3800 Degrees

In September 2022, Youngboy Never Broke Again released the mixtape Realer 2, which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. He announced the release of 3800 Degrees, his third project released in 2 months,{{cite web | last=Helfand | first=Raphael | title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again drops third project in two months | website=The Fader | date=2022-10-07 | url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/10/07/youngboy-never-broke-3800-degrees | access-date=2022-10-09}} via his YouTube channel stating, "To whom stabbed me in my back laughing like me being counted out funny—it's all good." On Instagram he added, "I just need everyone to go against me, I need the energy."{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/youngboy-never-broke-again-3800-degrees|title=Stream YoungBoy Never Broke Again's New Project '3800 Degrees'|work=Complex|access-date=October 7, 2022}}

The artwork is presented as a Pen and Pixel old-school cover art, paying homage to the artwork of Juvenile's 400 Degreez. It shows YoungBoy in front of the Horace Wilkinson Bridge while gripping several chains, all while surrounded by fire. Street signs for Chippewa St & N 38th St can also be seen, paying homage to YoungBoy's hometown.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/3800-degrees-mw0003831664|title=3800 Degrees Review by Paul Simpson|date= September 6, 2022|website=allmusic.com|accessdate= October 25, 2022}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 7.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/youngboy-never-broke-again-3800-degrees/|title=3800 Degrees YoungBoy Never Broke Again|date= October 13, 2022|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate= October 13, 2022}}

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3800 Degrees received generally positive reviews from critics. Paul Simpson from AllMusic stated that "[3800 Degrees] sounds like it could've come out on Cash Money circa 2000." The review was concluded as Simpson stated that the mixtape consists "of concise, aggressive blasts of energy," and "is one of YoungBoy's more potent efforts." Nadine Smith from Pitchfork wrote that "3800 Degrees is more concise than many of YoungBoy's frequently meandering albums. With its compact style and classic sound, it is more critic-friendly and more appealing to old head haters." Smith felt that while "He's not always fast or especially clever in his wordplay", "YoungBoy's bars are frequently dense, delivered with an almost demonic energy; he crams his words into spaces where other rappers might need a breath." Concluding the review, Smith noted, "3800 Degrees is a culmination of—and a direct statement about—his ethos as an artist and individual. The surface may change, but the hustle at the heart of it all is timeless."

Raphael Helfand of The Fader noted that while the mixtape is "far from Youngboy's most impressive project to date", it proves that the rapper can release a better project a month "than most could make in a year".

3800 Degrees debuted at number twelve on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 24,437 album-equivalent units (including 443 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2022-10-22/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Billboard.com}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 3800 Degrees track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 33:49

| title1 = Back on My Feet

| writer1 = {{hlist|Kentrell Gaulden|Tevin Revell|Davood Nadimi Boushehri}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Drum Dummie|lvl35dav}}

| length1 = 3:12

| title2 = Won't Step on Me

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Samuel Thanni|India Williams|JayMPR|Leor Shevah}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Khris James|India Got Them Beats|JayMPR|Leor Shevah}}

| length2 = 3:37

| title3 = Pimpin a Bitch

| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Eliot Guillory II}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Khris James|Vintage Rippah}}

| length3 = 2:29

| title4 = Handle One

| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Karionne Payton|Jarvis Adams Jr.}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Khris James|KP on the Beat|JahDaGod}}

| length4 = 2:21

| title5 = Choppa on My Shoulda

| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Boushehri|Kendrell Mattox|Fedor Sommerfeld|1MercyBeatz}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Khris James|lvl35dav|DrellOnTheTrack|Fasbeats|1MercyBeatz}}

| length5 = 2:33

| title6 = It Could Go

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jason Goldberg|Leonardo Mateus|Vincent Desrosiers|Eeti Jedi Justus Erätuli}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Cheese|WassupBans|Desro|Evertime}}

| length6 = 2:04

| title7 = Ampd Up

| note7 = featuring Mouse on tha Track

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Marcus Gotch Jr.|Denis Barszcz}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Khris James|MarcussMuzik|A1 Rocky}}

| length7 = 2:46

| title8 = Head Busted

| writer8 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Seth Love|Kapembwa Yamba}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|DoppyBeatz|Skeeo!}}

| length8 = 2:16

| title9 = No Alarm

| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaulden|David Boonpetch}}

| extra9 = Vadebeatz

| length9 = 2:06

| title10 = Hard

| note10 = featuring Shy Glizzy

| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Marquis Amonte King|Keshawn Lawson}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Khris James|TJ Produced It}}

| length10 = 2:48

| title11 = More Wheezy

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Wesley Tyler Glass}}

| extra11 = Wheezy

| length11 = 2:25

| title12 = Thug Nigga Story

| note12 = featuring E-40

| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Earl Tywone Stevens Sr.|Tavian Carter}}

| extra12 = TayTayMadeIt

| length12 = 2:56

| title13 = With Us

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Mattox|1MercyBeatz}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Cheese|DrellOnTheTrack|1MercyBeatz}}

| length13 = 2:16

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Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=3800 Degrees by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/252822670|website=Tidal |access-date=October 7, 2022}}

• Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering, mixing, recording (6, 11, 13), additional engineer (1–5, 7–10, 12)
• Khris James – mastering, mixing, recording (1–5, 7–10, 12)

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