TM (album)

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TM
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
RecordedEarly 2020-August 2021
Length37:30
Label
  • Question Everything
  • RCA
Producer
  • Matt Champion
  • Kiko Merley
  • Joba
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Bradford Lewis
  • Jabari Manwa
  • Baird
  • William Van Zandt
  • Goldwash
  • Alex Goose
  • Dom McLennon
  • Dutra
  • Grant Lapointe
  • Merlyn Wood
  • Solomonophonic
  • John DeBold
  • Coop The Truth
  • Dylan Neustadter
  • The Kount
  • Wesley Allen
Brockhampton chronology
The Family
(2022)
TM
(2022)

TM is the eighth and final studio album by American hip hop boy band Brockhampton. It was released on November 18, 2022, one day after the release of the group's previous studio album The Family , through RCA and Question Everything. For its entire rollout, The Family was advertised as the band's final album. A surprise release, TM was announced for release alongside a promo image for The Family, and was billed by the band as a "parting gift for fans". [1]

Contents

The album was executively produced by Brockhampton member Matt Champion, marking Champion's first production credit on a Brockhampton project. [2] Although he is credited as part of the group, vocalist and producer Bearface did not contribute to the record. [3]

Background

The Family had been advertised as the final studio album from Brockhampton. Despite this, in a promo image posted to social media alongside the release of The Family, the band announced surprise album TM in small text towards the bottom of the image, reading "Surprise album (TM) midnight local." [4] TM completed the 6-album deal that the group signed with RCA Records in 2018. [5]

Recording

Stated in a press release, TM is "an album made up of songs that were started by the group during a two-week stint in Ojai, California in 2021, but were never fully completed during those sessions." The album is executively produced by Brockhampton member Matt Champion. [1] [6]

"Keep It Southern" and "Man on the Moon" were previously teased as part of the band's Technical Difficulties Radio livestreams in 2020. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Clash 9/10 [9]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Clash journalist James Mellen called TM "a classic Brockhampton record" that successfully ended the Brockhampton project, featuring "immaculate production, genre shapeshifting, and some of the cleanest verses from the group in quite some time". [9]

Track listing

TM track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."FMG"
  • Kiko Merley
  • Russell Boring
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Matthew Champion [b]
2:30
2."Animal"
  • I. Simpson
  • Abraham
  • Champion
  • Ryan Beatty
  • Jabari Manwa
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Baird Acheson
  • William Van Zandt
  • Goldwash
  • Bradford Lewis
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Bradford Lewis
  • Jabari Manwa
  • Baird
  • William Van Zandt
  • Goldwash
4:22
3."Listerine"
  • Hemnani
  • Merley
  • Abraham
  • Alex Goose
  • Dominique Simpson
  • Manwa [a]
  • Jared Solomon [a]
3:06
4."New Shoes"
  • I. Simpson
  • Manwa
  • Johnny Dutra
  • Abraham
  • Champion
  • Hemnani
  • Murda Beatz
  • William Wood
  • Hemnani
  • Abraham
  • Manwa
  • Dutra
3:18
5."Keep It Southern"
  • I. Simpson
  • Merley
  • Hemnani
  • Abraham
  • Grant Lapointe
  • William Wood
  • Hemnani
  • Abraham
  • Merley
  • Grant Lapointe
  • William Wood
1:57
6."Man on the Moon"
  • I. Simpson
  • Champion
  • Lapointe
  • Boring
  • Beatty
  • Simon Newsome
  • Hemnani
  • Merley
  • Abraham
  • Jared P. Solomon
  • John DeBold
  • Merley
  • Hemnani
  • Jared Solomon
  • Abraham
  • John DeBold
4:00
7."Better Things"
  • Champion
  • Merley
  • Boring
  • I. Simpson
  • Acheson
  • Champion
  • Merley
  • Baird
2:53
8."Crucify Me"
  • Boring
  • Lapointe
  • Merley
  • Champion
  • I. Simpson
  • Abraham
  • Jordon Lumley
  • Cooper McGill
  • Teddi Jones
  • Karim Hutton
  • Abraham
  • Merley
  • Coop The Truth
  • Jordan Lumley [a]
4:22
9."Duct Tape"
  • Champion
  • Abraham
  • Boring
  • I. Simpson
  • Acheson
  • Hemnani
  • Dylan Neustadter
  • Manwa
  • D. Simpson
  • Wesley Allen
  • Koal Harrison
  • Rex Kudo
  • Hemnani
  • D. Simpson
  • Manwa
  • Dylan Neustadter
  • Baird
  • The Kount
  • Wesley Allen
4:44
10."Always Something"
  • I. Simpson
  • D. Simpson
  • Sean Matsukawa
  • Boring
  • Manwa
  • Manwa
3:29
11."Goodbye"
  • Champion
  • Boring
  • Hemnani
  • Manwa
  • Abraham
  • William Garvey
  • Hemnani
  • Manwa
  • Abraham
2:49
Total length:37:30

Samples

Personnel

Brockhampton

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart performance for TM
Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13] 100

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