Colors (mixtape)
YoungBoy's sixteenth solo mixtape, released January 2022.
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Colors is the sixteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again, released through Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records on January 21, 2022. It features a sole guest appearance from Quando Rondo, with a deluxe edition adding Internet Money.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Live | Kentrell Gaulden, Jason Goldberg, Aman Nikhanj, David Kim, Eelis Oikarinen, Leonardo Mateus, Davood Boushehri | 2:39 |
| 2 | Bring It On | Gaulden, Goldberg, Aaron Hill, Daniel Lebrun, Seth Love | 4:04 |
| 3 | No Switch | Gaulden, Goldberg, Brian Stewart, Giovanni Gardner | 3:00 |
| 4 | Smoke One | Gaulden, Goldberg, Nikhanj, Kim, Anthony Martinez, Benjamin Ibrahimovic | 3:24 |
| 5 | 2Hoo | Gaulden, Goldberg, Aaron Gilfenbain, Nicolas Schmidt, Jonathan Gabor | 2:46 |
| 6 | DC Marvel | Gaulden, Joshua Parker, Bishop Grinnage, Goldberg | 2:56 |
| 7 | How You Been | Gaulden, Goldberg, Leor Shavah, Ethan Hicks, Daniel Valvano, Luca Steinkirchner | 2:04 |
| 8 | Expensive Taste | Gaulden, Goldberg, Lebrun | 3:52 |
| 9 | Cage Feeling | Gaulden, Goldberg, Mateus, David Blom, Jordan Edon, Junior Sinchi | 2:31 |
| 10 | Dis & That | Gaulden, Goldberg, Shavah, India Williams, Jack Thierer | 2:55 |
| 11 | Gangsta (featuring Quando Rondo) | Gaulden, TyQuain Bowman, Goldberg, Jonathan Priester | 4:16 |
| 12 | Know Like I Know | Gaulden, Goldberg, Stewart, Brandon Russell, Karionne Payton | 3:52 |
| 13 | Bring the Hook | Gaulden, Goldberg, Hill, Lebrun, Lukas Payne, Sterling Reynolds, Mandell Strawter | 4:25 |
| 14 | Fish Scale | Gaulden, Goldberg, Mathias Liyew, Othello Houston | 2:50 |
| 15 | Emo Rockstar | Gaulden, Dwan Avery, Michael O'Brien, Kalop Carpenter, Goldberg | 3:12 |
| 16 | Emo Love | Gaulden, Goldberg, Gilfenbain, Gabor, Clayton Priskorn | 3:01 |
| 17 | Snow Bunny | Gaulden, Goldberg, Payne, Reynolds, Thomas Horton | 3:14 |
| 18 | Foolish Figure | Gaulden, Goldberg, Gilfenbain, Gabor, Hagan Lange, Luke Clay | 2:45 |
| 19 | I Got This | Gaulden, Goldberg, Lebrun, Dorien Theus, Anders Christiansen, Nicolai Andersen, Kasper Knudsen | 6:05 |
| Total length | 64:03 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Release and promotion
On January 5, 2022, YoungBoy released the promotional single "Fish Scale" with its music video. He announced Colors and its release date on January 12, 2022, alongside the lead single "Bring the Hook" and its video. The single "Flossin", a collaboration with Internet Money, came out on the mixtape's release day and appears on the deluxe edition.
Critical reception
Colors received generally positive reviews. Paul Simpson of AllMusic wrote that the mixtape lets YoungBoy display his range from aggressive trap to more pop-leaning melodic tracks, calling it one of his more accessible releases. Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork noted YoungBoy's vocal extremes and willingness to expose his psyche, adding that a listener might find the volatility of his emotions an interesting thread.
Anthony Malone of HipHopDX described YoungBoy as more conflicted than ever, saying one thing but acting the opposite. He found cuts like "2Hoo," "DC Marvel," and "Expensive Taste" filled with shallow romanticism, and felt "Dis & That" sounded autopilot with stale production. Malone concluded that Colors suffers from an overabundance of songs that inflate the project, ruining what could be more digestible if trimmed.
Did You Know?
- Producer Cheese mixed, mastered, and engineered every track on the standard edition.
- YoungBoy became the fastest rapper in history to chart 20 albums on the Billboard 200, under four and a half years after first appearing.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Colors (mixtape) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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