''BAYTL'' is a collaboration album between rappers

Gucci Mane Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream a ...

and

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, produced by

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and Tha Bizness. The album was released on December 13, 2011, through 1017 Brick Squad Records, Vice Records,

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and

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. The album's first official single was "Whip Appeal", which was released on November 19, 2011. On December 16, the rappers were preparing to shoot a music video for the song "Push Ups" at a recording studio in

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. The song featured Slim Dunkin, who upon arrival got into an altercation with another rapper, Young Vito, which resulted in the fatal shooting of Slim Dunkin. On January 12, 2012, a video for the song "Let's Get Faded" was released and has so far been viewed over 2 million times.

Critical reception

''BAYTL'' was heavily panned by critics and listeners alike. According to

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, scoring only 39/100. The album got a 2.5/5 rating from

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, 2/5 from XXL, 1/10 from

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and 0.5/5 from

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Track listing

Charts

References

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