Mac & Devin Go to High School (soundtrack)

Mac & Devin Go to High School is an album by rapper Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg, the album also provides the soundtrack to the film is, which was released on 3 July 2012.

Background

Snoop Dogg made ​​in January 2011 for the first time publicly his plans to make a film. He also announced to take along with Wiz Khalifa a soundtrack to this film in which the song That Good should be the lead single. Originally the film by means of direct-to- video should appear on April 20, 2011.

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Success

The album debuted after the release with 40,000 units sold, ranked 29 on the Billboard 200. Until December 25, 59,000 CDs were sold.

The first single, the song Young, Wild & Free was released on 11 October 2011 can be heard as a guest musician with the pop singer Bruno Mars. After it was sold in the first week of around 159,000 - times, it rose to number ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In Switzerland and the United Kingdom, the song placed in the charts. On October 19, a music video for the single was filmed.

Reception

The album got average reviews. In the published summary of some of Metacritic reviews the album reached around 68 % in the Metascore. The The A.V. Club magazine ranked the album a B and wrote that Cheech and Chong, who were making a similar film a few years ago, could take on the album is an example. Hip Hop DX wrote that the soundtrack is surprisingly pleasant to listen to, but here are exceptions. The DJ Booth website mentioned in her review that one should not think too much about the album, but it was better than expected.