Jeffery (mixtape)

JEFFERY
Mixtape by Young Thug
Released August 26, 2016
Genre
Length 42:15
Label
Producer
Young Thug chronology
Slime Season 3
(2016)		 Jeffery
(2016)		 JEFFERY88
(2016)
Singles from Jeffery
  1. "Pick Up the Phone"
    Released: June 3, 2016

JEFFERY (originally titled No, My Name is Jeffery)[1][2] is a mixtape by American rapper Young Thug. It was released for retail purchase on August 25, 2016 by 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records. The mixtape features guest appearances from Gucci Mane, Young Scooter, Travis Scott, Wyclef Jean, and Quavo, as well as executive production from TM88 and Wheezy.[3] It received acclaim from critics, and charted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200.

Background and release

Jeffery was announced on July 9 via Young Thug's Instagram, along with previews of new music.[4] It was initially slated for release on August 16, coinciding with Young Thug's birthday, but was pushed back.[5] The mixtape was accompanied by his decision to abandon the stage name Young Thug in favor of the new moniker No, My Name is Jeffery, or simply his birth name Jeffery.[6] The change of stage name was announced by his manager Lyor Cohen in the preparation for the mixtape's release.[6] According to Young Thug, "Jeffery is all about Jeffery. It ain’t even about Young Thug. Ain’t no Young Thug songs on there. The mixtape is a straight crossover."[3] On Beats 1, he clarified that the name change was only for one week, unless the mixtape sold 100,000 copies.[7]

The song "Elton" (later retitled "Pop Man" then "Kanye West") featuring Wyclef Jean, was released on August 19, 2016.[5] The mixtape release was preceded by a short album trailer released on August 20, which depicted Young Thug being interrogated about his name by the authorities.[5] Each track was named after one of Young Thug's "idols", including Gucci Mane ("Guwop"), Rihanna ("RiRi"), Future ("Future Swag"), and Harambe (the gorilla that was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in May 2016).[8] The project artwork features Young Thug in an androgynous dress designed by Italian designer Alessandro Trincone, and was photographed by Garfield Lamond.[9] The artwork went viral and prompted a wide range of responses on social media.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10[11]
Metacritic82/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Exclaim!8/10[14]
The Guardian[15]
HipHopDX3.9/5[16]
NOW4/5[17]
Pitchfork8.5/10[8]
PopMatters8/10[18]
Pretty Much AmazingB+[19]
Rolling Stone[20]
ViceA–[21]

Jeffery received acclaim from critics.[12] AllMusic's Neil Z. Young called the mixtape "thrilling and essential, one of the best rap releases of 2016," writing that "there's enough freshness here to make it his most exciting and mainstream release to date."[13] Daniel Bromfield from Pretty Much Amazing described it as "a more satisfying major-label rap album than most mixtape-bred rappers ever make," asserting that "despite being more extreme in many ways than his prior work, Jeffery is his poppiest tape since 2014’s Tha Tour with Rich Gang."[19] PopMatters critic Brian Duricy stated that "as a collection of songs, it’s his most realized set to date."[18] Rolling Stone stated that "it's Thug's own sound that predominates: the heroic howls, rasps, mumbles and wheezes of a man who is as captivating a vocalist as any in pop."[20] For MTV News, Meaghan Garvey wrote that "Jeffery, like ATLiens 20 years prior, has that unqualifiable, absolute feeling of arrival," describing it as "irrepressible, bursting with uncannily memorable one-liners and dynamic experiments in flow and cadence over beats that, attached to a more easily marketable rapper, could be obvious radio hits."[22] Robert Christgau wrote in Vice that Young Thug "makes black comedy out of irrepressible sound," stating that "his hoohoos and melismas and blahs and mwas and frogcroaks and put-puts are the message."[21] Pitchfork's Sheldon Pearce described it as "rangy and stunning, an exciting new curve in the fascinating Young Thug arc," stating that "Thug understands the modern pop song construction better than anyone: anything and everything can be a hook."[8] In a less enthusiastic review, Lanre Bakare of The Guardian described it as "a mixtape that features gems among run-of-the-mill trap fodder" while praising the single "Pick Up the Phone" as "an example of all the things Young Thug excels at coming together on one track."[15]

Accolades

Jeffery appeared on several year-end top albums lists by music critics. Rolling Stone placed the album at number 10 on its "50 Best Albums of 2016" end-of-year list. [23]

