Blank Face LP

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| name = Blank Face LP

| type = studio

| artist = Schoolboy Q

| cover = Blankfacelpcover.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|2016|07|08}}

| recorded = July 2014{{nbsp}}– April 2016

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| length = {{Duration|m=72|s=27}}

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| prev_title = Oxymoron

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = Crash Talk

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Blank Face LP

| type = studio

| single1 = Groovy Tony

| single1date = April 5, 2016

| single2 = That Part

| single2date = May 13, 2016

| single3 = Overtime

| single3date = September 12, 2016

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Blank Face LP is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Schoolboy Q. It was released on July 8, 2016, through Top Dawg Entertainment and distributed by Interscope Records. SchoolBoy Q began work on the album in July 2014, months after the release of his major label debut Oxymoron. After briefly considering retirement from rap music to spend more time with his family, he set up a home studio and resumed working on the album in the summer of 2015; it was completed in April 2016. The album's production was primarily handled TDE's in-house production team, Digi+Phonics, alongside older and newer collaborators including Swizz Beatz, Metro Boomin, Southside, Nez & Rio, DJ Dahi, The Alchemist and Tyler, the Creator. It also features guest appearances from Kanye West, Jadakiss, E-40, Tha Dogg Pound, Miguel and Anderson .Paak, among others.

Blank Face LP was supported by three singles, "Groovy Tony", "That Part" and "Overtime", and several music videos, including a trilogy of short films. Schoolboy Q also made appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! and embarked on the Groovy Tony Pit Stops concert tour in July 2016, followed by the Blank Face World Tour, which saw the rapper tour North America, Oceania and Europe with Joey Badass between August to December 2016.

Blank Face LP received widespread acclaim from critics and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 74,000 units in its first week. In 2018, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "That Part" also reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, the album received a nomination for Best Rap Album, while "That Part" was nominated for Best Rap Performance. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 164 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time".

==Background and recording==

In March 2012, Schoolboy Q was signed to major record label Interscope Records as part of a distribution deal with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) involving his group Black Hippy, featuring labelmate Kendrick Lamar, who signed a separate deal with Aftermath/Interscope.{{cite web |last=Alexis |first=Nadeska |date=March 8, 2012 |title=Kendrick Lamar, Black Hippy Ink Deals With Interscope And Aftermath |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2497306/kendrick-lamar-signs-with-interscope-aftermath/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629185843/http://www.mtv.com/news/2497306/kendrick-lamar-signs-with-interscope-aftermath/ |archive-date=June 29, 2016 |access-date=June 26, 2016 |website=MTV News |publisher=}} In February 2014, he released his Interscope debut, Oxymoron, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the top 40 hit single "Studio", featuring BJ the Chicago Kid.{{cite magazine |last1=Leight |first1=Elias |date=July 8, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q: Why the Reluctant Rap Star Almost Quit |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/schoolboy-q-why-the-reluctant-rap-star-almost-quit-20160708?page=2 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716005722/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/schoolboy-q-why-the-reluctant-rap-star-almost-quit-20160708?page=2 |archivedate=July 16, 2016}} SchoolBoy Q toured in support of the album for a year and a half, and it was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Max |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q and Rae Sremmurd Now Have Platinum Albums |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/schoolboy-q-rae-sremmurd-platinum-albums/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=XXL |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716095238/https://www.xxlmag.com/schoolboy-q-rae-sremmurd-platinum-albums/ |url-status=live }} In a July 2014 interview with Billboard, Schoolboy Q revealed he was in the "beginning stages" of recording his follow-up to the album.{{Cite web |last=Meara |first=Paul |date=July 27, 2014 |title=ScHoolboy Q Discusses Recent Shooting Aftermath, Begins Next Album |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.29958/title.schoolboy-q-discusses-recent-shooting-aftermath-begins-next-album |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423202107/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.29958/title.schoolboy-q-discusses-recent-shooting-aftermath-begins-next-album |url-status=live }} On September 9, 2014, he told HotNewHipHop that he had begun recording the album but was still unsure of its direction.{{Cite web |last=Tardio |first=Andres |date=September 9, 2014 |title=ScHoolboy Q Begins Work On "Oxymoron" Follow-Up |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.30570/title.schoolboy-q-begins-work-on-oxymoron-follow-up |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227110152/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.30570/title.schoolboy-q-begins-work-on-oxymoron-follow-up |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lilah |first=Rose |date=September 9, 2014 |title=ScHoolboy Q Says He's Working On A New Album For Next Year |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/23772-schoolboy-q-says-he-s-working-on-a-new-album-for-next-year-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206125641/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/23772-schoolboy-q-says-he-s-working-on-a-new-album-for-next-year-news |archive-date=February 6, 2025 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}

SchoolBoy Q initially considered retiring from rap music after touring in support of Oxymoron to spend more time with his family and his daughter Joy; he regretted the long periods he spent away from them promoting the album.{{Cite web |last=Harling |first=Danielle |date=July 7, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q "Almost Quit" Rap Following "Oxymoron" Release |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39533/title.schoolboy-almost-quit-rap-following-oxymoron-release |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908224351/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39533/title.schoolboy-almost-quit-rap-following-oxymoron-release |url-status=live }} "When I came back [from touring], [Joy] was doing different things, talking different", he told he told MTV News in 2016. "I'm at the crucial years of her life—she's only seven years old, so every time I'm gone for a certain amount of time, I come back, she's doing something new. I got kind of tired of missing that."{{Cite web |last=Fleischer |first=Adam |date=June 28, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Explains Why He Almost Quit Rap After His Last Album |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/arun8w/schoolboy-q-almost-retired-after-oxymoron |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926042922/https://www.mtv.com/news/arun8w/schoolboy-q-almost-retired-after-oxymoron |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=MTV News}} Neither TDE nor Interscope were rushing him to record a new album, and he did not plan on informing them of his retirement: "It was just a thing where it was just like I'm never gonna give 'em my album so they'll get the point."{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Victoria |date=July 9, 2016 |title=10 Gems From ScHoolboy Q's Heartfelt Interview |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39566/title.10-gems-from-schoolboy-qs-heartfelt-interview |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805133452/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39566/title.10-gems-from-schoolboy-qs-heartfelt-interview |url-status=live }} After almost a year away, he decided to end his retirement and resumed recording in the summer of 2015. He set up a home recording studio to work on the album, allowing him to focus on being a father and reduce his press commitments. In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, Schoolboy Q revealed that his initial recording sessions for Blank Face LP resulted in "depressed rap"; nothing from those sessions made it on to the album. The album was largely finished by December 2015; on April 28, 2016, Schoolboy Q announced that it had been completed, and turned in for mixing.{{cite web |last=Goddard |first=Kevin |date=April 28, 2016 |title=SchoolBoy Q Has Turned in His Next Album |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-has-turned-in-his-next-album-news.21342.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630070257/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-has-turned-in-his-next-album-news.21342.html |archivedate=June 30, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}

