Landing Gear

This article is about the Devin the Dude album. For aircraft landing gear, see landing gear.

Landing Gear is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude. It was released on October 7, 2008 via Razor & Tie. Recording sessions took place at the Coughee Pot in Houston. Production was handled by Rockstar, Cozmo, Domo, C-Ray Sullivan, Destrukshon, D. Hatter, D. Washington, Chuck Heat, Luster Baker, Rob Quest, and Devin himself. It features guest appearances from 14K, Dee-Rail, G Monee, Joseph Edwards Jr., L.C., Snoop Dogg, Tony Mack and Young Malice. The album peaked at number 47 on the Billboard 200, number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 5 on the Top Rap Albums in the United States.

Landing Gear
Studio album by Devin the Dude
Released	October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07)
Studio	The Coughee Pot (Houston, TX)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:04
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Chuck Heat Cozmo C-Ray Sullivan Destrukshon Devin the Dude D. Hatter Domo D. Washington Luster Baker Rob Quest Rockstar
Devin the Dude chronology
Waitin Our Turn (2007) Landing Gear (2008) Suite 420 (2010)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
HipHopDX	3.5/5[3]
RapReviews	8/10[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Spin	[6]
The Austin Chronicle	[7]
The A.V. Club	C+[8]
XXL	3/5[9]

Landing Gear was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. 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 six reviews.^[1]

AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "Devin's target audience, on the other hand, embraces sleaze, porno, weed, and hip-hop with plenty of memorable stingers, and seeing as how Landing Gear delivers on all counts, fans of Texas' most blunted rapper will once again be pleased".^[2] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews wrote: "it's fair to say that if there's one criticism of Devin that can truly stick it's that he takes the "Dude" aspect of his personality very seriously, and in few songs will you see him regard women as more than just objects of his sexual conquest. Nonetheless songs like 'Me, You' show he can still charm a girl or two".^[4] David Peisner of Spin resumed: "none of this will make Devin a star anytime soon, but that's less his fault than it is everyone else's".^[6]

In mixed reviews, Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club found "Devin's singsong flow remains hypnotic, and his silky, seductive croon can make a dis feel like a kiss, but this time, it's in service to forgettable songs unworthy of his singular talent".^[8] Chase Hoffberger of The Austin Chronicle stated: "those slinky, drip-dropping beats and lyrical offerings trapped in a triumvirate of weed, women, and--somehow equally--coffee will leave nonindulgers thinking LG's a bit repetitive".^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"In My Draws"	Devin Copeland Martin Sponnich	Rockstar	4:24
2.	"I Can't Make It Home" (featuring L.C.)	Copeland Cozmo Hickox	Cozmo	3:37
3.	"Thinkin' Boutchu"	Copeland Michael Poye	Domo	3:33
4.	"Let Me Know It's Real"	Copeland	C-Ray Sullivan	4:20
5.	"El Grande Nalgas"	Copeland Corey Sullivan	C-Ray Sullivan	3:14
6.	"Me, You"	Copeland Larry A. Towns Jr.	Destrukshon	3:57
7.	"Highway" (featuring Dee-Rail)	Copeland	Rockstar	3:16
8.	"I Don't Chase 'Em" (featuring Snoop Dogg and Tony Mack)	Copeland Calvin Broadus	Devin the Dude	4:38
9.	"Yo Mind" (featuring G Monee and Young Malice)	Copeland Garey Tally Rodney Sutton	D. Hatter D. Washington	3:10
10.	"I Need a Song" (featuring 14K)	Copeland Brandon Harris Kyle White	Luster Baker	4:20
11.	"Your Kinda Love" (featuring Joseph Edwards Jr.)	Copeland Joseph Edwards Jr. Charles Henderson	Chuck Heat	4:01
12.	"Stray"	Copeland Robert McQueen	Rob Quest Devin the Dude (co.)	4:34
Total length:				47:04

Personnel

• Devin "The Dude" Copeland – vocals, producer (track 8), co-producer (track 12), engineering, executive producer
• Luster "Tony Mack" Tone – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 4), vocals (track 8)
• L.C. – vocals (track 2)
• Dee-Rail – vocals (track 7)
• Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – vocals (track 8)
• Garey "G Monee" Tally – vocals (track 9)
• Rodney "Young Malice" Sutton – vocals (track 9)
• Brandon Harris – vocals (track 10)
• Kyle "Quad" White – vocals (track 10)
• Joseph Edwards Jr. – vocals (track 11)
• Loni – additional vocals (track 1)
• Larry A. "Destrukshon" Towns Jr. – additional vocals (track 4), producer (track 6)
• Charles "Chuck Heat" Henderson – backing vocals & producer (track 11)
• Oonoe Blass – talkbox (track 1)
• Guitar Rob – guitar (track 5)
• Casey Kimble – guitar (track 12)
• Maximillian – keyboards (track 12)
• Martin "Rockstar" Sponnich – producer (tracks: 1, 7)
• Cozmo Hickox – producer (track 2)
• Michael "Domo" Poye – producer (track 3)
• Corey "C-Ray" Sullivan – producer (tracks: 4, 5)
• D. Hatter – producer (track 9)
• D. Washington – producer (track 9)
• Troy "Pee Wee" Clark – arranger (track 10), engineering
• Luster Baker – producer (track 10)
• Robert "Rob Quest" McQueen – producer (track 12)
• Dexter "Jugg Mugg" Johnson – engineering
• Brandon Kilgour – additional engineering
• Robert S. Brown – mixing
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Jennifer McDaniels – executive producer
• Jon Shapiro – executive producer
• Matthew Pantoja – art direction, design
• Samantha "Giftd" Edwards – art direction, design
• Shane Nash – photography

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	47
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	9
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[12]	5

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Landing Gear - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
2. Jeffries, David. "Devin the Dude - Landing Gear Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
3. Burgess, Omar (October 6, 2008). "Devin The Dude - Landing Gear". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
4. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (October 14, 2008). "Devin the Dude :: Landing Gear – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
5. Christgau, Robert (December 2008). "Consumer Guide: Buena Vista Social Club, GZA/Genius, T.I. Get Nods; Lucinda Williams, Ice Cube, Young Jeezy and more receive honorable mentions; Plies is Dud of the Month". MSN Music. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
6. Peisner, David (November 2008). "Reviews: New CDs". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 11. SPIN Media LLC. p. 90. ISSN 0886-3032.
7. Hoffberger, Chase (October 31, 2008). "Devin the Dude: Landing Gear Album Review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
8. Rabin, Nathan (October 14, 2008). "Devin The Dude: Landing Gear". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
9. Udoh, Meka (November 20, 2008). "Devin The Dude:Landing Gear - XXL". XXL. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
10. "Devin The Dude Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
11. "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
12. "Devin The Dude Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

External links

• Devin The Dude – Landing Gear at Discogs (list of releases)