Blood Money Part 1

Blood Money Part 1 is the sixth studio album by American metal band Dope. The album was released on October 28, 2016 by eOne Music, seven years after No Regrets, making it the longest gap between studio albums. The album charted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, Dope's highest-charting position in the US, and stayed on the chart for two weeks.[1] The songs "Selfish",[2] "Blood Money"[3] and "Hold On"[4] were given music videos in respective orders. A sequel album entitled Blood Money Part 2 is in development.[5]

Blood Money Part 1
Studio album by Dope
Released	October 28, 2016
Genre	Alternative metal metalcore
Length	48:37
Label	eOne
Producer	Edsel Dope
Dope chronology
No Regrets (2009) Blood Money Part 1 (2016) Live from Russia (2018)
Singles from Blood Money Part 1
"Selfish" Released: August 26, 2014 "Blood Money" Released: July 15, 2016 "Hold On" Released: August 16, 2016 "1999" Released: 2016

Reception

Metal Hammer critic Sophie Maughan gave the record a positive review, writing: "Emotional soliloquies aside, the main allure comes in the form of pounding basslines (Drug Music), twisted beats (X-Hale), and underlying old-school sensibilities with 1999 sure to delight longtime fans and stir up the pits."[6] Grim Lord of New Noise Magazine stated: "After all these years, very little has changed and I'm sure you'll be pleased with the final product."[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Confessions of a Felon (Intro)"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope	0:10
2.	"Blood Money"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Virus	4:32
3.	"Shouda Known Better"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Nikk Dibs	3:17
4.	"Lexapro"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Nikk Dibs	1:44
5.	"Hold On"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta	3:26
6.	"1999"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Jordan Lee, Virus	3:42
7.	"Razorblade Butterfly"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Virus	3:27
8.	"Drug Music"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Nikk Dibs	4:08
9.	"A New Low"	Edsel Dope	DJ Nelson, Edsel Dope	3:37
10.	"Hypocrite"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Nikk Dibs	3:12
11.	"X-Hale"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Nikk Dibs	2:01
12.	"End of the World"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope, Matt Szlachta, Nikk Dibs	3:19
13.	"Selfish"	Edsel Dope	DJ Nelson, Edsel Dope	4:18
14.	"Numb"	Edsel Dope	Edsel Dope	4:04
15.	"Violet" (Hole cover/Bonus track)	Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson	Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson	3:40
Total length:				48:37

Personnel

• Edsel Dope: performance (1, 4, 11), backing vocals (2, 5, 8, 9, 12-15), bass (2, 10, 13), drums (2, 3, 5-10, 12-15), guitars (2, 8, 9, 12-15), vocals (2, 3, 5-10, 12-15), programming (2, 5-10, 12, 13-15)
• Nikk Dibs: bass (2, 3, 5-10, 12-15), guitars (3, 5, 6, 8-10, 12, 15), programming (3, 5-10, 12-15), performance (4, 11), backing vocals (5, 8, 9, 15)
• Virus: guitars (2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15), backing vocals (8, 13, 14)
• Matt Szlachta: guitars (2, 5-8, 10, 12, 13)
• Jerms Jude: backing vocals (2)
• DJ Nelson: guitars (9, 13, 14), bass (13)
• Peter Szczypinski: backing vocals (15)

Partners in crime

• Virus: guitars
• Matt Szlachta: guitars
• DJ Nelson: guitars, bass
• Acey Slade: bass
• Andy Cole: bass
• Jerms Jude: bass
• Nikk Dibs: bass, guitars
• Angel Bartolotta: drums
• Dan Fox: drums
• Racci Shay: drums

References

1. "Dope Blood Money, Part 1 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
2. Childers, Chad. "Dope, 'Selfish' - Exclusive Video Premiere". Loudwire. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
3. Childers, Chad. "Dope, 'Blood Money' - Exclusive Video Premiere". Loudwire. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
4. Bowar, Chad. "Dope Let Vulnerability Show With 'Hold On' Video". Loudwire. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
5. "DOPE Teases 'Blood Money Part 2'". All About The Rock. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
6. Maughan, Sophie (November 23, 2016). "Dope – Blood Money Part 1 album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
7. "Album Review: Dope - 'Blood Money Pt.1'". New Noise Magazine. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2020-01-18.