A Gift & a Curse

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A Gift & a Curse
Gunna - A Gift & a Curse.png
Studio album by
Gunna
ReleasedJune 16, 2023 (2023-06-16)
Length45:08
Label
Producer
  • 88 Krazy
  • Angelo
  • Cam Griffin
  • Cubeatz
  • Dunk Rock
  • Evergreen
  • Flo
  • Fresh Ayr
  • Jojokelete
  • Kenny Stuntin
  • Larrance Dopson
  • Lnk
  • Mario Petersen
  • Nils
  • Omar Grand
  • Pooh Beatz
  • Rick Anthony
  • Royal808
  • Sammy Haig
  • Sim
  • Slowburnz
  • Swiff D
  • Turbo
  • Willis Keaton
  • X-Plosive
  • Yung Talent
Gunna chronology
DS4Ever
(2022)		A Gift & a Curse
(2023)		 One of Wun
(2024)
Singles from A Gift & a Curse
  1. "Bread & Butter"
    Released: June 2, 2023
  2. "FukUMean"
    Released: July 11, 2023

A Gift & a Curse (stylized as a Gift & a Curse) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Gunna. It was released through Gunna Music, LLC, YSL Records, and 300 Entertainment on June 16, 2023. Production on the album was handled by Turbo, Omar Grand, Cam Griffin, Kenny Stuntin, Sim, Nils, Pooh Beatz, Lnk, Mario Petersen, Flo, X-Plosive, Royal808, Dunk Rock, Angelo, Yung Talent, Willis Keaton, Slowburnzz, 88 Krazy, Larrance Dopson, Swiff D, Evrgrn, Zookids, Aviator Keyyz, Rick Anthony, Sammy Haig, Cubeatz, Fresh Ayr, and Jojokelete. The album was released as a surprise and is Gunna's first project to not feature any guest appearances. It was supported by two singles, "Bread & Butter" and "FukUMean", and serves as the follow-up to his previous album, DS4Ever (2022). [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
Mic Cheque7.5/10 [5]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [6]
Slant Magazine 6/10 [7]

A Gift & a Curse received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on six reviews. [2]

Robin Murray of Clash wrote that the album was "succinct, finessed, and packs a punch". [4] Writing for Mic Cheque, Hamza Riaz opined that it "shows that Gunna is YSL's most valuable asset, constantly honing his sound and this time adding a new layer to his predictable output". [5] In a mixed review, Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork felt like the album was "too vague to have much depth and too absorbed in real-life drama to have the feel-good vibes he wants to preserve". [6] Writing for Slant Magazine , Paul Attard felt that "Gunna gives us more of himself than he ever has before, and even if much of the lyrical substance of the album is undermined in a few weeks' time, that in and of itself is worth celebrating". [7]

Commercial performance

In the United States, A Gift & a Curse debuted at number three on Billboard 200 chart, earning 85,000 album-equivalent units (including 1,000 in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Gunna's fifth top ten album in total, with four out of the five credited to him, on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 112.65 million on-demand streams of the album's songs. [8]

Track listing

A Gift & a Curse track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Back at It"
  • Turbo
  • Omar Grand
  • Cam Griffin
3:06
2."Back to the Moon"
  • Kitchens
  • Kenneth Redfield Jr.
  • Simarpreet Bahia
  • Kenny Stuntin
  • Sim
3:13
3."IDK NoMore"
  • Kitchens
  • Durham
  • Perrin
  • Griffin
  • Nils Noehden
  • Turbo
  • Omar Grand
  • Cam Griffin
  • Nils
2:59
4."Paybach"
  • Kitchens
  • Durham
  • Darryl Clemons
  • Leon Krol
  • Mario Petersen
  • Turbo
  • Pooh Beatz
  • Lnk
  • Petersen
2:53
5."Ca$h $hit"
  • Kitchens
  • Florian Ongonga
  • Thomas Kessler
  • Felix Roggenkamper
  • Flo
  • X-Plosive
  • Royal808
2:11
6."FukUMean"
  • Kitchens
  • Ongonga
  • Lucas DiFabbio
  • Flo
  • Dunk Rock
2:05
7."Rodeo Dr"
  • Kitchens
  • Ongonga
  • Angelo Ferraro
  • Flo
  • Angelo
2:56
8."Bottom"
  • Kitchens
  • Durham
  • Camren Martin
  • Turbo
  • Yung Talent
2:57
9."P Angels"
  • Kitchens
  • Willis Keaton
  • Nicholas Santos
  • Keaton
  • Slowburnz
  • 88 Krazy
2:56
10."Born Rich"
2:52
11."Go Crazy"
  • Kitchens
  • Redfield
  • Amman Nurani
  • Sacha Katz
  • William Clarke
  • Kenny Stuntin
  • Evrgrn
  • Zookids
2:53
12."Bread & Butter"
  • Kitchens
  • Durham
  • Perrin
  • Griffin
  • Turbo
  • Omar Grand
  • Cam Griffin
3:46
13."Turned Your Back"
  • Kitchens
  • Durham
  • Perrin
  • Griffin
  • Turbo
  • Omar Grand
  • Cam Griffin
4:03
14."I Was Just Thinking"
  • Kitchens
  • Kenneth Gilmore
  • Rick Anthony
  • Sammy Haig
  • Aviator Keyyz
  • Anthony
  • Haig
3:12
15."Alright"
3:04
Total length:45:08

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