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Moosetape
Studio album by
Sidhu Moose Wala
Released15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)
Recorded2020–2021
Genre
Length97:00
LabelSidhu Moose Wala
Producer
  • The Kidd
  • Steel Banglez
  • Snappy
  • Wazir Patar
  • JB
  • M1onthebeat
  • Chris Rich
  • A.Singh
Sidhu Moose Wala chronology
Snitches Get Stitches
(2020) 		Moosetape
(2021) 		No Name
(2022)
Singles from Moosetape
  1. "Burberry"
    Released: May 20, 2021
  2. "US"
    Released: May 23, 2021
  3. "Brown Shortie"
    Released: May 29, 2021
  4. "Me and My Girlfriend"
    Released: June 7, 2021
  5. "Signed To God"
    Released: June 16, 2021
  6. "Malwa Block"
    Released: June 23, 2021
  7. "G-Shit"
    Released: July 4, 2021
  8. "Calaboose"
    Released: July 10, 2021
  9. "IDGAF"
    Released: July 17, 2021
  10. "Power"
    Released: July 21, 2021
  11. "GOAT"
    Released: July 25, 2021
  12. "Celebrity Killer"
    Released: August 9, 2021

Moosetape is the second studio album by Indian singer, rapper and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala, released independently on 15 May 2021. Moose Wala served as the executive producer. Writing was handled by Sidhu dominantly among other artists, while the tracks were produced by The Kidd, Steel Banglez, Snappy, Wazir Patar, and JB. At 32 tracks, it is Moose Wala's longest album, and is also the last to be released before his death on May 29, 2022. It features guest vocals from Bohemia, Tion Wayne, Stefflon Don, Morrisson, Divine, Raja Kumari, Blockboi Twitch and Sikander Kahlon. The most popular track from the album, "GOAT" featuring Jumana Abdu Rahman, surpassed 320 million views on YouTube as of October 2024.

Background

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The album was announced by Sidhu Moose Wala on 10 March 2021, on his official Instagram account.[1][2] Followed by cover art, features and credits of every track per day till 23 April 2021.

Moose Wala released the teaser of the album on his YouTube channel on 29 April 2021, with its release date.[3][4] The teaser was viewed over a million times within twelve hours of its release.[5] On 5 May 2021, Moose Wala released the trailer of the album.[6] Tracklist was revealed on May 12, 2021 on his instagram handle.[7]

The tracks were released one by one from 15 May 2021; they were scheduled to release until 21 July.[8] On 18 May 2021, he released the bonus track "Unfuckwithable" featuring Afsana Khan, which was produced by The Kidd. Its music video was directed by Teji Sandhu.

Posthumously, the track "295" charted at 154 on the Billboard Global 200, making Moose Wala the first Punjabi singer to do so. The song was heavily played after his death as the song title surprisingly highlights the date of his death.[9]

As of December 6, 2023, Moosetape became the first Indian album to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Sidhu Moose Wala, except where noted.

Moosetape track listing[10][11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Moosetape Intro" Wazir Patar1:32
2."Bitch I'm Back" The Kidd3:50
3."Burberry" The Kidd3:23
4."Racks and Rounds" (featuring Sikander Kahlon)
  • Moose Wala
  • Sikander Kahlon
The Kidd3:45
5."US" (featuring Raja Kumari)
  • Moose Wala
  • Raja Kumari
The Kidd3:50
6."Moosedrilla" (featuring Divine)
  • Moose Wala
  • Divine
The Kidd3:52
7."Boo Call" (skit) Wazir Patar0:43
8."Brown Shortie" (featuring Sonam Bajwa) The Kidd3:28
9."Aroma" The Kidd4:16
10."Real One" (skit) Wazir Patar0:44
11."GOAT" Wazir Patar3:34
12."Sidhu Son" The Kidd3:37
13."Chacha Huu" (skit) Wazir Patar0:46
14."Me and My Girlfriend" The Kidd3:23
15."These Days" (featuring Bohemia)
  • Moose Wala
  • Bohemia
The Kidd3:29
16."Ultimatum" (skit) The Kidd1:30
17."Signed to God" 
2:27
18."Regret" The Kidd5:11
19."Pind Hood Damn Good" (RMG Intro)Randiala WalaWazir Patar1:15
20."Malwa Block" Wazir Patar3:59
21."B&W" The Kidd4:05
22."Celebrity Killer" (featuring Tion Wayne)
  • Moose Wala
  • Tion Wayne
  • Steel Banglez
  • M1
  • Chris Rich
  • A Singh
  • JB
  • The Kidd
3:23
23."Invincible" (featuring Stefflon Don)
  • Moose Wala
  • Stefflon Don
  • Steel Banglez
  • The Kidd
4:04
24."Amli Talk" (skit) Wazir Patar0:44
25."G-Shit" (featuring Blockboi Twitch)
  • Moose Wala
  • Blockboi Twitch
The Kidd3:53
26."Built Different" The Kidd4:07
27."Trial Day" (skit) Wazir Patar1:59
28."Calaboose" Snappy4:05
29."Facts" (skit) Wazir Patar1:11
30."295" The Kidd4:30
31."IDGAF" (featuring Morrisson)
  • Moose Wala
  • Morrisson
The Kidd2:56
32."Power" The Kidd3:48
Total length:97:00
Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Unfuckwithable" (with Afsana Khan)SidhuThe Kidd4:43
Total length:4:43

Notes

  • There is no Deluxe Edition of the Album, the Bonus Track "Unfuckwithable" was released as single between track 3 and 4.
  • All tracks were released as one track per day as per schedule from May 15 to August 9, 2021.
  • "Moosetape Into" features vocals from Gurinder Dimpy.
  • "Boo Call (skit)" features uncredited vocal by Sonam Bajwa.
  • "Brown Shortie" has credited Sonam Bajwa as a vocal feature, is featured in music video only
  • "Pind Hood Damn Good (RMG Intro)" features uncredited vocals by Randiala Wala.
  • "Malwa Block" and "Goat" have Wazir Patar in lead, is credited as producer.

