Speak Now (Moneybagg Yo album)

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Speak Now
Moneybagg Yo - Speak Now.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 2024 (2024-06-14)
Genre Trap [1]
Length51:20
Label
Producer
  • 254bodi
  • AyoWuan
  • Boi-1da
  • BWolf201
  • Charlie Handsome
  • DB!
  • Dez Wright
  • DJ Bandz
  • DJ Swift
  • Drumgod
  • EJPXris
  • Evrgrn
  • Gentle Beatz
  • HardOCC
  • Haze
  • Hoops
  • Huncho Made This
  • Ike
  • Juke Wong
  • Kash Flow
  • KlutchFrenchie
  • LMC
  • Meech Magic
  • Mike Hector
  • Phantom
  • Skywalker OG
  • Smiley
  • Tay Keith
  • Turbo
  • T-Head
  • Wheezy
  • Yung Dee
Moneybagg Yo chronology
Hard to Love
(2023)
Speak Now
(2024)
Singles from Speak Now
  1. "Bussin"
    Released: March 29, 2024
  2. "Tryna Make Sure"
    Released: May 3, 2024
  3. "Play da Fool"
    Released: June 7, 2024
  4. "Whiskey Whiskey"
    Released: August 13, 2024
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
RapReviews7/10 [3]

Speak Now is the fifth studio album by American rapper Moneybagg Yo. It was released through Roc Nation, Collective Music Group, Bread Gang Entertainment, N-Less Entertainment, and Interscope Records on June 14, 2024. The album contains guest appearances from Chris Brown, Rob49, Lil Durk, YTB Fatt, Morgan Wallen, and Kevo Muney. Production was handled by Tay Keith, Boi-1da, Wheezy, Turbo, and Charlie Handsome, among others.

Contents

Release and promotion

On March 29, 2024, Moneybagg Yo released the lead single of the album, "Bussin", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Rob49. [4] "Tryna Make Sure" was released as its second single on May 3, 2024. [5] Later that month, Moneybagg Yo announced the title of the album and its release date before announcing that he would have to push its release date back by three weeks due to him waiting on a popular artist sending him guest vocals on May 23, 2024, the day before its scheduled release. [6] "Play da Fool" was released as the third and final single of the album on June 7, 2024. [7] He revealed the tracklist of the album four days later. [8] The fourth and final single of the album, "Whiskey Whiskey", which features American country music singer Morgan Wallen, was sent to US rhythmic radio on August 13, 2024.

Track listing

Speak Now track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."All Year"
  • Drumgod
  • Ayowuan
  • HardOCC
2:42
2."Speak"
  • White
  • Gullatt
  • Amman Nurani
  • Liam McAlister
  • Thomas Walker
  • Darius Henry
  • Patrick Bodi
  • Kashies McKinley
  • Drumgod
  • Evrgrn
  • LMC
  • Skywalker OG
  • Yung Dee
  • 254bodi
  • Kash Flow
2:19
3."P Run"
  • White
  • Gullatt
  • Daniel Schnabel
  • Drumgod
  • Gentle Beatz
3:00
4."Tryna Make Sure" Tay Keith 2:46
5."Taboo Miami"
2:48
6."Fireplace"
  • White
  • Brian Wolf
BWolf2012:10
7."I Feel It"
  • White
  • Gullatt
  • Darryon Bunton
  • Drumgod
  • DB!
1:51
8."Drunk Off U" (with Chris Brown)
  • Hoops
  • Haze
  • Drumgod
3:16
9."Bussin" (with Rob49)
2:44
10."Tic Tac Toe"
  • White
  • Gullatt
  • Damion Williams
  • Taureon Hailey
  • Drumgod
  • DJ Swift
  • T-Head
2:35
11."Gangstas Relate" (with Lil Durk)
  • White
  • Durk Banks
  • Devonte Richmond
  • Demetrises Bell
  • Isaac Allwine
  • DJ Bandz
  • Meech Magic
  • Ike
2:39
12."Play da Fool"
  • White
  • Wolf
BWolf2012:19
13."Rich Viking"
  • White
  • Glass
  • Dylan Cleary-Krell
  • Lucas DePante
  • Edin Jakupovic
  • Wheezy
  • Dez Wright
  • Juke Wong
  • EJPXris
2:36
14."On Det" (with YTB Fatt)
  • White
  • Cavon Paige
  • Wankang Lu
  • Zhiquan Jiang
  • Matthew Taylor
  • KlutchFrenchie
  • Phantom
  • Smiley
2:33
15."Whiskey Whiskey" (featuring Morgan Wallen)
2:41
16."Aw Shit"
  • White
  • Gullatt
  • Walker
  • Drumgod
  • Skywalker OG
2:47
17."Go Gho$t" (interlude) (with Kevo Muney)
  • White
  • Kevo Meeks
  • Kyler Gregory
Huncho Made This2:46
Total length:44:38

Charts

Chart performance for Speak Now
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] 62
US Billboard 200 [10] 13
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] 3

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