Suffering from Success

Suffering from Success is the seventh studio album by American disc jockey and record producer DJ Khaled.

The album has guest appearances from Future, Ace Hood, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, T.I., Swizz Beatz, Puff Daddy, Big Sean, French Montana, 2 Chainz, Timbaland, Plies, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Wale, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Mavado, J. Cole, Bas, Scarface, Jadakiss, Akon, John Legend, Anthony Hamilton, Birdman, Vado, Jeremih, and Kat Dahlia.

On January 17, 2013, DJ Khaled announced that he had begun working on his seventh album, titled Suffering from Success.

So she gave me my medicine and all that, and she found out who I was, and after watching that 45 minute doctor's session, she grabbed my shoulder and she just goes, "Son, you're suffering from success."

[5] In these early reports from MTV, it said that the album would include the features from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Kanye West.

[8] On August 26, 2013, on a vlog, it was revealed that Khaled was in the studio with Meek Mill, Vado, Birdman, Juelz Santana, Ace Hood, Mavado, and Swizz Beatz.

[11] On October 6, 2013, the final track listing was released, revealing guest appearances on the album from Future, Ace Hood, Diddy, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, T.I., Swizz Beatz, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Big Sean, Timbaland, Plies, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Mavado, Bas, Jeremih, J. Cole, Akon, Anthony Hamilton, Jadakiss, John Legend, Scarface, Birdman, Vado and Kat Dahlia.

[16] The music video for "No New Friends" premiered on MTV Jams on June 9, 2013, and was co-directed by Colin Tilley and Drake.

[19] Later, he reaffirmed his proposal in an interview with Power 106's DJ Felli Fel, stating: "I ain't a young boy no more.

"[21] On the same day, Flex premiered Khaled's new single, titled "I Wanna Be with You" which featured Minaj; as well as frequent collaborators Future and Rick Ross.

[26] On October 17, 2013, DJ Khaled released a making of video for the song "Never Surrender" featuring Scarface, Akon, Jadakiss, Meek Mill, Anthony Hamilton, and John Legend.

[30] Omar Burgess of HipHopDX gave the album two and a half stars out of five, saying "It's unfortunate that repetitive material and songs that are just overall poorly executed mar such moments.

"[33] Sheldon Pearce of XXL gave the album an L, saying "Suffering From Success is Khaled's first full step back since becoming the premiere DJ for crafting rap hits in the mid-2000s.

"[38] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "Khaled does his usual cheerleading and gets some production credits himself, but the real trick he pulls off is inspiring all these artists to somehow save up all these high-grade club tracks and singles for the DJ's annual dispatch.

"[37] In 2017, the album's cover art and its title became a subject of image macros posted on Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter, where it gained more attention in the following year.