Five Stars (Higher Brothers album)

Five Stars is the second album by Chinese hip-hop group Higher Brothers, released on 22 February 2019 through 88rising and 12Tone Music. The album was announced on 8 February 2019 and features American rappers ScHoolboy Q, Soulja Boy and JID among others.[1][2] It was their first album to be recorded in a professional studio.[3] The artists have stated that the album's title comes from the five stars on the Chinese flag as well as high quality "five star" rapping.[4]

Five Stars
Studio album by
Released22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Genre
Label
Producer
Higher Brothers chronology
Type-3 (with Harikiri)
(2018)
Five Stars
(2019)

Track listing

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Track list adapted from Tidal.[5]

Five Stars
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."16 Hours"
  • Junyi Yang
  • Siwei Ma
  • Yujie Xie
  • Zhen Ding
  • David Garcia
Cookin' Soul2:52
2."Open It Up"
  • Yang
  • Ma
  • Xie
  • Ding
  • Luca Polizzi
Luca4:36
3."Flexing So Hard"
  • Yang
  • Ma
  • Xie
  • Ding
  • Lana Larkin
  • Karl Hamnqvist
K Swisha2:55
4."One Punch Man" (featuring Ski Mask the Slump God and Denzel Curry)
Ronny J3:21
5."Do It Like Me" (featuring JID)
  • Yang
  • Xie
  • Destin Route
  • Tyler Mehlenbacher
  • Craig Balmoris
  • Sergiu Gherman
  • Daniel Tannenbaum
  • Bēkon
  • The Donuts
2:38
6."Top" (featuring Soulja Boy)
  • Yang
  • Ma
  • Xie
  • Ding
  • DeAndre Way
  • William Gaskins
  • Niles Groce
  • Nicholas Varvatsoulis
  • Mathius Herman
  • Snapz
  • Will Major
  • Blasian Beats
3:54
7."Sunshine"
  • Yang
  • Xie
  • Diego Gómez
Trebol Beats2:26
8."We Talkin Bout" (featuring Kohh)
Don Krez4:13
9."Gong Xi Fa Cai"
  • Yang
  • Ma
  • Xie
  • Ding
  • Tony Son
Richie Souf2:54
10."Won't Believe" (featuring Schoolboy Q)
  • Ma
  • Ding
  • Quincy Hanley
  • Ewan Mcclain
Poloboy 813:35
11."Need Me Now" (featuring Guapdad 4000)
  • Ma
  • Ding
  • Akeem Hayes
  • Jeffrey Newlin
Wynter4:10
12."Diamond"
  • Ma
  • Ding
  • Andre Grant
Harikiri3:12
13."No More" (featuring Niki)
FrancisGotHeat3:50
14."Zombie" (featuring Rich Brian)
Joji3:51

References

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  1. ^ "Higher Brothers' Album Lands J.I.D, ScHoolboy Q, Denzel Curry & More". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Higher Brothers Unveil Stacked New Album 'Five Stars': Listen". Highsnobiety. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ "r/hiphopheads - Higher Brothers in the Building! Five Stars Out Now. AMA". reddit. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  4. ^ "Higher Brothers on How Their Chinese Trap Sound Won America Over: 'We Can Do Some Swag S--t'". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  5. ^ "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.