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'''''Beautiful Thugger Girls''''' is |
'''''Beautiful Thugger Girls''''' is the fifth commercial [[mixtape]] by American rapper [[Young Thug]]. It was released on June 16, 2017, by [[300 Entertainment]] and [[Atlantic Records]]. The mixtape features [[guest appearance]]s from Millie Go Lightly, [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]], [[Future (rapper)|Future]], [[Quavo]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Lil Durk]], and [[Jacquees]]. Production on the mixtape was handled by Billboard Hitmakers, Charlie Handsome, [[London on da Track|London]], Rex Kudo, and [[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]], among others. |
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''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' received |
''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' received acclaim from critics<!-- Sourced below -->, debuted at number eight on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and at number four on the US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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On April 26, 2017, Young Thug originally announced that the project would be titled ''E.B.B.T.G.'', an [[abbreviation]] for ''Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls'', which was a [[Word play|play]] on "easy, breezy, beautiful CoverGirl" as the [[slogan]] for [[CoverGirl]].<ref name="Twitter">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/youngthug/status/857388264621092864|title=Young Thug ひ on Twitter: "Singing album this week...|via=Twitter|date=April 26, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive. |
On April 26, 2017, Young Thug originally announced that the project would be titled ''E.B.B.T.G.'', an [[abbreviation]] for ''Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls'', which was a [[Word play|play]] on "easy, breezy, beautiful CoverGirl" as the [[slogan]] for [[CoverGirl]].<ref name="Twitter">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/youngthug/status/857388264621092864|title=Young Thug ひ on Twitter: "Singing album this week...|via=Twitter|date=April 26, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170629214236/https://twitter.com/youngthug/status/857388264621092864|archivedate=June 29, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After several delays, the release date was hinted a week before release and officially confirmed two days before release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/youngthug/status/873245890361819137|title=Young Thug ひ on Twitter: "16th|via=Twitter|date=June 9, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170629214456/https://twitter.com/youngthug/status/873245890361819137|archivedate=June 29, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapwave.net/2017/04/26/young-thug-announces-easy-breezy-beautiful-thugger-girls-album/|title=Young Thug Announces "Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls" Album|publisher=Rap Wave|date=April 26, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624171544/http://www.rapwave.net/2017/04/26/young-thug-announces-easy-breezy-beautiful-thugger-girls-album/|archive-date=June 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/09/young-thug-ebbtg-release-date|title=Young Thug Announces E.B.B.T.G. Release Date|work=The Fader|date=June 9, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611234436/http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/09/young-thug-ebbtg-release-date|archive-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' was described by Young Thug as a "singing album", which includes crossovers to musical genres such as [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[dancehall]] and [[Country music|country]].<ref name="Noisey">{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/listen-to-young-thugs-new-album-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Listen To Young Thug's New Album, 'Beautiful Thugger Girls'|work=Noisey|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603081045/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qpebv/listen-to-young-thugs-new-album-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=June 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/15/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Young Thug's Long-Awaited Beautiful Thugger Girls Is Here|work=The Fader|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616093954/http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/15/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=June 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hiphop-n-more.com/2017/06/stream-young-thugs-new-album-beautiful-thugger-girls/|title=Stream Young Thug's New Album 'Beautiful Thugger Girls'|work=HipHop-N-More|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619214433/http://hiphop-n-more.com/2017/06/stream-young-thugs-new-album-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=June 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Although it has been referred to as an album by Young Thug, 300 Entertainment have reported it as a commercial mixtape.<ref name="Ar">{{cite web|last=Martgetson|first=Sydney|title=YOUNG THUG LIFTS THE CURTAIN ON "BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS"|url=http://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/YOUNG-THUG-BTG.doc|publisher=Atlantic Records|accessdate=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801044003/http://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/YOUNG-THUG-BTG.doc|archive-date=August 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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| ADM = 7.8/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8771/Young-Thug-Beautiful-Thugger-Girls.aspx|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls by Young Thug reviews|website= |
| ADM = 7.8/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8771/Young-Thug-Beautiful-Thugger-Girls.aspx|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls by Young Thug reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626194605/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8771/Young-Thug-Beautiful-Thugger-Girls.aspx|archive-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| MC = 84/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beautiful-thugger-girls/young-thug|title=Reviews and Tracks for Beautiful Thugger Girls by Young Thug|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626003948/http://www.metacritic.com/music/beautiful-thugger-girls/young-thug|archive-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| MC = 84/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beautiful-thugger-girls/young-thug|title=Reviews and Tracks for Beautiful Thugger Girls by Young Thug|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626003948/http://www.metacritic.com/music/beautiful-thugger-girls/young-thug|archive-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev1 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' |