Personnel

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Technical personnel

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  • Steel Banglez – producer
  • Dense – engineer
  • The Kidd – producer
  • Wazir Patar – producer
  • Snappy – producer
  • Dense – mixing & mastering all tracks from Moosetape except "Calaboose"
  • Bauss-P – mixing & mastering for track "Calaboose"
  • FlutePreet Singh - flute programing for tracks 18 & 26

Music videos and directors

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➡ Sukh Sanghera

  • US
  • Brown Shortie
  • G-Shit
  • IDGAF
  • Power
  • GOAT.

➡Tru-Makers

  • Calaboose

➡Teji Sandhu

  • Burberry
  • Unfuckwithable

➡ Raf-Saperra

  • Signed To God
  • Celebrity Killer

➡ Jashan Narrah

  • Me and My Girlfriend

➡ Hunny Pk Films

  • Malwa Block

➡ Navkaran Brar

  • Audio visual artist

Promotion

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Tour

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On July 4, 2021, Moose Wala announced the Moosetape Tour officially on his Instagram Live with the name Moosetape World Tour, and regions including North America, UK, Canada, Dubai, Australia and Pakistan.[13][14] Tour was scheduled to be in 2021, but due to concerns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Tour Postpones. Tour's first leg announced by BollyBoom Entertainment India, that took place in 4 different cities of India, which was produced by themselves only.[15]

On December 26, 2021; the tour's promoter Platinum Events Inc introduced on their social media about the upcoming world tour of Sidhu Moose Wala & tease the fans by sharing pics with Sidhu itself.[16]

After five shows, on 17 April 2022, Moose Wala officially changed the name to Back To Business World Tour with Sunny Malton as a supporting act. However, the tour was cancelled shortly after Moose Wala's death on 29 May 2022.[17]

Set list

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This set list is representative of the show on March 26, 2022, in Dubai, UAE. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour[18]

  1. "295"
  2. "These Days"
  3. "Satisfy"
  4. "Old-Skool"
  5. "GOAT"
  6. "Same-Beef"
  7. "US"
  8. "So-High"
  9. "Celebrity-Killer"
  10. "G-Shit"
Encore
  2. "Moosedrilla"
Notes
  • During the show in Mumbai on November 21, 2021, Raja Kumari joined Moose Wala onstage to perform their duet song "US".

Tour dates

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This list includes planned dates that were subsequently cancelled.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue.
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Notes
Leg 1 - Asia
November 20, 2021 Gurgaon India Imperfecto Patio –
November 21, 2021 Mumbai Opa Bar & Cafe Raja Kumari
December 4, 2021 Noida Local Noida –
December 17, 2021 Hyderabad Prism, Hyderabad –
March 26, 2022 Dubai United Arab Emirates Coca-Cola Arena Afsana Khan [19]
June 4, 2022 Gurugram India BackYard Sports Club The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death[20]
Leg 2 - North America
July 23, 2022 Vancouver Canada PNE Coliseum Sunny Malton The concert was cancelled due to Moosewala's death
July 24, 2022 Winnipeg Shaw Park
July 30, 2022 Toronto Paramount Fine Foods Centre
July 31, 2022 Calgary —
August 5, 2022 New York United States
August 6, 2022 Chicago
August 12, 2022 Fresno
August 13, 2022 Bay Area Oakland Arena
Leg 3 - Europe
September 9, 2022 Birmingham United Kingdom TBA Sunny Malton
September 11, 2022 London

Virtual experiences

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On 10 June 2021, Moose Wala collaborated with music streaming app Spotify, hosted by Vishnu Kausal. Actress Sonam Bajwa also joined the live session.

Charts

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Album

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Chart performance for Moosetape
Chart (2021–2022) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] 65
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 33

Singles

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Title Chart (2021) Peak
position
"Bitch I'm Back" Top Triller Global (Billboard)[23] 1
"Moosedrilla" 1
"US" 3
"Brown Shortie" 7
"These Days" 13
"Bitch I'm Back" Canadian Hot 100 (Billboard)[24][25] 81
"Brown Shortie" 80
"295" 62
"GOAT" 100
"Bitch I'm Back" New Zealand Hot[26][27][28][29] 14
"Burberry" 15
"Racks and Rounds" 16
"US" 23
"Moosedrilla" 25
"INVINCIBLE" 35
"G-Shit" 20
"Brown Shortie" 15
"These Days" 33
"Built Different" 33
"Calaboose" 24
"295" 27
"295" Billboard Global 200[30] 154

References

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