Colors (mixtape)

Colors
Colors
Mixtape by YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Released	January 21, 2022
Recorded	2021
Genre	Hip hop; emo rap;
Length	66:51
Label	Never Broke Again; Atlantic;
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
Singles from Colors
	"Bring the Hook"; Released: January 12, 2022;

*Colors* ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	6.6/10^[2]

Colors is a 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. It contains an additional guest appearance from Internet Money on the deluxe edition.^[3] 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 79,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming YoungBoy's eighth top-ten album on the chart.

Release and promotion[]

On January 5, 2022, YoungBoy released the promotional single, "Fish Scale", alongside the official music video, in anticipation of his then-upcoming mixtape.^[4] Exactly one week later, on January 12, 2022, he officially announced Colors and its release date.^[5] Alongside the announcement, he released the lead single, "Bring the Hook", alongside the official music video.^[6] 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.^[7]

Other songs[]

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.^[8] He then released the music video for "Emo Love" on January 7, 2022.^[9] The visual for "Foolish Figure" was released two days later, on January 9, 2022.^[10] The final unofficial song with a music video was "Know Like I Know", which was released on January 18, 2022.^[11]

Commercial performance[]

Colors debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 79,000 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.^[12] 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.

Track listing[]

*Colors* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Long Live Intro"	Kentrell Gaulden Jason Goldberg Aman Nikhanj David Kim Eelis Oikarinen Leonardo Mateus Davood Boushehri	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"	Gaulden Joshua Parker Bishop Grinnage Goldberg	OG Parker Beezo Beatz	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)	Gaulden TyQuain Bowman Goldberg Jonathan Priester	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	DY Krazy 12Hunna (un) Exavis (un)	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Flossin'" (with Internet Money)	Gaulden Danny Snodgrass, Jr. Bryce Frizzell Travis Nelson-Barker Jabrielle Brooks John Mbata Donny Flores	Taz Taylor BryceUnknwn Y2TNB JRHitmaker Its2ezzy	2:48
Total length:				66:51

Charts[]

Chart performance for *Colors*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[13]	21
US Billboard 200^[14]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[15]	1

References[]

^ "Colors Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Thompson, Paul A. (February 2, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
^ Mahadevan, Tara C. (January 21, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Releases 'Colors' Mixtape". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Callas, Brad (January 5, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Shares New Song and Video for "Fish Scale"". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Callender, Brandon (January 12, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again announces new mixtape Colors". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ 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.
^ Grant, Shawn (January 22, 2022). "Internet Money is Joined by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Flossin"". The Source. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ Darville, Jordan (December 22, 2021). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again shares "Emo Rockstar"". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Akaash (January 8, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Releases New Song 'Emo Love' – Listen". HipHopNMore. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Navjosh (January 10, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Shares New Song 'Foolish Figure': Listen". HipHopNMore. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Marie, Erika (January 19, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Doesn't Hold Back On "Know Like I Know" Single". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Caulfield, Keith (January 30, 2022). "'Encanto' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[1] "Colors Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[2] Thompson, Paul A. (February 2, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Colors Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

[3] Mahadevan, Tara C. (January 21, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Releases 'Colors' Mixtape". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[4] Callas, Brad (January 5, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Shares New Song and Video for "Fish Scale"". Complex. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[5] Callender, Brandon (January 12, 2022). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again announces new mixtape Colors". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[6] 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.

[7] Grant, Shawn (January 22, 2022). "Internet Money is Joined by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Flossin"". The Source. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[8] Darville, Jordan (December 22, 2021). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again shares "Emo Rockstar"". The Fader. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[9] Akaash (January 8, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Releases New Song 'Emo Love' – Listen". HipHopNMore. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[10] Navjosh (January 10, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Shares New Song 'Foolish Figure': Listen". HipHopNMore. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[11] Marie, Erika (January 19, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy Doesn't Hold Back On "Know Like I Know" Single". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[12] Caulfield, Keith (January 30, 2022). "'Encanto' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

[ac_BillboardCanada_YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again-13] "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again-14] "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again-15] "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

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Discography
Studio albums	Until Death Call My Name (2018) Top (2020) Sincerely, Kentrell (2021)
Mixtapes	Fed Baby's (with Moneybagg Yo) (2017) AI YoungBoy 2 (2019) Still Flexin, Still Steppin (2020) 38 Baby 2 (2020) From the Bayou (with Birdman) (2021) Colors (2022) Better than You (with DaBaby) (2022)
Singles	"Untouchable" "No Smoke" "Outside Today" "Diamond Teeth Samurai" "Genie" "Self Control" "Bandit" "Make No Sense" "One Shot" "All In" "Kacey Talk" "What That Speed Bout!?" "Toxic Punk" "White Teeth" "Nevada" "Life Support" "On My Side" "Bring the Hook" "Flossin'" "I Hate YoungBoy"
Featured singles	"Need It" "Trillionaire" "WusYaName"
Promotional singles	"Fish Scale"
Other songs	"Dead Trollz" "My Window"