Savage Mode II

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Savage Mode II
21 Savage and Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II.png
Standard cover art for the album, chopped and screwed version features the same cover with a purple overlay
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2020
Recorded2019–2020
Studio
  • Astro (Atlanta)
  • Circle House (Miami)
  • Conway
  • Paramount (Los Angeles)
  • Sugar Hill
  • Wire Road (Houston)
Genre
Length44:01
Label
Producer
21 Savage chronology
I Am > I Was
(2018)
Savage Mode II
(2020)
Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack
(2021)
Savage Mode II track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
1:10
2."Runnin"
Metro Boomin3:16
3."Glock in My Lap"
3:14
4."Mr. Right Now" (featuring Drake)
  • Metro Boomin
  • David x Eli
3:14
5."Rich Nigga Shit" (featuring Young Thug)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Peter Lee Johnson [a]
3:10
6."Slidin"
3:05
7."Many Men"
  • Metro Boomin
  • Johnson [a]
3:22
8."Snitches & Rats" (interlude)
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Wayne
 0:57
9."Snitches & Rats" (featuring Young Nudy)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Johnson [a]
3:08
10."My Dawg"
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Wayne
  • Ahmar Bailey
  • Bernd Schoenhart [e]
  • Metro Boomin
  • Kid Hazel
3:02
11."Steppin on Niggas"
Metro Boomin2:21
12."Brand New Draco"
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Wayne
  • Rhars
  • Metro Boomin
  • Prince 85
  • Johnson [a]
3:22
13."No Opp Left Behind"
  • Abraham-Joseph
  • Wayne
Metro Boomin3:14
14."RIP Luv"
3:34
15."Said N Done"
Metro Boomin3:52
Total length:44:01

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. [40] [41]

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Savage Mode II
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [67] Gold10,000
Poland (ZPAV) [68] Gold10,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [69] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [39] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Savage Mode II
RegionDateLabel(s)Format(s)EditionRef.
VariousOctober 2, 2020
Standard [70]
October 19, 2020Remix [71]
January 15, 2021 CD Standard [72]
February 26, 2021 Vinyl [73]

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