What Happened to the Streets?

What Happened to the Streets?
Standard cover
Studio album by 21 Savage
Released	December 12, 2025
Length	47:12
Label	Slaughter Gang Epic
Producer	BoogzDaBeast Brinx Parker Casper Childboy Coupe D.A. Got That Dope DJ Cash Dopamine FnZ Isaiah Brown Juke Wong Keanu Beats Kid Hazel LB LedPR Metro Boomin MitchGoneMad Oscar Zulu Oz Reske SadPony Shemar Pierre Southside Spiff Sinatra Wheezy Taurus Whiskerprince Zaytoven
21 Savage chronology
American Dream (2024) What Happened to the Streets? (2025)

What Happened to the Streets? is the fourth studio album by rapper 21 Savage. It was released through Slaughter Gang and Epic Records on December 12, 2025. The album features guest appearances from Young Nudy, Latto, Drake, GloRilla, G Herbo, Metro Boomin, Lil Baby, and Jawan Harris. Production was handled by various notable producers, including Metro himself, Wheezy, Southside, Zaytoven, FnZ, Oz, and D.A. Got That Dope, among others. What Happened to the Streets? serves as the follow-up to Savage's previous album, American Dream (2024), which was released exactly 1 year and 11 months before. ^[1]

Background

Rumors that Savage was planning to release a new album began on December 5, 2025, when an inflatable art piece in collaboration with British-Nigerian artist Olaolu Slawn was installed at an Art Basel fair in Miami Beach, Florida, with the album's acronym WHTTS, along with a pre-save link. ^[2] Two days later, Savage tweeted that he would be releasing something five days later with the word: "Friday". ^[3] The following day, he posted a trailer video, which features a person walking down an alley with gunmen looking for them and ending with the album's announcement. ^[4] Its cover art, also designed by Slawn, was revealed when its pre-order was made available on Apple Music on the same day, revealing that it would have 14 tracks. ^[5] The album's full tracklist would be revealed on December 11. ^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	5/10 [7]
NME	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]

Reviewing the album for Clash magazine, Robin Murray wrote that What Happened to the Streets? "never quite lands, opting for atmosphere over definition", as well as "provides more questions than answers, and beneath the brash moments leaves you wondering about the rapper's longevity". Murray criticized the sampling of R. Kelly in the closer, "I Wish". ^[7]

Track listing

What Happened to the Streets? track listing ^[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Where You From"	Shéyaa Abraham-Joseph Wesley Glass Joshua Luellen Lucas DePante	Wheezy Southside Juke Wong Nick Kobe	3:40
2.	"Ha"	Abraham-Joseph Xavier Dotson Radric Davis	Zaytoven	2:53
3.	"Stepbrothers" (with Young Nudy)	Abraham-Joseph Quantavious Thomas Michael Masser Edward Cooper III	Coupe	4:09
4.	"Cup Full"	Abraham-Joseph Taurus Currie, Jr. Matteo Serra Cory Cole Jaegyeong Kim	Taurus Serraonthebeat DJ Cash LedPR	3:27
5.	"Pop It" (with Latto)	Abraham-Joseph Alyssa Stephens Cooper	Coupe	3:17
6.	"Mr. Recoup" (with Drake)	Abraham-Joseph Aubrey Graham Daniel Dodd Shemar Pierre Lyle Winkerprins	Brinx Parker Pierre Whiskerprince	2:44
7.	"J.O.W.Y.H (Jump Out)"	Abraham-Joseph Ahmar Bailey Joseph Talamo IV Luke Beasly	Kid Hazel Oscar Zulu LB	2:51
8.	"Dog Shit" (with GloRilla)	Abraham-Joseph Gloria Woods Jordan Houston III Patrick Lanshaw Paul Beauregard Isaiah Brown Sterling White, Jr.	IBMixing Spiff Sinatra	3:18
9.	"Code of Honor" (with G Herbo)	Abraham-Joseph Herbert Wright III Sade Adu Andrew Hale Brian Campi Currie	Casper Taurus	3:46
10.	"Gang Over Everything" (with Metro Boomin)	Abraham-Joseph Leland Wayne Michael Mulé Isaac De Boni Jahmal Gwin	Metro Boomin FnZ BoogzDaBeast	4:28
11.	"Halftime Interlude"	Abraham-Joseph Ozan Yıldırim Jacob Reske	Oz Reske	1:59
12.	"Big Stepper"	Abraham-Joseph David Doman Ezemdi Chikwendu	D.A. Got That Dope	3:13
13.	"Atlanta Tears" (with Lil Baby)	Abraham-Joseph Dominique Jones Jeremiah Raisen Deshawn Jackson Antonio Zito Brandon Mitchell Keanu Torres	SadPony Childboy Dopamine MitchGoneMad Keanu Beats	4:02
14.	"I Wish" (with Jawan Harris)	Abraham-Joseph Jawan Harris Brown White Robert Kelly Keith Thomas Honest Thomas True Thomas Sire Raymond Sovereign Raymond	IBMixing Spiff Sinatra [p] FellyTheVoice [v] K. Thomas [v]	3:18
Total length:				47:12

