Flockaveli is the debut studio album by American rapper Waka Flocka Flame; it was released on October 5, 2010, by 1017 Brick Squad Records, Warner Bros. Records, and Asylum Records. The album is titled after the Italian political theorist Machiavelli, and was inspired by American rapper Tupac Shakur, whose final stage name and pseudonym before his death was Makaveli. It was recorded at Next Level Studios in Houston, Nightbird Studios in Los Angeles, and S-Line Ent.