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38 Baby 2
Mixtape by
ReleasedApril 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)
GenreHip hop
Length46:19
Label
Producer
  • AdamSlides
  • BJ Beatz
  • Ceddy Bo
  • David Tell Em
  • DJ Swift
  • Dubba-AA
  • EVRGRN
  • Felipe Spain
  • Gid
  • Hagan
  • India Got Them Beats
  • Its2Ezzy
  • Jakik
  • James Maddocks
  • Karltin Bankz
  • LC Beats
  • Lil Kdubb
  • London Blue
  • Mook On The Beats
  • Noah Mejia
  • Rio Leyva
  • Roark Bailey
  • Samuel Velasco
  • Tahj Money
  • Take a Daytrip
  • TnTXD
  • Tre Gilliam
  • Vadebeatz
  • Yung Lan
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology
Still Flexin, Still Steppin
(2020)
38 Baby 2
(2020)
Top
(2020)

38 Baby 2 is the fourteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released on April 24, 2020, by Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records.[1][2] It features YoungBoy's mother Sherhonda Gaulden and American rapper DaBaby.

The mixtape debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 67,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
HipHopDX[5]
Pitchfork7.0/10[6]

38 Baby 2 received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. Kenan Draughorne from HipHopDX stated that "[YoungBoy Never Broke Again] brings all this pain and so much more to 38 Baby 2, but to middling effect." He continues by noting "Raw emotion leaps forth on just about every song," and "YoungBoy sounds tormented from the jump, and it’s apparent in each melody, inflection, and lyric on the album." The review was concluded as Draughorne stated, "He’s still churning out new music at a ferocious pace."[5] Alphonse Pierre from Pitchfork began his review by stating that "[YoungBoy] follows in the footsteps of Louisiana legends like Boosie and Kevin Gates," as he "makes autobiographical rap that touches on pain, paranoia, and trauma." He notes that "the 20-year-old sings and raps in a choked voice that sounds like he wants to cry, but doesn’t know how," and that "Typically he’s hostile and unpredictable; it’s made his relationships the source of endless social media debate and it’s reflected in his purest love songs." Pierre concludes his review as he states "And now he’s not just another rapper who sings about pain, but the rapper who sings about pain."[6]

Commercial performance

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38 Baby 2 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 67,000 album-equivalent units (including 4,000 pure album sales) in its first week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.[3] This became Youngboy's second US number one debut and his fourth top-ten album.[3] This mixtape also accumulated a total of 96.9 million on-demand streams of the set's songs during the tracking week.[3]

Track listing

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Track listing and credits adapted from Apple Music and Tidal.[1][7]

38 Baby 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bout My Business" (featuring Sherhonda Gaulden)
Vadebeatz3:07
2."Diamonds"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Damion Williams
  • Brandon Russell
  • Brayon Nelson
  • DJ Swift
  • BJ Beatz
  • Mook On The Beats
3:04
3."Shadows"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Tahj Vaughn
  • Frank Gilliam
  • Thomas Horton
  • Tahj Money
  • Tre Gilliam
  • TnTXD
3:14
4."Win Your Love"
  • K. Gaulden
  • India Williams
  • Jake Wogan
  • India Got Them Beats
  • Jakik
3:04
5."Ain't Easy"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Hagan Lange
  • Luke Clay
  • Horton
  • Hagan
  • LC Beats
  • TnTXD
2:25
6."Rough Ryder"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Adam Foster
  • Russell
  • AdamSlides
  • BJ Beatz
2:41
7."I-10 Baby"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Aaron Lockhart
  • David Dulcio
  • Cedric Brown
  • Dubba-AA
  • David Tell Em
  • Ceddy Bo
2:41
8."Nawfside"
  • K. Gaulden
  • I. Williams
  • Noah Mejia
  • Rio Leyva
  • India Got Them Beats
  • Mejia
  • Leyva
2:34
9."Fire Stars"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Boonpetch
  • Felipe Espana
  • Vadebeatz
  • Felipe Spain
2:13
10."Treat You Better"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Boonpetch
Vadebeatz2:29
11."I Choose You"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Milan Modi
  • Gideon Beck
  • James Maddocks
  • Amman Nurani
  • Yung Lan
  • Gid
  • Maddocks
  • EVRGRN
2:27
12."Thug of Spades" (featuring DaBaby)
  • Lil Kdubb
  • India Got Them Beats
2:33
13."Pick from Pain"
2:02
14."Top Files"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Boonpetch
  • Samuel Velasco
  • Vadebeatz
  • Velasco
2:39
15."AI Nash"
  • K. Gaulden
  • John-Francis Mbata
  • Russell
  • Its2Ezzy
  • BJ Beatz
3:31
16."Ten Talk"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Russell
BJ Beatz2:52
17."On the Rest"
  • K. Gaulden
  • Horton
  • Sterling Reynolds
  • Lukas Payne
  • TnTXD
  • Karltin Bankz
  • London Blue
2:35
Total length:46:19

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b "38 Baby 2 // YoungBoy Never Broke Again". Apple Music. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Drops '38 Baby 2'". Hypebeast. April 24, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Caulfield, Keith (May 3, 2020). "'Baby' One More Time: YoungBoy Never Broke Again's '38 Baby 2' Bounces DaBaby From No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "38 Baby 2 Review by Neil Z. Yeung". AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Draughorne, Kenan (April 29, 2020). "REVIEW: YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN SOUNDS LOST & TORMENTED ON '38 BABY 2' ALBUM". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Pierre, Alphonse (April 29, 2020). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: 38 Baby 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "38 Baby 2 // YoungBoy Never Broke Again". Tidal. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – YoungBoy Never Broke Again – 38 Baby 2". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 11, 2021.