First Weapon Drawn
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{{Infobox album
| name = First Weapon Drawn
| type = Studio
| artist = Czarface
| cover = First Weapon Drawn.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|4|22}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Boom bap
| length = 33:56
| label = Silver Age
| producer = {{hlist|Esoteric (exec.)|Inspectah Deck (exec.)|7L (also exec.)|Todd Spadafore|Jeremy Page}}
| prev_title = A Fistful of Peril
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Czarface Meets Metal Face
| next_year = 2018
| misc =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = HipHopDX
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2939/title.review-7l-esoteric-inspectah-deck-reunite-as-czarface-for-dramatic-yet-wordless-first-weapon-drawn|title=Review: 7L, Esoteric & Inspectah Deck Reunite As Czarface For Dramatic Yet Wordless "First Weapon Drawn"|work=HipHopDX|first=Scott|last=Glaysher|date=May 9, 2017|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}}}
First Weapon Drawn is the fourth studio album by American hip hop trio Czarface, which consists of rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck and underground hip hop duo 7L & Esoteric. It was released on April 22, 2017 via Silver Age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Czarface-First-Weapon-Drawn-A-Narrated-Adventure-/release/10173197|title=Czarface - First Weapon Drawn (A Narrated Adventure)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=March 16, 2018}} The album peaked at number 44 on the Independent Albums and number 16 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Czarface Theme
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = First Weapon Drawn
| length2 = 1:55
| title3 = Czartusi
| length3 = 2:12
| title4 = For the Title
| length4 = 2:22
| title5 = Kick it up a Notch
| length5 = 3:12
| title6 = A Falling Czar
| length6 = 3:05
| title7 = Funky Premonition
| length7 = 1:24
| title8 = Squared Portal
| length8 = 3:27
| title9 = This Fight Ain't Scripted
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Godspeed Soldier
| length10 = 2:08
| title11 = Something Once Human
| length11 = 1:51
| title12 = What the Problem Is
| length12 = 2:01
| title13 = Death of a Comrad
| length13 = 1:42
| title14 = Night Of/Mourning After
| length14 = 3:09
| total_length =
}}
Personnel
- Seamus Ryan – executive producer, additional vocals
- Jason Richard Hunter – executive producer
- George Andrinopoulos – executive producer
- Todd Spadafore – producer
- Jeremy Page – producer, instruments
- Yukihiro Kanesaka – instruments
- Kendra Morris – additional vocals (track 1)
- Kelly Hammer – additional vocals
- Troy Hudson – additional vocals
- Sam Merrick – drums (track 4)
- Zack Martin – drums (track 6)
- Andy Bauer – drums (track 10)
- Wes Garland – mastering
- Jason Bitner – mastering
- Alfredo Rico-Dimas – design and layout
- Gilberto Aguirre Mata – artwork
- L'Amour Supreme – cover art
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (2017) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|44|artist=CZARFACE}} |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|16|artist=CZARFACE}} |
References
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External links
{{7L & Esoteric}}
{{Inspectah Deck}}
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Category:2017 collaborative albums
Category:Inspectah Deck albums
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