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56 Nights
56 Nights
Mixtape by DJ Esco and Future
Released	March 21, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Hip hop; trap;
Length	30:46
Label	Freebandz
Producer	Southside (also exec.); Tarentino; DY; DJ Esco;
DJ Esco chronology
Future chronology
Singles from 56 Nights
	"March Madness"; Released: August 31, 2015;

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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

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

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Free at Last"	Nayvadius Wilburn Joshua Luellen	Southside	1:21
2.	"Never Gon Lose"	Wilburn Luellen Dwan Avery	Southside DY^[a]	3:07
3.	"Purple Coming In"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	4:23
4.	"Diamonds from Africa"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	2:46
5.	"Now"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	2:42
6.	"No Compadre"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	3:33
7.	"March Madness"	Wilburn Chance Youngblood	Tarentino	4:42
8.	"Trap Niggas"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	2:55
9.	"Da Fam on da Gram"	Wilburn William Moore	DJ Esco	1:22
10.	"56 Nights"	Wilburn Luellen	Southside	3:55
Total length:				30:46

Streaming version
No.	Title	Length
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

^ ^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.
^ "Future - 56 Nights Mixtape Hosted by DJ Esco, 808 Mafia". LiveMixtapes. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "How 56 Nights In A Dubai Jail Changed DJ Esco's Life Forever". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
^ ^a ^b Future – Kno the Meaning, retrieved 2020-10-16
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Future: 56 Nights". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
^ "Future: Dirty Sprite 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
^ "Three-Peat: Future Releases His 2015 Mixtape '56 Nights' on All Streaming Services". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

[:02-1] "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.

[:12-3] "How 56 Nights In A Dubai Jail Changed DJ Esco's Life Forever". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-10-16.

[:22-4] Future – Kno the Meaning, retrieved 2020-10-16

[:32-5] "Future: 56 Nights". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-16.

[:0-6] "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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-'''56 Nights''' is the fifth mixtape by American DJ and record producer, William Moore (professionally known as [[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 (rapper)|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.
+'''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>
 ==Background==
-The mixtapes name, cover artwork, and release are all inspired by [[William Moore (DJ)|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, [[William Moore (DJ)|Esco]] ended up spending 56 days in an Abu Dhabi prison before being released and returning to the United States on January 13th of 2015.<ref name=":12" /> The sentence was both grueling and inspiring. In an interview with [[The Fader|FADER magazine]] after his release, [[William Moore (DJ)|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" />
+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" />
-The timing of [[William Moore (DJ)|DJ Esco's]] arrest was significant to the career of rapper [[Future (rapper)|Future]] because of a hard drive that was in [[William Moore (DJ)|Esco's]] possession at the time. The hard drive contained over 400 songs that he and [[Future (rapper)|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 (rapper)|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|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> [[William Moore (DJ)|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 (rapper)|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 [[William Moore (DJ)|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" />
+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 ==
-Nights was completed right before [[Future (rapper)|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 and Beastmode.<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> The release and reception of 56 Nights set the stage for Future's most critically acclaimed album, [[DS2 (album)|DS2]], released only three months later in 2015.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Julian|title='56 Nights', Docu-Series Help Propel Future To First No. 1 Album|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/julianmitchell/2015/07/27/ds2-lands-future-his-first-debut-no-1-album-on-the-billboard-200-chart/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=DS2 by Future|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/ds2/future|language=en|access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref> The mixtape, as well as a subsequent docu-series on [[Future (rapper)|Future]] by hip hop journalist, [[Elliott Wilson (journalist)|Elliott Wilson]], are key points in the rapper's career that marked his arrival in mainstream hip hop.<ref name=":1" />  On April 9th, 2020, [[Future (rapper)|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>
+''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==
-* All tracks are featuring Future.
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 * [[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]
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 * Wilburn
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 | extra6 = Southside
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+| title7 = [[March Madness (song)|March Madness]]
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 * [[DJ Esco|William Moore]]
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+| headline = Streaming version
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+| title1 = Never Gon Lose
+| length1 = 3:07
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+| title2 = Purple Come In
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+| title3 = Diamonds From Africa
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-[[Category:Future (rapper) albums]]
+[[Category:Future (rapper) mixtape albums]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Southside (record producer)]]
+[[Category:Freebandz mixtape albums]]
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