Deep Album Cuts Vol. 282: YG
Last month YG released his 6th Def Jam album I Got Issues, which peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200, making it his first album that missed the top 10. And that's pretty impressive for a guy who's biggest album was his debut and never became a platinum superstar -- he's just been incredibly consistent and has mastered his lane, once he jumped from mixtapes to the major label, he got really good at making albums and being right up there with Kendrick as far as repping the west coast for his generation at a mainstream level.
YG deep album cuts (Spotify playlist):
1. I'm Good
2. I'll Do Ya featuring Ty Dolla Sign
3. BPT
4. Meet The Flockers featuring Tee Cee
5. I Just Wanna Party featuring ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock
6. Really Be (Smokin N Drinkin) featuring Kendrick Lamar
7. Bicken Back Being Bool (Remix) featuring Big Wy, Mack 10 and DJ Quik
8. L.A. Confidential with Blanco, DB Tha General and Nipsey Hussle
9. Still Brazy
10. Blacks & Browns featuring Sad Boy
11. Police Get Away Wit Murder
12. Bool, Balm & Bollective
13. I Be On featuring 21 Savage
14. Power featuring Ty Dolla Sign
15. Slay featuring Quavo
16. Bomptown Finest
17. Hard Bottoms & White Socks
18. Bottle Service
19. Jealous
20. Blood Walk featuring D3szn and Lil Wayne
21. Vibe With You with Mozzy and Young M.A
22. No Weapon featuring Nas
23. Maniac
Track 1 Just Re'd Up (2011)
Track 2 from Just Re'd Up 2 (2013)
Tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 from My Krazy Life (2014)
Track 7 from Blame It On The Streets Soundtrack (2014)
Track 8 from California Livin' with Blanco and DB Tha General (2015)
Tracks 9, 10, 11 and 12 from Still Brazy (2016)
Track 13 from Red Friday (2016)
Tracks 14, 15 and 16 from Stay Dangerous (2018)
Tracks 17 and 18 from 4Real 4Real (2019)
Tracks 19 and 20 from My Life 4Hunnid (2020)
Track 21 from Kommunity Service with Mozzy (2021)
Tracks 22 and 23 from I Got Issues (2022)
Like most people, 2010's "Toot It And Boot It" was the first thing I heard from YG or Ty Dolla Sign, and I wasn't really impressed. But by the time YG, Ty, and DJ Mustard all got really got their careers going a few years later, it felt really exciting how a rapper, singer, and producer that came up together were all helping bring the west coast sound back to the mainstream. "I'm Good" from the Just Re'd Up mixtape features the original YG's "Mustard on the beat, ho" ad lib that became the signature producer tag that DJ Mustard used on countless hits. And just a year and a half later you can hear that line as a producer drop on "I'll Do Ya" from the sequel mixtape Just Re'd Up 2.
YG isn't a virtuoso MC, and when My Krazy Life dropped it was tempting to give the credit for the album to Mustard and figure that YG was kind of lucky to be right with the hottest producer in the game. But when YG and Mustard briefly fell out and stopped working together for a little while, YG really proved that he could make a great album with other producers on Still Brazy, and then he got back with Mustard on subsequent albums (they seem to be on the outs again based on the lyrics to "Issues" from the latest album, but it seems small, not a major beef). And the roster of producers on just this playlist is great, Hit-Boy, P-Lo, Terrace Martin, Lil Rich, Swish, etc., YG really has a great ear no matter who's behind the boards.
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