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Colors
Mixtape by
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2022 (2022-01-21)
Genre
Length66:51
Label
Producer
  • 12Hunna
  • Amart
  • Ambezza
  • BBoyBeatz
  • BeatsAintFree JG
  • Beezo Beatz
  • Berge
  • Bj Beatz
  • Blom
  • BryceUnknwn
  • Cash
  • Cheese
  • Dan
  • DopeTrademark
  • Droc
  • DT
  • DY Krazy
  • Ele Beatz
  • Exavis
  • FriendsOfClay
  • GorillaOnThaTrack
  • Hagan
  • HicksMadeThat
  • Hurt
  • Indiagotthembeats
  • Its2Ezzy
  • Jay LV
  • JRHitmaker
  • Karltin Bankz
  • Lastwordbeats
  • Lastworld
  • LC
  • Leor
  • LondnBlue
  • Lufye
  • Luhkim
  • LVL35Dav
  • Nick Schmidt
  • OG Parker
  • Otxhello
  • Prod.KpBeats
  • Saucey Beats
  • Skeeo
  • Supah Mario
  • Tayo
  • Taz Taylor
  • Tfisdon
  • TNTXD
  • UpNorth
  • WassupBans
  • Y2tnb
  • Yakree
  • Yo Benji
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology
From the Bayou
(2021) 		Colors
(2022) 		Better than You
(2022)
Singles from Colors
  1. "Bring the Hook"
    Released: January 12, 2022

Colors is the sixteenth solo 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.[2] 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".

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

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On January 5, 2022, YoungBoy released the promotional single, "Fish Scale", alongside the official music video, in anticipation of the then-upcoming mixtape.[3] Exactly one week later, on January 12, 2022, he officially announced Colors and its release date.[4] Alongside the announcement, he released the lead single, "Bring the Hook", alongside the official music video.[5] 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.[6]

Other songs

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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.[7] 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.[8]

Critical reception

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Colors ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Pitchfork6.6/10[1]
HipHopDX3.5/5[10]

Colors received generally positive reviews from critics. Writing for AllMusic, Paul Simpson felt that "the release allows YoungBoy to show off his range, from aggressive trap to more pop-leaning melodic tracks." Concluding his review, he notes "While staying true to YoungBoy's style, this is one of his more accessible releases."[9] Paul A. Thompson from Pitchfork began his review by stating that "YoungBoy continues to push himself to vocal extremes—in addition to that familiar growl and effusive harmonizing." He notes that Colors is stitched together by "YoungBoy's willingness to lay bare the most tortured parts of his psyche." Concluding his review, he states "meaningfully synthesize (or even thoughtfully arrange) its disparate parts, a generous listener might find the volatility of YoungBoy's emotions from one song to the next an interesting thread on its own."[1] Anthony Malone from HipHopDX notes that Colors "sees YoungBoy more conflicted than ever, saying one thing but acting the opposite." He continues to write that "Cuts such as “2Hoo,” “DC Marvel” and “Expensive Taste” are filled with shallow romanticism and descriptions of a sex life that's better suited on the down-low," and "On “Dis & That,” YoungBoy sounds like he's on autopilot and falling back on production that's stale and repetitive." He concludes his review by writing: "Colors suffer from an overabundance of songs that inflates the project, ruining what could be a more digestible project if the fat was trimmed."[10]

Commercial performance

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Colors debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 80,000 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.[11] 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. Colors has sold 500,000 album-equivalent units so far.

