What Logic says took a lifetime to make, last week the Maryland MC delivered his debut album titled Under Pressure through Visionary Music Group and Def Jam. The rattpack, Logic’s core fanbase, knew this album would exceed expectations, but now that the first week sales are in and we see that Logic moved a booming 71,000, the rest of the world can no longer deny the lyricist his due respect. Bringing his life full circle for us, the words “honesty”, “passion” and “dedication” are the three words that truly come to mind when discussing Under Pressure.

The 12-track standard version of the album contains no features, while the 15-track deluxe version includes appearances from Childish Gambino and Big Sean. The production was taken care of by mostly Logic and is in-house producer 6ix, as well as No I.D., DJ Dahi, Dun Deal, M-Phazes, Rob Knox, S1 and Tae Beast.

While I strongly urge everyone to listen to the album in its entirety, we’re back today with a new installment of our First Listen series, where we point out the 5 songs that truly stood out to us. Talk about a difficult task. Click through the following page to see what we came up with and stream the album at the end.