Jungle Rules

The title Jungle Rules was originally announced on August 25, 2015, in the midst of Chris Brown's "One Hell of a Nite Tour" which ran between August and September which the rapper co-headlined.{{cite tweet|number=636406312868421633|user=FrencHMonTanA|title=JUNGLE RULES‼️|archive-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627202150/https://twitter.com/FrencHMonTanA/status/636406312868421633 |date=August 25, 2015 }}{{cite tweet|number=637779004141998080|user=FrencHMonTanA|title=#onehellofnight #junglerules #newtape...|archive-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627202236/https://twitter.com/FrencHMonTanA/status/637779004141998080 |date=August 29, 2015 }} The title was shelved, however, when in October the mixtape was released under the name Coke Zoo.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2346695/fetty-wap-french-montana-mixtape/ |title=Ready For A Fetty Wap And French Montana Mixtape? |publisher=MTV.com |date=October 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013030736/http://www.mtv.com/news/2346695/fetty-wap-french-montana-mixtape |archive-date=October 13, 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2015/10/16/sanaa-lathan-unveils-french-montana-and-fetty-waps-cokezoo-mixtape-cover-photo/ |title=Sanaa Lathan unveils French Montana and Fetty Wap's CokeZoo mixtape cover |publisher=HipHopVibe |date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017122508/http://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2015/10/16/sanaa-lathan-unveils-french-montana-and-fetty-waps-cokezoo-mixtape-cover-photo |archive-date=October 17, 2015 }}

On June 12, 2017, Billboard attended a documentary screening and listening party hosted by French Montana in New York City.{{cite web|author=Carl Lamarre |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7832711/french-montana-project-unforgettable-documentary-new-york-listening-party |title=French Montana Screens New Documentary Project: Unforgettable, Previews Weeknd, Max B & Pharrell Collaborations |publisher=Billboard |date=June 13, 2017|access-date=June 15, 2017}} The event featured previews of tracks expected on the upcoming sophomore album. In a subsequent radio interview with Angie Martinez, he confirmed having completed recording three upcoming projects, including one being a collaboration, and the other his next album.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVQkZvU_q-U |title=French Montana Talks Iggy Azalea, Snipe Squad Commandments + His Smash Hit Unforgettable |publisher=Power 105.1 |date=June 14, 2017 |access-date=June 15, 2017}} The title Jungle Rules was revived following his performance at the 2017 BET Awards, where the name and release date was revealed for July 14. The track listing was revealed on July 5, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://hiphop-n-more.com/2017/07/french-montana-reveals-jungle-rules-track-list/|title=French Montana Reveals 'Jungle Rules' Tracklist|publisher=HipHop-N-More|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=July 5, 2017}}

The joint lead singles "No Pressure" and "Unforgettable" were released on April 7, 2017 for streaming and digital download. The latter peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting single as well as the first top 10 single of his career as lead artist to date.

"A Lie" featuring The Weeknd was sent to rhythmic radio as the album's third official single on August 22, 2017. It peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Famous" was sent to rhythmic radio as the album's fourth official single on November 28, 2017. The two remix versions of the song featuring HoodCelebrityy and Adam Levine, were both released on February 9 and August 24, 2018, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/famous-feat-hoodcelebrityy-remix-single/1346316681|title=French Montana – Famous (Remix) featuring HoodCelebrityy|website=iTunes Store|access-date=August 24, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/famous-remix-feat-adam-levine-single/1429961110|title=French Montana – Famous (Remix) featuring Adam Levine|website=iTunes Store|access-date=August 24, 2018}}

On July 11, 2017, "Jump" featuring American rapper Travis Scott, was released as a promotional single.{{cite web|url=https://rapdose.com/french-montana-jump-feat-travis-scott/ |title=French Montana - Jump (Feat. Travis Scott) |publisher=Rap Dose |access-date=July 11, 2017}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 68/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/jungle-rules/french-montana|title=Reviews and Tracks for Jungle Rules by French Montana|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=July 20, 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Yeung|first=Neil|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jungle-rules-mw0003066808|title=Jungle Rules – French Montana|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 20, 2017}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web|last=Wallace|first=Riley|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/french_montana-jungle_rules|title=French Montana Jungle Rules |work=Exclaim!|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2017}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 6.5/10{{cite web|last=Pearce|first=Sheldon|title=French Montana: Jungle Rules Album Review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/french-montana-jungle-rules/|work=Pitchfork|date=July 19, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2017}}

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Jungle Rules received generally favorable reviews from critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 8 reviews. Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork commented that "Jungle Rules doesn't answer any of the questions that have circled French Montana his entire career, chiefly: Can he be a leading man and can he be as interesting on wax as he is in the day to day? He has evolved quite a bit since Excuse My French, coming up with moments of sharpness, but he is still limited in what he can do. His music flattens the showy life he lives. If there's a case to be made for his vibrance, it isn't this." Riley Wallace of Exclaim! gave a positive review, stating French Montana "delivers a cohesive cover-to-cover platter of flame emojis that traverse his range". Neil Yeung of AllMusic wrote: "In the end, with enough highlights that could constitute a tighter and more effective track list, Jungle Rules suffers from lengthy playlist aspirations and not enough focus."

