Daystar (album)

Daystar (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on September 25, 2020, by One Umbrella Records and was his first independent release after departing from Interscope Records. The music was largely written by Lanez and produced with a variety of record producers, while featuring a sole guest appearance by fellow rapper Yoko Gold.

Daystar
Studio album by
Tory Lanez
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Recorded2020
Genre
Length66:00
Label
Producer
  • Chazzz Music
  • D2
  • SSJMike
  • Unicorn Waves
  • BruceM8
  • araabMUZIK
  • prdbyski
  • Dre Pickney
  • PDub
  • YonasK
  • Curtis Crump Jr.
  • CAMEone
  • Iano Beatz
  • Haze
  • LNK
  • ArmoBeatz
  • Edsclusive
  • FortyOneSix
  • Elkan
  • Othello Beats
  • Deandre Langford
  • Foreign Teck
  • Orlando tha Great
  • Smash David
  • Stoopid Lou
  • Wallis Lane
  • Dashawn "Happie" White
Tory Lanez chronology
The New Toronto 3
(2020)		 Daystar
(2020)		 Loner
(2020)

Controversy followed the album when it was released amid criminal allegations against Lanez that he had shot fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion earlier in 2020. Many critics chose not to review the album, and some writers denounced Lanez for using it to deny the allegations. Commercially, Daystar charted at number six in Canada and became the rapper's fifth straight album to debut in the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 earning 36,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[1]

Release and aftermath

Lanez released Daystar in part as a response to criminal allegations of him shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion earlier in 2020. Several songs on the album feature Lanez denying the accusations, including the opening song "Money Over Fallouts", in which he expresses shock at Megan Thee Stallion:

Can't cry now, I'm gonna laugh later / Girl you had the nerve to write that statement on that affidavit, knowing I don't do it / But I'm coming at my truest, tryin' to keep this shit 200 with ya, shorty / I can't prove it but them people in yo' ear/They the true ones that I feel that really got you thinking Tory Lanez would do you in for real[2]

Many critics opted not to review Daystar,[3] while others accused Lanez of "gaslighting his fans" with its address of the shooting allegations, according to AllHipHop reporter Yohance Kyles.[4] Vulture writer Chris Murphy responded to the album's release with the headline: "For The Love of God, Do Not Listen to Tory Lanez's New Album 'DAYSTAR'".[5] Andre Gee of Complex called the album "a project too contemptible to be evaluated on any musical scale" and "much worse than just a terrible album", dismissing it as an attempt by Lanez at using his platform to justify his abuse of black women.[6] Highsnobiety announced that they would no longer cover Lanez's music, and called Daystar "the most toxic album of the year".[7]

While the case against Lanez remained postponed, the rapper followed Daystar with the release of Loner in December 2020 and Playboy in March 2021. In May, he responded on Twitter to the backlash against the album, saying, "When I do something nice it's genuinely out of the love of my heart and the pain I feel for people in need ... I don't care about repairing an image that people tried to smear and couldn't. All I can do is play my part. And I'm proud of the part I play."[4]

Commercial performance

Daystar debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 36,000 album-equivalent units (including 2,000 copies as traditional album sales) in its first week.[1] This became Lanez's sixth album to debut in the top 10 of the chart,[1] although it was also the lowest Billboard 200 debut of his career.[4] The album also accumulated a total of 47.7 million on-demand streams of the album's songs during that week.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daystar Peterson, except where noted

Daystar track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Money Over Fallouts" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • Foreign Teck
  • D2
  • SSJMike
  • Dez Wright[a]
  • Bass Charity[a]
4:42
2."A Woman" 
  • Unicorn Waves
  • BruceM8
3:39
3."Friends Become Strangers" 
4:14
4."Sorry But I Had To..." (featuring Yoko Gold)
  • Peterson
  • Yoko Gold
  • Lyle LeDuff
  • Chazzz Music
  • SSJMike
6:21
5."A Poem from Me 2 You"  0:48
6."The Most High" 
4:10
7."Look How GOD Works" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • Dashawn "Happie" White
3:15
8."Queen and Slim" 
  • Foreign Teck
  • Chazzz Music
  • Dez Wright
  • Stoopid Lou
  • SSJMike
5:19
9."What's Kulture??" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • prdbyski
  • Orlando tha Great
  • Dre Pinckney
3:10
10."Solar Drive @ Night" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • Orlando tha Great
  • PDub
  • YonasK
2:32
11."Bittersweet" 
  • Lyle LeDuff
  • Curtis Crump Jr.
  • CAMEone
  • Tory Lanez
5:29
12."Things I Should of Said" 
  • Iano Beatz
  • Haze
  • LNK
  • ArmoBeatz
2:39
13."Just Got It Done" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • D2
  • SSJMike
2:27
14."Jokes on Me" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • Edsclusive
  • FortyOneSix
  • Elkan
  • SSJMike
3:19
15."Care for You" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • Othello Beats
  • Dre Pickney
5:05
16."In the Air" 
  • Chazzz Music
  • D2
  • SSJMike
4:08
17."Life" (featuring Yoko Gold)
  • Peterson
  • Gold
  • Chazzz Music
  • Orlando tha Great
  • SSJMike
4:57
Total length:66:00

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Charts
Chart performance for Daystar
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 131
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 48
US Billboard 200[11] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 4

References
  1. Caulfield, Keith (October 5, 2020). "Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Tickets to My Downfall'". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. Eustice, Kyle (June 24, 2021). "Tory Lanez Thinks His Uber Car Crash Was No Accident". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. Weisenstein, Kara (September 25, 2020). "Tory Lanez Dropped a 17-Track Album Denying He Shot Megan Thee Stallion". Mic. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  4. Kyles, Yohance (May 6, 2021). "Tory Lanez: I Don't Care About Repairing An Image That People Tried To Smear". AllHipHop. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  5. Murphy, Chris (September 25, 2020). "Tory Lanez Drops Album Daystar about Megan Thee Stallion". Vulture. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  6. Gee, Andre (September 25, 2020). "Tory Lanez' 'Daystar' Is Much Worse Than Just a Terrible Album". Complex. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. HORE-THORBURN, ISABEL (September 26, 2020). "THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE WILL COVER TORY LANEZ, HERE'S WHY". High Snobiety. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Tory Lanez – Daystar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  9. "Tory Lanez Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Tory Lanez – Daystar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  11. "Tory Lanez Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  12. "Tory Lanez Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  13. "Tory Lanez Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
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