Blank Face LP was primarily produced by TDE's in-house production team Digi+Phonics, composed of Tae Beast, Willie B and Sounwave.{{Cite web |last=Rindner |first=Grant |date=July 26, 2016 |title=Rather than hiding in the shadows, ScHoolboy Q is basking in fame |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722013330/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp |url-status=live }} Its production saw the return of Nez & Rio, DJ Dahi, The Alchemist and Tyler, the Creator, whom appeared on SchoolBoy Q's previous albums, alongside new collaborators such as Swizz Beatz, Metro Boomin and Southside.{{Cite web |last=Gu |first=Marshall |date=July 11, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q: Blank Face |url=https://www.popmatters.com/schoolboy-q-blank-face1-2495423950.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}} Kanye West contributed a verse and handled the production on the second single, "That Part", alongside Cardo, Yung Exclusive and Cubeatz.{{cite web |last=Scarano |first=Ross |date=June 15, 2016 |title=The Best Songs of 2016 (So Far) |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/best-songs-of-2016/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618104010/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/best-songs-of-2016/ |archivedate=June 18, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Complex}} In a June 2016 Twitter Q&A with his fans, Schoolboy Q revealed that frequent collaborator ASAP Rocky, with whom he has recorded several songs, such as "Brand New Guy", "Hands on the Wheel", "Electric Body" and "Californication", was scheduled to appear on the album but producer Pharrell Williams had given the instrumental of the song they worked on to another artist.{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Danny |date=July 12, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Explains Why A$AP Rocky Isn't On "Blank Face LP" |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-explains-why-asap-rocky-isnt-on-blank-face-lp-news.22813.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005090115/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-explains-why-asap-rocky-isnt-on-blank-face-lp-news.22813.html |archivedate=October 5, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}

The instrumental for "By Any Means" was an unused Kendrick Lamar beat that SchoolBoy Q found while looking through his computer. SchoolBoy Q said that he had attempted to work with Lamar on "Overtime", but that he rejected it after an attempt at recording vocals. TDE founder Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith heard the song and wanted it to be included on the album, but Q did not want his singing part to be used and subsequently requested Miguel's presence on the track. He then recruited Justine Skye after asking then-TDE president Dave Free for suggestions. "I didn't know much about Justine. I heard her voice I looked, she's beautiful and she sings good. I need her on this record. There you go, you have the record." Prior to the album's release, rumors circulated that Lamar had produced "Overtime", which SchoolBoy Q addressed during an interview with Hot 97; "I wasn't there to see him produce it but I remember seeing Cardo produce it. I mean I think Kendrick got some background vocals. He's done a lot of background vocals for me."{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Cherise |date=July 3, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Details Kendrick Lamar's Rumored Production On "Blank Face LP" |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39485/title.schoolboy-q-tackles-rumors-of-kendrick-lamars-blank-face-lp-production |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708133341/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39485/title.schoolboy-q-tackles-rumors-of-kendrick-lamars-blank-face-lp-production |archivedate=July 8, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=HipHopDX}}

