I Am Not a Human Being
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{{Infobox album
| name = I Am Not a Human Being
| type = Studio
| artist = Lil Wayne
| cover = ImNotAHumanBeing.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2010|09|27}}
| recorded = 2008–2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 55:42
| label = {{hlist|Young Money|Cash Money|Universal Motown}}
| producer = {{hlist|Lil Wayne (exec.)|Cortez Bryant (exec.)|Ronald "Slim" Williams (exec.)|Birdman (exec.)|The Runners|Kane Beatz|DJ Infamous|The Olympicks|Tha Bizness|Cool & Dre|Jahlil Beats|Rondell “Mr.Beatz” Cobbs|Streetrunner|Drew Correa|Noah "40" Shebib|DVLP|Boi-1da|Mr. Pyro|Mike Banger|Matthew Burnett}}
| prev_title = Rebirth
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Sorry 4 the Wait
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I Am Not a Human Being
| type = studio
| single1 = I'm Single
| single1date = May 10, 2010
| single2 = Right Above It
| single2date = August 17, 2010
}}
}}
I Am Not a Human Being is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Lil Wayne. It had a digital release on September 27, 2010, and on compact disc on October 12, 2010, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown. It was recorded before Wayne's eight-month prison term for criminal possession of a weapon. Production for the album was by Wayne and several record producers, including Boi-1da, Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, Noah "40" Shebib and DJ Infamous.
Upon its release, I Am Not a Human Being received generally positive reviews from music critics, who drew comparisons to Wayne's earlier works and considered the album to be an improvement over his previous album, Rebirth. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week digital sales alone. Following its physical release, it topped the chart, becoming Wayne's second US number-one album and the first studio album since Tupac's Me Against the World in 1995 to reach the top position on the Billboard 200 while its artist was in prison. Its lead single, "Right Above It", became a top-ten hit in the United States. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Background
On August 4, 2010, Billboard announced that Lil Wayne would release an EP called I Am Not a Human Being and a single from the EP called "Right Above It". The single debuted on DJ Funkmaster Flex's show, which Lil Wayne called and gave an interview. The album is a prelude to Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter IV.{{cite web|last=Ziegbe |first=Mawuse |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643374/20100709/lil_wayne.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710232417/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643374/20100709/lil_wayne.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2010 |title=Lil Wayne Dropping New EP In September |website=MTV |date=July 9, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
{{blockquote|text="I'm putting out a [Wayne] album called I Am Not a Human Being and I'll probably drop it on his birthday, September 27...I'm not even putting it out in stores. We just gonna put it out virally and maybe package it up for Christmas. Give 'em a hard copy later for fan appreciation."{{cite web|last=Harper |first=Rosario |url=http://www.sohh.com/2010/07/lil_wayne_putting_out_im_not_a_human_bei.html |title=Lil Wayne Putting Out "I'm Not A Human Being" EP On 27th Birthday |website=Sohh.Com |date=July 9, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}}}
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Drake, Jay Sean, Lil Twist, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Lil Chuckee and T-Streets are all guests on the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.down-south.com/videos/4803-birdman-speaks-on-50-cent-turk-a-lil-wayne.html |title=Birdman Speaks On 50 Cent, Turk & Lil Wayne |website=Down-South.com |access-date=February 23, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/08/11/22331175.aspx |title=Lil Twist Talks New Album, Career, Friendship With Justin Bieber |website=Allhiphop.com |access-date=February 23, 2011 |archive-date=August 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814132833/http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/08/11/22331175.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Vibe magazine spoke with the DJ Scoob Doo about Tha Carter IV and I Am Not a Human Being, who said, "I got videos for the Carter IV and the I’m not a Human Being EP all ready. I can’t say the name of the song but Wayne was singing on the hook, but they’re getting Drake to re-do it and it’s off the Human Being EP,” Scoob Doo says. “Carter IV is probably the best album I’ve heard in the last decade, but Wayne is such a different artist now that he wants to record new music when he comes home. The stuff he’s talking about now is just on another level. That’s why a lot of the songs on the EP were originally taken from the Carter IV.”{{cite web|url=http://www.lilwaynehq.com/2010/09/02/dj-scoob-doo-speaks-on-lil-wayne-tha-carter-iv-im-not-a-human-being/ |title=DJ Scoob Doo Speaks On Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV & I'm Not A Human Being |website=Lil Wayne HQ |date=September 2, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant told SPIN that I Am Not a Human Being would actually be a full-length album. Initially, the tracks were to be appear on Tha Carter IV, but Wayne decided to put the old tracks on the album so new music could be recorded for Tha Carter IV.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/09/exclusive-preview-lil-waynes-new-album/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Preview Lil Wayne's New Album |website=SPIN|date=September 17, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
