Pegasus (Trippie Redd album)

Pegasus is the third studio album by American rapper and singer Trippie Redd. It was released on October 30, 2020. The album features guest appearances from Myiah Lynnae, Yung LB, PartyNextDoor, Chris Brown, Rich the Kid, Young Thug, Future, Quavo, Lil Mosey, Busta Rhymes, Sean Kingston, Doe Boy, Lil Wayne, HoodyBaby, and Swae Lee.

Pegasus
Studio album by Trippie Redd
Released	October 30, 2020
Recorded	2017–2020[1][2]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	74:11
Label	TenThousand Projects Caroline 1400 Entertainment
Producer	OZ Nik D Oscar Zulu LVNDVN Hammad Beats Burnley AKL Stoopid Lou Deats Goose the Guru LASTNGHT Dinuzzo Loaded ChaseTheMoney Heavy Mellow Starboy RIP Psymun Distance Decay ATL Jacob J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Mally Mall 1993 Eesean Bolden Lateef Garrett ChopSquad DJ RMG Nu FaatKiid Xeryus Wheezy Rance Khyrie Taylor LNK Mario Petersen Nick Mira Outtatown CBMix Cardiak Scott Storch Avedon Angel Lopez Trippie Redd
Trippie Redd chronology
A Love Letter to You 4 (2020) Pegasus (2020) Life's a Trip 2 (2021)
Singles from Pegasus
"Excitement" Released: May 15, 2020 "I Got You" Released: September 11, 2020 "Sleepy Hollow" Released: October 7, 2020

Background

The album was announced by Redd in March 2020 via his Instagram story with the caption reading "PEGASUS, the album. One day". Redd said that the album would take a "dreamy, nostalgic and outer space" approach this time around.[3] Later in June 2020, Redd had announced a deluxe version for the album, and that it would be his rock project that he teased in March 2019, and gave more information about the upcoming album on an Instagram live stream. He stated that the songs on the album would be put in a specific order as his previous project A Love Letter to You 4, with love songs being first, deep in the middle, and hard songs last.[4][5] He said Pegasus would "be way better" than A Love Letter to You 4, and that "it takes you from place to place as far as genre goes. The whole goal with that was... I was thinking next level".[1]

On August 18, 2020, the full album leaked after Redd had stated that he would delay the album further if more of his music continued to leak online.[6] According to an interview with Redd's labelmate, rapper 6ix9ine, Pegasus was pushed back for months by Redd's label who felt that a new project from Redd would not gain enough traction to be financially viable.[7]

On January 29, 2021, the collaborative deluxe project with Travis Barker titled "Neon Shark vs Pegasus" was temporarily leaked on the European streaming service Tidal. Screenshots of the leak posted publically showed that the deluxe album features 14 new songs including the 2020 single "Dreamer". [8]

Singles

The lead single, "Excitement", with Canadian singer and rapper PartyNextDoor, was released on May 15, 2020.[9]

On September 11, 2020, the album's second single, "I Got You", featuring American rapper Busta Rhymes, was released aside the official music video.[10]

On October 7, 2020, "Sleepy Hollow" was released as the album's third single, while the album's tracklist and release date was also revealed.[11][12]

Commercial performance

Pegasus debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 60,000 album-equivalent units, (including 4,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[13] This became Trippie Redd's fifth US top-five debut on the chart, following the release of his chart-topping project, A Love Letter to You 4.[13] The album also accumulated a total of 79.2 million on-demand streams from the album's songs that week.[13]

Cover artwork

The cover art was revealed on October 1, 2020, on Trippie Redd's Instagram, and shows him wearing nude-colored underwear, with his arms flailed out in front of a Pegasus horse from Greek mythology. The artwork received mixed reception from fans, with Redd later deleting the picture.[1][11]