==Release and promotion==

On January 26, 2016, SchoolBoy Q posted a teaser video for "Groovy Tony" on Instagram.{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Previews New Song 'Groovy Tony' |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2016/01/26/schoolboy-q-previews-groovy-tony |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512113254/http://www.rap-up.com/2016/01/26/schoolboy-q-previews-groovy-tony |archive-date=May 12, 2016 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=Rap-Up}} On February 24, 2016, Tiffith announced that Schoolboy Q would release the follow-up to Oxymoron before the summer.{{cite web |last=Goddard |first=Kevin |date=February 24, 2016 |title=Top Dawg Says Schoolboy Q's Album Is Dropping Before Summer |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/top-dawg-says-schoolboy-q-s-album-is-dropping-before-summer-news.20338.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513151623/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/top-dawg-says-schoolboy-q-s-album-is-dropping-before-summer-news.20338.html |archivedate=May 13, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}} After some delays, he confirmed on June 2, 2016, that it would be released on July 8.{{Cite web |last=Fleischer |first=Adam |date=June 2, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q's Album Is Actually, For Real, Finally Coming Out |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2887427/schoolboy-q-new-album-release-date-july-8-2016/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602005555/http://www.mtv.com/news/2887427/schoolboy-q-new-album-release-date-july-8-2016/ |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=MTV News}} On June 14, he unveiled the album's title as Blank Face LP, while also unveiling what was thought to be the album's cover art.{{cite web |last=Lilah |first=Rose |date=June 14, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Announces His Album Title, Reveals Artwork |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-announces-his-album-title-reveals-artwork-news.22250.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618185838/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-announces-his-album-title-reveals-artwork-news.22250.html |archivedate=June 18, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}} The album was originally titled Ghost Face, after Ghostface Killah, but Schoolboy Q later changed it to Blank Face as he thought it was "too corny to name it right after a rapper". The initial artwork made use of the notorious Crying Jordan meme, with his face blurred out.{{cite web |last=William |first=Trace |date=June 14, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Uses Jordan Cry Face for New Album Cover, Everyone Loses It |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/schoolboy-q-jordan-cry-face-album-cover-twitter-loses-it |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618162323/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/schoolboy-q-jordan-cry-face-album-cover-twitter-loses-it |archivedate=June 18, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Complex}}{{cite web |date=June 14, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q: Crying Jordan's on My Album Cover |url=http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/14/schoolbolq-crying-jordans-on-my-album-cover/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618030419/http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/14/schoolbolq-crying-jordans-on-my-album-cover |archivedate=June 18, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |publisher=TMZ}} On June 16, Schoolboy Q released what was thought to be the cover art for the deluxe edition of the album, which features 2016 US presidential candidate Donald Trump, with his face blurred out as well.{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |date=June 16, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Puts Donald Trump on Blank Face Deluxe Edition Cover |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66143-schoolboy-q-puts-donald-trump-on-blank-face-deluxe-edition-cover/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623113514/http://pitchfork.com/news/66143-schoolboy-q-puts-donald-trump-on-blank-face-deluxe-edition-cover/ |archivedate=June 23, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Pitchfork}}{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Ben |date=June 16, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q's alternate album cover for Blank Face is Donald Trump exactly as we'd like to see him |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-qs-alternate-album-cover-for-blank-face-is-donald-trump-exactly-as-wed-like-to-see-him/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620063515/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-qs-alternate-album-cover-for-blank-face-is-donald-trump-exactly-as-wed-like-to-see-him/ |archivedate=June 20, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Consequence}} However, a few days later, in an interview with TMZ, Schoolboy Q revealed that he was "trolling" his fans and later unveiled the official album cover.{{cite web |last=Lilah |first=Rose |date=June 16, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Speaks On 'Blank Face LP' Art, Reveals Proper Cover |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-speaks-on-blank-face-lp-art-reveals-proper-cover-news.22299.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619173006/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-speaks-on-blank-face-lp-art-reveals-proper-cover-news.22299.html |archivedate=June 19, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Chris |date=June 17, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q's "Blank Face" Album Cover Is NOT The Crying Jordan Meme |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39268/title.schoolboy-q-trolled-everybody-with-his-crying-jordan-album-cover |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621201032/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39268/title.schoolboy-q-trolled-everybody-with-his-crying-jordan-album-cover |archivedate=June 21, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HipHopDX}} On June 18, 2016, Schoolboy Q released a trailer for Blank Face LP, which previewed a new song.{{cite web |author=Khari |date=June 19, 2016 |title=Watch the Trailer For ScHoolboy Q's 'Blank Face LP' Album |url=http://thesource.com/2016/06/19/watch-the-trailer-for-schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-album/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625004652/http://thesource.com/2016/06/19/watch-the-trailer-for-schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-album/ |archivedate=June 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=The Source}}{{cite web |date=June 18, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Previews New 'Blank Face LP' Song |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2016/06/18/schoolboy-q-previews-new-blank-face-lp-song/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622143618/http://www.rap-up.com/2016/06/18/schoolboy-q-previews-new-blank-face-lp-song/ |archivedate=June 22, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Rap-Up}}{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Trevor |date=June 18, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Previews New Music From 'Blank Face LP' |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-previews-new-music-from-blank-face-lp-news.22334.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621053030/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-previews-new-music-from-blank-face-lp-news.22334.html |archivedate=June 21, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}} On June 21, he released the second trailer as promotion for the short film, which was co-directed by Kendrick Lamar and the Lil Homies ({{A.k.a.}} Lamar and Dave Free).{{cite web |last=Dandridge |first=Ben |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Shares Blank Face LP Trailer With Snippets Of New Music |url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/21/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-trailer |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625115021/http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/21/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-trailer |archivedate=June 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=The Fader}}{{cite web |author=Khari |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Watch the Extended Trailer For ScHoolboy Q's New Album, 'Blank Face LP' |url=http://thesource.com/2016/06/21/watch-the-extended-trailer-for-schoolboy-qs-new-album-blank-face-lp/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625231801/http://thesource.com/2016/06/21/watch-the-extended-trailer-for-schoolboy-qs-new-album-blank-face-lp/ |archivedate=June 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=The Source}} On June 23, Schoolboy Q revealed the track listing for Blank Face LP.{{cite web |date=June 22, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Reveals 'Blank Face LP' Tracklisting |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2016/06/23/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-tracklisting/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625124043/http://www.rap-up.com/2016/06/23/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-tracklisting/ |archivedate=June 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=Rap-Up}} The following day, the album's production credits were revealed.{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Angus |date=June 24, 2016 |title=Producers On ScHoolboy Q's "Blank Face LP" Include Metro Boomin, Tyler The Creator, Alchemist & More |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/producers-on-schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-include-metro-boomin-tyler-the-creator-alchemist-and-more-news.22478.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626133939/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/producers-on-schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-include-metro-boomin-tyler-the-creator-alchemist-and-more-news.22478.html |archivedate=June 26, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}