| rev1 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' |
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| rev1score = B+<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Pagnani|first=Renato|url= |
| rev1score = B+<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=Pagnani|first=Renato|url=https://www.avclub.com/big-boi-jeff-tweedy-young-thug-and-more-in-this-week-1798288324|title=Young Thug's full-length debut balances wide-eyed eroticism with genuine warmth|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=June 23, 2017|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826035917/http://music.avclub.com/big-boi-jeff-tweedy-young-thug-and-more-in-this-week-1798288324|archive-date=August 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = ''[[Crack Magazine]]'' |
| rev2 = ''[[Crack Magazine]]'' |
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| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Suarez|first=Gary|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/music/album-reviews/young-thug/|title=Young Thug – 'Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls' review|work=[[Crack Magazine]]|accessdate=October 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232533/https://crackmagazine.net/article/music/album-reviews/young-thug/|archive-date=October 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Suarez|first=Gary|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/music/album-reviews/young-thug/|title=Young Thug – 'Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls' review|work=[[Crack Magazine]]|accessdate=October 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232533/https://crackmagazine.net/article/music/album-reviews/young-thug/|archive-date=October 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev4score = 8.0/10<ref name="pfpaul">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Paul A.|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls/|title=Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=June 20, 2017|accessdate=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620070914/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls/|archive-date=June 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| rev4score = 8.0/10<ref name="pfpaul">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Paul A.|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls/|title=Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=June 20, 2017|accessdate=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620070914/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls/|archive-date=June 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |
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| rev5score = 8/10<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|last=Gu|first=Marshall|url= |
| rev5score = 8/10<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|last=Gu|first=Marshall|url=https://www.popmatters.com/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-2495387923.html|title=Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=July 11, 2017|accessdate=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713085132/http://www.popmatters.com/review/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls/|archive-date=July 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev6 = ''Pretty Much Amazing'' |
| rev6 = ''Pretty Much Amazing'' |
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| rev6score = B+<ref name="prettymuchamazing">{{cite web|last=Bromfield|first=Daniel|url=https://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls|work=Pretty Much Amazing|date=June 22, 2017|accessdate=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160523/https://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| rev6score = B+<ref name="prettymuchamazing">{{cite web|last=Bromfield|first=Daniel|url=https://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Young Thug: Beautiful Thugger Girls|work=Pretty Much Amazing|date=June 22, 2017|accessdate=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160523/https://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev7 = ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]'' |
| rev7 = ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]'' |
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| rev7score = 3.5/5<ref name="TMT">{{cite web|last=B|first=Corrigan|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Young Thug – Beautiful Thugger Girls|work=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|accessdate=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124440/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=January 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
| rev7score = 3.5/5<ref name="TMT">{{cite web|last=B|first=Corrigan|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|title=Young Thug – Beautiful Thugger Girls|work=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|accessdate=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124440/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls|archive-date=January 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev8 = ''[[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull – on the Web]]'' |
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| rev8score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}})<ref name="hull">{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=June 26, 2017|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2525-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=July 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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| rev9 = ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]]) |
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| rev9score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref name="vice">{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=July 14, 2017|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3d4z5/robert-christgau-on-jay-zs-444-vince-staples-big-fish-theory-and-more|title=Robert Christgau on JAY-Z's '4:44,' Vince Staples 'Big Fish Theory,' and More|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|accessdate=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224074745/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3d4z5/robert-christgau-on-jay-zs-444-vince-staples-big-fish-theory-and-more|archive-date=December 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| rev10 = ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' |
