Freestyle (Lil Baby song)

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"Freestyle"
Single by Lil Baby
from the album Too Hard
ReleasedNovember 5, 2017
Genre Trap
Length2:42
Label
Songwriter(s) Dominique Jones
Producer(s) Joseph DaVinci
Lil Baby singles chronology
"Fasho"
(2017)
"Freestyle"
(2017)
"Vision Clear"
(2017)
Music video
"Freestyle" on YouTube

"Freestyle" is a song by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on November 5, 2017 with an accompanying music video, to promote his mixtape Too Hard (2017). [1] The song became one of his most popular hits and helped him rise to prominence. [2] The song is a sleeper hit which began charting outside of the United States in 2022.

Contents

Composition

In the song, Lil Baby raps about his usage of lean and percocets, over production by Joseph DaVinci. He gives numerous name-drops, including that of basketball player Philip Champion, and also interpolates "Hail Mary" by Tupac Shakur. [3]

Critical reception

Billboard ranked the song at number five on their list of Lil Baby's best songs. [3]

Charts

Weekly charts

2018 chart performance for "Freestyle"
Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 9
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard ) [5] 1
2022 chart performance for "Freestyle"
Chart (2022–2023)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [6] 69
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [7] 169
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 59
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 17

Year-end charts

2022 year-end chart performance for "Freestyle"
Chart (2022)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [10] 97

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold40,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [13] 3× Platinum3,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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