Commercial performance

Jeffery debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200, and number 5 on the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with 37,000 album-equivalent units and sold 18,000 copies in its first week.[24] This is Thug's third debut in the top 40 this year, reports according to Billboard, this also was his second in the top 10. In February 2016, I'm Up entered the chart at number 22, and Slime Season 3, which was released at the end of March 2016, debuted at number 7.[25]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Wyclef Jean"  
 3:56
2. "Floyd Mayweather" (featuring Travis Scott, Gucci Mane and Gunna)
  • Jeffery
  • TM88
  • Wheezy
  • Goose
  • Billboard Hitmakers
 6:01
3. "Swizz Beatz"  
  • Williams
  • Glass
Wheezy 3:16
4. "Future Swag"  
  • Williams
  • Simmons
  • Priester
  • TM88
  • Supah Mario
 2:45
5. "RiRi"  
  • Williams
  • Burgess, Jr.
  • De La Rosa
Billboard Hitmakers 4:04
6. "Guwop" (featuring Quavo, Offset and Young Scooter)
  • Wheezy
  • TM88
  • Cassius Jay
 5:15
7. "Harambe"  
  • Williams
  • Burgess, Jr.
  • De La Rosa
Billboard Hitmakers 3:10
8. "Webbie" (featuring Duke)
  • Williams
  • Burgess, Jr.
  • De La Rosa
  • Arnold Martinez
Billboard Hitmakers 3:55
9. "Kanye West" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
  • Wheezy
  • Cassius Jay
 5:41
Bonus track
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
10. "Pick Up the Phone" (with Travis Scott featuring Quavo)
 4:12
Total length:
 42:15

Notes

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 191
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[28] 77
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[29] 19
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[30] 54
French Albums (SNEP)[31] 72
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[32] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 149
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[34] 23
US Billboard 200[35] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36] 5
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[37] 3

References

  1. ↑ "Jeffery". iTunes. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x3g8BGH_io
  3. 1 2 P, Mr. "Young Thug drops new mixtape, No, My Name Is JEFFERY". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Smith, Trevor. "Young Thug's "Jeffery" Mixtape Is On The Way". Hotnewhiphop. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Goddard, Kevin. "Young Thug Announces Release Date For "Jeffery"". Hotnewhiphop. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Shipley, Al. "Young Thug's New Moniker Is Just Another Entry in the Long History of Changing Rap Names". Complex. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. ↑ King, Eric. "Young Thug Will Keep His Name Change for a Week Unless He Sells 100,000 Mixtapes". Billboard. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 Pearce, Sheldon. "Young Thug JEFFERY Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Wolf, Cameron. "This Is the Story Behind Young Thug's 'Jeffery' Dress". Complex. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Jones, Jaleesa M. "Twitter is having a ball with Young Thug's 'Jeffery' cover art". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Jeffery by Young Thug reviews". Any Decent Music. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "JEFFERY [Mixtape] by Young Thug". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  13. 1 2 Young, Neil Z. "Jeffery review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Young Thug - Jeffery review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  15. 1 2 Bakare, Lanre. "Young Thug: Jeffery review – inconsistent but worth persevering". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  16. ↑ Chintaluri, Narsimha (August 31, 2016). "Young Thug Jeffery Album Review". HipHopDX. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  17. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin. "Jeffery - review". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  18. 1 2 Duricy, Brian. "Young Thug: No, My Name Is JEFFERY". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  19. 1 2 Bromfield, Daniel. "Young Thug: JEFFERY". Pretty Much Amazing. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  20. 1 2 Rosen, Jody. "Review: Young Thug's 'Jeffery' May Be Rapper's Strongest in Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  21. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (September 9, 2016). "'Prima Donna' and Young Thug's Name Is Actually Jeffery: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ Garvey, Meaghan. "YOUNG THUG'S JEFFERY IS THE MASTERPIECE WE NEVER SAW COMING". MTV News. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "50 Best Albums of 2016". Rolling Stone. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Young Thug's "JEFFERY" Enters Billboard Chart At No. 8". Retrieved September 4, 2016."Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - September 17, 2016".
  25. ↑ "Young Thug's "JEFFERY" Enters Billboard Chart At No. 8". Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  26. ↑ Smith, Trevor (August 27, 2016). "Young Thug's Pop Man renamed "Kanye West" on itunes". Hotnewhiphop. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Young Thug – Jeffery" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Young Thug – Jeffery" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Young Thug – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Young Thug. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Young Thug – Jeffery" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 35, 2016)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  32. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  33. ↑ Chart Log UK: "CLUK Update 10.09.2016 (wk36)". UK Albums Chart. Zobbel.de. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Young Thug – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Young Thug. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  36. ↑ "Young Thug – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Young Thug. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  37. ↑ "Young Thug – Chart history" Billboard Top Rap Albums for Young Thug. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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