IWasVeryBad
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{{Infobox album
| name = IWasVeryBad
| type = mixtape
| artist = IDK
| cover = IDK - IWasVeryBad.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}
| recorded = 2017
| studio = HXLY Sound Studios & OHM House, Woodland Hills, California
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 35:07
| label = Adult Swim
| producer = {{hlist|Kal Banx|Lo-Fi|Daniel Worthy|Tae Beast|BLWYRMND|Nate Fox|Blue Rondo|BigKiddMusic|Arielle Graham|J-Rich|Thelonious.Martin|Razjah|Alexander Spit|Edsclusive|Soul Surplus}}
| prev_title = Empty Bank
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = IWasVeryBad
| type = mixtape
| single1 = Baby Scale
| single1date = August 30, 2017
| single2 = 17 Wit a 38
| single2date = October 12, 2017
}}
}}
IWasVeryBad is the fourth mixtape and a short film by American rapper IDK. It was released in full on October 13, 2017, through Adult Swim.{{cite magazine |last1=Mojica |first1=Nick |title=IDK Drops IWasVeryBad Album Featuring Chief Keef, Yung Gleesh and More Read More: IDK Drops IWasVeryBad Album Featuring Chief Keef, Yung Gleesh |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/idk-iwasverybad-album-chief-keef-yung-gleesh/ |access-date=October 13, 2017 |magazine=XXL}} The cinematic album features Swizz Beatz, Yung Gleesh, MF Doom, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mother Marygold, and Chief Keef as guest performers, and was recorded throughout 2017.{{cite news |last1=Fu |first1=Eddie |title=IDK breaks down his new soundtrack LP, IWasVeryBad, Track by Track: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2017/10/idk-breaks-down-his-new-soundtrack-lp-iwasverybad-track-by-track-stream/ |website=Consequence of Sound}} The music was released through Adult Swim as an episodic series, with three tracks released September 29 and October 6, the two Fridays before October 13.
In the 35-minute short film, IDK reenacts the events that led to his arrest and imprisonment at age 17.{{Cite magazine |last=Corry |first=Kristin |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Watch IDK Create Chaos in a New Short IWasVeryBad |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa98wg/idk-iwasverybad-video-watch |access-date=2024-07-06 |magazine=Vice}}
Critical reception
A review published by Vice referred to IWasVeryBad as IDK's "most introspective release since his first mixtape in 2014", arguing that "the most poignant parts" were about how he grieves his mother's death" in a manner that is "remorseful yet unrepentant".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = IWasVeryBad track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 35:07
| title1 = Mrs. Lynch, Your Son Is the Devil
| writer1 = Jason Mills
| length1 = 3:00
| extra1 = Kal Banx
| title2 = Maryland Ass Nigga
| note2 = featuring Swizz Beatz
| writer2 = {{hlist|Mills|Kaseem Dean}}
| extra2 = Kal Banx
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Pizza Shop Extended
| note3 = featuring Yung Gleesh, MF Doom and Del the Funky Homosapien
| writer3 = {{hlist|Mills|Asa Asuncion|Daniel Dumile|Teren Jones}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|BLWYRMND|BigKiddMusic}}
| length3 = 4:04
| title4 = Dog Love Kitty
| note4 = featuring Mother Marygold
| writer4 = Mills
| extra4 = Kal Banx
| length4 = 2:00
| title5 = Mama Said "Respect the Venus Symbol" I Didn't Listen
| writer5 = Mills
| extra5 =
| length5 = 0:27
| title6 = Windows Up
| writer6 = Mills
| extra6 = Tae Beast
| length6 = 2:13
| title7 = Bird & the Bees
| writer7 = Mills
| extra7 = Lo-Fi
| length7 = 3:40
| title8 = 17 Wit a 38
| note8 = featuring Chief Keef
| writer8 = {{hlist|Mills|Keith Cozart}}
| extra8 = Daniel Worthy
| length8 = 2:41
| title9 = No Shoes on the Rug, Leave Them at the Door
| writer9 = Mills
| extra9 = Kal Banx
| length9 = 3:34
| title10 = No Words
| writer10 = Mills
| extra10 = Kal Banx
| length10 = 2:00
| title11 = Black Sheep, White Dove
| writer11 = Mills
| extra11 = {{hlist|Thelonious.Martin|Lo-Fi}}
| length11 = 4:59
| title12 = Baby Scale
| note12 = featuring Yung Gleesh
| writer12 = {{hlist|Mills|Asuncion}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Razjah|Alexander Spit}}
| length12 = 3:32
}}
References
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