Colors (mixtape)
Colors is the eighteenth mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released through Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records on January 21, 2022. The mixtape features a sole guest appearance from Quando Rondo. The deluxe edition was released on the same day, containing an additional guest appearance from Internet Money.[5] Producer Cheese mixed, mastered, and engineered every track on the standard edition of the mixtape, with Lawrence Rivers also engineering "Gangsta", which features Quando Rondo. For the deluxe edition, "Flossin", his Internet Money collaboration, was mixed by Jeremie Inhaber and Francisco Salcido, mastered by Inhaber, and engineered by Mark Dorflinger. Colors was preceded by its lead single "Bring the Hook".
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| Released | January 21, 2022 | |||
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| Length | 66:51 | |||
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.6/10[4] |
Commercially, Colors debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 80,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming YoungBoy's eighth top-ten album on the chart.
Release and promotion
On January 5, 2022, YoungBoy released the promotional single, "Fish Scale", alongside the official music video, in anticipation of the then-upcoming mixtape.[6] Exactly one week later, on January 12, 2022, he officially announced Colors and its release date.[7] Alongside the announcement, he released the lead single, "Bring the Hook", alongside the official music video.[8] The single "Flossin", a collaboration with American record label and record producer collective Internet Money, was released on January 21, 2022, the same day as the mixtape, and is included on its deluxe edition.[9]
Other songs
Before the release of Colors, YoungBoy released a few songs from the mixtape with music videos to his YouTube channel, which were not officially released. The first visual was for "Emo Rockstar", which was released on December 22, 2021.[10] He then released the music video for "Emo Love" on January 7, 2022. The visual for "Foolish Figure" was released two days later, on January 9, 2022. The final unofficial song with a music video was "Know Like I Know", which was released on January 18, 2022.[11]
Commercial performance
Colors debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 79,000 album-equivalent units (including under 2,000 in pure sales) in its first week, according to MRC Data. This became YoungBoy's eighth top-10 album on the chart.[12] YoungBoy also became the fastest rapper in history to chart 20 albums on the Billboard 200, accomplishing this feat under four and a half years after first appearing on the chart.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Long Live Intro" |
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| 2:39 |
| 2. | "Bring It On" |
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| 4:04 |
| 3. | "No Switch" |
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| 3:00 |
| 4. | "Smoke One" |
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| 3:24 |
| 5. | "2Hoo" |
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| 2:46 |
| 6. | "DC Marvel" |
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| 2:56 |
| 7. | "How You Been" |
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| 2:04 |
| 8. | "Expensive Taste" |
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| 3:52 |
| 9. | "Cage Feeling" |
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| 2:31 |
| 10. | "Dis & That" |
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| 2:55 |
| 11. | "Gangsta" (featuring Quando Rondo) |
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| 4:16 |
| 12. | "Know Like I Know" |
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| 3:52 |
| 13. | "Bring the Hook" |
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| 4:25 |
| 14. | "Fish Scale" |
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| 2:50 |
| 15. | "Emo Rockstar" |
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| 3:12 |
| 16. | "Emo Love" |
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| 3:01 |
| 17. | "Snow Bunny" |
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| 3:14 |
| 18. | "Foolish Figure" |
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| 2:45 |
| 19. | "I Got This" |
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| 6:05 |
| Total length: | 64:03 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 20. | "Flossin'" (with Internet Money) |
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| 2:48 |
| Total length: | 66:51 | |||
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] | 21 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 2 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15] | 1 |
References
- "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors". Pitchfork.
- "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors". Pitchfork.
- "Colors Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- Thompson, Paul A. (February 2, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- Mahadevan, Tara C. (January 21, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Releases 'Colors' Mixtape". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Callas, Brad (January 5, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Shares New Song and Video for "Fish Scale"". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Callender, Brandon (January 12, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again announces new mixtape Colors". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Zidel, Alex (January 12, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Says Hes Rolling "O-Block Pack" On New Song "Bring The Hook"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Grant, Shawn (January 22, 2022). "Internet Money is Joined by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Flossin"". The Source. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- Darville, Jordan (December 22, 2021). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again shares "Emo Rockstar"". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Marie, Erika (January 19, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Doesn't Hold Back On "Know Like I Know" Single". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Caulfield, Keith (January 30, 2022). "'Encanto' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.