"Groovy Tony" was released as the lead single from Blank Face LP on April 5, 2016, alongside a music video directed by Jack Begert and the Little Homies.{{cite web |author=Khari |date=April 5, 2016 |title=Watch ScHoolboy Q's New Video, "Groovy Tony," Here |url=http://thesource.com/2016/04/05/watch-schoolboy-qs-new-video-groovy-tony-here/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529031113/http://thesource.com/2016/04/05/watch-schoolboy-qs-new-video-groovy-tony-here/ |archivedate=May 29, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=The Source}} On May 13, 2016, Interscope began promoting "That Part" via urban and rhythmic radio formats in North America, as the album's second single.{{cite web |last=Goddard |first=Kevin |date=May 13, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q – THat Part Feat. Kanye West | Stream [New Song] |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-that-part-feat-kanye-west-new-song.1969761.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630064612/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-that-part-feat-kanye-west-new-song.1969761.html |archivedate=June 30, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}} The single debuted at number 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100;{{cite magazine |title=Schoolboy Q Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/schoolboy-q/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118031008/https://www.billboard.com/artist/schoolboy-q/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} according to Tiffith, it sold 26,000 copies in its first week. The song was certified double platinum by the RIAA in 2018.{{Cite web |title=American single certifications – Schoolboy Q – That Part |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Schoolboy+Q&ti=That+Part&format=Single&type=#search_section |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}} Its music video, directed by Colin Tilley, was released on June 2, 2016.{{cite news |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |date=June 3, 2016 |title=Watch the trippy music video for Kanye West and ScHoolboy Q's 'THat Part' collab |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/watch-the-trippy-music-video-for-kanye-west-and-schoolboy-q-s-that-part-collab-a7063781.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623172407/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/watch-the-trippy-music-video-for-kanye-west-and-schoolboy-q-s-that-part-collab-a7063781.html |archivedate=June 23, 2016 |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |work=The Independent}}{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=June 2, 2016 |title=Kanye West, Schoolboy Q Go Wild in Mesmerizing 'THat Part' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-west-schoolboy-q-go-wild-in-mesmerizing-that-part-video-20160602 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=June 26, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607070033/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-west-schoolboy-q-go-wild-in-mesmerizing-that-part-video-20160602 |archivedate=June 7, 2016}} Between June 25 and July 11, 2016,{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Angus |date=June 30, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q 'Tookie Knows II' Video [New Video] |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-tookie-knows-ii-video-new-video.37892.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703002219/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-tookie-knows-ii-video-new-video.37892.html |archivedate=July 3, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}{{cite web |last=Roth |first=Madeline |date=June 25, 2015 |title=Schoolboy Q's New Short Film Previews A Supposed Kendrick Lamar Feature |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2897826/schoolboy-q-by-any-means-part-one-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625042555/http://www.mtv.com/news/2897826/schoolboy-q-by-any-means-part-one-video/ |archive-date=June 25, 2016 |access-date=June 26, 2016 |publisher=MTV}} a trilogy of three short films/music videos, directed by Begert and Free, were released for "By Any Means", "Tookie Knows II" and "Black Thoughts".{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=July 13, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Made A Classic Album |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1887481/schoolboy-q-made-a-classic-album/columns/status-aint-hood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930000201/https://www.stereogum.com/1887481/schoolboy-q-made-a-classic-album/columns/status-aint-hood/ |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=July 11, 2016 |title=Watch Schoolboy Q's Blank Face Video Trilogy |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66717-watch-schoolboy-qs-blank-face-video-trilogy/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} According to Pitchfork{{'}}s Jazz Monroe, the trilogy centered on "tense interactions with the cops before and after a pawn shop robbery". On the day of the album's release, the video trilogy was screened at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles over a 24-hour period,{{Cite web |last=Dandridge-Lemco |first=Ben |date=July 7, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Announces Blank Face LP Short Film Installation |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/07/07/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-short-film-installation |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=The Fader |language=en}} and a remix of "That Part", featuring new verses from Schoolboy Q's Black Hippy cohorts Lamar, Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul, was released.{{cite magazine |last=Platon |first=Adelle |date=July 8, 2016 |title=Black Hippy Remixes ScHoolboy Q's 'THat Part' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7431097/kendrick-lamar-ab-soul-jay-rock-schoolboy-q-black-hippy-that-part-remix |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712201737/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7431097/kendrick-lamar-ab-soul-jay-rock-schoolboy-q-black-hippy-that-part-remix |archivedate=July 12, 2016}} Following this, a music video for "John Muir", directed by APlusFilmz was released on July 21, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |date=July 21, 2016 |title=Watch Schoolboy Q's “JoHn Muir” Video |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66967-watch-schoolboy-qs-john-muir-video/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} "Overtime" was serviced to urban and rhythmic radio in North America, on September 12, 2016, as the album's third and final single;{{cite web |date=September 13, 2016 |title=Rhythmic/Urban Radio Update (September 13, 2016) |url=http://www.fashionably-early.com/2016/09/13/rhythmicurban-radio-update-september-12-2016/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814062251/http://www.fashionably-early.com/2016/09/13/rhythmicurban-radio-update-september-12-2016/ |archivedate=August 14, 2017 |accessdate=August 13, 2017 |website=Fashionably Early}} a music video for the song was released the same day.{{cite web |last=Mench |first=Chris |date=September 12, 2016 |title=Watch ScHoolboy Q, Miguel, and Justine Skye Get Colorful in the "Overtime" Video |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/09/schoolboy-q-new-video-overtime-featuring-miguel-justine-skye |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005064904/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/09/schoolboy-q-new-video-overtime-featuring-miguel-justine-skye |archivedate=October 5, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2016 |work=Complex}}

On June 29, 2016, Schoolboy Q held a listening session for Blank Face LP in New York City, which was hosted by Hot 97 radio personality, Peter Rosenberg.{{cite web |last=Dandridge |first=Ben |date=June 29, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Hosts Blank Face LP Listening Party in New York City |url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/29/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-listening-party-nyc |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703155430/http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/29/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-listening-party-nyc |archivedate=July 3, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=The Fader}}{{cite web |author=@dannypwins |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Watch: Schoolboy Q Previews 'Blank Face LP' At Listening Session |url=http://allhiphop.com/2016/06/30/watch-schoolboy-q-previews-blank-face-lp-at-listening-session/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710051635/http://allhiphop.com/2016/06/30/watch-schoolboy-q-previews-blank-face-lp-at-listening-session/ |archivedate=July 10, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |website=AllHipHop}}{{Cite web |last=Ketchum III |first=William |date=June 30, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Previews OG-Filled ‘Blank Face LP’ in New York City |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-preview-new-york-7423924/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} During the session, Q confirmed that he would not be releasing a deluxe edition of the album. Various blogs reporting on the session said that Schoolboy Q had said that Interscope Records lobbied to have Miguel and Skye on "Overtime" in the hopes of recreating the success of "Studio", which he ultimately agreed to.{{cite web |last=Goddard |first=Kevin |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Says His Label 'Made Him' Put Miguel & Justin Skye Collab "Overtime" On New Album |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-says-his-label-made-him-put-miguel-and-justin-skye-collab-overtime-on-new-album-news.22575.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709134633/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-q-says-his-label-made-him-put-miguel-and-justin-skye-collab-overtime-on-new-album-news.22575.html |archivedate=July 9, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=HotNewHipHop}}{{Cite web |last=Setaro |first=Shawn |date=June 30, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q Says Label “Made Me” Put Miguel Collab on His New Album |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/shawn-setaro/schoolboy-q-label-made-me-miguel-new-album |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Complex |language=en}} Q said that his comments about "Overtime" had been misunderstood; in an interview with Real 92.3, Q clarified that TDE had suggested the song's inclusion instead of Interscope and criticized blogs for getting the information wrong, though he conceded that he "should've worded it way better". He also said he had apologized to Miguel. On June 30, he appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he performed a live rendition of "Groovy Tony" and "That Part".{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Ben |date=June 30, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q performs 'THat Part' on Colbert – watch |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-q-performs-that-part-on-colbert-watch/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703213925/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-q-performs-that-part-on-colbert-watch/ |archivedate=July 3, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=Consequence}}{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Watch Schoolboy Q Do An Intense 'THat Part' On Colbert |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1885634/watch-schoolboy-q-do-an-intense-that-part-on-colbert/video/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704121542/http://www.stereogum.com/1885634/watch-schoolboy-q-do-an-intense-that-part-on-colbert/video/ |archivedate=July 4, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=Stereogum}} Schoolboy Q embarked on a twelve-show concert tour of North America, Groovy Tony Pit Stops, in support of Blank Face LP.{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Ben |date=June 28, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q announces North American 'Pit Stops' |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-q-announces-north-american-tour-dates/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703182058/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/schoolboy-q-announces-north-american-tour-dates/ |archivedate=July 3, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=Consequence}} The tour began in San Francisco on July 9, and concluded on July 17, in Houston.{{cite web |last=Dandridge |first=Ben |date=June 27, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q Announces 'Groovy Tony Pit Stops' Tour in Support Of Blank Face LP |url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/27/schoolboy-q-groovy-tony-pit-stops-blank-face-lp |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701094158/http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/27/schoolboy-q-groovy-tony-pit-stops-blank-face-lp |archivedate=July 1, 2016 |accessdate=July 13, 2016 |work=The Fader}} He then performed at the Panorama Music Festival in New York between July 22 to 24, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Gailbrath |first=Alex |date=July 18, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q announces massive Blank Face World Tour |url=https://consequence.net/2016/07/schoolboy-q-announces-massive-blank-face-world-tour/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=Consequence |language=en}} From August 30 to December 15, 2016, SchoolBoy Q embarked on the Blank Face World Tour of North America, Oceania and Europe, taking Joey Badass as support. Midway through the tour, he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with E-40, performing "Dope Dealer" on September 14, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |date=September 15, 2016 |title=ScHoolboy Q And E-40 Perform "Dope Dealer" On Jimmy Kimmel Live! |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/09/15/schoolboy-q-e-40-dope-dealer-ijimmy-kimmel |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=The Fader |language=en}}