- {{cite web|url=http://rapradar.com/2010/09/17/lil-wayne-ep-now-full-lp/ |title=Lil Wayne EP Now Full LP |website=Rap Radar |date=September 17, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
He uses no autotune on the album: according to Birdman, it's just "raw rap".{{cite magazine|last=Vasquez |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12356/title.lil-wayne-drops-vocoder-and-returns-to-raw-rap-according-to-birdman |title=Lil Wayne Drops Vocoder and Returns to "Raw Rap," According to Birdman |magazine=HipHopDX |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
The production to bonus track "YM Salute" was originally recorded by Young Jeezy and Ester Dean as potential material for Young Jeezy's forthcoming album TM 103.
The song "I Don't Like The Look Of It" was originally released on Gudda Gudda's 2010 mixtape "Back 2 Guddaville" with a different beat under the title "Willy Wonka". The instrumental was changed when it was released on this album due to sample clearance issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.datpiff.com/Gudda-Gudda-Back-2-Guddaville-mixtape.125982.html|title=Back 2 Guddaville Mixtape by Gudda Gudda Hosted by Dj Ill Will & Dj Rockstar|website=DatPiff}}
Release and promotion
The last three tracks featured on the album's physical CD release, "YM Banger", "YM Salute", and "I Don't Like The Look Of It", were not initially included on the digital download version of the album:{{cite web|last=Reid |first=Shaheem |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648768/20100927/lil_wayne.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930032037/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648768/20100927/lil_wayne.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2010 |title=Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being: Otherworldly Flows And STDs |website=MTV |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011}} however, after the physical CD version was released, the tracks were added to the digital version of the album.
The album's lead single, "Right Above It" featuring Drake, was released to iTunes on August 17, 2010. The song debuted at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number one on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart.
"What's Wrong With Them" received strong download sales in the UK during the album's release and as such, the track charted on the UK R&B Chart, peaking at number 27.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-singles-chart/20101010/114/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=October 16, 2010 |access-date=September 19, 2011}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
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| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = 7/10{{cite journal|last=Cashmore|first=Pete|issue=40|page=41|title=Review: I Am Not a Human Being|journal=NME|location=London|date=October 9, 2010}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork Media
| rev7 = Rolling Stone
| rev8 = Slant Magazine
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev9 = Spin
| rev10 = USA Today
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I Am Not a Human Being received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 17 reviews. Allmusic{{'}}s David Jeffries stated, "This is too short and scattered to put on his top shelf, but it comes awfully close, which is downright astonishing considering the circumstances."Jeffries, David (October 4, 2010). [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2029503|pure_url=yes}} "I Am Not a Human Being - Lil Wayne"]. Allmusic. Retrieved October 6, 2010. Luke Bainsbridge of The Observer called the album "a return to classic Weezy".Bainsbridge, Luke (October 2, 2010). [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/03/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being-review "Lil Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being"], The Observer. Retrieved on October 3, 2010. Rolling Stone writer Jody Rosen commended its "unadulterated fun" and Wayne's "irrepressibly wacked-out spirit", writing that the album "has the loose-limbed feel of the rapper's many mixtapes".Rosen, Jody (September 29, 2010). [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/i-am-not-a-human-being-20100929 "I Am Not a Human Being"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215211146/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/i-am-not-a-human-being-20100929 |date=February 15, 2015 }}, Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 2, 2010. Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club commented that, "though Human Being feels more like a mix-tape stopgap than a proper album, it's nevertheless full of intriguing experiments and infectious tracks."{{cite news|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|date=November 9, 2010|url=https://www.avclub.com/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being-ii-1798176318|title=Lil Wayne: I Am Not A Human Being|newspaper=The A.V. Club|location=Chicago|access-date=September 18, 2012}} Ben Detrick of Spin found its production "unfashionable", but stated "Though this is a flawed and scattershot project, Wayne remains an artist who makes music like a pâtissier–his songs are frivolous, delicious, and meant to be relished for just a moment".Detrick, Ben (September 30, 2010). [http://www.spin.com/reviews/lil-wayne-i-am-not-human-being-cash-money/ "Lil Wayne, 'I Am Not a Human Being' (Cash Money)"]. Spin. Retrieved October 2, 2010. In his Consumer Guide, Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star honorable mention ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}), picking out three songs from the album ("I Am Not a Human Being", "Popular" and "I'm Single"), and said of Lil Wayne, "His throwaways beat their keepers, from solitary yet, but the true classics are all in the middle and the Young Money promos are filler."{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=lil+wayne|title=CG: Lil Wayne|website=RobertChristgau.com|access-date=August 29, 2013}} Uncut gave the album four stars out of five and called it "a far superior effort [than Rebirth]."{{cite journal|title=Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being|journal=Uncut|date=February 2011|page=84}} Billboard gave it a score of 77 out of 100 and said it was "not as experimental as the rapper's previous rock-tinged "Rebirth" set that arrived earlier this year, and most fans will likely appreciate this."{{cite news|date=October 22, 2010|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1068513/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being#/new-releases/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being-1004123887.story|title=Lil Wayne, 'I Am Not a Human Being'|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=August 29, 2013}} Wilson McBee of Prefix Magazine gave the album a score of 7.5 out of ten and said that "For most of [the album], it seems like Wayne has forgotten how to write a verse. He's all about couplets now."{{cite web|last=McBee|first=Wilson|date=October 4, 2010|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/lil-wayne/im-not-a-human-being-ep/42238/|title=Album Review: Lil Wayne - I'm Not a Human Being EP|work=Prefix|access-date=August 29, 2013}}
Los Angeles Times writer Jeff Weiss noted a "creative languor" and wrote, "Wayne reveals he’s mortal after all."Weiss, Jeff (October 12, 2010). [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/10/album-review-lil-waynes-i-am-not-a-human-being.html "Album review: Lil Wayne's 'I Am Not a Human Being'"]. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2010. Pitchfork Media{{'}}s Ryan Dombal wrote, "We get Wayne spouting classic Weezy-isms—explicit sex, cartoonish gunplay, and allusions to the intricacies of the digestive system abound—over at-least-decent original beats", but noted that "there's a lingering sense that the rapper is not in top gear; his flow is often slow and static, his wordplay lively yet less energized than what we're now used to."Dombal, Ryan (October 5, 2010). [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14711-i-am-not-a-human-being/ "Lil Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being"], Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 6, 2010. Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Brad Wete called the album "stale" and wrote that "none of the new songs on this set hold a candle to [No Ceilings], much less... Tha Carter III".Wete, Brad (October 15, 2010). [https://ew.com/article/2010/10/06/i-am-not-human-being/ "I Am Not a Human Being Review"], Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 6, 2010. Andy Gill of The Independent gave the album three stars out of five and called it "a perfunctory affair".Gill, Andy (October 15, 2010). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being-island-2106858.html "Album: Lil Wayne, I Am Not A Human Being (Island)"], The Independent. Retrieved October 14, 2010. The Boston Globe{{'}}s Julian Benbow wrote that "the sharper moments [...] are drowned out by the redundant ones".Benbow, Julian (October 18, 2010). [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2010/10/18/lil_wayne_i_am_not_a_human_being/ "Lil Wayne, 'I Am Not a Human Being'"], The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 19, 2010. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called it "an uncentered collection of odds and ends", writing that "Too often Lil Wayne lapses into predictable flow structures, quick ideas paired with built-in rejoinders: 'They say money talks/ but it’s my spokesperson,' and so on".Caramanica, Jon (October 10, 2010). [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/arts/music/11choice.html "New CDs (Lil Wayne: 'I Am Not a Human Being')"], The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2010. Slant{{'}}s Jesse Cataldo perceived "half-assed rhyme work" from Wayne and called it "kind of a crummy album, rife with laziness and repetition ... It may have a decidedly lazy presentation, but I Am Not a Human Being inevitably succeeds at what it sets out to do: remind us of Wayne's artistic validity and whetting our appetite for more."Cataldo, Jesse (October 14, 2010). [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being "Lil Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being"], Slant. Retrieved October 14, 2010. David Pott-Negrine of Drowned in Sound gave it a score of six out of ten and said, "It may not be a great or even particularly good album, but it does at least tide us over until Weezy become[s] a free man, and the much talked about Tha Carter IV finally sees the light of day."{{cite magazine|last=Pott-Negrine|first=David|date=October 28, 2010|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15777/reviews/4141402|title=Lil' Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being|magazine=Drowned in Sound|access-date=August 29, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107004417/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15777/reviews/4141402|url-status=dead}} Sean L. Maloney of American Songwriter gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five and said of Lil Wayne, "he's just killing time with sub-par versions of his far more popular songs – this is a completely superfluous release that lacks the relevance and immediacy of his mixtape works and the quality-control of his albums."{{cite magazine|last=Maloney|first=Sean L.|date=October 12, 2010|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/10/lil-wayne-i-am-not-a-human-being/|title=Lil Wayne: I Am Not A Human Being|magazine=American Songwriter|access-date=August 29, 2013}}
Commercial performance
I Am Not a Human Being debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 110,000 digital copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/955081/kenny-chesney-claims-sixth-no-1-album-with-hemingways-whiskey|title=Kenny Chesney Claims Sixth No. 1 Album with 'Hemingway's Whiskey|work=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=October 6, 2010|access-date=October 11, 2010}} In its second week, it dropped to number 16 on the chart, selling an additional 23,000 digital copies.Jacobs, Allen (October 13, 2010). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12585/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-10-10-2010 "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/10/2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929235421/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12585/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-10-10-2010 |date=September 29, 2012}}, HipHopDX. Retrieved October 21, 2010. Following its CD release on October 12, the album moved up to number one on the chart, selling 125,000 copies in its third week.Caulfield, Keith (October 20, 2010). [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/953275/lil-waynes-human-being-leaps-16-1-on-billboard-200 "Lil Wayne's 'Human Being' Leaps 16–1 on Billboard 200"]. Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2010. It became Lil Wayne's second number-one album and his seventh top-ten album in the US.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lil wayne|chart=Billboard 200}} Lil Wayne Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200]. Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2010. By September 2011, the album had sold 953,000 in the US and 1.6 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74408/week-ending-sept-5-2011-albums-weezy-does-it/ |title=Week Ending Sept. 4, 2011. Albums: Weezy Does It - Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo|website=New.music.yahoo.com |date=September 7, 2011 |access-date=September 19, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013084110/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74408/week-ending-sept-5-2011-albums-weezy-does-it/ |archive-date=October 13, 2011 }} On September 25, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Gonorrhea
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dwayne Carter, Jr.|Aubrey Graham|Daniel Johnson|Hide}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Kane Beatz|Filthy (co.)}}
| note1 = featuring Drake
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Hold Up
| writer2 = {{hlist|Carter|Jesse James|Keith Miller|Brian Parker|David Stokes|Brian Wicker}}
| extra2 = The Olympicks
| note2 = featuring T-Streets
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = With You
| writer3 = {{hlist|Carter|Graham|Nicholas Warwar|Michael Aiello}}
| extra3 = Streetrunner
| note3 = featuring Drake
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = I Am Not a Human Being
| writer4 = {{hlist|Carter|Andrews Correa|Marco Rodriguez-Diaz}}
