2021 compilation album by Young Stoner Life, Young Thug, and Gunna
Slime Language 2 Standard edition cover
Compilation album byReleased April 16, 2021 (2021-4-16 ) Genre Length 75 :02 Label Producer 17OnDaTrack Alex Lustig Aloy Atake Krazyy CC BabyWave Blanco Bryvn Bugz Ronin C-Gutta Chase Davis D-Roc Dez Wright Dot da Genius Elyas Foreign Teck FwdSlxsh Gunboi Har2Nok Jai Beats Kayne London Cyr Louis-Emile Vromet Luke Crowder Neenyo Nestxv Nija Nik D Nick Papz Osiris Outtatown Oz Pvlace Veor Leior Pyro RNE LM Rok Sean Momberger Shaan Singh SK808 Skeyez Slice Slime Castro Sluzyyy Southside StarBoy Taurus Trappin N London Turbo Tyron808 Veor Leior Wavy-N Wheezy YoungProducersMafia Yung Talent YSL Records chronologyYoung Thug chronologyGunna chronologySingles from Slime Language 2 "Take It to Trial" Released: December 18, 2020"GFU" Released: January 29, 2021"That Go!" Released: February 12, 2021"Ski " Released: April 26, 2021"Solid " Released: May 28, 2021
Slime Language 2 is the secondcompilation album by American record labelYoung Stoner Life . It was released in conjunction with the label’s founder,Young Thug , and one of the label’s artists,Gunna . The compilation was released through the label and300 Entertainment on April 16, 2021. It serves as a sequel to the2018 release by the label and features outside guest appearances fromTravis Scott ,Drake ,Rowdy Rebel ,Lil Baby ,Lil Uzi Vert ,Coi Leray ,Big Sean ,Nav ,Skepta ,Future ,YNW Melly ,Yung Bleu ,Sheck Wes ,Kid Cudi , andMeek Mill .[ 1] [ 2]
A deluxe edition of the album was released on April 23, 2021. It featured additional outside guest appearances fromDaBaby ,Don Toliver andJim Jones .
The compilation was supported by three singles: "Take It to Trial", "That Go!", and "GFU". The album spawned two more singles, "Ski" and "Solid", which debuted at number 18 and 12, respectively, on theUSBillboard Hot 100 .
Background and release [ edit ] Gunna revealed the existence ofSlime Language 2 in an interview for his second studio album,Wunna , on May 22, 2020, which was released on the same day.[ 3] Young Thug announced a release date on July 29, 2020,tweeting "#Slimelanguage2 8-16", before later deleting the post.[ 4] On October 19, 2020, Thug was thought to have confirmed the album's release date of November 27, 2020, forBlack Friday and confirmed that late American rapper and singerJuice Wrld would be featured.[ 3] Instead, the album's lead single, "Take It to Trial", featuring American rapper and YSL Records signee Yak Gotti, was released on Black Friday, but taken down abruptly, and later put back up with a new cover art on December 18, 2020.[ 5] On November 19, 2020, in an interview on American rapperT.I. 's podcast,Expeditiously , Young Thug revealed that he was working onSlime Language 2 and his upcoming second studio album,Punk , wanting to "start anew" and "start a new relationship with my label".[ 6] On the same day, he was working with Gunna andLil Baby in the studio.[ 7] He officially announced the album's release date on April 12, 2021, also sharing the album's cover art.[ 8] Artists signed to YSL Records who contribute to the album consist of Young Thug (label boss), Gunna, Yak Gotti, Lil Duke, YTB Trench,Yung Kayo , Thug's brother Unfoonk, Thug's girlfriend Karlae, T-Shyne,Lil Keed ,Strick , FN DaDealer, Thug's nephew BSlime and Thug's sisters HiDoraah and Dolly White. The other artists who appear on the album consist ofTravis Scott ,Drake ,Rowdy Rebel ,Lil Uzi Vert ,Coi Leray ,Big Sean ,Nav ,Skepta ,Future ,YNW Melly ,Yung Bleu ,Sheck Wes ,Kid Cudi , andMeek Mill . The only artist who is signed to YSL on the deluxe edition of the album is Thug's daughter Mego. The non-YSL-signed artists from the deluxe edition consist ofDaBaby ,Don Toliver ,Jim Jones , and 24Heavy.[ 9] [ 10]