Commercial performance

Blank Face LP debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, with 74,000 album-equivalent units with 52,000 copies coming from pure album sales in its first week.{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Angus |date=July 16, 2016 |title=Schoolboy Q's Blank Face debuts number two on Billboard 200 but sells more in pure album sales |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-debuts-at-no-2-behind-drakes-views-news.22905.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718141342/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-debuts-at-no-2-behind-drakes-views-news.22905.html |archivedate=July 18, 2016 |accessdate=July 17, 2016 |website=HotNewHipHop}} It was the highest selling album in its debut week.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=July 17, 2016 |title=Drake's 'Views' Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 for 10th Week |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7439093/drake-views-no-1-billboard-200-10th-week |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=July 18, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718141452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7439093/drake-views-no-1-billboard-200-10th-week |archivedate=July 18, 2016}}{{cite magazine |title=Top Album Sales |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2016-07-30 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=November 3, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110054532/http://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2016-07-30 |archivedate=November 10, 2016}} Blank Face LP is Schoolboy Q's second top five album on the Billboard 200, and follows his number one debuting Oxymoron effort in 2014 which sold 139,000 copies in its first week. In its second week, the album dropped to number 10 on the Billboard 200, earning 28,000 album-equivalent units that week.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=July 24, 2016 |title=Drake's 'Views' No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for 11th Week, NeedToBreathe Debuts at No. 2 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7446707/drake-views-no-1-billboard-200-11th-week |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426120751/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7446707/drake-views-no-1-billboard-200-11th-week |url-status=live }} On June 8, 2018, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.

Critical reception

= Contemporary reviews =

{{Album ratings

| title = Blank Face LP ratings

| ADM = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8138/Schoolboy-Q-Blank-Face-LP.aspx|title=Blank Face LP by Schoolboy Q reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=November 3, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104005218/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8138/Schoolboy-Q-Blank-Face-LP.aspx|archivedate=November 4, 2016}}

| MC = 81/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/blank-face-lp/schoolboy-q|title=Reviews for Blank Face LP by Schoolboy Q|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=July 8, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713075017/http://www.metacritic.com/music/blank-face-lp/schoolboy-q|archivedate=July 13, 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blank-face-lp-mw0002956971|title=Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711140707/http://www.allmusic.com/album/blank-face-lp-mw0002956971|archivedate=July 11, 2016}}

| rev2 = Consequence

| rev2Score = A−{{cite web|last=Madden|first=Michael|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/album-review-schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp/|title=Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP|work=Consequence|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 12, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713164525/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/album-review-schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp/|archivedate=July 13, 2016}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B+{{cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Eric Renner|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/12/schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-ew-review|title=ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP: EW Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 13, 2016|accessdate=July 13, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719170303/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/12/schoolboy-qs-blank-face-lp-ew-review|archivedate=July 19, 2016}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4Score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Harmony|first=A.|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/schoolboy_q-blank_face_lp|title=Schoolboy Q: Blank Face LP|work=Exclaim!|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712145040/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/schoolboy_q-blank_face_lp|archivedate=July 12, 2016}}

| rev5 = Financial Times

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ac3af2ca-4a24-11e6-b387-64ab0a67014c|title=ScHoolboy Q: Blank Face – review|work=Financial Times|date=July 15, 2016|accessdate=October 19, 2019|url-access=subscription}}

| rev6 = The Irish Times

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-of-the-day-schoolboy-q-s-blank-face-kendrick-had-better-watch-his-back-1.2725911|title=Album of the Day: Schoolboy Q's Blank Face – Kendrick had better watch his back|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=July 18, 2016|accessdate=May 28, 2019|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719131444/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-of-the-day-schoolboy-q-s-blank-face-kendrick-had-better-watch-his-back-1.2725911|archivedate=July 19, 2016}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 8.3/10{{cite web|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22094-blank-face-lp/|title=Schoolboy Q: Blank Face LP|work=Pitchfork|date=July 14, 2016|accessdate=November 3, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108071509/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22094-blank-face-lp/|archivedate=November 8, 2016}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Keith|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-20160711|title=Blank Face LP|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712124201/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-20160711|archivedate=July 12, 2016}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 8/10{{cite web|last=Ex|first=Kris|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/07/review-schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp/|title=Review: 'Blank Face LP' Is ScHoolboy Q's Dark Night of the Soul|work=Spin|date=July 15, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718104038/http://www.spin.com/2016/07/review-schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp/|archivedate=July 18, 2016}}

| rev10 = XXL

| rev10Score = 4/5{{cite web|last=Gibbons|first=Chris|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2016/07/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-review/|title=Schoolboy Q Faces His Demons on 'Blank Face LP'|work=XXL|date=July 15, 2016|accessdate=July 15, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716170008/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2016/07/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-review/|archivedate=July 16, 2016}}

