These Things Happen (G-Eazy album)

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|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Collar|first=Matt|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/these-things-happen-mw0002658289|title=These Things Happen – G-Eazy|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

|rev2 = Pitchfork

|rev2Score = 6.1/10{{cite web|last=Drake|first=David|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19479-g-eazy-these-things-happen/|title=G-Eazy: These Things Happen|work=Pitchfork|date=July 10, 2014|access-date=July 10, 2014}}

|rev3 = XXL

|rev3Score = 3/5{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Max|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/06/g-eazy-these-things-happen-album-review/|title=G-Eazy Pushes Genre Barriers On 'These Things Happen'|work=XXL|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625034412/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/06/g-eazy-these-things-happen-album-review/|archive-date=June 25, 2014}}

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The album received mainly positive reviews. Pitchfork contributor David Drake noted how the record was "moody and atmospheric" throughout its production and G-Eazy's musicianship takes cues from Kendrick Lamar ("Opportunity Cost", "Downtown Love"), Big Sean ("I Mean It") and Dom Kennedy ("Tumblr Girls"). He added that G-Eazy's lyricism works best when he explores inward in response to the world around him and displays glimpses of humanity that should be more prominent, saying "While one does get the feeling that there’s a better album somewhere inside of him, These Things Happen shows promise."

The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first-week sales of 47,000 copies in the United States.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-07-12|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 April 2015|date=July 12, 2014}}{{cite magazine|title=TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/2014-07-12|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 April 2015|date=July 12, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Building Album Sales Chart|url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi|website=hitsdailydouble.com/|publisher=HITS Digital Ventures|access-date=3 July 2014|date=1 July 2014|archive-date=October 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015182434/http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Diep|first1=Eric|title=G-Eazy's 'These Things Happen' Lands At No. 3 In This Week's Album Sales (07/02/2014)|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/07/g-eazys-these-things-happen-debut-lands-at-no-3-in-this-weeks-album-sales-07-02-2014/|website=xxlmag.com/|publisher=Harris Publications, Inc.|access-date=3 July 2014|date=2 July 2014 |quote=3. G-Eazy, These Things Happen – 46,974}} In its second week, the album dropped to number 26, selling 9,000 copies.{{cite web|last=Tardio |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29658/title.trey-songz-s-trigga-tops-this-week-s-album-sales-report |title=Trey Songz's "Trigga" Tops This Week's Album Sales Report |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2014-06-29 |access-date=2014-07-09}} In its third week, the album sold 6,000 more copies in the United States.{{cite web|last=Tardio |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29771/title.hip-hop-album-sales-trey-songz-iggy-azalea-pharrell-eminem-50-cent |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Trey Songz, Iggy Azalea, Pharrell, Eminem, 50 Cent |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2014-06-25 |access-date=2014-07-16}} In its fourth week, the album sold 4,898 more copies, bringing its total album sales to 66,800 in the United States.{{cite web|last=Tardio |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29887/title.hip-hop-album-sales-weird-al-yankovic-trey-songz-iggy-azalea-marsha-ambrosius |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Weird Al Yankovic, Trey Songz, Iggy Azalea, Marsha Ambrosius |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2014-07-23 |access-date=2014-07-23}} On April 4, 2018, 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

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 56:16

| title1 = These Things Happen

| writer1 = {{flat list|

• Gerald Gillum
• Christoph Andersson
• Matthew Musto}}

| extra1 = blackbear

| length1 = 2:24

| title2 = Far Alone

| note2 = featuring E-40 and Jay Ant

| writer2 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Jay Anthony Fort
• Earl Stevens
• Andersson}}

| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Jay Ant
• G-Eazy {{small|(add.)}}
• Andersson {{small|(add.)}}}}

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = I Mean It

| note3 = featuring Remo

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson
• Remo Green}}

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

• Remo
• Andersson {{small|(add.)}}
• G-Eazy {{small|(add.)}}}}

| length3 = 3:56

| title4 = Interlude

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Andersson
• William Bevan}}

| extra4 = Andersson

| length4 = 0:45

| title5 = Opportunity Cost

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Jordan Evans
• Matthew Burnett
• Bevan}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

• Evans
• Burnett}}

| length5 = 3:54

| title6 = Almost Famous

| writer6 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson}}

| extra6 = Andersson

| length6 = 4:29

| title7 = Lotta That

| note7 = featuring A$AP Ferg and Danny Seth

| writer7 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Darold Brown
• Danny Seth Bell
• Andersson
• James William Lavigne}}

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

• Andersson
• G-Eazy}}

| length7 = 4:49

| title8 = Factory Girl (Skit)

| length8 = 0:13

| title9 = Downtown Love

| note9 = featuring John Michael Rouchell

| writer9 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• John Michael Rouchell
• Andersson
• Devon Baldwin}}

| extra9 = G-Eazy

| length9 = 5:27

| title10 = Complete

| writer10 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson
• Elgin Lumpkin
• Troy Oliver}}

| extra10 = Andersson

| length10 = 3:09

| title11 = Let's Get Lost

| note11 = featuring Devon Baldwin

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Devon Baldwin
• Andersson
• Thomas Bangalter
• Edwin Birdsong
• Michael Dean
• Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
• Kanye West}}

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

• G-Eazy
• Andersson}}

| length11 = 4:01

| title12 = Shoot Me Down

| note12 = featuring Anthony Stewart

| writer12 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Anthony Stewart
• Andersson}}

| extra12 = G-Eazy

| length12 = 3:17

| title13 = Been On

| writer13 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson}}

| extra13 = Andersson

| length13 = 3:29

| title14 = Remember You

| note14 = featuring blackbear

| writer14 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson
• Musto}}

| extra14 = Blackbear

| length14 = 3:36

| title15 = Tumblr Girls

| note15 = featuring Christoph Andersson

| writer15 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson}}

| extra15 = Andersson

| length15 = 4:16

| title16 = Just Believe

| writer16 = {{flat list|

• Gillum
• Andersson
• Fabrice Dumont
• Stephan Haier
• Christophe Hetier
• Angela McCluskey}}

| extra16 = Andersson

| length16 = 4:03

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