Control the Streets, Volume 2

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Control the Streets, Volume 2
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Compilation album by
Quality Control
ReleasedAugust 16, 2019
Recorded2018–2019
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Length105:23
Label
Producer
Quality Control chronology
Control the Streets, Volume 1
(2017)		Control the Streets, Volume 2
(2019)
Singles from Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 2
  1. "Baby" / "Come On"
    Released: July 17, 2019
  2. "Intro" / "Longtime"
    Released: August 1, 2019 [3]

Quality Control: Control the Streets, Volume 2 is a compilation album released by American record label Quality Control. The album was released on August 16, 2019, by Quality Control Music and Motown. [4] The album includes contributions from Quality Control artists Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, Marlo, DJ Durel, Migo Domingo, Mango Foo, YRN Lingo, YRN Murk, Duke Deuce, Dayytona Foxx, Kollision, 24Heavy, Street Bud, Jordan Hollywood, Stefflon Don, Layton Greene, City Girls and Renni Rucci. Other guest appearances include Gucci Mane, DaBaby, Tee Grizzley, Megan Thee Stallion, Gunna, Playboi Carti, Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Mustard, Young Thug, PnB Rock, Rylo Rodriguez, French Montana, Saweetie and Tay Keith. [5]

Contents

Music and lyrics

On “Intro”, Gucci Mane, Lil Yachty and Migos "effortlessly trade bars" and "encapsulate everything Quality Control is about." [6] The album reflects much of rap "moving to funkier pastures after a decade of monolithic trap beats" such as "Like That", where Mustard "chops up some New Orleans bounce" with Miami's City Girls, the U.K.’s Stefflon Don and South Carolina’s Renni Rucci. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100
Review scores
SourceRating
HiphopDX3.5/5
Pitchfork5.9/10
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Control the Streets, Volume 2 received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 58 based on 5 reviews. [8]

Christopher Weingarten of Spin wrote that "it’s a mostly satisfying chance to hear the sound of contemporary rap evolving in real time." [7] Cherise Johnson of HipHopDX wrote that "the 36-song project feels more like Quality Control on shuffle than a compilation — which is a good thing but misses the mark on creating an album in the purest sense." [6]

On the other hand, Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork wrote that QC artists' raps are "completely unimaginative" and featuring artists such as Megan Thee Stallion, Tee Grizzley and Gucci Mane outshine them. [9] Danny Schwartz of Rolling Stone wrote that "while the QC headliners spend much of Vol. 2 spinning their wheels, the undercards provide the more compelling draw and show occasional flashes of brilliance." [10] Fred Thomas of AllMusic wrote that "Vol. 2 of the series falls remarkably short of the high bar set by both the all star list of contributors and the victorious feel of its predecessor." [11]

Commercial performance

Control the Streets, Volume 2 debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 63,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Quality Control's second US top 10 album. [12]

Track listing

Adapted from HotNewHipHop, [13] and credits adapted from Tidal. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (with Migos and Lil Yachty featuring Gucci Mane)
 DJ Durel 3:35
2."Once Again" (with Lil Yachty featuring Tee Grizzley)
 Helluva 2:50
3."Baby" (with Lil Baby and DaBaby)
 Wheezy 2:22
4."What It Is" (with Offset)
  • Cephus
  • Kendrick Cannady
  • Pyrex
  • DaySix
2:27
5."Frosted Flakes" (with Migos)
4:18
6."Pastor" (with Quavo and City Girls featuring Megan Thee Stallion)
 Murda Beatz 2:40
7."I Suppose" (with Takeoff)
2:31
8."Back On" (with Lil Baby)
 Quay Global 2:25
9."Pink Toes" (with Offset and DaBaby featuring Gunna)
3:37
10."Dead Man Walking" (with Lil Yachty)
  • McCollum
  • Douglas
Buddah Bless2:01
11."100 Racks" (with Offset featuring Playboi Carti)
2:37
12."Double Trouble" (with Quavo featuring Meek Mill)
  • OG Parker
  • Tee Romano
  • Dez Wright
2:56
13."Bless Em" (with Takeoff featuring Travis Scott)
  • DY
  • Cicero
3:00
14."Like That" (with City Girls and Stefflon Don featuring Renni Rucci and Mustard)
3:39
15."Big Rocks" (with Offset featuring Young Thug)
2:24
16."Virgil" (with Quavo)
  • Marshall
  • McPherson
  • DJ Durel
  • Cubeatz
2:50
17."Magellanic" (with Takeoff)
  • Ball
  • McPherson
DJ Durel2:19
18."Leave Em Alone" (with Layton Greene featuring Lil Baby, City Girls and PnB Rock)
2:51
19."Ride" (with Lil Baby featuring Rylo Rodriguez and 24Heavy)
Yung Tago3:54
20."Wiggle It" (performed by French Montana featuring City Girls)
2:51
21."Stripper Bowl" (with Migos)
  • Marshall
  • Ball
  • Cephus
  • McPherson
3:22
22."Come On" (with City Girls and Saweetie featuring DJ Durel)
  • Johnson
  • Brownlee
  • Diamonté Harper
  • McPherson
  • K. Gomringer
  • T. Gomringer
  • Teiron Robinson
  • Kinta Cox
  • DJ Durel
  • Cubeatz
3:08
23."Soakin Wet" (with Marlo and Offset featuring City Girls)
  • Rudolph Johnson
  • Cephus
  • Cox
  • Hitmaka
  • OG Parker
  • Tee Romano
2:57
24."Longtime" (with 24Heavy featuring Young Thug)
  • Mario Petersen
  • Leon Krol
  • Vladislav Mokhin
  • Pascal Punz
  • Hill
  • Williams
  • MVA Beats
  • Palazzo Beats
  • LNK
  • Petersen
3:01
25."Yeh" (with Duke Deuce) Patavious Isom Ayoza3:06
26."Menace 2" (with Migos and Lil Yachty)
  • Cephus
  • Marshall
  • McCollum
  • Bynum
Earl on the Beat2:24
27."Big Bag" (with Marlo)JohnsonTwysted Genius2:55
28."Grab A..." (with Duke Deuce featuring Tay Keith)
 Tay Keith 2:23
29."Killin' Time" (with Lil Yachty featuring Offset and Mango Foo)
  • McCollum
  • Cephus
  • Bynum
Earl on the Beat2:12
30."Bait" (with Kollision)Rodriquez Woods
  • Narquise
  • Easy Money Caleb
  • Zoe Runna
  • Mike Almighty
  • Joseph DaVinci
2:25
31."Shoulder" (with Dayytona Fox and YRN Lingo)
  • Ezekiel Davenport
  • David Southworth
  • Timothy Johnson III
AyoLump1:52
32."Testament" (with Jordan Hollywood)
3:43
33."Get Em In" (with Mango Foo and Offset)
  • Michael Millhouse
  • Cephus
  • Lindstrom
Murda Beatz3:42
34."Murda" (with Domingo and Duke Deuce)
  • Dominic Spigner
  • Isom
  • Niles Groce
  • Keanu Torres
  • Fabio Aguilar
  • Snapz
  • Keanu Beats
  • Aguilar
3:43
35."Ain't Nuthin" (with Street Bud)
  • Spectacular Smith
  • Leon Smith
  • Joseph Smith
  • Marcus Cooper
  • James Scheffer
  • Corey Marhis
  • Derrick Baker
  • Diamond Smith
Bassline Fanaticz2:57
36."Hit" (with YRN Murk)CannadyPyrex3:26
Total length:105:23

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

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