Notes

• ^{^[p]} denotes a primary and vocal producer.
• ^{^[v]} denotes a vocal producer.
• "Ha" contains a sample of "Hit Another Lick", written by Radric Davis and Xavier Dotson, and performed by Gucci Mane.
• "Dog Shit" (stylized as "Dog $hit") contains an interpolation of "Acid", written by Patrick Lanshaw, Jordan Houston III and Paul Beauregard, and performed by Lil Wyte.
• "Code of Honor" contains a sample of "Pearls", written by Sade Adu and Andrew Hale, as performed by Sade.
• "I Wish" contains an interpolation of "I Wish", written and performed by R. Kelly.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[10]

Musicians

• 21 Savage – vocals
• Taurus – programming (tracks 4, 9)
• Spiff Sinatra – drums, keyboards, strings (8, 14); programming, vocals (8); bass, organ (14)
• IBMixing – strings (8, 14), programming (8), keyboards (14)
• Aaron Parrish-Dean – vocals (8)
• Dos Dias – vocals (8)
• D.A. Got That Dope – programming (12)
• Honest Thomas – choir vocals (14)
• Jaxon Brown – choir vocals (14)
• Levi Maze – choir vocals (14)
• Maxwell Brown – choir vocals (14)
• Sire Castello Raymond – choir vocals (14)
• Sovereign Bo Raymond – choir vocals (14)
• True Thomas – choir vocals (14)
• Brandon A. Thomas – guitar (14)
• FellyTheVoice – vocals (14)

Technical

• IBMixing – engineering (1–10, 12–14), mixing (10)
• Verne Emmanuel – engineering (3)
• Ben Hogarth – engineering (5)
• Noel Cadastre – engineering, mixing (6)
• Dos Dias – engineering (8)
• Thank Aaron – engineering (8)
• Daniel "Shebs" Sheehy – engineering (11)
• Mattazik Muzik – engineering (13)
• Anthony R. Smith – engineering (14)
• Neal H Pogue – mixing (1–5, 7–14)
• Jess Jackson – mixing (8)
• Zachary Acosta – mixing assistance (1–5, 7–14)
• Mike Bozzi – mastering (1–5, 7–14)
• Jack Doutt – mastering (6)

Charts

Chart performance for What Happened to the Streets?

Chart (2025-2026)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11]	23
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [12]	3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14]	130
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15]	178
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [16]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17]	75
French Albums (SNEP) [18]	140
German Hip-Hop Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19]	16
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [20]	30
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [21]	27
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [22]	16
Nigerian Albums (TurnTable) [23]	35
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [24]	53
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [25]	29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26]	10
UK Albums (OCC) [27]	55
US Billboard 200 [28]	3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [29]	1

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