Ma' I Got a Family

Over a week and a half after YoungBoy's early October Juvenile-influenced 3800 Degrees, through the community tab on YoungBoy's official YouTube channel, YoungBoy announced the release of the mixtape.{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Dylan|date=October 17, 2022|url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/nba-youngboy-10-mixtapes-1-year-announces-new-project-ma-i-got-a-family|title=NBA YoungBoy Teases 10 Mixtapes in 1 Year, Announces New Project Ma' I Got A Family|website=Hypebeast|access-date=September 28, 2024|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017204755/https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/nba-youngboy-10-mixtapes-1-year-announces-new-project-ma-i-got-a-family|language=en-US|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Stephens|first=Michael|url=https://urbanislandz.com/2022/10/16/nba-youngboy-announces-new-album-ma-i-got-a-family-drops-friday/|title=NBA YoungBoy Announces New Album Ma’ I Got A Family Drops Friday|website=Urban Islandz|date=October 16, 2022|access-date=October 16, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017014243/https://urbanislandz.com/2022/10/16/nba-youngboy-announces-new-album-ma-i-got-a-family-drops-friday/anguage=en-US|url-status=live}} The announcement was later followed by a teaser where YoungBoy hinted that he plans to release ten projects by the end of 2022.{{cite web|last=Elibert|first=Mark|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.74202/title.nba-youngboy-ma-i-got-a-family-10-projects-1-year|title=NBA YoungBoy Wants To Drop Drop 10 Mixtapes In One Year|website=HipHopDX|date=October 17, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017191642/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.74202/title.nba-youngboy-ma-i-got-a-family-10-projects-1-year|language=en-US|url-status=live}} Just a day prior to the mixtape's release, on October 20, 2022, YoungBoy's twenty-third birthday, the mixtape's release was officially announced by Birdman through his Instagram, similar to the announcement of 3800 Degrees. Hours later, through the Never Broke Again Instagram page, the mixtape's tracklist was unveiled, revealing two features Nicki Minaj and Yeat.

The mixtape's artwork pictures YoungBoy Never Broke Again and his wife, Jazlyn MyChelle. With YoungBoy and Jaz are the couple's two children. In the background of the artwork, photos of YoungBoy and his other children can be seen alongside YoungBoy's 100 RIAA certification plaque.{{cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Preezy|url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/nba-youngboy-married-jazlyn-mychelle-1234725401/|title=NBA YoungBoy Marries Longtime Girlfriend Jazlyn Mychelle|magazine=Vibe|date=January 9, 2023|accessdate=September 28, 2024|language=en-US|archive-date=April 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408210858/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/nba-youngboy-married-jazlyn-mychelle-1234725401/|url-status=live}}

{{Music ratings

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Paul Simpson from AllMusic stated that Ma’ I Got A Family "Far less hard-edged and aggressive than one might expect." He noted that "the mixtape taps into YoungBoy's sentimental side," and that "this is not the release one would expect DJ Drama to be involved with."

Ma' I Got a Family debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 37,000 album-equivalent units (including 402 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.{{Cite magazine|date=October 30, 2022|title=Taylor Swift’s Midnights Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/|access-date=October 31, 2022|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030190303/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/|language=en-US|url-status=live}} The album also accumulated a total of 52.54 million on-demand streams of the album's songs, and marked YoungBoy's fifth top-ten entry of 2022. Furthermore, YoungBoy broke the tie with Jay-Z for the artist with the fifth most charting Billboard 200 albums in history.{{Cite web|last=Caraan|first=Sophie|date=October 20, 2022|url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/nba-youngboy-breaks-tie-jay-z-fifth-most-charting-albums-billboard-200|title=NBA YoungBoy Breaks Tie With JAY-Z For Fifth Most-Charting Billboard 200 Albums|website=Hypebeast|access-date=September 28, 2024|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020051421/https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/nba-youngboy-breaks-tie-jay-z-fifth-most-charting-albums-billboard-200|language=en-US|url-status=live}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 46:36