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| rev10score = 4/5<ref name="XXL">{{cite web|last=Glaysher|first=Scott|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/06/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-album-review/|title=Young Thug Experiments Freely on 'Beautiful Thugger Girls' Album|work=XXL|date=June 29, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630134808/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/06/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-album-review/|archivedate=June 30, 2017}}</ref> |
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''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' was met with widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/wjd59m/young-thugs-beautiful-thugger-girls-does-not-align-with-covergirls-values|title=young thug's 'beautiful thugger girls' does not align with covergirl's values|work=[[i-D]]|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Emily|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214202739/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/wjd59m/young-thugs-beautiful-thugger-girls-does-not-align-with-covergirls-values|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MC"/> At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 84, based on eight reviews.<ref name="MC"/> Aggregator |
''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' was met with widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/wjd59m/young-thugs-beautiful-thugger-girls-does-not-align-with-covergirls-values|title=young thug's 'beautiful thugger girls' does not align with covergirl's values|work=[[i-D]]|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Emily|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214202739/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/wjd59m/young-thugs-beautiful-thugger-girls-does-not-align-with-covergirls-values|archive-date=February 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MC"/> At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 84, based on eight reviews.<ref name="MC"/> Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.<ref name="ADM"/> |
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Paul Thompson of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' labelled ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' Young Thug's "most compelling experiment in pop |
Paul Thompson of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' labelled ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' Young Thug's "most compelling experiment in pop", saying it "strips away all the clutter, leaving his best-developed melodies and most evocative songwriting to date" while comparing it to [[Lil Wayne]]'s ''[[Rebirth (Lil Wayne album)|Rebirth]]''.<ref name="pfpaul"/> Scott Glaysher of ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' said, "Thug sounds the best he's ever sounded, despite some of the songs begin [sic] fairly far removed from his proverbial comfort zone".<ref name="XXL"/> Daniel Bromfield of ''Pretty Much Amazing'' argued "Young Thug cycles through a lot of styles here: lovebird R&B, sensitive acoustic folk, even country. But he doesn't terraform them to his whims so much as try them on for size".<ref name="prettymuchamazing"/> Judnick Maynard of ''[[The Fader]]'' commented that ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' "becomes more than a country album: the music isn't his master, instead he bends it to his will", and is a "testament to Young Thug's constantly evolving creative reach".<ref name="Fader">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/20/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-album-essay|title=The Infinite Melodies Of Young Thug|work=The Fader|last=Maynard|first=Judnick|date=June 20, 2017|accessdate=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623055535/http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/20/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-album-essay|archive-date=June 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]''{{'}}s Corrigan B stated: "''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' is remarkable because of its Thugger-ness" but noted that "''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' marks the point at which his pure lyricism, absent an unimpeachable sense of melody and flow, has begun to detract from the project as a whole."<ref name="TMT"/> |
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''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Renatio Pagnani stated: "Few artists manage to balance wide-eyed eroticism with genuine warmth, and fewer manage the feat while packing multiple albums' worth of hooks into each song. For Thug, it's just his default mode."<ref name="avclub"/> Winston Cook-Wilson of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said, "The album feels unprecedented within his catalog because it strikes a balance Thug has never quite pulled off on a single project: mixing a unified, album-wide sound with moments of aggressive experimentation and nagging hooks |
''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Renatio Pagnani stated: "Few artists manage to balance wide-eyed eroticism with genuine warmth, and fewer manage the feat while packing multiple albums' worth of hooks into each song. For Thug, it's just his default mode."<ref name="avclub"/> Winston Cook-Wilson of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said, "The album feels unprecedented within his catalog because it strikes a balance Thug has never quite pulled off on a single project: mixing a unified, album-wide sound with moments of aggressive experimentation and nagging hooks".<ref name="spin">{{cite web|last=Cook-Wilson|first=Winston|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/06/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-review/|title=Review: Young Thug's Beautiful Thugger Girls Is His Strongest, Most Unified Project In Years|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114554/http://www.spin.com/2017/06/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-review/|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]'' critic Anya Zoledziowski thought that "''Beautiful Thugger Girls''—which lists Drake as executive producer—pushes the boundaries of Atlanta hip-hop while adding yet another groundbreaking project to the trapper's discography".<ref name="exclaim"/> |
