{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Hell Can Wait | type = EP | artist = Vince Staples | cover = The_official_cover_art_for_Vince_Staples_"Hell_Can_Wait"_EP.jpg | alt = | released = October 7, 2014 | recorded = 2013–14 | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip-hop | length = 23:27 | label = {{hlist|ARTium|Def Jam}} | producer = {{hlist|Anthony Kilhoffer|Hagler|Infamous|Jordan Lewis|No I.D.}} | prev_title = Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2 | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Summertime '06 | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Hell Can Wait | type = EP | single1 = Blue Suede | single1date = August 15, 2014 | single2 = Hands Up | single2date = September 9, 2014 }} }} '''''Hell Can Wait''''' is the first official EP released by American rapper Vince Staples. It marks his first commercial project, released under Def Jam Recordings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/vince-staples-def-jam-signing|title=Vince Staples Has Signed to Def Jam Records|date=August 31, 2013|work=Complex|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defjam.com/artists/vince-staples/|title=Vince Staples|publisher=Def Jam|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
== Background == On August 11, 2014, Staples took to Twitter to announce a new track, "Blue Suede." On August 15, 2014, he released a music video for the song.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Vince Staples - Blue Suede (Explicit)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJLfCBBcZAo&ab_channel=VinceStaplesVEVO|access-date=|website=YouTube}}</ref> On September 2, 2014, Staples announced the initial release date for the EP as September 23, although, it was later delayed due to sample clearance issues. On September 9, 2014, Staples released the second single from Hell Can Wait, titled "Hands Up". On September 25, the new, and final release date was revealed to be October 7, 2014. On October 1, Staples posted the official track listing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-17|title=Vince Staples (@vincestaples) {{!}} Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/vincestaples|access-date=2021-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017184746/https://twitter.com/vincestaples|archive-date=October 17, 2014}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Album reviews | MC = 80/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/hell-can-wait-ep/vince-staples|title=Reviews for Hell Can Wait [EP] by Vince Staples|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hell-can-wait-mw0002764243|title=Hell Can Wait – Vince Staples|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Weekes|first=Jabbari|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/vince_staples-hell_can_wait|title=Vince Staples: Hell Can Wait|work=Exclaim!|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> | rev3 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev3Score = 4.5/5<ref name="HipHopDX">{{cite web|last=Balfour|first=Jay|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2358/title.vince-staples-hell-can-wait|title=Vince Staples – Hell Can Wait|work=HipHopDX|date=October 14, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Paste'' | rev4Score = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Kearse|first=Stephen F.|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/11/vince-staples-hell-can-wait-review.html|title=Vince Staples: Hell Can Wait Review|work=Paste|date=November 11, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5Score = 8.5/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19849-vince-staples-hell-can-wait-ep/|title=Vince Staples: Hell Can Wait EP|work=Pitchfork|date=October 14, 2014|access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Vice'' | rev6Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/expert-witness-vince-staples-homeboy-sandman/|title=Long Beach Lingers: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau|work=Vice|date=December 18, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> | rev7 = ''XXL'' | rev7Score = 4/5<ref name="XXL">{{cite web|last=C. M.|first=Emmanuel|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/10/vince-staples-hell-can-wait-ep-review/|title=Vince Staples Faces Reality On 'Hell Can Wait' EP|work=XXL|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011094246/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/10/vince-staples-hell-can-wait-ep-review/|archive-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> }} ''Hell Can Wait'' received critical acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on eight reviews.<ref name="MC"/> Jay Balfour of ''HipHopDX'' wrote "At 24 minutes, there's a satisfaction in the shortness of ''Hell Can Wait'', partly because it's so well contained, and partly because it hints at what's next. These songs are worth the attention he's drawing, how he'll sustain it for a full album is worth taking seriously."<ref name="HipHopDX"/> Craig Jenkins of ''Pitchfork'' also wrote favorably of the EP, writing "his production values have finally caught up enough to push him past the scrappy sidekick division into the big leagues."<ref name="Pitchfork"/> Emmanuel C. M. of ''XXL'' wrote, "The growth is unmistakable, with each song and new project, fans see his raw talent getting more finely tuned and concentrated."<ref name="XXL"/> In a positive review, David Jeffries of AllMusic wrote that although the project is too short for the "full artistic picture", there is no filler and went on to praise "Blue Suede" as the highlight of the EP.<ref name="AllMusic" />
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Vince Staples | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Fire | extra1 = Anthony Kilhoffer | length1 = 2:16
| title2 = 65 Hunnid | extra2 = Infamous | length2 = 3:05
| title3 = Screen Door | note3 = featuring Aston Matthews | extra3 = Hagler | length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Hands Up | extra4 = No I.D. | length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Blue Suede | extra5 = Hagler | length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Limos | note6 = featuring Teyana Taylor | extra6 = {{hlist|Hagler|Jordan Lewis}} | length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Feelin' the Love | extra7 = Hagler | length7 = 3:30
| total_length = 23:27 }}
'''Notes''' * "Screen Door" contains an uncredited sample of "Cell Therapy", written by Rico Wade, Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Cameron Gipp, Willie Knighton Jr. and Robert Barnett, and performed by Goodie Mob.
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Vince Staples|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 15, 2016}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|15|artist=Vince Staples|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 15, 2016}} |}
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