| note4 =
| extra4 = {{hlist|Infamous|Drew Correa}}
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = I'm Single
| writer5 = {{hlist|Carter|Graham|Noah Shebib|Sidney Brown|Christopher Gibson|Matthew Samuels|Dalton Tennant}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Noah "40" Shebib|Omen (co.)}}
| length5 = 5:33
| title6 = What's Wrong with Them
| writer6 = {{hlist|Carter|Onika Maraj|Bigram Zayas}}
| extra6 = Develop
| note6 = featuring Nicki Minaj
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Right Above It
| writer7 = {{hlist|Carter|Graham|Johnson|Andrew Canton}}
| extra7 = Kane Beatz
| note7 = featuring Drake
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = Popular
| writer8 = {{hlist|Carter|Andre Lyon|Christopher Moore|Marcello Valenzano}}
| extra8 = Cool & Dre
| note8 = featuring Lil Twist
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = That Ain't Me
| writer9 = {{hlist|Carter|Warwar|Kamaljit Jhooti|Roger Pasco|Aiello}}
| extra9 = Streetrunner
| note9 = featuring Jay Sean
| length9 = 4:03
| title10 = Bill Gates
| writer10 = {{hlist|Carter|Matthew Samuels|Matthew Burnett}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Boi-1da|Burnett (add.)}}
| length10 = 4:19
| title11 = YM Banger
| writer11 = {{hlist|Carter|Carl Lilly|Jarvis Mills|Michael Stevenson}}
| extra11 = Mike Banger
| note11 = featuring Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz and Tyga
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = YM Salute
| writer12 = {{hlist|Carter|Daen Simmons|Maraj|Moore|Lilly|Mills|Rashad Ballard}}
| extra12 = Mr. Pyro
| note12 = featuring Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz and Nicki Minaj
| length12 = 5:14
| title13 = I Don't Like the Look of It
| writer13 = {{hlist|Carter|Lilly|Rondell Cobbs II}}
| extra13 = Mr. Beatz
| note13 = featuring Gudda Gudda
| length13 = 3:18
|total_length = 55:42
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{{*}} (co.) Co-producer
{{*}} (add.) Additional production
Personnel
Credits for I Am Not a Human Being adapted from Allmusic.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=i-am-not-a-human-being-r2029503/credits|pure_url=yes}} Credits: I Am Not a Human Being], Allmusic. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
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- Alton Bates Jr. – recording assistant
- Joshua Berkman – A&R
- Boi-1da – producer
- Cortez Bryant – executive producer
- Matthew Burnett – additional production
- Michael "Banger" Cadahia – engineer, mixing, producer
- Noel Cadastre – mixing assistant
- Dwayne "Tha President" Carter – executive producer
- Ariel Chobaz – engineer
- Cool – producer
- Andrews Correa – engineer
- Drew Correa – producer
- DJ Folk – production co-ordination
- Elizabeth Gallardo – mixing assistant
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
- I.L.O. – additional production, keyboards
- DJ Infamous – producer
- Kane Beatz – producer
- Edward "Jewfro" Lidow – recording assistant
- Mack Maine – executive producer
- Mr. Beatz – producer
- Mr. Pyro – producer
- The Olympics – producer
- Fareed Salamah – digital editing
- Noah Shebib – engineer, mixing, producer
- Streetrunner – producer
- Finis "KY" White – engineer
- Bryan "Baby Birdman" Williams – executive producer
- Ronald "Slim Tha Don" Williams – executive producer
- Kevin Zulueta – engineer
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Charts
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| scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|title=Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|access-date=November 18, 2019}}
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Certifications
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Release history
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| Country
! Date ! Format ! Label | |
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| rowspan="2"| United States | September 27, 2010{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-am-not-a-human-being/1442893835|title=I Am Not a Human Being – Lil Wayne (album)|publisher=iTunes|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=September 27, 2010}}
| rowspan="2"| Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown |
| October 12, 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00437DYLI |title=I Am Not A Human Being: Lil Wayne |publisher=Amazon |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
| CD | |
| rowspan="2"| United Kingdom
| October 18, 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00437DYLI |title=I Am Not A Human Being: Lil Wayne |publisher=Amazon|access-date=February 23, 2011}} | CD | rowspan="2"| Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Island | |
| | October 22, 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0047YCSUA/ |title=I Am Not A Human Being: Lil Wayne|publisher=Amazon |access-date=February 23, 2011}}
| Digital download |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/Lil-Wayne-I-Am-Not-A-Human-Being/release/2463464 I Am Not a Human Being] at Discogs
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