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[[Robert Christgau]] was less impressed in his column for ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. While highlighting "Take Care" and "Family Don't Matter", he summarized the mixtape as "singsong porn from a [[The Purple People Eater|purple people eater]] who's seldom as funny as he used to be and sometimes funnier than he wants to be".<ref name="vice"/> |
[[Robert Christgau]] was less impressed in his column for ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. While highlighting "Take Care" and "Family Don't Matter", he summarized the mixtape as "singsong porn from a [[The Purple People Eater|purple people eater]] who's seldom as funny as he used to be and sometimes funnier than he wants to be".<ref name="vice"/> |
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| The Top 100 Albums of 2017 |
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| {{center|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/albums-2017-100-51/|title=The Top 100 Albums of 2017|work=Crack Magazine|accessdate=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219145316/https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/albums-2017-100-51/|archive-date=December 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
| {{center|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/albums-2017-100-51/|title=The Top 100 Albums of 2017|work=Crack Magazine|accessdate=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219145316/https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/albums-2017-100-51/|archive-date=December 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
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| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3972/title.the-best-rap-albums-of-2017|title=HipHopDX's Best Rap Albums Of 2017|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=December 29, 2017|accessdate=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230042925/https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3972/title.the-best-rap-albums-of-2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3972/title.the-best-rap-albums-of-2017|title=HipHopDX's Best Rap Albums Of 2017|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=December 29, 2017|accessdate=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230042925/https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.3972/title.the-best-rap-albums-of-2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
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| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/12/rap-up-20-best-albums-of-2017/|title=Rap-Up's 20 Best Albums of 2017|work=[[Rap-Up]]|accessdate=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124333/http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/12/rap-up-20-best-albums-of-2017/|archive-date=December 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/12/rap-up-20-best-albums-of-2017/|title=Rap-Up's 20 Best Albums of 2017|work=[[Rap-Up]]|accessdate=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124333/http://www.rap-up.com/2017/12/12/rap-up-20-best-albums-of-2017/|archive-date=December 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |
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==Commercial performance== |
==Commercial performance== |
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''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' debuted at number eight on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number four on the US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] with 37,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s of which 7,000 were pure album sales in its first week of release.<ref name="Billboard debut">{{cite |
''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' debuted at number eight on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number four on the US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] with 37,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s of which 7,000 were pure album sales in its first week of release.<ref name="Billboard debut">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7842114/lorde-melodrama-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart|title=Lorde Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Melodrama'|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=June 25, 2017|accessdate=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626022349/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7842114/lorde-melodrama-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart|archive-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 6, 2019, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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Credits adapted from the album's vinyl liner notes.<ref name=LN>{{cite AV media notes|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls|type=Vinyl liner notes|others=[[Young Thug]]|publisher=[[Atlantic Records]]|year=2017|id=563019-1}}</ref> |
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{{Track listing |
{{Track listing |
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| total_length = 56:37 |
| total_length = 56:37 |
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| title1 = Family Don't Matter |
| title1 = Family Don't Matter |
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| note1 = featuring Millie Go Lightly |
| note1 = featuring Millie Go Lightly |
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| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Young Thug|Jeffery Williams]]| |
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Young Thug|Jeffery Williams]]|Melissa Sarah Griffiths|Masamune Kudo|[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wesley Glass]]}} |
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| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]]|Kudo}} |
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]]|Rex Kudo}} |
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| length1 = 4:55 |
| length1 = 4:55 |
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| title2 = Tomorrow Til Infinity |
| title2 = Tomorrow Til Infinity |
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| note2 = featuring [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]] |
