Harder Than Ever

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Harder Than Ever
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Studio album by
Lil Baby
ReleasedMay 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
Genre
Length51:16
Label
Producer
Lil Baby chronology
Too Hard
(2017)		Harder Than Ever
(2018)		 Drip Harder
(2018)
Singles from Harder Than Ever
  1. "Southside"
    Released: May 8, 2018
  2. "Yes Indeed"
    Released: May 15, 2018

Harder Than Ever is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on May 18, 2018 by 4 Pockets Full, Wolfpack Music Group, Quality Control Music, Motown and Capitol Records. [1] The album features guest appearances from Starlito, Drake, Moneybagg Yo, Gunna, Young Thug, Offset, Lil Uzi Vert, and Hoodrich Pablo Juan. It also features production from Southside, Wheezy, Tay Keith, Quay Global and Turbo, among others. [2]

Contents

Singles

The album's lead single, "Southside", was released for digital download on May 8, 2018, along with the music video. [3] The song was produced by Southside. The music video was directed by Edgar Esteves. [4]

The album's second single, "Yes Indeed" with Drake, was released on May 15, 2018. [5] The song was produced by Wheezy. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX 3.7/5 [7]
HotNewHipHop89% [8]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [9]

Harder Than Ever was met with generally positive reviews. At Album of the Year, the album received an average score of 70 out of 100, based on two reviews. [10]

Evan Rytlewski at Pitchfork gave the album mixed a review giving it 6.6 out of 10. Although he ended describing Lil Baby's debut, "Technically impressive: polished, efficient, but also kind of nondescript". He also stated that "Baby’s rapping isn’t any flashier than his fashion sense. He rhymes in a tuneful, half-sung stream of thought, sort of like a more nuanced Rich Homie Quan. On a purely technical level, he’s impressive." [9]

Commercial performance

Harder Than Ever debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 71,000 album-equivalent units (including 6,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. [11] This became Lil Baby's first US top ten debut on the chart. [11] In its second week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning an additional 45,000 units. [12] In its third week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, moving 37,000 more units. [13] In its fourth week, the album remained at number nine, earning 34,000 units, bringing its four-week total to 184,000 album-equivalent units. [14] As of December 2018, the album has earned 717,000 album-equivalent units in the US. [15] On February 28, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States. [16]

Track listing

Harder Than Ever track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
 Quay Global 1:33
2."Spazz"
  • Southside
  • Bobby Raps [a]
1:48
3."I'm Straight"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
Quay Global3:12
4."Exotic" (featuring Starlito)
 Tay Keith 2:42
5."Yes Indeed" (with Drake)
2:22
6."Leaked"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
  • Sheldon Ferguson
Quay Global3:12
7."Bank" (featuring Moneybagg Yo)
3:06
8."Cash"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
Quay Global3:18
9."Southside"
  • Jones
  • Luellen
  • Southside
  • Max Lord [a]
2:53
10."Throwing Shade" (featuring Gunna)
Quay Global3:12
11."First Class"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
Quay Global3:21
12."Right Now" (featuring Young Thug)
 London on da Track 3:25
13."Weeeeee" (featuring Gunna and Lil Uzi Vert)
Quay Global4:07
14."Transporter" (featuring Offset)
 DJ Durel 3:33
15."Fit In"
  • Jones
  • Isaac Bynum
Earl the Pearll3:33
16."Boss Bitch" (featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan)
  • Jones
  • Sterling Pennix
  • Rosser
Quay Global2:44
17."Never Needed No Help"
  • Jones
  • Bynum
Earl the Pearll3:15
Total length:51:16

Notes

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Sales certifiations for Harder Than Ever
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [28] Gold40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [29] Platinum1,000,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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