Talk:7 Days of Funk (album)

Format of 7 Days of Funk is "Album"

There has been some discrepancy about whether this is classified as an "album" or "ep". On Pitchfork.com, Hothiphopnews.com and several other websites including Snoop Dogg's website, the project is referred to an album album Wikipedia's own definition of "EP" is an extended play that contains more music than a single, but is usually too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP. 7 Days of Funk is much longer than an EP at 7-9 tracks. 23.242.247.159 (talk) 05:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes i understand what you are saying but EP's are often referred to as albums. And this is clearly an EP. Koala15 (talk) 05:39, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

If the artists call it an album, if the mainstream music press accepts it as an album, and iTunes classifies it as an album, and it fits the definition of the word "album", then it's an album. 23.242.247.159 (talk) 05:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Pitchfork Media calls it an EP in this source [1]. Koala15 (talk) 05:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Pitchfork Media calls it an album in the headline of this source [2] and an LP in this source [3]. It's also referred to as an album on Snoop's website [4], iTunes' 7 Days of Funk page under "albums" [5], and the distributor's product page [6] as well many other news sources. The word "album" means "a collection," such as this. LP means Long Play, as opposed to EP, an extended play, which is a longer version of single. 23.242.247.159 (talk) 06:00, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Like i said earlier EP's are often referred to as album's but that doesn't technically make it one. And how many albums have you seen that only have 9 songs? Koala15 (talk) 06:06, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Judging by the edit history, the label wants to label it as an album, we have more then enough sources calling it an album, and according to Billboard, RIAA and the Extended Play article, the length and number of tracks is too long to be an EP. Also more sources refering to it as an album: [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14] and [15]. STATic message me! 08:02, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

I think you are wrong cause people always refer to EP's as albums. I mean just look at Hell: The Sequel it is 11 tracks long and basically always referred to as an album yet still classified as an EP. Koala15 (talk) 15:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

To be honest, I think that classification was under debate before, but I think it was definitely referred to as an EP more often. The fact that we have the label, the artists and the majority of reliable sources calling it an album, that makes it an album. Shady and Royce/EM constant referred to it as an EP leading up to its release. Also, on iTunes EPs are marked as EPs not albums, looks like a pretty open and shut case. Look at Yeezus only 10 tracks and this has only one less. Not to mention, if you add the track times it adds up a bit. We cannot just use your original research to label it as an EP, when basicly everything is calling it an album, including the label, artists, retail stores and reliable sources. If someone from the label takes time to change it, I guess we had something wrong, and after doing the research it seems that is true. STATic message me! 17:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

It was never my "original research" anyway i didn't even create the article, but if i remember correctly they originally announced this as an album then called it an EP now they are calling it an album again. So i guess we can just wait and see what they call it closer to release or when promoting it. Koala15 (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

References

7 Days of Funk - "Studio album"

• Is the album 7 Days of Funk - is a studio album? -- Nikolai56 — 17:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikolai56 (talk • contribs)

• • I didn't think it was, but according to the people in the discussion above it is. Koala15 (talk) 15:20, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

• • • Clearly. -- Nikolai56 — 21:27, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

"7 Days of Funk" or "Dâm-Funk & Snoopzilla"?

From what I have read thus far, Dâm-Funk and Snoopzilla have released their project—even the single "Faden Away"—under the moniker 7 Days of Funk. Here's an excerpt of an interview Dâm-Funk had with Life+Times:

L+T: Expand on that “7 Days Of Funk” theme.

DF: Snoop came up with that concept. It’s kind of like Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo when they came together as Gnarls Barkley. It’s a moniker to join me and him together because we both have separate contracts and albums on the way individually. It just made sense to come up with something new and fresh as opposed to the expected […].

On the iTunes Music Store, both artist are credited together as "7 Days of Funk." (See: "iTunes - Music - 7 Days of Funk by 7 Days of Funk" and "iTunes - Music - Faden Away - Single by 7 Days of Funk")

On Stones Throw Records' website, 7 Days of Funk are part of the label's artist roster (Dâm-Funk alone is also in that list). (See: 7 Days of Funk | Stones Throw Records)

With that being noted, the album's front artwork let us understand that "Dâm-Funk" and "Snoopzilla" are "7 Days of Funk." — ???^{uest (talk • contribs)} 01:28, 15 December 2013 (UTC)