The album's lead single, "Take It to Trial", featuring American rapper and YSL signee Yak Gotti, was released on December 18, 2020.[ 11] "GFU", performed by Yak Gotti and American rapperSheck Wes , featuring American rapper and fellow YSL signeeYung Kayo , was released on January 29, 2021, as its second single.[ 12] On February 12, 2021, "That Go!", performed by Young Thug and American rapperMeek Mill , featuring American rapper and fellow YSL signee T-Shyne, was released as the third and final single.[ 13]
The cover art is in the form of a large family portrait, showing the YSL collective sitting in a horror film-inspired living room.[ 14] Behind the collective, lightning bolts can be seen outside the windows, while a green dog sits in front of everyone, reminiscent ofThe Mask .[ 15]
Hypebeast ' s Sophie Caraan noted of the album: "Despite having a myriad of featured artists in addition to the collective, Slime Language 2 shines a light on both the adaptability and star quality of the YSL Records signees, effectively proving that these artists will stand the tests of time and go down on their own paths to greatness".[ 18]
Commercial performance [ edit ] Slime Language 2 debuted at number one on the USBillboard 200 chart with 113,000album-equivalent units , including 6,000 pure album sales in its first week.[ 19] This marks the third number one album forYSL Records , after Young Thug'sSo Much Fun in 2019 and Gunna'sWunna in 2020.[ 19]
All tracks are credited to Young Stoner Life. Tracks without primary crediting are co-credited to Young Thug and Gunna, excluding tracks 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 20, 21, and deluxe track 6.
Slime Language 2 standard track listingNo. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Slatty" (featuring Yak Gotti and Lil Duke) 4:50 2. "Ski " 2:32 3. "Diamonds Dancing" (featuringTravis Scott ) Turbo 4:02 4. "Solid " (featuringDrake ) 3:35 5. "Came and Saw" (Young Thug featuringRowdy Rebel ) 2:54 6. "Paid the Fine" (featuringLil Baby and YTB Trench) 3:21 7. "Proud of You" (Young Thug featuringLil Uzi Vert andYung Kayo ) Bugz Ronin 3:31 8. "Real" (Young Thug featuring Unfoonk) J. Williams Quintavious Grier Jaidyn Hullum YoungProducersMafia Jai Beats YoungProducersMafia 3:13 9. "I Like" (featuring Karlae andCoi Leray ) 3:09 10. "Warrior" (featuring T-Shyne,Lil Keed , andBig Sean ) 3:38 11. "Pots N Pans" (featuring Lil Duke andNav ) 3:13 12. "WokStar" (featuringStrick andSkepta ) Sluzyyy Osiris ATAKE Slime Castro Louis-Emile Vromet 3:01 13. "Superstar" (Young Thug featuringFuture ) 2:29 14. "Came Out" (Gunna featuring Lil Keed) Kitchens Render W. Glass Dekker J. Glass Anton Mendo Wheezy Outtatown BabyWave StarBoy 3:11 15. "Really Be Slime" (featuringYNW Melly , BSlime, and FN DaDealer) Jamell Demons Jaborious Martin Jakobe Moody Daniel Lebrun Sven Steenbergen 3:03 16. "Take It to Trial" (featuring Yak Gotti) J. Williams Kitchens Kendrick W. Glass 2:50 17. "Trance" (featuring Karlae andYung Bleu ) Trappin N London Dez Wright 3:16 18. "GFU" (Yak Gotti andSheck Wes featuring Yung Kayo) Taurus 2:45 19. "Moon Man" (Young Thug featuring Strick andKid Cudi ) 3:20 20. "Como Te Llama" (featuring HiDoraah) Dorothea Williams Skeyez Shaan Singh 4:01 21. "Reckless" (featuring Dolly White) WaveMakers 1:32 22. "That Go!" (Young Thug andMeek Mill featuring T-Shyne) 3:45 23. "My City" (remix) (Young Thug featuring YTB Trench) J. Williams YTB Trench RNE LM RNE LM 3:51 Total length: 75:02
