''Deep Thoughts'' is the ninth studio album by American rapper

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, released through

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(OTF),

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, and

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on March 28, 2025. The album features guest appearances from

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, Hunxho, and

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. Production was handled by a variety of producers, including Southside, Chopsquad DJ,

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, and

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, among others. ''Deep Thoughts'' serves as the follow-up to Durk's previous album, '' Almost Healed'', and his collaborative studio album with OTF, ''

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'' (2023). The album was originally supposed to be released on October 18, 2024, but has since been delayed four times due to his October 2024 arrest on murder-for-hire charges. ''Deep Thoughts'' was supported by five singles: " Turn Up a Notch", " Monitoring Me", "Late Checkout", "Opportunist" and " Can't Hide It". The album debuted at number three on US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 64,000

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s in its first week.

Background and promotion

On December 11, 2023, Durk announced that he had begun working on his next album. On January 22, 2024, Durk announced that his next album would be ''Love Songs 4 the Streets 3''. On February 23, Durk released the single "

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", followed by "Went Hollywood for a Year" on June 28. On September 25, Durk released the album's lead single, " Turn Up a Notch". However, upon the release of the album's second single, " Monitoring Me" on October 4, a supposed tracklist for ''Love Songs 4 the Streets 3'' was confirmed fake. Furthermore, Durk announced the release of the album alongside the release of the single. On October 25, Durk was arrested along with five affiliates of his record label and collective

in connection to a murder-for-hire case targeted towards fellow American rapper and rival

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; allegations suggest this was in retaliation for the

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of his close friend and collaborator

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by one of Rondo's crew members. The arrest delayed the album's release date to 2025. Durk would officially declare on March 17, 2025, that the album's release date was set for March 28.

Commercial performance

''Deep Thoughts'' debuted at number three on US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 64,000

s (including 1,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Lil Durk's seventh US top ten debut on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 85.92 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Lil Durk 2025 albums Lil Durk albums Alamo Records albums Albums produced by Southside (record producer)