I Know (YoungBoy Never Broke Again song)
{{short description|2022 song by YoungBoy Never Broke Again}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Know
| type = song
| artist = YoungBoy Never Broke Again
| album = The Last Slimeto
| released = August 5, 2022
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 2:31
| label =
| writer =
- Kentrell Gaulden
- Jason Goldberg
- Eliot Bohr
| producer =
- Cheese
- Eliot Bohr
| misc =
{{External music video|1={{YouTube|jOMygaAiU6Q|"I Know"}}|header=Music video|type=song}}
}}
"I Know" is a song by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again from his fourth studio album The Last Slimeto (2022). Produced by Cheese and Eliot Bohr, it peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song serves as the introduction to the thirty-track album and sees YoungBoy rap on a mellow guitar beat about love and heartbreak throughout his life.
Composition
The song is the only track on the album which features only one verse.{{Cite magazine |title=NBA Youngboy, I Know: the lyrics and their meaning|url=https://auralcrave.com/en/2022/08/07/nba-youngboy-i-know-the-lyrics-and-their-meaning/ |date=August 7, 2022 |access-date=March 2, 2023}} The mellow song has a "plaintive guitar and eerie absence of drums."{{Cite web|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again The Last Slimeto Review: An Unruly, Exhilarating Opus|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/youngboy-never-broke-again-the-last-slimeto-album-review/|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=March 2, 2023|magazine=Slant Magazine|last=Lyons-Burt|first=Charles}}
Critical reception
In a review of The Last Slimeto, Charles Lyons-Burt from Slant Magazine notes that the song "drips with melancholy, as YoungBoy begs a lover not to leave, knowing fully that she’s already gone." Robin Murray from Clash stated that the intro "has plenty of soul."{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=August 5, 2022 |title=NBA YoungBoy – The Last Slimeto |work=Clash |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/nba-youngboy-the-last-slimeto/|access-date=March 2, 2023}} HipHopDX{{'}}s Scott Glasher noted that the track "sees YoungBoy waxing spirituals over gushing guitar strings" and that "his hallowing croons ring from the listener’s headphones, presenting him more like a mega-church preacher than a rapper."{{Cite news |last=Glasher |first=Scott |date=August 22, 2022 |title=NBA YOUNGBOY 'THE LAST SLIMETO' STAYS TRUE TO HIS AURA BUT IS TORTUOUSLY LONG |work=HipHopDX |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3907/title.nba-youngboy-the-last-slimeto-album-review|access-date=January 7, 2023}}
Music video
The song's official music video was released alongside the album's release. It sees YoungBoy dancing in front of a green screen while surrounded by fire which represents the burning of his heart.
Personnel
Credits and personnel adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/241484930/track/241484931|title=I Know / YoungBoy Never Broke Again on TIDAL|date=April 2022 |publisher=Tidal|accessdate=August 5, 2022}}
Musicians
- Jason Michael Goldberg – composer, songwriter
- Eliot Bohr – production, composer, songwriter
- Kentrell DeSean Gaulden – lead artist, songwriter, composer
Technical
- Cheese – mastering engineer
- Cheese – mixing engineer
- Cheese – recording engineer
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "I Know" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|195|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=August 22, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|46|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=August 22, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|13|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=August 22, 2022}} |
References
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{{YoungBoy Never Broke Again}}
Category:YoungBoy Never Broke Again songs