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| Released | March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04) | |||
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| Length | 33:43 | |||
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Better than You (stylized inall caps) is a collaborative mixtape by American rappersDaBaby andYoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released through record labelsAtlantic Records,Interscope Records, South Coast Music Group, andNever Broke Again on March 4, 2022. The mixtape was supported by three singles: "Hit", "Neighborhood Superstar", and "Bestie". It includes production fromCardo, Johnny Juliano, Yung Exclusive,Cheese, BlakeSale, Leor, TnTXD, Ambezza, Uzoh, Kayothewizard, and Red Jon.[3][4]
On January 10, 2022, DaBaby and YoungBoy released a two-track bundle onYouTube, titledBestie / Hit, which consisted of the songs "Bestie" and "Hit", as part one and part two, respectively. "Hit" was released to streaming services as the lead single fromBetter than You the same day, while "Bestie" remained on YouTube without an official release until the mixtape's release.[5] On February 24, Navjosh of the onlinehip-hop websiteHipHop-N-More published an article in which he said that the website "can exclusively confirm" the mixtape and its details.[6] DaBaby and YoungBoy released the second single, "Neighborhood Superstar" the next day.[7] On February 28, 2022, DaBaby reacted to the news and subtly revealed the cover art and tracklist, referring to the joint effort as the "collab of the century".[8]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| HipHopDX | 3.4/5[10] |
Writing forHotNewHipHop, Erika Marie predicted that "the very mention ofBetter Than You" can create controversy, especially consideringKing Von's posthumous album,What It Means to Be King, was also released today (March 4). She felt that "Louisiana and North Carolina collide as DaBaby and YoungBoy only rely on one another's talents on the record".[11] Thomas Galindo ofHotNewHipHop felt that YoungBoy's voice sounded like that of fellow American rapperPlayboi Carti throughout the mixtape.[12]
In a mixed review of the project, Preezy Brown ofVibe opined that "taking a more melodic approach throughout, YoungBoy leaves much of the traditional rapping to DaBaby, who rises to the occasion with a succession of cocksure rhyme spills tinged with oddball humor", adding that it "falls short of that lofty expectation and is spotty at best", "but the record includes moments that merit giving it a listen to hear two of the biggest superstars in rap joining forces if nothing else."[13]AllMusic stated, "Better Than You doesn't expose any new collaborative chemistry, but offers several solid tracks of DaBaby doing what he does best, while NBA YoungBoy tries on some new guises".[9]
Better than You debuted at number ten on the USBillboard 200 chart, earning 28,500album-equivalent units (including 1,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.[14] The album also accumulated 40.35 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.[14]
All tracks are mixed, mastered, and recorded by producerCheese. Alejandro Rodriguez-Dawson joins Cheese in recording for tracks 10 and 12.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hit" |
| 2:05 | |
| 2. | "On this Line" |
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| 2:29 |
| 3. | "Little to a Lot" |
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| 3:38 |
| 4. | "WiFi" |
| Glacier | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Turbo" |
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| 2:59 |
| 6. | "BBL" |
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| 3:12 |
| 7. | "Count on Me" |
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| 2:54 |
| 8. | "Syracuse" |
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| 2:05 |
| 9. | "Creeper" |
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| 2:48 |
| 10. | "Head Off" |
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| 3:00 |
| 11. | "Neighborhood Superstar" |
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| 3:55 |
| 12. | "Bestie" |
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| 1:51 |
| Total length: | 33:43 | |||
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] | 62 |
| USBillboard 200[16] | 10 |
| USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] | 7 |
