:Third Power (album)

Initially, the album was set to be titled Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 3), continuing the sequential titles of his previous two releases: however, in an interview at the BET Awards on July 8, 2011, he revealed that he had changed the album's title to Third Power. In a press release, DJ Drama spoke about how he felt the album was his best to date: he felt it was his "biggest and best yet" and that it represents three generations of hip-hop: "the music I came up on, the movements that I was a part of, and a whole new generation of Hip-Hop that is changing the face of music". The album leaked October 8, 2011.

The album's lead single, "Oh My", was released as a digital download on June 17, 2011.{{cite web|title=Oh My (feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash) - Single by DJ Drama - Download Oh My (feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash) - Single on iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/oh-my-feat-fabolous-wiz-khalifa/445048440|work=iTunes|date=13 May 2011|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=31 July 2011}} The song features guest appearances from American hip-hop artists Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa and Roscoe Dash, and features production from record producer Drumma Boy. The song debuted at number one-hundred on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending August 6, 2011,{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hot 100: Week of August 06, 2011 (Biggest Jump)|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-08-06/hot-100?order=gainer|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=31 July 2011}} becoming DJ Drama's first appearance on the chart, and also peaked at number nineteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number twelve on the Hot Rap Songs charts in the United States, also becoming his highest peaking song on both of these charts. It has since peaked at #95 on the Hot 100. The official remix to "Oh My" features Trey Songz, 2 Chainz, & Big Sean. On September 13, 2011 it was revealed "Never See You Again" featuring Wale & Talia Coles would be the album's second single.{{Cite web|url=https://2dopeboyz.com/2011/09/13/dj-drama-never-see-you-again-f-talia-coles-wale/|title=DJ Drama – Never See You Again f. Talia Coles & Wale|website=2dopeboyz.com|access-date=29 May 2023}} However, "Ain't No Way Around It" featuring Future was released instead, and it peaked at #98 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. After the release of Third Power, "Undercover" featuring Chris Brown and J. Cole debuted at #15 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 48:39

| title1 = Oh My

| extra1 = Drumma Boy

| writer1 = {{hlist|Tyree Simmons|Christopher Gholson|John Jackson|Jeffery Johnson, Jr.|Cameron Thomaz}}

| length1 = 4:23

| note1 = featuring Fabolous, Roscoe Dash, and Wiz Khalifa

| title2 = Rough

| extra2 = Lil' Lody

| writer2 = {{hlist|Simmons|Antoine Kearney|Jay Jenkins|Fredrick Tipton}}

| length2 = 3:17

| note2 = featuring Jeezy and Freddie Gibbs

| title3 = Lay Low

| extra3 = Cardiak

| writer3 = {{hlist|Simmons|Carl McCormick|Christopher Ries|Robert Williams|Leslie Pridgen}}

| length3 = 4:42

| note3 = featuring Young Chris, Meek Mill, and Freeway

| title4 = Ain't No Way Around It

| extra4 = {{hlist|Mike Will Made It|P-Nazty}}

| writer4 = {{hlist|Simmons|Michael Williams II|Pierre Slaughter|Nayvadius Willburn}}

| length4 = 3:25

| note4 = featuring Future

| title5 = Undercover

| extra5 = V12 the Hitman

| writer5 = {{hlist|Simmons|Mack Loggins|Christopher Brown|Jermaine Cole}}

| length5 = 3:50

| note5 = featuring Chris Brown and J. Cole

| title6 = Everything that Glitters

| extra6 = A-Traxx

| writer6 = {{hlist|Simmons|Terrence Thornton|Karim Kharbouch}}

| length6 = 3:29

| note6 = featuring Pusha T and French Montana

| title7 = Me & My Money

| extra7 = Drumma Boy

| writer7 = {{hlist|Simmons|Gholson|Radric Davis}}

| length7 = 4:11

| note7 = featuring Gucci Mane

| title8 = Never See You Again

| extra8 = Dawty Music

| writer8 = {{hlist|Simmons|Victan Edmund|Talia Coles|Olubowale Akintimehin}}

| length8 = 4:18

| note8 = featuring Talia Coles and Wale

| title9 = Self Made

| extra9 = Young Yonny

| writer9 = {{hlist|Simmons|Ronald Ferebee, Jr.|Jermaine Denny|Mario Mims}}

| length9 = 3:14

| note9 = featuring Red Café and Yo Gotti

| title10 = Take My City

| extra10 = Nard & B

| writer10 = {{hlist|Simmons|Bernard Rosser, Jr.|Brandon Rackley|Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.|Dominick Wickliffe}}

| length10 = 4:08

| note10 = featuring B.o.B and Crooked I

| title11 = Lock Down

| extra11 = Tuinfort

| writer11 = {{hlist|Giorgio Tuinfort|William Crawford|Aliaune Thiam}}

| length11 = 4:37

| note11 = with Ya Boy featuring Akon

| title12 = Oh My (Remix)

| extra12 = Drumma Boy

| writer12 = {{hlist|Simmons|Gholson|Tremaine Neverson|Tauheed Epps|Sean Anderson}}

| length12 = 4:59

| note12 = featuring Trey Songz, 2 Chainz, and Big Sean

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Best Buy and iTunes Store bonus track

| total_length = 52:70

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Hand of God

| extra13 = Squat

| writer13 = {{hlist|Simmons|Jermaine Coleman}}

| length13 = 4:31

| note13 = with Maino

}}

Sample credits

• "Never See You Again", contains a sample of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", as performed by Bob James, "Tha Light", as performed by Common, "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)", as performed by Boogie Down Productions and "Never See You Again", as performed by Talia Coles featuring KO Stiggity.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/DJ-Drama/Never-See-You-Again/|title = Never See You Again by DJ Drama feat. Wale and Talia Coles on WhoSampled|website = WhoSampled}}

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