| note2 = featuring [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]] |
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| writer2 = {{hlist|Williams |
| writer2 = {{hlist|Williams|[[Gunna (rapper)|Sergio Kitchens]]|Kudo|[[Ben Billions|Benjamin Diehl]]}} |
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| extra2 = {{hlist|Kudo|Ben Billions}} |
| extra2 = {{hlist|Rex Kudo|[[Ben Billions]]}} |
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| length2 = 3:48 |
| length2 = 3:48 |
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| title3 = She Wanna Party |
| title3 = She Wanna Party |
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| note3 = featuring Millie Go Lightly |
| note3 = featuring Millie Go Lightly |
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| writer3 = {{hlist|Williams|Kudo|Ryan Vojtesak |
| writer3 = {{hlist|Williams|Griffiths|Kudo|Ryan Vojtesak}} |
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| extra3 = {{hlist|Kudo|Charlie Handsome}} |
| extra3 = {{hlist|Rex Kudo|Charlie Handsome}} |
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| length3 = 4:10 |
| length3 = 4:10 |
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| length5 = 3:29 |
| length5 = 3:29 |
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| title6 = Relationship |
| title6 = [[Relationship (song)|Relationship]] |
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| note6 = featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]] |
| note6 = featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]] |
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| writer6 = {{hlist|Williams|Eduardo Burgess|Jonathan De La Rosa|Tariq Sharrieff |
| writer6 = {{hlist|Williams|[[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]|Eduardo Burgess|Jonathan De La Rosa|Tariq Sharrieff}} |
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| extra6 = {{hlist|Billboard Hitmakers|BLSSD}} |
| extra6 = {{hlist|Billboard Hitmakers|BLSSD}} |
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| length6 = 3:35 |
| length6 = 3:35 |
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| title7 = You Said |
| title7 = You Said |
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| note7 = featuring [[Quavo]] |
| note7 = featuring [[Quavo]] |
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| writer7 = {{hlist|Williams |
| writer7 = {{hlist|Williams|[[Quavo|Quavious Marshall]]|Glass|Zhonzell Watson}} |
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| extra7 = Wheezy |
| extra7 = Wheezy |
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| length7 = 6:42 |
| length7 = 6:42 |
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| title9 = Get High |
| title9 = Get High |
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| note9 = featuring [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Lil Durk]] |
| note9 = featuring [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Lil Durk]] |
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| writer9 = {{hlist|Williams |
| writer9 = {{hlist|Williams|[[Snoop Dogg|Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.]]|[[Lil Durk|Durk Banks]]|[[Young Chop|Tyree Pittman]]}} |
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| extra9 = [[Young Chop]] |
| extra9 = [[Young Chop]] |
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| length9 = 4:53 |
| length9 = 4:53 |
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| title11 = Me or Us |
| title11 = Me or Us |
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| writer11 = {{hlist|Williams|Kudo|Vojtesak|[[Conor Oberst]]}} |
| writer11 = {{hlist|Williams|Kudo|Vojtesak|[[Conor Oberst]]}} |
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| extra11 = {{hlist|Kudo|[[Post Malone]]|Charlie Handsome}} |
| extra11 = {{hlist|Rex Kudo|[[Post Malone]]|Charlie Handsome}} |
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| length11 = 2:37 |
| length11 = 2:37 |
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'''Notes''' |
'''Notes''' |
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* The vinyl version of "Me or Us" features a guest appearance by [[Travis Scott]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Cowen|first=Trace William|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/young-thug-travis-scott-me-or-us-remix|title=Young Thug and Travis Scott Go Full Ballad on "Me or Us" Remix|work=Complex|date=December 13, 2017|accessdate=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213233725/http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/young-thug-travis-scott-me-or-us-remix|archive-date=December 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
* The vinyl version of "Me or Us" features a guest appearance by [[Travis Scott]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cowen|first=Trace William|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/young-thug-travis-scott-me-or-us-remix|title=Young Thug and Travis Scott Go Full Ballad on "Me or Us" Remix|work=Complex|date=December 13, 2017|accessdate=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213233725/http://www.complex.com/music/2017/12/young-thug-travis-scott-me-or-us-remix|archive-date=December 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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'''Samples''' |
'''Samples''' |
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==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name=LN>{{cite AV media notes|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls|type=Vinyl liner notes|others=[[Young Thug]]|publisher=[[Atlantic Records]]|year=2017|id=563019-1}}</ref> |
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'''Performers''' |
'''Performers''' |
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* [[Young Thug]] – vocals |
* [[Young Thug]] – vocals |
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* Millie Go Lightly – vocals |
* Millie Go Lightly – vocals (tracks 1, 3) |
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* [[Future (rapper)|Future]] – vocals |
* [[Future (rapper)|Future]] – vocals (track 6) |
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* [[Quavo]] – vocals |
* [[Quavo]] – vocals (track 7) |
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* [[Snoop Dogg]] – vocals |
* [[Snoop Dogg]] – vocals (track 9) |
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* [[Lil Durk]] – vocals |
* [[Lil Durk]] – vocals (track 9) |
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* [[Jacquees]] – vocals |
* [[Jacquees]] – vocals (track 13) |
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'''Technical''' |
