"Real Spill" is a song by American rapper

Lil Baby Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994), known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence following the release of his 2017 mixtapes ''Harder than Hard'' and ''Too Hard'' — the for ...

and the opening track of his third studio album ''

It's Only Me ''It's Only Me'' is the third studio album by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on October 14, 2022 through Quality Control Music, Motown, Wolfpack, and 4 Pockets Full. The album features guest appearances from Nardo Wick, Young Thug, ...

'' (2022). Produced by G1 and Kaigoinkrazy, it samples " The Big Unknown" by English band

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. The song peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Content

The song revolves around how Lil Baby's life is different from what it had been in the past, as well as his pressures of being a role model and the results of him being in a higher social position.

Critical reception

Marcus Shorter of ''

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'' gave a positive review, writing that ''It's Only Me'' "starts promising enough" with the song. Brandon Yu of ''

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'' praised the sampling in the song, writing that it "briefly seems to promise something newly earnest or ambitious", but then wrote, "The moment is short-lived, as a nameless set of hi-hats and lifeless

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take the wheel, and the typical Baby sound washes over. Despite the story that could have been told about the dizzying turn that the last couple years undoubtedly have been, Baby has nothing compelling to say about his life here. On the opening track, the most vivid he gets comes down to clunky bars about his newfound A-list status: 'Got my name from the ghetto / But I'm bigger now / I can go to dinner with Corey Gamble and Miss Jenner now.'" Shanté Collier-McDermott of '' Clash'' wrote favorably the use of the sample, describing it as "Sombre sounding but expertly setting the tone." Like Shorter, Niall Smith of ''

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'' also wrote that the album "starts strong" with the track, which he called "a street-cured motivational anthem populated with cautionary tales and status-affirming quotables".

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References

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