Street Gossip (mixtape)

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Street Gossip
Lil Baby - Street Gossip.png
Mixtape by
ReleasedNovember 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)
Genre Hip hop
Length41:29
Label
Producer
Lil Baby chronology
Drip Harder
(2018)
Street Gossip
(2018)
My Turn
(2020)

Street Gossip is a commercial mixtape by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on November 30, 2018, by Quality Control Music, Motown, Capitol Records and Wolfpack Music Group. [1] It features guest appearances from Meek Mill, Gunna, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Rylo Rodriguez, Offset, Young Thug, and NoCap. [2]

Contents

Background

Lil Baby announced the project in early November 2018, later posting the cover art and track listing. [3]

Cover art

The cover art features a black-and-white photograph of Lil Baby performing shirtless, with his name and the title displayed above them, with the words "Preacher Man" in the bottom right corner. Photo was shot by Joshua Nichols. [3]

Commercial performance

Street Gossip debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 88,000 album-equivalent units, including 5,000 pure sales in its first week. [4] In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, moving another 42,000 album-equivalent units that week. [5] On February 8, 2020, the album 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. [6] It was Lil Baby's highest-charting project until his album My Turn debuted at number one in 2020. [4]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. [7]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Global"
Quay Global2:49
2."Pure Cocaine"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
  • Matthew Robinson
  • Quay Global
  • Mattazik Muzik
2:34
3."Crush a Lot"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
Quay Global2:39
4."Time" (featuring Meek Mill)
Quay Global3:02
5."Ready" (featuring Gunna)
3:33
6."Word on the Street"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
  • Justin Lee
  • Marquis Cobb
Quay Global2:52
7."This Week"
  • Jones
  • Rosser
Quay Global3:16
8."Anyway" (featuring 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane)Quay Global3:46
9."No Friends" (featuring Rylo Rodriguez)
  • Jones
  • Ryan Adams
  • Rosser
Quay Global3:12
10."Realist in It" (featuring Gucci Mane and Offset)
Quay Global3:42
11."Section 8" (featuring Young Thug) Wheezy 3:26
12."Chastised"
  • Jones
  • Gene Hixon
Al Geno2:03
13."Dreams 2 Reality" (featuring NoCap)
Al Geno4:35
Total length:41:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [7]

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [20] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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