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Blank Face LP received widespread critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds a score of 81 out of 100, based on reviews from eighteen critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "This sprawling, cumbersome, and often psychedelic effort feels like a glorious clearing house for the diverse and deep rapper, offering giant, cinematic, and challenging efforts." Michael Madden of Consequence said, "It's hard and sinister like a gangster rap album, but it's also sprawling and even psychedelic at times. Nothing else sounds like it, and that's a joy to behold." Eric Renner Brown of Entertainment Weekly said, "At 72 minutes, Blank Face does sometimes sag under its own ambition. ... But with an impressive range of sonic and lyrical styles and numerous highlights, Blank Face LP stands as one of 2016's most engaging rap projects." Writing for Exclaim! A. Harmony praised the album's "heterogeneous collection of styles". Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork said, "Blank Face turns away from the ambitious fusion of To Pimp a Butterfly, instead doubling down on a smoked-out atmosphere that points the listener's focus toward rapping. That puts the onus on Q to hold attention for the duration of the record's hour-plus running time, and he does so." Keith Harris of Rolling Stone, praised the production and guest appearances, writing: "Digi+Phonics, Black Hippy's go-to production crew, handle most of the beats, which are plush with sumptuous, weed-hazy pleasures but steeped in a dank, justifiable paranoia. Nearly every element of the sound – the mean breakbeat from an old Christine McVie tune that Tae Beast loops beneath lead single "Groovy Tony", R&B visionary Anderson .Paak sweetening the mood without lightening it, guest rhymes from Kanye and Jadakiss and Vince Staples – adds an ominous undertone."

Kris Ex of Spin said, "It's not easy to homogenize the opposing forces at play, but everything here feels like a genuine rumble through a mind scarred and inebriated by the reality of gang life and chasing the American dream while the room spins." Chris Gibbons of XXL, concluded with: "Blank Face LP isn't Schoolboy Q's first great album, but it's the first one where he lives up to his utmost potential. He can be smooth, he can be hard as nails, but whatever he is, the MC does it with greatness. Q can talk about his violent, drug-dealing past and almost celebrate it in one moment and decry the ever-present dangers of hood life in the next. Blank Face is the album an artist like Schoolboy Q was born to make." In a mixed review, Sam C. Mac of Slant Magazine said, "Blank Face LP is ultimately an unfocused album, one caught between reportage and repugnant opportunism."{{cite web|last=Mac|first=Sam C.|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp|title=ScHoolboy Q: Blank Face LP|work=Slant Magazine|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=December 16, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235729/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp|archivedate=December 2, 2016}} In another mixed review, Jessica Ankomah of Now said, "Q might appear masked on the album cover, but his explicit tales of hardship, prosperity and loss hide nothing."{{cite web|last=Ankomah|first=Jessica|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/schoolboy-q-blank-face/|title=ScHoolboy Q|work=Now|date=July 13, 2016|accessdate=December 16, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221012715/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/schoolboy-q-blank-face/|archivedate=December 21, 2016}}

= Retrospective reviews =

Reflecting on the album a year after its release in 2017, Corbin Reiff of Uproxx called Blank Face LP SchoolBoy Q's best and "an indisputable classic", as well as the second-greatest TDE release behind To Pimp a Butterfly.{{Cite web |last=Reiff |first=Corbin |date=July 7, 2017 |title=ScHoolboy Q's ‘Blank Face LP’ Is Riveting And Bleak, Even A Year Later |url=https://uproxx.com/music/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-riveting-bleak-year-later/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609104208/https://uproxx.com/music/schoolboy-q-blank-face-lp-riveting-bleak-year-later/ |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=Uproxx |language=en-US}} In 2019, Highsnobiety ranked the album third on their list of the "25 Most Underrated Rap Releases of the 2010s".{{Cite web |last=Hobbs |first=Thomas |date=November 6, 2019 |title=The 25 Most Underrated Rap Releases of the 2010s |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/most-underrated-rap-albums-10s/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=Highsnobiety |language=en |quote=}} BrooklynVegan ranked the album at number 37 on their list of the "100 Best Rap and R&B Albums of the 2010s".{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=December 19, 2019 |title=100 Best Rap and R&B Albums of the 2010s |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/100-best-rap-and-rb-albums-of-the-2010s/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122140824/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/100-best-rap-and-rb-albums-of-the-2010s/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 164 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time", with writer Christopher R. Weingarten calling it a "contemporary gangsta rap classic".{{cite magazine|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|date=June 7, 2022|title=The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-hip-hop-albums-1323916/schoolboy-q-blank-face-2016-1354702/|access-date=June 10, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone}} Similarly, Robert Blair of HotNewHipHop hailed the album as" ScHoolboy's ultimate gangsta rap symphony, and could easily stand alongside the best albums the sub-genre has ever produced", placing it first in a 2019 ranking of his studio albums.{{Cite web |last=Blair |first=Robert |date=July 18, 2019 |title=ScHoolboy Q's Albums, Ranked |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/182038-schoolboy-qs-albums-ranked-news |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222323/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/182038-schoolboy-qs-albums-ranked-news |url-status=live }} In 2024, Sam Moore of HipHopDX ranked the album as the fifth best TDE album, stating that it "remains a scorching, ominous and often psychedelic masterpiece.{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=November 15, 2024 |title=TDE's 20 Best Albums: Ranked |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/tde-best-albums |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117152605/https://hiphopdx.com/news/tde-best-albums |url-status=live }}

In a 2019 interview with Vulture, Schoolboy Q expressed his dissatisfaction with the content of Blank Face LP, feeling that the album was too dark and introspective; "I want balance in my music. I'm not a guy that's just about to give you one sound. That's so boring and lame to me. That's my biggest regret with Blank Face. Besides a couple songs, I just made the whole album pretty dark." He also believed the album did not perform as well as Oxymoron because it was a "one-listen album".{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Schoolboy Q Interview: Crash Talk, Nipsey Hussle, Mac Miller |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/schoolboy-q-interview-crash-talk-nipsey-hussle-mac-miller.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426213551/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/schoolboy-q-interview-crash-talk-nipsey-hussle-mac-miller.html |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |accessdate=April 27, 2019 |work=Vulture}} However, in March 2024, he ranked the album as his second-best, behind his recently released Blue Lips (2024). He said although he "didn't like it at first [because] ppl kinda told me da whole way this ain't it{{Sic}}", he believed it was "one of the most creative gangsta rap albums ever" and said that its gold certification "felt better den [Oxymoron]'s Platinum{{Sic}}."{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Joe |date=March 4, 2024 |title=ScHoolboy Q Ranks His Own Albums, Credits OutKast For Influencing Early 'Classic' |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/schoolboy-q-albums-ranking |access-date=February 6, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413124026/https://hiphopdx.com/news/schoolboy-q-albums-ranking |url-status=live }} In July 2024, he selected "Groovy Tony", "Know Ya Wrong", "By Any Means", "John Muir" and "Tookie Knows II" as his favorite tracks from the album.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Cherise |date=July 10, 2024 |title=ScHoolboy Q Reveals His Favorite ‘Blank Face LP’ Songs On Album's Anniversary |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/schoolboy-q-favorite-songs-blank-face-lp-anniversary |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}

