Waking at Dawn

Waking at Dawn is the debut studio album by Canadian recording artist Roy Woods. It was released on July 1, 2016, by OVO Sound and Warner Bros. Records. The album serves as a follow-up to his debut EP Exis (2015). It was preceded by two singles; "Gwan Big Up Urself" and "How I Feel".

Background
On March 11, 2016, Roy Woods announced the album's title via Twitter. The release date and cover art was revealed on June 29, 2016.

Singles
The album's lead single and second single, "Gwan Big Up Urself" and "How I Feel" was released on June 4, 2016.

Critical reception
Waking at Dawn was met with generally positive reviews. The album received a 74 out of 100 by HotNewHipHop. Writing for Exclaim!, Themistoklis Alexis praised the album's "flashes of maturity" but criticized Woods' "failure to emote fully on phonics."

Track listing
Credits were adapted from Tidal.

Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.

Performers
 * Roy Woods – primary artist

Technical
 * Sunny Diamonds – recording engineer (all tracks), mixing engineer (all tracks)
 * Chris Athens – mastering engineer (all tracks)

Production
 * FrancisGotHeat – producer (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10)
 * Prezident Jeff – producer (tracks 1, 5)
 * Sunny Diamonds – producer (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
 * L.A. Chase – producer (track 2)
 * Krs. – producer (track 3)
 * DZL – producer (tracks 4, 7)
 * ALO – producer (track 4)
 * Murda Beatz – producer (tracks 6, 8)
 * Akeel Henry – producer (track 7)
 * Omari Jabari – producer (track 9)
 * Saintfall – producer (track 9)