Until I Return

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Until I Return
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ReleasedNovember 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)
Genre Hip hop
Length40:15
Label
Producer
  • ABOnTheBeat
  • Audio Jacc
  • Bak
  • Bans
  • BJ Beatz
  • Bobby Raps
  • Brxtn
  • Callari
  • Cheese
  • David Morse
  • Dubba-AA
  • DY Krazy
  • Ferno
  • Frankie Bash
  • Haze
  • HitmanAudio
  • India Got Them Beats
  • Jack LoMastro
  • Jacob Wolfe
  • Jerome Malfliet
  • J Inc.
  • Jonnie Hope
  • Joseph L’Étranger
  • JULiA LEWiS
  • KiddFreddo
  • Lilkdubb
  • ManOhManFoster
  • Max Lord
  • Mike Laury
  • Mike Wavvs
  • Mook On The Beats
  • Murda Beatz
  • Paul Cabbin
  • PlayboyXO
  • Saucey Beats
  • TayTayMadeIt
  • Thank You Fizzle
  • Wallis Lane
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology
Top
(2020)
Until I Return
(2020)
Nobody Safe
(2020)

Until I Return is the fifteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released on November 13, 2020, by Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records. [1] The mixtape was released completely solo without any features.

Contents

The mixtape debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [2]

Background

The mixtape was first released on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, exclusively on YouTube, however, through Atlantic Records and Never Broke Again, it was distributed onto all streaming services just two days later on November 13, 2020. [1] [3] [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Until I Return received mediocre reviews from critics. AllMusic 's Neil Z. Yeung noted that the mixtape "[showcases] Youngboy's Young Thug-influenced sing-song vocals and rapid-fire bars." [5]

Commercial performance

Until I Return debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 31,000 album-equivalent units (including 500 pure album sales) in its first week. [2] This became Youngboy's fourth US top-ten album debut in 2020. [2] This mixtape also accumulated a total of 47.49 million on-demand streams of the set's songs during the tracking week. [2]

Track listing

Until I Return track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Whitey Bulger"
  • Dubba-AA
  • Jonnie Hope
  • Mike Laury
3:33
2."Around"
  • Gaulden
  • Tavian Carter
TayTayMadeIt2:38
3."Chopper City"
  • Gaulden
  • Gregory Sanders Jr.
  • India Williams
  • Carter
  • HitmanAudio
  • India Got Them Beats
  • TayTayMadeIt
2:33
4."Toxic"
  • Gaulden
  • ABOnTheBeat
  • Alexander Bak
  • Colin Franken
  • Benjamin Falik
  • ABOnTheBeat
  • Bak
  • Frankie Bash
  • JULiA LEWiS
3:20
5."Casket Fresh"
2:35
6."Mask On"
  • Gaulden
  • Brandon Russell
  • Kyre Trask
  • BJ Beatz
  • Lilkdubb
2:04
7."Funds"
  • Gaulden
  • Max Lord
  • Joshua Goldenberg
  • Max Lord
  • Thank You Fizzle
2:41
8."I Expect You"
2:49
9."Off 1Tenth"
  • Gaulden
  • Brayon Nelson
  • Jarrian Thompson
  • Mook On The Beats
  • PlayboyXO
2:08
10."Thrasher"
2:48
11."Walking Dead"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Russell
  • Aman Nikhanj
  • BJ Beatz
  • Saucey Beats
3:18
12."3am"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • Dante Guzzi
  • Jacob Wolfe
  • Cheese
  • Ferno
  • Jacob Wolfe
2:08
13."Emotional Torn"
  • Gaulden
  • Goldberg
  • David Morse
  • Jackson LoMastro
  • Michael Washington Jr.
  • Paimon Jahanbin
  • Nima Jahanbin
  • David Morse
  • Jack LoMastro
  • Mike Wavvs
  • Wallis Lane
3:08
14."Doomed"
  • Gaulden
  • Jack Mungan
  • Goldberg
  • Jacob Cornelius
  • Zachary Foster
  • Audio Jacc
  • Cheese
  • J Inc.
  • ManOhManFoster
2:44
15."Top Say"
  • Gaulden
  • Braxton Troxel
  • Jerome Malfliet
  • Friendlor Nomincy
  • Brxtn
  • Jerome Malfliet
  • KiddFreddo
1:48
Total length:40:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [6]

Charts

Chart performance for Until I Return
Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [8] 5

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