Hotel California

Hotel California is the third studio album by American rapper Tyga. It was released on April 9, 2013, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records; distributed by Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, The Game, Jadakiss, while the production on the album was handled by DJ Mustard, Detail, Cool & Dre, David D.A. Doman, Mars of 1500 or Nothin', The Olympicks, SAP and Ryan Hunt, among others. Hotel California was supported by three singles: "Dope" featuring Rick Ross, "For the Road" featuring Chris Brown, and "Show You" featuring Future; while serving as the promotional single was "Molly" featuring Cedric Gervais, Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall. The album was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Commercially, it was less successful than his second studio album, debuting at number seven on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 54,000 copies in the United States. It was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2020. Background On August 20, 2012, Tyga announced the title to his third album, which would be called Hotel California. Tyga explained he made the album in a very short time so all the material would sound the same and go well together. He also compared it to a really good mixtape saying you wouldn't see much music dedicated to the commercial fans. The title is a dedication to his home state of California. Most of the album's sound is based on 1990s West Coast hip hop and sampling.