| title1 = Pop Out

| writer1 = {{hlist|Kentrell Gaulden|Joshua Howard Luellen|Matthew-Kyle Brown|Aaron Raj Tanarasoo}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Southside|Smatt Sertified|Cloud{{ref|a|[a]}}|Dover7{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 2:39

| title2 = Rain

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jason Goldberg|Jordan Oliver Edon|Tevin Revell|Mark Nikolaev|Will Boyette}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Cheese|Tfisdon|Drum Dummie|Marko Lenz}}

| length2 = 2:25

| title3 = Sedated

| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Leonardo Mateus|Aaron Tago}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Cheese|Bans|Yung Tago}}

| length3 = 2:08

| title4 = Get Right

| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Daniel Yenuen Aldaz Leander|Angelo Callari|Isak Gidgård}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Cheese|Aldaz|Callari|Str8cash}}

| length4 = 1:50

| title5 = Right Now

| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|David McDowell|Dylan McGinnis Kidd|Mason Wu|Thomas Horton}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Cheese|Dmac|Dylan Kidd{{ref|a|[a]}}|Mason Wu|TnTXD}}

| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = McQueen

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Samuel Thanni|Benjamin MacGregor Wilson|Dane McQuillan|Powers Pleasant}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Khris James|Ben10K|Danes Blood{{ref|a|[a]}}|Powers Pleasant}}

| length6 = 2:18

| title7 = Ben Lomond Mountain

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Wilson|McQuillan|Jonathan Gabor|Aaron Gilfenbain}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Cheese|Ben10K|Danes Blood{{ref|a|[a]}}|BeatsAintFree JG|Hurtboy AG}}

| length7 = 2:53

| title8 = Kentrell Talk

| writer8 = Gaulden

| extra8 = YoungBoy Never Broke Again

| length8 = 1:02

| title9 = Sport Mode

| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Ethan Hayes|Junior Sinchi|Brian Mitchell}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Khris James|Haze{{ref|a|[a]}}|Jay Lv|Zuus{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 2:06

| title10 = Pay Me

| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Keshawn Lawson|Ryan Hartlove|Ansel Montgomery|Michael Collins Price}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Cheese|Harto Beats|YoungerNextLife}}

| length10 = 2:42

| title11 = All the Problems

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Keith Farrelle Cozart|Donald Paschall Jr.}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Chief Keef|DP Beats}}

| length11 = 2:14

| title12 = Chose

| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Daniel Lebrun|Josh Coleman|Alek}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Khris James|D-Roc|Josh Coleman|Prodalek}}

| length12 = 2:32

| title13 = Rose Gold

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lucas DiFabbio|Callari}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Cheese|Dunk Rock|Callari}}

| length13 = 2:07

| title14 = I Admit

| note14 = featuring Nicki Minaj

| writer14 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty|Thanni|Milan Sunil Modi}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Khris James|Yung Lan}}

| length14 = 3:27

| title15 = Change on Me

| writer15 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|BJondatrakk|Haisofn|Park Min Geon}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Cheese|D-Roc|BJondatrakk|Haisofn|G06 Beatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length15 = 3:00

| title16 = King of the Jungle

| writer16 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|Cooper Vengrove|Sven Rafael Steenbergen}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Cheese|D-Roc|Cv|17OnDaTrack}}

| length16 = 3:00

| title17 = I Don't Text Back

| note17 = featuring Yeat

| writer17 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Noah Olivier Smith|Goldberg|Mateus|Wu|Noah Mejia}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Cheese|Bans|Mason Wu|Noah Mejia}}

| length17 = 2:12

| title18 = Act a Fool

| writer18 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Antwan Newrik|Phil Garner|Richard Parker Wiggins}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Cheese|6lement|Park3r}}

| length18 = 2:12

| title19 = Kick It

| writer19 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Michael Romito|Vid Vucenovic|1MercyBeatz}}

| extra19 = {{hlist|Census{{ref|a|[a]}}|ForeignGotEm|Aaron Larit{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length19 = 2:06

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Notes

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Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Ma’ I Got A Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama) by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/255420268|website=Tidal |access-date=October 21, 2022}}

• Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering, mixing, recording (1–19)
• Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – recording (14)

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