'''Technical''' |
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* Kesha Lee – record engineering |
* Kesha Lee – record engineering (tracks 1, 6) |
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* Zeke Mishanec – record engineering |
* Zeke Mishanec – record engineering (track 2) |
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* Dread – record engineering |
* Dread – record engineering (tracks 3, 9, 14) |
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* Sean Riggins – record engineering |
* Sean Riggins – record engineering (tracks 4, 5, 13) |
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* Bricks – record engineering |
* Bricks – record engineering (track 7) |
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* Drop – record engineering |
* Drop – record engineering (track 8) |
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* [[Alex Tumay]] – mix engineering |
* [[Alex Tumay]] – mix engineering (all tracks), recording engineer (tracks 10, 11) |
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* Joe LaPorta – master engineering |
* Joe LaPorta – master engineering (all tracks) |
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'''Production''' |
'''Production''' |
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* [[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]] – production |
* [[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]] – production (tracks 1, 7, 8, 10, 12) |
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* Rex Kudo – production |
* Rex Kudo – production (tracks 1–3, 11) |
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* Ben Billions – production |
* Ben Billions – production (track 2) |
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* Charlie Handsome – production |
* Charlie Handsome – production (tracks 3, 8, 11) |
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* [[London on da Track|London]] – production |
* [[London on da Track|London]] – production (tracks 4, 5) |
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* [[Scott Storch]] – production |
* [[Scott Storch]] – production (track 4) |
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* Billboard Hitmakers – production |
* Billboard Hitmakers – production (tracks 6, 13) |
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* BLSSD – production |
* BLSSD – production (track 6) |
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* [[Young Chop]] – production |
* [[Young Chop]] – production (track 9) |
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* [[Post Malone]] – production |
* [[Post Malone]] – production (track 11) |
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* Judge – production |
* Judge – production (track 14) |
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'''Additional personnel''' |
'''Additional personnel''' |
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* Garfield Larmond – photography |
* Garfield Larmond – photography |
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==Charts== |
==Charts== |
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===Weekly charts=== |
===Weekly charts=== |
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{{album chart|Netherlands|43|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 23, 2017}} |
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{{album chart|France|57 |
{{album chart|France|57|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 27, 2017}} |
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{{album chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 23, 2017}} |
{{album chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 23, 2017}} |
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{{album chart|Switzerland|100|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|100|artist=Young Thug|album=Beautiful Thugger Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 28, 2017}} |
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{{album chart|UK2|71|date=20170623|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 24, 2017}} |
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{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Young Thug|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 27, 2017}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Young Thug|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 27, 2017}} |
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===Year-end charts=== |
===Year-end charts=== |
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224115207/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224115212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|archive-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Certifications== |
==Certifications== |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Young Thug|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls|type=album|digital=true|award=Gold|relyear=2017|certyear=2019|refname="RIAA"}} |
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Young Thug|title=Beautiful Thugger Girls|type=album|digital=true|award=Gold|relyear=2017|certyear=2019|refname="RIAA"}} |
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==Release history== |
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| June 16, 2017 |
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/06/young-thug-beautiful-thugger-girls-album-stream|title=Stream Young Thug's 'Beautiful Thugger Girls' Album Feat. Future, Snoop Dogg And More|website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|last=Robertson|first=Darryl|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=October 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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| January 26, 2018 |
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| [[Phonograph record|Vinyl]] |
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amoeba.com/beautiful-thugger-girls-lp-young-thug/albums/4004557/|title=Young Thug – Beautiful Thugger Girls (Vinyl LP)|publisher=[[Amoeba Music]]|accessdate=October 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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Beautiful Thugger Girls is the fifth commercial mixtape by American rapper Young Thug. It was released on June 16, 2017, by 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records. The mixtape features guest appearances from Millie Go Lightly, Gunna, Future, Quavo, Snoop Dogg, Lil Durk, and Jacquees. Production on the mixtape was handled by Billboard Hitmakers, Charlie Handsome, London, Rex Kudo, and Wheezy, among others.