Jungle Rules debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 52,000 album-equivalent units, of which 16,000 were pure album sales in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7874083/jay-z-444-second-week-no-1-billboard-200-albums-chart-french-montana|title=JAY-Z's '4:44' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, French Montana Debuts at No. 3|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=July 23, 2017|access-date=July 24, 2017}} On June 11, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=french+montana&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=RIAA Certifications - French Montana|website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=June 15, 2020}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 64:19

| title1 = Whiskey Eyes

| note1 = featuring Chinx

| writer1 = {{hlist|Karim Kharbouch|Lionel Pickens|Fenrick Gibbs|Fe Knight|Shaun Lopez|Nick Long|Benjamin Diehl|Khaled Khaled}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Rick Steel|Shaun Lopez{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length1 = 4:44

| title2 = Unforgettable

| note2 = featuring Swae Lee

| writer2 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Khalif Brown|Christopher Washington|Jagvir Aujla|McCulloch Sutphin}}

| extra2 = {{hlist||C.P. Dubb|Jaegan|1Mind{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Trippin

| writer3 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Marc Griffin|Diehl|Khaled}}

| extra3 = Ben Billions

| length3 = 2:56

| title4 = A Lie

| note4 = featuring The Weeknd and Max B

| writer4 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Tesfaye|Charly Wingate|Rory Quigley|Jason Quenneville|Danny Schofield|Matt Carillo|Fred Lowinger|Russ Mitkowski|Matthew Quinones}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Harry Fraud|DaHeala{{ref|b|[b]}}|DannyBoyStyles{{ref|b|[b]}}|Masar{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 3:46

| title5 = Jump

| note5 = featuring Travis Scott

| writer5 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Jacques Webster II|Jeryn Peters|Imogen Heap}}

| extra5 = Nova

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Hotel Bathroom

| writer6 = {{hlist|Kharbouch||Floyd Bentley|Ishmael Montague|Adam Feeney}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|A1|ISM|Frank Dukes}}

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = Bring Dem Things

| note7 = featuring Pharrell

| writer7 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Pharrell Williams|Austin Donawa|R. Quigley|Paul Butterfield|Jim Waynie|David Sanborn|Charles Mingus|Paul Simon}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Harry Fraud|Pharrell{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 3:16

| title8 = Bag

| note8 = featuring Ziico Niico

| writer8 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Sherwin Charles|Nico Burrell}}

| extra8 = Ziggy on the Keyboard

| length8 = 3:37

| title9 = Migo Montana

| note9 = featuring Quavo

| writer9 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Quavious Marshall|London Holmes}}

| extra9 = London on da Track

| length9 = 3:38

| title10 = No Pressure

| note10 = featuring Future

| writer10 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Nayvadius Wilburn|Bentley|Noel Fisher|Jordan Holt|}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|J-Holt|A1{{ref|a|[a]}}|Detail{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 3:27

| title11 = Push Up

| writer11 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Shane Lindstrom|Kevin Gomringer|Tim Gomringer}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Cubeatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 3:02

| title12 = Stop It

| note12 = featuring T.I.

| writer12 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Clifford Harris, Jr.|Scott Storch|Diego Ave}}

| extra12 = Scott Storch

| length12 = 3:05

| title13 = Black Out

| note13 = featuring Young Thug

| writer13 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Jeffery Williams|Shamann Cooke}}

| extra13 = Beat Billionaire

| length13 = 3:38

| title14 = She Workin

| note14 = featuring Marc E. Bassy

| writer14 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Griffin|William Mosgrove|James Hau|Gibbs|David Park|Nicholas Balding}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Nic Nac|Count Bassy|NGHTxNGHT|DaviDior{{ref|b|[b]}}|Rick Steel{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length14 = 3:07

| title15 = Formula

| note15 = featuring Alkaline

| writer15 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Earlan Bartley|Leonandre Miller}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Alkaline|Lee Milla}}

| length15 = 3:54

| title16 = Famous

| writer16 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Richard Butler|Jeremy Jordan-Jones|Dwayne Nesmith|Floyd Hills}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Rico Love|DtownThaGreat|DanjaHandz{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length16 = 4:04

| title17 = Too Much

| writer17 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Alexander Lustig|Lonnie Kimble}}

| extra17 = Alex Lustig

| length17 = 2:56

| title18 = White Dress

| writer18 = {{hlist|Kharbouch|Jeremy Felton|Theodore Tchamala|Francisco Soto|Ahmad Balshe}}

| extra18 = 2Epik

| length18 = 3:43

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Track notes

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• {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies an uncredited producer
• "Unforgettable" originally featured a guest verse from Jeremih

Sample credits

• "Jump" contains a sample of "Headlock", written and performed by Imogen Heap.
• "Bring Dem Things" contains a sample of "Last Hope's Gone", written by Paul Butterfield, Jim Haynie and David Sanborn, and performed by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band; samples of "Mingus Fingus No. 2", written and performed by Charles Mingus; and a sample of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", written by Paul Simon, and performed by Bob James.
• "Bag" is a remix of "That Bag", written and performed by Ziico Niico.
• "Formula" is a remix of "Formula", written and performed by Alkaline.
• "White Dress" contains a sample of "Aeorien", written by Francisco Vidal, and performed by Fran Soto featuring Aeralie Bringhton.