Accolades

= Rankings =

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|+Select rankings of Blank Face LP

! scope="col"| Publication

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| List

! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Rank

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 2DOPEBOYZ

| Best Hip Hop Albums of 2016

| {{center|4}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Hale|first=Andreas|date=December 28, 2016|title=BEST HIP HOP ALBUMS OF 2016|url=http://2dopeboyz.com/2016/12/28/best-hip-hop-albums-of-2016/|access-date=December 31, 2016|website=2DOPEBOYZ|archive-date=January 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001323/http://2dopeboyz.com/2016/12/28/best-hip-hop-albums-of-2016/|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| BrooklynVegan

| 100 Best Rap and R&B Albums of the 2010s

| {{center|37}}

| {{center|}}

scope="row"| Complex

| The 50 Best Albums of 2016

| {{center|9}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Scarano|first=Ross|date=December 5, 2016|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016|url=http://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-of-2016/schoolboy-q-black-face-lp|access-date=December 5, 2016|work=Complex}}}}

scope="row"| Consequence

| Top 50 Albums of 2016

| {{center|15}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Corcoran|first=Nina|date=November 27, 2016|title=Top 50 Albums of 2016|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/11/top-50-albums-of-2016/4/|access-date=November 29, 2016|work=Consequence|archive-date=November 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130042645/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/11/top-50-albums-of-2016/4/|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| Highsnobiety

| The 25 Most Underrated Rap Releases of the 2010s

| {{center|3}}

| {{center|}}

scope="row"| Pitchfork

| The 50 Best Albums of 2016

| {{center|38}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Cummings|first=Raymond|date=December 13, 2016|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016/?page=2|access-date=December 13, 2016|work=Pitchfork|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213131817/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016/?page=2|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| Rolling Stone

| The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

| {{center|164}}

| {{center|}}

scope="row"| Rough Trade

| Albums of the Year

| {{center|50}}

| {{center|{{cite web|date=November 14, 2016|title=Albums of the Year|url=https://roughtrade.com/albums-of-the-year|access-date=November 15, 2016|publisher=Rough Trade|archive-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015644/https://roughtrade.com/albums-of-the-year|url-status=dead}}}}

scope="row"| Spin

| The 50 Best Albums of 2016

| {{center|26}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Josephs|first=Brian|date=December 12, 2016|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016|url=http://www.spin.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/|access-date=December 15, 2016|work=Spin|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216095731/http://www.spin.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| Stereogum

| The 50 Best Albums of 2016

| {{center|14}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=December 1, 2016|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016|url=http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/|access-date=December 4, 2016|work=Stereogum|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203170433/http://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-50-best-albums-of-2016/|url-status=live}}}}

=Industry awards=

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|+Awards and nominations for Blank Face LP

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Ceremony

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 2017

| Grammy Awards

| Best Rap Album

| {{Nom}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017|title=Grammy 2017: The Complete List of Nominees|magazine=Billboard|date=December 6, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017|archivedate=December 6, 2016}}}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Blank Face LP track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 72:27

| title1 = Torch

| writer1 = {{hlist|Quincy Hanley|Nesbitt Wesonga, Jr.|Mario Loving|Mark Spears|Tony Russell}}

| extra1 = Nez & Rio

| length1 = 5:34

| title2 = Lord Have Mercy

| writer2 = {{hlist|Hanley|Kasseem Dean|Duke Pearson{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| extra2 = Swizz Beatz

| length2 = 1:44

| title3 = That Part

| note3 = featuring Kanye West

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hanley|Ronald LaTour|Daveon Jackson|Kevin Gomringer|Tim Gomringer|Spears|Kanye West|Cydel Young|Noah Goldstein}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Cardo|Yung Exclusive|Cubeatz|Sounwave{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane

| note4 = featuring Jadakiss

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hanley|Donte Perkins|Dwayne Abernathy, Jr.|Jason Phillips|Robert Townsend{{ref|d|[d]}}}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Tae Beast|Dem Jointz}}

| length4 = 6:19

| title5 = Kno Ya Wrong

| note5 = featuring Lance Skiiiwalker

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hanley|Alan Maman|Jason "J. Lbs" Pounds|Lance Howard}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|The Alchemist|J. Lbs}}

| length5 = 5:25

| title6 = Ride Out

| note6 = featuring Vince Staples

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hanley|Spears|Vince Staples}}

| extra6 = Sounwave

| length6 = 4:47

| title7 = Whateva U Want

| note7 = featuring Candice Pillay

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hanley|Perkins|Candice Pillay}}

| extra7 = Tae Beast

| length7 = 3:50

| title8 = By Any Means

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hanley|LaTour|Jackson}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Cardo|Yung Exclusive}}

| length8 = 3:34

| title9 = Dope Dealer

| note9 = featuring E-40

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hanley|Leland Wayne|Joshua Luellen|Earl Stevens|Norman Whitfield{{ref|e|[e]}}|Paul Beauregard{{ref|e|[e]}}|Jordan Houston{{ref|e|[e]}}|Patrick Houston{{ref|e|[e]}}}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Southside}}

