Destined 2 Win
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| Released | April 2, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | December 2020–2021 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 64:01 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Singles from Destined 2 Win | ||||
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Destined 2 Win is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Tjay. It was released through Columbia Records on April 2, 2021. The album features guest appearances from 6lack, Polo G, Fivio Foreign, Saweetie, Tyga, Toosii, Offset, and Moneybagg Yo.
Background[]
Merritt began teasing his second studio album in 2018. The album's title describes the reflections on his highlights and accomplishments.
Recording[]
Merritt began recording the album in May 2020 in Los Angeles.
Composition[]
Destined 2 Win is a hip hop album, incorporating elements of R&B, trap, emo rap and drill.[1]
Promotion[]
Singles[]
The album's lead single "Losses" was released on October 30, 2020. It was accompanied by a music video on the same day.[2]
The second single "Move On" was released on November 20, 2020.[3] The song was announced on Tjay's Twitter, 3 days prior to the single's release revealing the song's covert art, title, and release date.[4] It was accompanied by a music video directed by David Karp and Courtney Loo, the following day.[5]
The third single "None of Your Love" was released on December 4, 2020. The song contains interpolates from Justin Bieber, and Ludacris' 2010 song "Baby". It was previously released on Merritt's YouTube channel but due to the sample, Bieber requested to remove the song and Merritt was unable to clear the sample. However, on December 1, 2020, Bieber eventually allowed Merritt to release the song to streaming services.[6]
The fourth single "Calling My Phone" was released on February 12, 2021 featuring American singer 6lack and was accompanied by a music video that premiered on the same day. The song was previously teased on Merritt's social media.[7][8] A teaser for the song was released on February 5 revealing its title and release date and that an unknown feature will appear on the song. Speculations on the feature for the song began to spread and was eventually confirmed on February 8 on a Twitter post that the feature would be 6lack.[9]
The fifth single "Headshot" was released on March 19, 2021 with frequent collaborator Polo G, and American rapper Fivio Foreign. The song was announced via an Instagram live stream on March 15, 4 days before its initial release. It was accompanied by a music video that was released on March 23. In an interview with Zane Lowe and Apple Music of how the song came together, Merritt said the collaborators meshed immediately. He further elaborated saying
"It was just magic, on-site. It was no, no copy and paste. It was magic," Merritt said. "I mean, it was just like, it was high energy. You know, everybody wants to come poke their chest out on the record. Everybody wants to perform, you know what I’m saying? So I felt like, in my opinion, I feel like the song just sound like three stars."[10]
The sixth and final single "Born 2 Be Great" was released on March 31, 2021.[11] The song reminisces Merritt's troubled childhood in which he and his friends went through trouble to get where he is today.
Music videos[]
The music video for “Run It Up” featuring Offset and Moneybagg Yo was released on April 3, 2021.[12]
The music video for "Oh Well" was released on April 4, 2021.[13]
The music video for "Love Hurts" featuring Toosii was released on April 7, 2021.[14]
Album documentary[]
Prior to the album's release, Merritt premiered the first part of the album's documentary that was directed by Sam Balaban on his YouTube channel. The documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the album's creation.[15]
Live performances[]
Lil Tjay and 6lack performed their song "Calling My Phone" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 5, 2021.[16]
Commercial performance[]
Destined 2 Win debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart with 62,000 album-equivalent units, including 3,000 pure album sales in its first week.[17] This became Lil Tjay's second top ten charting album, matching True 2 Myself which also peaked at number five.[17] In its second week, the album dropped to number eight on the chart, earning an additional 38,000 units.[18]
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Destined 2 Win" |
| Othello | 1:03 |
| 2. | "Born 2 Be Great" |
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| 2:50 |
| 3. | "Calling My Phone" (with 6lack) |
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| 3:25 |
| 4. | "What You Wanna Do" |
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| 4:05 |
| 5. | "Hood Rich" |
| Jay Bunkin | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Oh Well" |
| Bunkin | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Headshot" (with Polo G and Fivio Foreign) |
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| 2:24 |
| 8. | "Gang Gang" |
| Lbeats | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Go Crazy" | 3:48 | ||
| 10. | "Irregular Love" |
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| 2:18 |
| 11. | "Move" (with Tyga featuring Saweetie) |
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| 3:34 |
| 12. | "Slow Down" |
| Cassius Jay | 2:51 |
| 13. | "Love Hurts" (featuring Toosii) |
| Kiwi | 3:42 |
| 14. | "Run It Up" (featuring Offset and Moneybagg Yo) |
| Petruccio | 3:04 |
| 15. | "Part of the Plan" |
| ACG Burna | 4:20 |
| 16. | "No Cap" |
| Glazer | 3:01 |
| 17. | "Life Changed" |
|
| 3:00 |
| 18. | "Nuf Said" |
| Sweet | 1:39 |
| 19. | "Losses" (bonus track) |
| Woodpecker | 3:15 |
| 20. | "Move On" (bonus track) |
|
| 2:57 |
| 21. | "None of Your Love" (bonus track) | CashMoneyAP | 2:33 | |
| Total length: | 64:01 | |||
Sample credits
- "Calling My Phone" contains samples from "How I Been", performed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again
- "None of Your Love" contains samples from "Baby", performed by Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[19]
- Bordeaux – mixing engineer (all tracks), mastering engineer (7, 19), recording engineer (7)
- Eric Lagg – mastering engineer (1–6, 8–18)
- Todd Hurtt – recording engineer (1)
- Tweek Tune – recording engineer (2, 9, 20)
- JT Gagarin – recording engineer (3)
- Barrington Hall – recording engineer (3, 4, 8–10, 14, 17, 18)
- Mitch Kenny – recording engineer (4, 17)
- Drü Oliver – recording engineer (5, 7, 15, 19)
- Randy Urbanski – recording engineer (6)
- Christian "CQ" Quinonez – recording engineer (11)
- David Cabrera – recording engineer (12)
- Jadon John – recording engineer (13)
- Brandyn Marko – recording engineer (16)
- Nick Cavalieri – recording engineer (21)
Charts[]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] | 9 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] | 19 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] | 100 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] | 2 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] | 5 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] | 6 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] | 23 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] | 81 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[28] | 14 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[29] | 51 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[30] | 13 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] | 23 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[32] | 3 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] | 35 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] | 12 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[35] | 7 |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC)[36] | 34 |
| US Billboard 200[37] | 5 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[38] | 2 |
References[]
- ^ "Lil Tjay - Destined 2 Win". clashmusic.com. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ Grant, Shawn (October 30, 2020). "Lil Tay Prepares Winter Takeover, Releases New Video 'Losses'". The Source. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Powell, John (November 30, 2020). "Lil Tjay is ready to "Move On" with new single". Revolt. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ TJAY, lil (November 18, 2020). "Friday !