Deluxe bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Slam the Door" J. Williams Kitchens W. Glass Cleary-Krell 3:08 2. "Litty" (Young Thug featuringDaBaby ) 3:36 3. "No Surprise" (Young Thug featuringDon Toliver and BSlime) Wheezy Nija Alex Lustig London Cyr Fwdslxsh 3:45 4. "Mil in Vegas" (Young Thug featuring Nav) J. Williams Goraya W. Glass Dekker 2:51 5. "Explosion" (Gunna featuring Yak Gotti and FN DaDealer) Kitchens Kendrick Moody Durham Turbo 2:34 6. "Yessirskii" (featuring Mego) Mari Williams James Russell Slice 1:28 7. "Mack Truck" (Young Thug featuringJim Jones ) Veor Leior 2:05 8. "Mob Ties" (remix) (Young Thug featuring Unfoonk, 24Heavy, Future, and YTB Trench) J. Williams Grier Ricky Hill Wilburn YTB Trench Renzo de Vries 3:23 Total length: 98:17
Notes
^[a] signifies a co-producer^[b] signifies an uncredited additional producerCredits adapted fromTidal .[ 20]
YSL Records – primary artist(all tracks) Young Thug – primary artist(tracks 1–8, 13, 16, 19, 22, 23) Gunna – primary artist(tracks 1–4, 6, 14, 16) Yak Gotti – featured artist(tracks 1, 16, 28) , primary artist(track 18) Lil Duke – featured artist(tracks 1, 11) Travis Scott – featured artist(track 3) Drake – featured artist(track 4) Rowdy Rebel – featured artist(track 5) Lil Baby – featured artist(track 6) YTB Trench – featured artist(tracks 6, 23, 31) Lil Uzi Vert – featured artist(track 7) Yung Kayo – featured artist(tracks 7, 18) Unfoonk – featured artist(tracks 8, 31) Karlae – featured artist(tracks 9, 17) T-Shyne – featured artist(tracks 10, 22) Lil Keed – featured artist(tracks 10, 14) Big Sean – featured artist(track 10) Nav – featured artist(tracks 11, 27) Strick – featured artist(tracks 12, 19) Future – featured artist(tracks 13, 31) YNW Melly – featured artist(track 15) BSlime – featured artist(tracks 15, 26) FN Da Dealer – featured artist(tracks 15, 28) Yung Bleu – featured artist(track 17) Sheck Wes – primary artist(track 18) Kid Cudi – featured artist(track 19) HiDoraah – featured artist(track 20) Dolly White – featured artist(track 21) Meek Mill – primary artist(track 22) DaBaby – featured artist(track 25) Don Toliver – featured artist(track 26) Mego – featured artist(track 29) Jim Jones – featured artist(track 30) Chief 100 – featured artist(track 31) A "Bainz" Bains – mixing, recording(all tracks) Aresh Banaji – co-mixing(all tracks) Florian "Flo" Ongonga – assistant mixing(all tracks) Joe LaPorta – mastering(all tracks) Drew Sliger – recording(tracks 10, 19) , mixing assistant(tracks 8, 18) [ 21] Bezo – assistant engineer(track 16) Alejandro "Aleo" Neira – recording(track 18) Shaan Singh – recording(track 18) Warpstr – recording(track 18) Jonathan Bailey – assistant engineer(track 18) Anthony Cruz – recording(track 22) Slice – recording(track 22) Travis Blake – recording(track 22) Year-end chart performance forSlime Language 2 Chart (2021) Position USBillboard 200[ 38] 86 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )[ 39] 44
Region Date Format Label Edition Ref. Various April 16, 2021 Standard [ 40] April 23, 2021 Deluxe [ 41]
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