Better than You (mixtape)

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Better than You
Better than You DaBaby NBA YoungBoy.png
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ReleasedMarch 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)
Length33:43
Label
Producer
  • Ambezza
  • Bapsxx
  • Ben10k
  • BlakeSale
  • Cardo
  • Cheese
  • Dmac
  • Glacier
  • Haze
  • Hurtboy AG
  • Indiagotthembeats
  • J. Stacks
  • Jahniya C.
  • Jhint
  • Johnny Juliano
  • Juko
  • Kayothewizard
  • Leor
  • Nash
  • Oxthello
  • Outofair
  • Paco Black
  • Red Jon
  • Sheila's Son
  • TnTXD
  • Tommy Parker
  • Uzoh
  • Yung Exclusive
DaBaby chronology
Back on My Baby Jesus Sh!t Again
(2021)
Better than You
(2022)
Baby on Baby 2
(2022)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology
Colors
(2022)
Better than You
(2022)
The Last Slimeto
(2022)
Better Than You track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hit"
2:05
2."On this Line"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • India Williams
  • Leor Shavah
  • Jahniya Campbell
  • Cheese
  • Indiagotthembeats
  • Leor
  • Jahniya C
2:29
3."Little to a Lot"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Thomas Horton
  • David McDowell
  • Nathan Lamarche
  • Ethan Hayes
  • Cheese
  • TnTXD
  • Dmac
  • Nash
  • Haze
3:38
4."WiFi"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Dwayne Oats
Glacier2:40
5."Turbo"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Mathias Liyew
  • Othello Houston
  • Niklas Koellner
  • Phillip Mueller
  • Cheese
  • Ambezza
  • Oxthello
  • Outofair
2:59
6."BBL"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Uzoma Harbor
  • Jalen Hinton
  • Adam Gamble
  • Uzoh
  • Jhint
  • Kayothewizard
3:12
7."Count on Me"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Horton
  • Aaron Gilfenbain
  • Alexander Baptist
  • João Carneiro
  • Cheese
  • TnTXD
  • Hurtboy AG
  • Bapsxx
  • Red Jon
2:54
8."Syracuse"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • LaTour
  • Brian McClain, Jr.
  • Cardo
  • Sheila's Son
2:05
9."Creeper"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Justus Stackhouse
  • Tyrik Bradley
  • J. Stacks
  • Paco Black
2:48
10."Head Off"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Liyew
  • Thomas Lumpkins
  • Benjamin Wilson
  • Cheese
  • Ambezza
  • Tommy Parker
  • Ben10k
3:00
11."Neighborhood Superstar"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Shavah
  • Jacob Sclaver
  • Cheese
  • Leor
  • Juko
3:55
12."Bestie"
  • Kirk
  • Gaulden
  • Harbor
  • Gamble
  • Uzoh
  • Kayothewizard
1:51
Total length:33:43

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Better than You
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 62
US Billboard 200 [15] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] 7

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