Track listing

Pegasus – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Let It Out" (featuring Myiah Lynnae)	Michael White IV Myiah Lynnae Ozan Yildrim Oliver Carnival Nicholas Frascona	OZ Nik D^[a] Oscar Zulu^[a] LVNDVN^[a]	2:56
2.	"Moonlight"	White Adrian Rupke Quintin Gulledge Joe Talamo	Hammad Beats Quintin Gulledge Oscar Zulu^[a]	2:41
3.	"Love Scars 4"	White Rupke Talamo	Hammad Beats Oscar Zulu^[a]	2:36
4.	"The Nether"	White Yildrim Frano Huett Jordan Lusitini	OZ Frano Burnley AKL^[a]	2:37
5.	"So Stressed" (featuring Yung LB)	White Fetaiaki Teaupa Rupke	Hammad Beats Stoopid Lou^[a] Oscar Zulu^[a]	3:24
6.	"Excitement" (with PartyNextDoor)	White Jahron Brathwaite Yildrim Nik Frascona Dominik Patrzek	OZ Nik D Deats	4:43
7.	"Mood" (featuring Chris Brown)	White Christopher Brown Nickalas Turner Kyle Edwards Darien Overton	Goose the Guru LASTNGHT Dinuzzo	2:23
8.	"Pegasus"	White Rupke	Hammad Beats Oscar Zulu^[a]	2:17
9.	"Weeeeee"	White Kamil Budek	Loaded	2:32
10.	"Personal Favorite" (featuring Rich the Kid)	White Dimitri Roger Chase Rose Everett Romano	ChaseTheMoney Heavy Mellow	2:35
11.	"V-12"	White Anton Mendo	Starboy RIP Psymun Distance Decay	2:06
12.	"Spaceships" (featuring Young Thug)	White Jeffery Williams Jacob Canady	ATL Jacob	2:54
13.	"Never Change" (featuring Future)	White Nayvadius Wilburn Jamal Rashid Larrance Dopson Khirye Tyler	Mally Mall J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Dinuzzo 1993 Eesean Bolden LASTNGHT Lateef Garrett Rance1500 Khirye Tyler	2:53
14.	"Good Morning"	White Darrel Jackson	ChopSquad DJ	3:21
15.	"No Honorable Mentions" (featuring Quavo and Lil Mosey)	White Quavious Marshall Lathan Echols Jackson	ChopSquad DJ RMG Nu^[a] FaatKiid^[a] Xeryus^[a]	4:18
16.	"I Got You" (featuring Busta Rhymes)	White Trevor Smith, Jr. Wesley Glass Roger McNair Rashia Fisher William Lewis Leroy Jones	Wheezy Rance^[a] Khyrie Taylor^[a]	3:05
17.	"Too Fly"	White Rupke	Hammad Beats LNK^[a] Mario Petersen^[a]	3:04
18.	"Red Beam" (featuring Sean Kingston)	White Kisean Anderson Yildrim	OZ Deats^[a] Nik D^[a]	2:07
19.	"Oomps Revenge, Pt. 2"	White Rupke	Hammad Beats Oscar Zulu^[a]	1:57
20.	"Take One"	White Nicholas Mira	Nick Mira	2:01
21.	"Sleepy Hollow"	White Tobias Dekker	Outtatown	1:41
22.	"Kid That Didd" (featuring Future and Doe Boy)	White Wilburn Isam Mostafa Jackson Christopher Barnett	ChopSquad DJ CBMix	3:37
23.	"Don"	White Jackson	ChopSquad DJ	2:24
24.	"Hell Rain" (featuring Lil Wayne and Hoodybaby)	White	Cardiak	3:47
25.	"TR666" (featuring Swae Lee)	White Khalif Brown Scott Storch	Scott Storch Avedon	3:00
26.	"Sun God (Above You)" (featuring Myiah Lynnae)	White Lynnae Jose Velazquez	Angel Lopez	3:12
Total length:				74:11

Pegasus – Spooky Sounds edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Woooo"	White	Trippie Redd	1:04
2.	"Pegasus Coming"	White	Trippie Redd	1:12
3.	"Laugh"	White	Trippie Redd	1:03
4.	"Growl"	White	Trippie Redd	1:05
5.	"Door + Laugh"	White	Trippie Redd	1:03
6.	"Breathes"	White	Trippie Redd	1:02
Total length:				80:30

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an uncredited additional producer
• "TR666" was initially released on December 26, 2017.[14]

Sample credits

• "TR666" contains samples of "A Garden of Peace" by Lonnie Liston Smith.
• "I Got You" interpolates "I Know What You Want", performed by Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey.[15]

Charts

Chart performance for Pegasus

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18]	89
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20]	44
French Albums (SNEP)[21]	50
Irish Albums (OCC)[22]	36
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[23]	66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24]	32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25]	14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	56
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	79
US Billboard 200[28]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[29]	1
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[30]	1

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