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = John Muir

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hanley|Spears|William Hart{{ref|f|[f]}}|Dave Henderson{{ref|f|[f]}}|Tom Simon{{ref|f|[f]}}|Adrian Younge{{ref|f|[f]}}}}

| extra10 = Sounwave

| length10 = 3:39

| title11 = Big Body

| note11 = featuring Tha Dogg Pound

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hanley|Tyler Okonma|Delmar Arnaud|Ricardo Brown}}

| extra11 = Tyler, the Creator

| length11 = 3:43

| title12 = Neva Change

| note12 = featuring SZA

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hanley|Dacoury Natche|Larrance Dopson|Solána Rowe}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|DJ Dahi|Dopson}}

| length12 = 4:29

| title13 = Str8 Ballin'

| writer13 = {{hlist|Hanley|Wesonga, Jr.|Loving|Robert Bell{{ref|g|[g]}}|Ronald Bell{{ref|g|[g]}}|George Brown{{ref|g|[g]}}|Vince Edwards{{ref|g|[g]}}|Tyruss Himes{{ref|g|[g]}}|Johnny Jackson{{ref|g|[g]}}|Robert Mickens{{ref|g|[g]}}|Otha Nash{{ref|g|[g]}}|Tupac Shakur{{ref|g|[g]}}|Claydes Smith{{ref|g|[g]}}|Dennis Thomas{{ref|g|[g]}}|Richard Westfield{{ref|g|[g]}}|Jeff Barry{{ref|g|[g]}}|Ja'net Dubois{{ref|g|[g]}}}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Nez & Rio|Sam Hook{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length13 = 4:09

| title14 = Black Thoughts

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hanley|William Brown|Mike Ratledge{{ref|h|[h]}}|George Clinton{{ref|h|[h]}}}}

| extra14 = Willie B

| length14 = 3:42

| title15 = Blank Face

| note15 = featuring Anderson .Paak

| writer15 = {{hlist|Hanley|Spears|Russell}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Sounwave|Russell}}

| length15 = 3:14

| title16 = Overtime

| note16 = featuring Miguel and Justine Skye

| writer16 = {{hlist|Hanley|LaTour|Jackson|Adam Feeney|Miguel Pimentel|Justine Skyers|Kendrick Duckworth|Charles Hinshaw}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Cardo|Yung Exclusive|Frank Dukes}}

| length16 = 4:38

| title17 = Tookie Knows II

| note17 = featuring Traffic and TF

| writer17 = {{hlist|Hanley|Wesonga, Jr.|Loving|Derraile Cail|Mychal Hatch}}

| extra17 = Nez & Rio

| length17 = 4:45

}}

Notes

  • {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
  • {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies a vocal producer
  • All songs are stylized with the capital letter "H" if they contain that letter in the title. For example, "That Part" is stylized as "THat Part".
  • "Torch" features background vocals by Anderson .Paak
  • "Lord Have Mercy" features background vocals by Swizz Beatz
  • "Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane" features background vocals by Dem Jointz and additional vocals by Candice Pillay
  • "By Any Means" features background vocals by Kendrick Lamar, and additional vocals by Candice Pillay and Terrace Martin
  • "Dope Dealer" features additional vocals by Smacc
  • "John Muir" features additional vocals by Sam Dew
  • "Big Body" features additional vocals by Candice Pillay
  • "Str8 Ballin'" features background vocals by Jesse Rankins
  • "Black Thoughts" features intro vocals by Trayvon Ray Cail and additional vocals by Kendrick Lamar
  • "Overtime" features additional vocals by Kendrick Lamar

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits for Blank Face LP adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blank-face-lp-mw0002956971/credits |title=Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=July 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717094030/http://www.allmusic.com/album/blank-face-lp-mw0002956971/credits |archivedate=July 17, 2016 }}

{{Div col|colwidth=35em}}

  • The Alchemist – producer
  • Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – mixing
  • Willie B – producer
  • Tae Beast – producer
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Trayvon Ray Cail – vocals
  • Cardo – producer
  • Cubeatz – producer
  • Quentin Curtat – photography
  • Dem Jointz – producer, background vocals
  • Sam Dew – vocals
  • DJ Dahi – producer
  • Tha Dogg Pound – featured artist
  • Larrance Dopson – producer
  • E-40 – featured artist
  • Yung Exclusive – producer
  • Frank Dukes – producer
  • Dave Free – associate producer, creative director
  • Noah Goldstein – engineer
  • Rob Gueringer – guitar
  • Sam Hook – vocal producer
  • James Hunt – engineer
  • Jadakiss – featured artist
  • Tom Khare – engineer
  • Kendrick Lamar – vocals, background vocals
  • Migui Maloles – engineer
  • Terrace Martin – bass, horn, keyboards, saxophone, vocals, vocoder
  • Metro Boomin – producer
  • Miguel – featured artist
  • Jaris Moses – bass, guitar
  • Nez & Rio – producer
  • Anderson .Paak – featured artist, background vocals
  • Candice Pillay – featured artist, vocals
  • Jason Pounds – producer
  • Jesse Rankins – background vocals
  • Tony Russell – producer
  • Matt Schaeffer – mixing assistant
  • Schoolboy Q – creative director, primary artist
  • Vlad Sepetov – creative director
  • Lance Skiiiwalker – featured artist
  • Justine Skye – featured artist
  • Sounwave – additional production, drums, keyboards, piano, producer
  • Southside – producer
  • Vince Staples – featured artist
  • William Sullivan – assistant engineer
  • Swizz Beatz – producer, background vocals
  • SZA – featured artist
  • TF – featured artist
  • Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith – executive producer
  • Traffic – featured artist
  • Tyler, the Creator – producer
  • Kanye West – featured artist
  • Marlon Williams – guitar

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Chart performance for Blank Face LP

! scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|9|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}
{{album chart|Flanders|34|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|50|album=Oxymoron|artist=Schoolboy Q|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=Schoolboy Q|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 19, 2016}}
{{album chart|Denmark|32|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 20, 2016}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|35|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}
{{album chart|Finland|36|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
{{album chart|France|87|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 22, 2016}}
{{album chart|Ireland|29|year=2016|week=28|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}
{{album chart|Germany4|73|id=308644|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}
{{album chart|Norway|11|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}
{{album chart|Sweden|38|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Schoolboy Q|album=Blank Face LP|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 20, 2016}}
{{album chart|UK2|36|date=20160715|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2016}}
{{album chart|UKR&B|5|date=20160715|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Schoolboy Q|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Schoolboy Q|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+2016 year-end chart performance for Blank Face LP

! scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 9, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208120131/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums|archivedate=December 8, 2016}}

| 134

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2016|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}

| 30

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Blank Face LP}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Schoolboy Q|title=Blank Face LP|award=Gold|relyear=2016|certyear=2018|refname="RIAA"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

References