B.I.B.L.E.
B.I.B.L.E. (a backronym for Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) is the debut studio album by American rapper Fivio Foreign. It was released on April 8, 2022 through Columbia Records and RichFish. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Kanye West, DVLP, Mike Dean, Syk Sense, Axl, the Chainsmokers, and Dem Jointz among others. It also features guest appearances from Quavo, Alicia Keys, Queen Naija, Chloe, A$AP Rocky, Lil Tjay, Polo G, and Ne-Yo among others. "B.I.B.L.E." was supported by two singles. The lead single, "City of Gods" peaked at number 46 on the  US "Billboard Hot 100. It was then followed by "Magic City", which failed to appear on the chart. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and moderate commercial success. It debuted at number nine on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, earning 29,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Background and promotion. On November 30, 2020, as part of Apple Music's project for Christmas songs and covers day, titled "Carols Covered", Fivio released the holiday-themed single, "Baddie on My Wish List", in which TV network "Revolt" reported the title of the album. "B.I.B.L.E." was originally set  to be released on March 25, 2022, but Fivio pushed the abum back by exactly two weeks to improve it. On April 1, 2022, exactly one week before the album was released, he revealed a list of artists that would appear on it. Three days later, he revealed the tracklist of the album alongside its pre-order on Apple Music. On April 6, 2022, two days before the album was released, Fivio released a documentary for it. Singles. The lead single of the album, "City of Gods", a collaboration with American rapper Kanye West and American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys , was released on February 11, 2022. The second single, "Magic City", which features American rapper Quavo, was released on March 18, 2022. Critical reception. "B.I.B.L.E." was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream music critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favourable reviews." Writing for "Clash", Ath'e Zihle felt that "although I would not say that this album breaks boundaries or sparks deep emotional response, it is Fivio's formal introduction to the world with a  heavy-hitting drill project which will lead the way for future drill projects globally". Kyann-Sian Williams of "NME" compared "B.I.B.L.E." to Kanye West's tenth studio album, "Donda" (2021), opining that "Fivio Foreign's delivery remains pin-sharp throughout the album, proving that with a few inspired beats, he can produce utter greatness", "with its drill influences and eclecticism, this is perhaps the record 'Donda' could have been, proving that Fivio has plenty of scope to transcend drill culture". Joe Coscarelli of "The New York Times" wrote that on the album, Fivio "hopes to smooth a path for the  city's [New York's] ascendant hip hop scene, even as it draws criticism amid a rise in gun violence" and "tries to maneuver an unconventional sound onto a more conventional path: smoothing down drill's street edge into something safely marketable". Commercial performance. "B.I.B.L.E." debuted at number nine on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, earning 29,000 album-equivalent units (including 1,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week, according to MRC Data. This became Fivio's first US top-ten debut on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 37.75 million on-demand official streams  of the album’s songs. Track listing. Notes Sample credits