Slime Season 2 (stylized asSLIME SEA2ON) is the eighth self-released mixtape by American rapperYoung Thug. It was released on October 31, 2015, as the second installment in theSlime Season series, which compiled mostly leaked and unreleased material dating back at least a year.[1] It features production fromLondon on da Track,Wheezy,Metro Boomin andRicky Racks, among others. The project enlists guest features fromLil Uzi Vert,Trouble, Shad Da God, Yak Gotti,Rich Homie Quan andBirdman.[2] On December 25, 2024, the mixtape was released throughYSL Records and300 Entertainment onstreaming media.[3]
In September 2015, Young Thug released the 18-trackSlime Season mixtape for free digital download. Its sequel,Slime Season 2, was released only a month later through the same platforms. The trilogy was completed withSlime Season 3 (2016), which received a commercial release.
Slime Season 2 received widespread acclaim from critics. AtMetacritic, which assigns anormalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received anaverage score of 81, based on four reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[4] Meaghan Garvey ofPitchfork stated thatSlime Season 2 was "a more carefully constructed work than itspredecessor in every sense" and "presents him instead as a storyteller in the magical realist tradition, drawing glimmers of nonplussed fascination out of the rational world. Within this context, his habit for working in small-scale, occasionally disjointed bursts, recording each line spontaneously, makes perfect sense. His thoughts fracture and wander down unpredictable paths, forcing us to draw connections in non-linear ways."[1]
Paul Thompson ofSpin commented thatSlime Season 2 "continues to give context and direction as to the rapper's wealth of unorganized material. This time, it's constructed with more precision, playing out as one long crescendo. As always, Thug is wildly inventive with the form, pulling melodies out of thin air and rapping like the walls are closing in.Slime Season 2 gives him ample negative space to do so."[6]
