USee4Yourself

Last updated
USee4Yourself
Studio album by
IDK
ReleasedJuly 9, 2021
Genre Hip hop [1]
Length43:51
Label
Producer
  • Acyde
  • Almatic
  • ATL Jacob
  • Blue Rondo
  • Bobby Raps
  • Buddah Bless
  • CashMoneyAP
  • DJ Dahi
  • DJ Khalil
  • Eden Eliah Nagar
  • Efosa Beloved
  • IDK
  • Illingsworth
  • JaVale McGee
  • Kurtis McKenzie
  • LDG Beats
  • Luca Mauti
  • The Neptunes
  • Obi Nwadije
  • Rascal
  • Stonegroov
  • Teddy Roxpin
  • T-Minus
  • Travagant
  • YoungKio
IDK chronology
IDK & Friends 2
(2020)
USee4Yourself
(2021)
Simple.
(2022)

USee4Yourself (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American rapper IDK. It was released on July 9, 2021, through Clue No Clue and Warner Records. [2]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Clash 8/10 [5]
Gigwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
HipHopDX [6]
The Line of Best Fit [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

USee4Yourself received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 5 reviews. [3]

Background

IDK stated, "I needed to make this album to become a better person", and expressed during the process, "took away a sense of fear... of people finding out who I am". [9] [10]

Track listing

USee4Yourself track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."3018091821"
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
1:11
2."Santa Monica Blvd"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
2:41
3."Dogs Don't Lie"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Brian Aronow
  • Johnathan Gilad
  • Jesse Brotter
  • Caroline Ramani
1:57
4."Truth"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
0:33
5."PradadaBang" (featuring Young Thug)
2:25
6."Shoot My Shot" (featuring Offset)
2:52
7."Red" (featuring Westside Gunn, MF Doom, and Jay Electronica)
  • Mills
  • Obi Nwadije
  • Blue Rondo
  • Illingsworth
4:15
8."Jelly"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
0:43
9."Puerto Rico" (featuring Lucky Daye)
3:17
10."Temporary Love" (featuring SiR)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
1:07
11."10 Feet" (featuring T-Pain)
  • Mills
  • Denesha Bowser
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Travagant
  • Efosa Beloved
  • Nwadije
  • Acyde
2:58
12."Keto" (featuring The Neptunes, Swae Lee, and Rico Nasty)
The Neptunes 2:21
13."1995"
  • Mills
  • Rominiecki
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Buddah Bless
  • Blue Rondo
  • Stonegroov
4:08
14."Peloton"
3:33
15."Hey Auntie" (featuring Slick Rick)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Eden Eliah Nagar
  • Teddy Roxpin
  • LDG Beats
3:22
16."Cry in Church" (featuring Sevyn Streeter)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Rascal
4:47
17."Closure"MillsMills1:34
Total length:43:51

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