Thug Talk

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Thug Talk
Boosie Badazz - Thug Talk.webp
Mixtape by
ReleasedMarch 16, 2016 (2016-03-16)
Genre Southern hip hop
Length1:01:24
Label Badazz Music Syndicate
Producer
  • 20k
  • Backpack
  • B Don
  • Decky On Da Track
  • Evil G
  • G Luck
  • Nicholas "Fouryn" Baker
  • Stoopid Beatz
Boosie Badazz chronology
Out My Feelings in My Past
(2016)
Thug Talk
(2016)
Penitentiary Chances
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
HipHopDX 4/5 [2]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [3]
XXL 8/10 [4]

Thug Talk is a mixtape by American rapper Boosie Badazz. It was released on March 16, 2016 via Badazz Music Syndicate. Production was handled by G Luck & B Don, Stoopid Beatz, 20k, Backpack, Decky On Da Track, Evil G and Nicholas "Fouryn" Baker among others. It features guest appearances from Webbie, Z-Ro and the late Pimp C. The album debuted at number 130 on the Billboard 200, number 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 10 on the Top Rap Albums and number 11 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States.

Contents

Critical reception

Israel Daramola of Pitchfork resumed: "after a scary bout with cancer, Boosie Badazz has a new lease on life and is releasing new music at a steady clip. Thug Talk is another hard memorandum on the turmoil of gangsta life". [3] AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "this street release adds to the pile of 2016 LPs from Boosie Badazz, all of them worth a listen. Unlike others that spoke to the MC's battle with cancer, Thug Talk does just what it says on the tin, offering a series of tracks about street crime and drug dealing. Preaching isn't his thing, and yet the MC's honesty and cold, hard facts are deterrents set to banging beats. A posthumous Pimp C interview on the cut "Wake Up" underlines this view, while the streetwise MCs Webbie and Z-Ro are the sharp album's only guests". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Thug Talk"4:54
2."Finish U"2:02
3."For da Love of Money"3:43
4."Regret It" (featuring Webbie)4:07
5."Wake Up" (featuring Pimp C)5:02
6."Off the Chain"3:22
7."TV"3:50
8."Rainbow"3:12
9."Retarded"3:28
10."Right Game Wrong Nigga"4:02
11."Streetwars"3:48
12."What You Know About Me"2:54
13."Menace II Society"3:32
14."No Surrender No Retreat"3:05
15."Found Love N U"2:58
16."Go Away" (featuring Z-Ro)4:02
17."Thug Prayer"3:23
Total length:1:01:24

Charts

Chart performance for Thug Talk
Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 130
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 14
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [7] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 11

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