''Slime Language 2'' is the second compilation album by American record label

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. It was released in conjunction with the label’s founder,

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, and one of the label’s artists, Gunna. The compilation was released via the aforementioned Young Stoner Life and

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on April 16, 2021. It serves as a sequel to the 2018 release by the label and features outside guest appearances from Travis Scott,

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, Rowdy Rebel,

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, Coi Leray,

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, Nav,

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, Yung Bleu,

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, and

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. A deluxe edition of the record was released on April 23, 2021. It featured additional outside guest appearances from

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and

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. The compilation was supported by three singles: "Take It to Trial", "That Go!", and "GFU". The album spawned two more singles, "Ski" and "Solid", which debuted at number 18 and 12, respectively, on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background and release

Gunna revealed the existence of ''Slime Language 2'' in an interview for his second studio album, '' Wunna'', on May 22, 2020, which was released on the same day. Young Thug announced a release date on July 29, 2020, tweeting "#Slimelanguage2 8-16", before later deleting the post. On October 19, 2020, Thug was thought to have confirmed the album's release date of November 27, 2020, for Black Friday and confirmed that late American rapper and singer

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would be featured. Instead, the album's lead single, "Take It to Trial", featuring American rapper and YSL Records signee Yak Gotti, was released on Black Friday, but taken down abruptly, later it got back up with a new cover art on December 18, 2020. On November 19, 2020, in an interview on American rapper T.I.'s podcast, ''Expeditiously'', Young Thug revealed that he was working on ''Slime Language 2'' and his upcoming second studio album, '' Punk'', wanting to "start anew" and "start a new relationship with my label". On the same day, he was working with Gunna and

in the studio. He officially announced the album's release date on April 12, 2021, also sharing the album's cover art. Artists signed to YSL Records who contribute to the album consist of Young Thug (label boss), Gunna, Yak Gotti, Lil Duke, YTB Trench, Yung Kayo, Thug's brother Unfoonk, Thug's girlfriend Karlae, T-Shyne,

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, Strick, FN Da Dealer, Thug's nephew BSlime and Thug's sisters HiDoraah and Dolly White. The other artists who appear on the album consist of Travis Scott,

, Rowdy Rebel,

, Coi Leray,

, Nav,

, , Yung Bleu,

, and

. The only artist who is signed to YSL on the deluxe edition of the album is Thug's daughter Mego. The non-YSL-signed artists from the deluxe edition consist of

, and 24Heavy.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Take It to Trial", featuring American rapper and YSL signee Yak Gotti, was released on December 18, 2020. "GFU", performed by Yak Gotti and American rapper

, featuring American rapper and fellow YSL signee Yung Kayo, was released on January 29, 2021, as its second single. On February 12, 2021, "That Go!", performed by Young Thug and American rapper

, featuring American rapper and fellow YSL signee T-Shyne, was released as the third and final single.

Cover artwork

The cover art is in the form of a large family portrait, showing the YSL collective sitting in a horror film-inspired living room. Behind the collective, lightning bolts can be seen outside the windows, while a green dog sits in front of everyone, reminiscent of '' The Mask''.

Critical reception

''Hypebeast''s Sophie Caraan noted of the album: "Despite having a myriad of featured artists in addition to the collective, ''Slime Language 2'' shines a light on both the adaptability and star quality of the YSL Records signees, effectively proving that these artists will stand the tests of time and go down on their own paths to greatness".

Commercial performance

''Slime Language 2'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 113,000

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s, including 6,000 pure album sales in its first week. This marks the third number one album for YSL Records, after Young Thug's '' So Much Fun'' in 2019 and Gunna's '' Wunna'' in 2020.

Track listing

Album is credited to

and Gunna. All tracks are credited to Young Stoner Life. Standard tracks 1-4, 6 and 16 are co-credited to Young Thug and Gunna. Standard tracks 5, 7, 8, 13, 19 and 23 are co-credited solely to Young Thug. Standard track 14 is co-credited solely to Gunna. Standard track 18 is co-credited to Yak Gotti and

. Standard track 22 is co-credited to Young Thug and

. Deluxe track 1 is co-credited to Young Thug and Gunna. Deluxe tracks 2-4, 7 and 8 are co-credited solely to Young Thug. Deluxe track 5 is co-credited solely to Gunna. Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies an uncredited additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

* YSL Records – primary artist *

– primary artist * Gunna – primary artist * Yak Gotti – featured artist , primary artist * Lil Duke – featured artist * Travis Scott – featured artist *

– featured artist * Rowdy Rebel – featured artist *

– featured artist * YTB Trench – featured artist *

– featured artist * Yung Kayo – featured artist * Unfoonk – featured artist * Karlae – featured artist * T-Shyne – featured artist *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * Nav – featured artist * Strick – featured artist *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * BSlime – featured artist * FN Da Dealer – featured artist * Yung Bleu – featured artist *

– primary artist *

– featured artist * HiDoraah – featured artist * Dolly White – featured artist *

– primary artist *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * Mego – featured artist *

– featured artist * Chief 100 – featured artist

Technical

* A "Bainz" Bains – mixing, recording * Aresh Banaji – co-mixing * Florian "Flo" Ongonga – assistant mixing *

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– mastering * Drew Sliger – recording , mixing assistant * Bezo – assistant engineer * Alejandro "Aleo" Neira – recording * Shaan Singh – recording * Warpstr – recording * Jonathan Bailey – assistant engineer * Anthony Cruz – recording * Slice – recording * Travis Blake – recording

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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