Track listing

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Colors track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Long Live"
  • Cheese
  • Saucey Beats
  • Luhkim
  • Ele Beatz
  • WassupBans
  • LVL35Dav
2:39
2."Bring It On"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Aaron Hill
  • Daniel Lebrun
  • Seth Love
  • Lastwordbeats
  • Droc
  • Berge
  • Skeeo
4:04
3."No Switch"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Brian Stewart
  • Giovanni Gardner
  • Cheese
  • BBoyBeatz
  • GorillaOnThaTrack
  • Tayo
3:00
4."Smoke One"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Nikhanj
  • Kim
  • Anthony Martinez
  • Benjamin Ibrahimovic
  • Cheese
  • Saucey Beats
  • Luhkim
  • Amart
  • Yo Benji
3:24
5."2Hoo"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Aaron Gilfenbain
  • Nicolas Schmidt
  • Jonathan Gabor
  • Cheese
  • BeatsAintFree JG
  • Nick Schmidt
  • Hurt
2:46
6."DC Marvel"
2:56
7."How You Been"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Leor Shavah
  • Ethan Hicks
  • Daniel Valvano
  • Luca Steinkirchner
  • Cheese
  • Leor
  • HicksMadeThat
  • Dan
  • Lufye
2:04
8."Expensive Taste"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Lebrun
  • Droc
  • Cash
3:52
9."Cage Feeling"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Mateus
  • David Blom
  • Jordan Edon
  • Junior Sinchi
  • Cheese
  • WassupBans
  • Blom
  • Tfisdon
  • Jay LV
2:31
10."Dis & That"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Shavah
  • India Williams
  • Jack Thierer
  • Cheese
  • Leor
  • Indiagotthembeats
  • Yakree
2:55
11."Gangsta" (featuring Quando Rondo)
  • Cheese
  • Supah Mario
4:16
12."Know Like I Know"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Stewart
  • Brandon Russell
  • Karionne Payton
  • Cheese
  • BBoyBeatz
  • Bj Beatz
  • Prod.KpBeats
3:52
13."Bring the Hook"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Hill
  • Lebrun
  • Lukas Payne
  • Sterling Reynolds
  • Mandell Strawter
  • Lastwordbeats
  • Droc
  • LondnBlue
  • Karltin Bankz
  • Lastworld
4:25
14."Fish Scale"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Mathias Liyew
  • Othello Houston
  • Cheese
  • Ambezza
  • Otxhello
2:50
15."Emo Rockstar"
  • Gaulden
  • Dwan Avery
  • Michael O'Brien
  • Kalop Carpenter
  • Goldberg
3:12
16."Emo Love"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Gilfenbain
  • Gabor
  • Clayton Priskorn
  • Cheese
  • BeatsAintFree JG
  • Hurt
  • FriendsOfClay
3:01
17."Snow Bunny"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Payne
  • Reynolds
  • Thomas Horton
  • Cheese
  • LondnBlue
  • Karltin Bankz
  • TNTXD
3:14
18."Foolish Figure"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Gilfenbain
  • Gabor
  • Hagan Lange
  • Luke Clay
  • Cheese
  • BeatsAintFree JG
  • Hurt
  • Hagan
  • LC
2:45
19."I Got This"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Lebrun
  • Dorien Theus
  • Anders Christiansen
  • Nicolai Andersen
  • Kasper Knudsen
  • Droc
  • DT
  • DopeTrademark (un)
  • UpNorth (un)
6:05
Total length:64:03
Deluxe bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
20."Flossin'" (with Internet Money)
2:48
Total length:66:51

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[12]

  • Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering, mixing, recording (1-19), assistant recording (20)
  • Mark Dorflinger – recording (20)
  • Young Era – assistant recording (20)
  • Luis Flores – assistant recording (20)
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mastering, mixing (20)
  • Frankie Salcido – mixing (20)

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Colors
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[18] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Thompson, Paul A. (February 2, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Mahadevan, Tara C. (January 21, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Releases 'Colors' Mixtape". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Callas, Brad (January 5, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Shares New Song and Video for "Fish Scale"". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Callender, Brandon (January 12, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again announces new mixtape Colors". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Grant, Shawn (January 22, 2022). "Internet Money is Joined by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Flossin"". The Source. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Darville, Jordan (December 22, 2021). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again shares "Emo Rockstar"". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Marie, Erika (January 19, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Doesn't Hold Back On "Know Like I Know" Single". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Colors Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b Malone, Anthony (March 3, 2022). "NBA YOUNGBOY 'COLORS' IS ANOTHER FINE ALBUM BUT KEEPS HIM IN CRUISE CONTROL". HipHopDX.
  11. ^ Caulfield, Keith (January 30, 2022). "'Encanto' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ^ "Colors by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal". Tidal. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  13. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  15. ^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  17. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "American album certifications – YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Colors". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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