Still Flexin, Still Steppin

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Still Flexin, Still Steppin
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ReleasedFebruary 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
Genre Hip hop
Length37:55
Label
Producer
  • AKel
  • BJ Beatz
  • Ceddy Bo
  • David Tell Em
  • DJ Trebble
  • DrellOnTheTrack
  • Dubba-AA
  • Felipe S
  • Hagan
  • HitmanAudio
  • India Got Them Beats
  • Khris James
  • Lilkdubb
  • NeilOnDaTrack
  • Sean Angus Watson
  • TayTayMadeIt
  • Vadebeatz
  • Yung Lan
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology
AI YoungBoy 2
(2019)
Still Flexin, Still Steppin
(2020)
38 Baby 2
(2020)

Still Flexin, Still Steppin is the thirteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released on February 21, 2020, by Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records. It features a lone collaboration with the rapper Quando Rondo on the track "Suited Panamera". [1] YoungBoy Never Broke Again also released a music video for the song "Lil Top". [2]

Contents

The mixtape debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 91,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming YoungBoy Never Broke Again's second-highest charting album after his 2019 number-one album AI YoungBoy 2 . The mixtape was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2020. [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Background

The mixtape includes the previously released tracks "Bad Bad", "Knocked Off" and "Fine by Time". [2]

Commercial performance

Still Flexin, Still Steppin debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 91,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, most of which came from streams, making it the most streamed album of the week. [5] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, earning an additional 44,000 units. [6] On October 20, 2020, the mixtape was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States. [3]

Track listing

Still Flexin, Still Steppin track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."RIP Lil Phat"
  • Treble on the Beat
  • Lil Kdubb
2:26
2."Knocked Off"
  • Gaulden
  • Tavian Dawson Carter
TAYTAYMADEIT2:07
3."Lil Top"
  • Gaulden
  • Samuel Thanni
  • Hagan Lange
  • Brandon Russell
  • Bj Beatz
  • KhrisJames XO
  • Hagan
3:05
4."Red Eye"
  • Gaulden
  • Kendrell Mattox
  • Drell on the Track
  • Sean Angus Watson [a]
2:36
5."Fine by Time"
  • Gaulden
  • Dave Boonpetch
Vadebeatz2:55
6."Suited Panamera" (featuring Quando Rondo)
  • KhrisJames XO
  • Vadebeatz
2:21
7."How You Want It"
  • Gaulden
  • Neil Harrison
NeilOnDaTrack2:30
8."Long RD"
  • Gaulden
  • Andres Felipe Espana
  • Milan Modi
  • Felipe Spain
  • Yung Lan
2:55
9."Okay"
  • Gaulden
  • Task
  • India Williams
  • Lil Kdubb
  • India Got Them Beats
2:49
10."Bat Man"
  • Gaulden
  • Aaron Lockhart
  • David Dulcio
  • Cedric Brown
  • Dubba-AA
  • David Tell 'Em
  • Ceddy Bo
2:58
11."Call Me Late"
  • Gaulden
  • India Williams
India Got Them Beats3:33
12."Gunsmoke"
  • Gaulden
  • Harris
NeilOnDaTrack2:18
13."Bad Bad"
  • Gaulden
  • Allen Kelly
  • Gregory Sanders
  • HitmanAudio
  • Akel
2:18
14."No Understand"
  • Gaulden
  • Trask
  • Boonpetch
  • Lil Kdubb
  • Vadebeatz
3:04
Total length:37:55

Notes

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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