as "hosted by" Future. It was exclusively produced by 808 Mafia, whose founding member, Southside, handled the majority of the production and was credited as an executive producer.[2]

Background

[edit]

The mixtape's name, cover artwork, and release are all inspired by DJ Esco's 2014 arrest and eventual prison sentence for possession of marijuana in the Dubai airport. After being stopped and searched while leaving the airport, police officers found 15 grams of marijuana in one of his pieces of luggage.[3] Though he at first assumed the ordeal would be over quickly, Esco ended up spending 56 days in an Abu Dhabi prison before being released and returning to the United States on January 13, 2015.[3] The sentence was both grueling and inspiring. In an interview with FADER magazine after his release, Esco describes how in the prison he met former Taliban members, overcame a severe language barrier by learning Arabic, and even became so well liked by his fellow inmates that on the day of his release, the two largest gangs within the prison walked him out together with raucous cheers.[3]

The timing of Esco's arrest was significant to the career of rapper Future because of a hard drive that was in Esco's possession at the time. The hard drive contained over 400 songs that he and Future had worked on and when he was arrested and the drive was confiscated, all possible releases for the artists had to be delayed.[4] Future references this on his song "Kno the Meaning" from his third studio album, DS2, when he says in the intro, "People didn't even understand that my hard drives that I recorded all my music on, for two years straight, was on this one hard drive that DJ Esco had".[5] Esco describes how while in prison, one of the songs on the hard drive (which would later become the hit song, "March Madness"), became the only piece of music he could remember. Upon his release, he purchased a pair of headphones and played the song over and over on his flight back to America. After reconnecting with Future, the pair immediately decided to release 56 Nights together, pulling only songs from the now recovered hard drive, naming the mixtape after the length of Esco's time in prison and using Arabic text to create the cover artwork in reference to his new understanding of the language.[4] "March Madness" was released as its primary single.[5]

Critical reception and impact

[edit]

56 Nights was completed right before Future performed at SXSW in 2015 in Austin, Texas.[5] It was well received by critics and was given a score of 7.3 by Pitchfork.[5] It is seen as the final piece of a trilogy of album-quality mixtapes from Future that includes Monster and Beast Mode.[6] On April 9, 2020, Future released 56 Nights on all music streaming services, making the mixtape widely available for the first time ever.[7]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Free at Last"
Southside1:21
2."Never Gon Lose"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
  • Dwan Avery
3:07
3."Purple Coming In"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside4:23
4."Diamonds from Africa"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside2:46
5."Now"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside2:42
6."No Compadre"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside3:33
7."March Madness"
Tarentino4:42
8."Trap Niggas"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside2:55
9."Da Fam on da Gram"
DJ Esco1:22
10."56 Nights"
  • Wilburn
  • Luellen
Southside3:55
Total length:30:46
Streaming version
No.TitleLength
1."Never Gon Lose"3:07
2."Purple Come In"3:15
3."Diamonds From Africa"2:46
4."Now"2:41
5."No Compadre"3:37
6."56 Nights"3:55
7."March Madness"4:04
Total length:23:21
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "The Terrifying True Story Of How Future's DJ Got Stuck In A Dubai Jail For 56 Nights". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ "Future - 56 Nights Mixtape Hosted by DJ Esco, 808 Mafia". LiveMixtapes. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. ^ a b c "How 56 Nights In A Dubai Jail Changed DJ Esco's Life Forever". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  4. ^ a b Future – Kno the Meaning, retrieved 2020-10-16
  5. ^ a b c d "Future: 56 Nights". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  6. ^ "Future: Dirty Sprite 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  7. ^ "Three-Peat: Future Releases His 2015 Mixtape '56 Nights' on All Streaming Services". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
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