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Released | January 3, 2025 | |||
Recorded | 2024 | |||
Genre | Hip-hop | |||
Length | 41:12 | |||
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WHAM (an acronym for Who Hard as Me) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released through Quality Control Music, Motown, Glass Window Entertainment, and Wolfpack on January 3, 2025. [1] The album features guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, GloRilla, Rylo Rodriguez, Rod Wave, Travis Scott, and 21 Savage. Production was handled by several producers including ATL Jacob, Frankie Bash, London on da Track, Southside, Wheezy, and others. [2] It serves as the follow-up to Lil Baby's previous album, It's Only Me (2022), and is the fourth and final installment of his Hard series. [3]
The song "Dum, Dumb, and Dumber" features rappers Future and Young Thug. [4] It marks Young Thug's first verse since being released from prison. [4] [5]
On the second verse of the track "Running This Shit", [6] Lil Baby disses rapper Gunna, accusing him of being "a rat". [7]
On June 26, 2024, while Young Thug was incarcerated, a post from his Twitter account came out that said: "whateva wham say goes". [8] Following his release from jail, he posted on November 3: "Wham let’s drop one on these rats peter". Shortly after the post, billboards reading "Whatever Wham Says Goes" began to appear throughout Los Angeles, California. [9] On November 11, Lil Baby was seen with Young Thug, Future, and Travis Scott in a recording studio. [10] Five days later, Baby revealed that he got 21 Savage's "hardest verse ever". [11] On November 20, he shared a partial tracklist of the album, teasing several features. [12] On the same day, he took to social media to flex his $2.6 million custom jewelry that said "WHAM" in reference to the album's title. [13] Baby officially announced the release of the album and shared its pre-save link. [14] [15] On December 21, he shared the album's official artwork and tracklist. [16] On December 31, Baby shared the album's official trailer before releasing a live performance of "Streets Colder" on the 4 Shooters Only YouTube channel on January 1, 2025. [17] [18]
Upon the release of the album, Baby released a music video for the album's third track, "F U 2X". [19] On January 6, 2024, Baby released a music video for the album's sixth track: "By Myself", which features Rod Wave and Rylo Rodriguez. [20]
On January 7, Lil Baby performed the song "I Promise" on The Tonight Show , [21] and released a deluxe version of WHAM. The deluxe version, which features four new tracks, was made available for purchase on the Motown Records website, [22] before being released to streaming services on January 10. [23]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Clash | 8/10 [24] |
NME | [4] |
In a positive review, Clash 's Robin Murray wrote that the record "distils Lil Baby’s potency down to a thick, unrelenting elixir". Murray continued that on the album, Baby is "continually switching up flows" and that "his trap-leaning sonic thirst has rarely been so unremittingly effective". Murray concluded that the album "feels both eclectic and uniquely defined". [24]
Kyann-Sian Williams of NME praised its production, but said that overall, the album was "nothing to write home about." [4]
WHAM debuted atop the US Billboard 200 during the chart week dated January 18, 2025, earning 140,000 album-equivalent units (including 50,000 pure album sales) in its first week of availability in the United States. The album earned a total of 119.77 million official streams for its tracks. It is Lil Baby's fourth US number-one album. [25]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Listen Up" |
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| 2:35 |
2. | "Dum, Dumb, and Dumber" (with Young Thug and Future) |
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| 3:47 |
3. | "F U 2X" |
| DJ Champ | 1:57 |
4. | "I Promise" |
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| 3:03 |
5. | "Redbone" (featuring GloRilla) |
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| 2:12 |
6. | "By Myself" (with Rylo Rodriguez featuring Rod Wave) |
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| 3:17 |
7. | "Due 4a Win" |
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| 2:06 |
8. | "Stiff Gang" |
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| 2:51 |
9. | "So Sorry" |
| Krazy Mob | 3:20 |
10. | "Stuff" (featuring Travis Scott) |
| Wheezy | 3:00 |
11. | "Say Twin" |
| BeatzByTaz | 2:45 |
12. | "Free Promo" |
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| 3:00 |
13. | "Outfit" (with 21 Savage) |
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| 2:57 |
14. | "Drugs Talkin" |
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| 2:15 |
15. | "Streets Colder" |
| Krazy Mob | 2:07 |
Total length: | 41:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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16. | "99" (with Future) |
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| 1:52 |
17. | "Idol" |
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| 1:48 |
18. | "Running This Shit" |
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| 2:23 |
19. | "My Shawty" |
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| 2:32 |
Total length: | 49:47 |
Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [26] | 42 |
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [27] | 8 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [28] | 9 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] | 54 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] | 124 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] | 8 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [32] | 27 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [33] | 17 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [34] | 34 |
French Albums (SNEP) [35] | 67 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [36] | 19 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [37] | 14 |
Irish Albums (OCC) [38] | 27 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [39] | 44 |
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [40] | 29 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [41] | 21 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [42] | 14 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [43] | 79 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [44] | 51 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [45] | 4 |
UK Albums (OCC) [46] | 12 |
US Billboard 200 [47] | 1 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [48] | 1 |
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