Beautiful Thugger Girls received acclaim from critics, debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200, and at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Background
[edit]On April 26, 2017, Young Thug originally announced that the project would be titled E.B.B.T.G., an abbreviation for Easy Breezy Beautiful Thugger Girls, which was a play on "easy, breezy, beautiful CoverGirl" as the slogan for CoverGirl.[1] After several delays, the release date was hinted a week before release and officially confirmed two days before release.[2][3][4] Beautiful Thugger Girls was described by Young Thug as a "singing album", which includes crossovers to musical genres such as R&B, dancehall and country.[5][6][7] Although it has been referred to as an album by Young Thug, 300 Entertainment have reported it as a commercial mixtape.[8]
Critical reception
[edit]Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[9] |
Metacritic | 84/100[10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
The A.V. Club | B+[11] |
Crack Magazine | 8/10[12] |
Exclaim! | 9/10[13] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[14] |
PopMatters | 8/10[15] |
Pretty Much Amazing | B+[16] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | 3.5/5[17] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ()[18] |
Vice (Expert Witness) | [19] |
XXL | 4/5[20] |
Beautiful Thugger Girls was met with widespread critical acclaim.[21][10] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an average score of 84, based on eight reviews.[10] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[9]
Paul Thompson of Pitchfork labelled Beautiful Thugger Girls Young Thug's "most compelling experiment in pop", saying it "strips away all the clutter, leaving his best-developed melodies and most evocative songwriting to date" while comparing it to Lil Wayne's Rebirth.[14] Scott Glaysher of XXL said, "Thug sounds the best he's ever sounded, despite some of the songs begin [sic] fairly far removed from his proverbial comfort zone".[20] Daniel Bromfield of Pretty Much Amazing argued "Young Thug cycles through a lot of styles here: lovebird R&B, sensitive acoustic folk, even country. But he doesn't terraform them to his whims so much as try them on for size".[16] Judnick Maynard of The Fader commented that Beautiful Thugger Girls "becomes more than a country album: the music isn't his master, instead he bends it to his will", and is a "testament to Young Thug's constantly evolving creative reach".[22] Tiny Mix Tapes's Corrigan B stated: "Beautiful Thugger Girls is remarkable because of its Thugger-ness" but noted that "Beautiful Thugger Girls marks the point at which his pure lyricism, absent an unimpeachable sense of melody and flow, has begun to detract from the project as a whole."[17]
The A.V. Club's Renatio Pagnani stated: "Few artists manage to balance wide-eyed eroticism with genuine warmth, and fewer manage the feat while packing multiple albums' worth of hooks into each song. For Thug, it's just his default mode."[11] Winston Cook-Wilson of Spin said, "The album feels unprecedented within his catalog because it strikes a balance Thug has never quite pulled off on a single project: mixing a unified, album-wide sound with moments of aggressive experimentation and nagging hooks".[23] Exclaim! critic Anya Zoledziowski thought that "Beautiful Thugger Girls—which lists Drake as executive producer—pushes the boundaries of Atlanta hip-hop while adding yet another groundbreaking project to the trapper's discography".[13]
Robert Christgau was less impressed in his column for Vice. While highlighting "Take Care" and "Family Don't Matter", he summarized the mixtape as "singsong porn from a purple people eater who's seldom as funny as he used to be and sometimes funnier than he wants to be".[19]
Year-end lists
[edit]Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Crack Magazine | The Top 100 Albums of 2017 | 87
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HipHopDX | HipHopDX's Best Rap Albums of 2017 | 19
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Rap-Up | Rap-Up's 20 Best Albums of 2017 | 20
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Spin | 50 Best Albums of 2017 | 22
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Commercial performance
[edit]Beautiful Thugger Girls debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 37,000 album-equivalent units of which 7,000 were pure album sales in its first week of release.[28] On December 6, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[29]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Family Don't Matter" (featuring Millie Go Lightly) |
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| 4:55 |
2. | "Tomorrow Til Infinity" (featuring Gunna) |
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| 3:48 |
3. | "She Wanna Party" (featuring Millie Go Lightly) |
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| 4:10 |
4. | "Daddy's Birthday" |
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| 3:28 |
5. | "Do U Love Me" |
| London | 3:29 |
6. | "Relationship" (featuring Future) |
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| 3:35 |
7. | "You Said" (featuring Quavo) |
| Wheezy | 6:42 |
8. | "On Fire" |
|
| 3:59 |
9. | "Get High" (featuring Snoop Dogg and Lil Durk) | Young Chop | 4:53 | |
10. | "Feel It" |
| Wheezy | 3:56 |
11. | "Me or Us" |
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| 2:37 |
12. | "Oh Yeah" |
| Wheezy | 3:49 |
13. | "For Y'all" (featuring Jacquees) |
| Billboard Hitmakers | 3:39 |
14. | "Take Care" |
| Judge | 3:37 |
Total length: | 56:37 |
Notes
- The vinyl version of "Me or Us" features a guest appearance by Travis Scott.[30]
Samples
- "Me or Us" contains a sample from "First Day of My Life", written by Conor Oberst, and performed by Bright Eyes.
- "Take Care" contains a sample from "I Got You (I Feel Good)", written and performed by James Brown.
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[31]
Performers
Technical
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Production
Additional personnel
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Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[29] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Label(s) | Format(s) | Ref. |
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Various | June 16, 2017 | [42] | ||
January 26, 2018 | Vinyl | [43] |
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