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• French Montana – primary artist
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• Swae Lee – featured artist {{small|(track 2)}}
• The Weeknd – featured artist {{small|(track 3)}}
• Max B – featured artist {{small|(track 3)}}
• Travis Scott – featured artist {{small|(track 5)}}
• Pharrell Williams – featured artist {{small|(track 7)}}
• Ziico Niico – featured artist {{small|(track 8)}}
• Quavo – featured artist {{small|(track 9)}}
• Future – featured artist {{small|(track 10)}}
• T.I. – featured artist {{small|(track 12)}}
• Young Thug – featured artist {{small|(track 13)}}
• Marc E. Bassy – featured artist {{small|(track 14)}}
• Alkaline – featured artist {{small|(track 15)}}
• Fe – background vocals {{small|(tracks 1 and 18)}}
• Fernick Gibbs – background vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
• Rick Steel – background vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
• The Kid Daytona – background vocals {{small|(track 7)}}
• Dafina Zeqiri – background vocals {{small|(track 16)}}
• Terik Morris – speaker {{small|(track 15)}}
• Rico Love – background vocals {{small|(track 17)}}

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• Puff Daddy – executive production
• French Montana – executive production
• Rick Steel – executive production, production {{small|(track 1)}}, additional production {{small|(track 14)}}
• Ben Billions – production {{small|(tracks 1 and 3)}}
• C.P Dubb – production {{small|(track 2)}}
• Jaegan – production {{small|(track 2)}}
• 1Mind – production {{small|(track 2)}}
• Harry Fraud – production {{small|(tracks 4 and 7)}}
• Nova – production {{small|(track 5)}}
• Floyd Bentley – production {{small|(track 6)}}, co-production {{small|(track 10)}}
• Frank Dukes – production {{small|(track 6)}}
• Ism – production {{small|(track 6)}}
• Ziggy on the Keyboard – production {{small|(track 8)}}
• London on da Track – production {{small|(track 9)}}
• J Holt – production {{small|(track 10)}}
• Murda Beatz – production {{small|(track 11)}}
• Scott Storch – production {{small|(track 12)}}
• Beat Billionaire – production {{small|(track 13)}}
• Nic Nac – production {{small|(track 14)}}
• NightxNight – production {{small|(track 14)}}
• Alkaline – production {{small|(track 15)}}
• Lee Milla – production {{small|(track 15)}}
• DtownThaGreat – production {{small|(track 16)}}
• Rico Love – production {{small|(track 16)}}
• Alex Lustig – production {{small|(track 17)}}
• 2Epik – production {{small|(track 18)}}
• Shaun Lopez – additional production {{small|(track 1)}}
• DaHeala – additional production {{small|(track 4)}}
• DannyBoyStyles – additional production {{small|(track 4)}}
• Masar – additional production {{small|(track 4)}}
• DanjaHandz – additional production {{small|(track 16)}}
• DaviDior – additional production {{small|(track 14)}}
• Pharrell Williams – co-production {{small|(track 7)}}
• Detail – co-production {{small|(track 10)}}
• CuBeatz – co-production {{small|(track 11)}}

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• Emerson Mancini – mastering {{small|(tracks 1, 3-9, 11-18)}}
• Dave Kutch – mastering {{small|(track 2 and 10)}}
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing {{small|(tracks 1-11, 13-18)}}
• Fabian Marasciullo – mixing {{small|(track 12)}}
• Ell – recording {{small|(tracks 1-4, 7, 9-12, 14, 15, 17, and 18)}}
• Rick Steel – recording {{small|(tracks 1-8, 10, 14, and 18)}}
• Floyd Bentley – recording {{small|(track 4)}}
• Harry Fraud – recording {{small|(tracks 4 and 5)}}
• Masar – recording {{small|(track 4)}}
• Shi Kamiyama – recording {{small|(track 4)}}
• Jaydawn – recording {{small|(track 7)}}
• Evan LaRay Brunson – recording {{small|(track 8)}}
• Bijan – recording {{small|(track 11)}}
• Shawn Jarrett – recording {{small|(track 13)}}
• John Shullman –recording {{small|(track 16)}}
• David Nakaji – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 1-11, 13-18)}}
• Maddox Chim – engineering assistance {{small|(tracks 1-11, 13-18)}}
• Raul Barcena – engineering assistance {{small|(track 1)}}
• Sean Klein – engineering assistance {{small|(track 1)}}
• McCoy Socalgargoyle – engineering assistance {{small|(track 12)}}

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• Ben Swantek – art design and photography
• Koury Angelo – photography

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