Bumps & Bruises

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Bumps & Bruises
Bumps & Bruises cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Ugly God
ReleasedAugust 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
Recorded2018–2019
Genre Hip hop [1]
Length30:56
Label Asylum
Ugly God chronology
Just a Lil Something Before the Album...
(2018)		Bumps & Bruises
(2019)
Singles from Bumps & Bruises
  1. "Hello"
    Released: March 28, 2019
  2. "Lost in the Sauce"
    Released: May 10, 2019
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 3.5/10 [2]

Bumps & Bruises is the debut studio album by American rapper Ugly God. It was released on August 9, 2019. [3] [4] [5] [6] The album features guest appearances from Takeoff, Wintertime, and Lil Pump. [7] [8] [4] [9] The cover for the album was originally released on Instagram at the end of 2018. [10] [11]

Contents

Release and promotion

Ugly God first teased the album in January 2018, when he tweeted the album artwork. [10] [11] He continued to tease this album and two other projects on February 20, 2018, saying

Bumps & Bruises is the debut album. 777 is my EP that will either drop right before or right after my album. It's Gonna Be One Ugly Winter is a collab EP with @wintertime. All of these are dropping within the next few months. Release dates coming soon. [12]

On April 24, 2018, Ugly God posted an EP to his SoundCloud titled Just a Lil Something Before the Album... which served as a teaser for the album. [13]

On October 19, 2018, Ugly God posted a trailer for the album on his Instagram. [14] On December 14, 2018, Ugly God confirmed that the album would contain of sixteen tracks. [14]

On July 15, 2019, Ugly God announced that the album would officially be released on August 9, 2019, in addition to releasing another trailer. [15] Two days later, he unveiled the track listing, revealing fourteen tracks with two featured artists. [16] [5]

On August 9, Ugly God released the album as a deluxe version, featuring two previously released singles, "Hello" (featuring Lil Pump) and "Lost in the Sauce". [17] [16] [4] He promoted the album with an interview on the "Everyday Struggle" show, as well as having an Instagram Live with Wintertime (one of the features) moments before releasing the album. [18] During initial promotion on the album, Ugly God implied rapper Lil Yachty would be featured, but this feature was not included on the album.

Producer Tay Keith assisted in production of the track "Batman".[ citation needed ] The track "Leave a Tip" was initially released in early 2018 with rapper Splash Drexler, it was re-released in the album without a feature.[ citation needed ]2

Track listing

All tracks produced by Ugly God, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."One Two" Royce Rodriguez  1:54
2."Jaguar"Rodriguez
2:34
3."For Real"Rodriguez
  • Based1
  • Payday
  • Ugly God
1:42
4."Back to Basics"Rodriguez 1:58
5."Hahaha!"RodriguezAlto Britz1:29
6."What's Up?"Rodriguez
  • Payday
  • Ugly God
2:16
7."Bumps & Bruises" (interlude)Rodriguez 1:58
8."Hold Up" (featuring Takeoff)
  • Red Drum
  • Ugly God
2:45
9."Right Now"Rodriguez 2:17
10."Batman"
 Tay Keith 2:53
11."History"Rodriguez
  • Red Drum
  • Ugly God
1:52
12."Outer Space"Rodriguez
  • ReeseyGotIt
  • Ugly God
1:55
13."Tell Me How You Feel" (featuring Wintertime)Rodriguez 2:40
14."Leave a Tip"RodriguezNikko Bunkin2:43
Total length:30:56
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Hello" (featuring Lil Pump)
Thank You Fizzle2:45
16."Lost in the Sauce"Rodriguez 1:57

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [19] 46

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