Realer 2
{{short description|2022 album by YoungBoy Never Broke Again}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Realer 2
| type = mixtape
| artist = YoungBoy Never Broke Again
| cover = Youngboy Never Broke Again - Realer2.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2022|09|06}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 39:46
| label =
| producer =
- 301.Arjun
- AKel
- Amineskkrt
- Bans
- BeatsByMAX
- BeatsbyTrain
- BrandoBeatz
- Cocobeatszn
- Cheese
- DannyGotThatJuice
- Daysix
- D-Roc
- Drum Dummie
- Duhvinci
- FlexOnDaTrack
- JB Sauced Up
- Jkei
- Khris James
- Leor Shevah
- London on da Track
- MalikOTB
- Mario Beats
- Nuki
- ProdSkolo
- Produced by Jb
- Red Jon
- skeeo!
- TnTXD
- Tre Gilliam
- TWTbeats
- Zay Tekken
| prev_title = The Last Slimeto
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = 3800 Degrees
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Realer 2
| type = mixtape
| single1 = Purge Me
| single1date = September 4, 2022
}}
}}
Realer 2 is the seventeenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released through Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records on September 6, 2022. The mixtape features a guest appearance from the mother of YoungBoy's child, Jaz.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/luvforjazlyn/?hl=en|title=luvforjazlyn|work=Instagram}} The mixtape is a sequel to YoungBoy's December 2018 mixtape, Realer. YoungBoy's in-house producer Jason "Cheese" Goldberg mixed, mastered, and engineered every track on the mixtape. The album also features production from many prestigious producers such as Daysix, D-Roc, Drum Dummie, Jason "Cheese" Goldberg, Khris James, London on da Track, and TnTXD.
Release and promotion
On September 4, 2022, YoungBoy released the promotional single, "Purge Me", alongside the official music video, exclusively to his YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2022-09-06/190256/nba-youngboy-purge-me-video/|title=NBA YoungBoy releases new "Purge Me" video|work=Revolt Magazine|last=Cho|first=Regina|date=September 6, 2022|access-date=September 6, 2022}} On September 5, 2022, the mixtape was first teased by YoungBoy's mother Sherhonda Gaulden via an Instagram story where she simply wrote "Realer 2 mixtape tonight."{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Again confirmed to be released on the night of September 5, 2022, DJ Akademiks:{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Akademiks/status/1566833834582220802|title=Breaking: NBA Youngboy deactivates his Instagram page. I talked to him and asked why... He said 'Realer 2' is dropping tonight!!!!|access-date=September 5, 2022}}
{{Blockquote
|text= "Breaking: NBA Youngboy deactivates his Instagram page. I talked to him and asked why… He said ‘Realer 2’ is dropping tonight!!!!"
|author= @Akademiks
}}
Despite all of the confirmations, the mixtape did not release as planned on September 5, 2022. However, on September 6, 2022, YoungBoy randomly released the mixtape exclusively to his YouTube. It was later distributed to all digital streaming platforms by Atlantic Records on behalf of Never Broke Again on September 7, 2022.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/realer-2-mw0003809143|title=Realer 2 Review by Paul Simpson|date= September 6, 2022|website=allmusic.com|accessdate= September 6, 2022}}
}}
Realer 2 received mixed reviews from music critics. Paul Simpson from AllMusic compares Realer 2 to YoungBoy's previous album The Last Slimeto as "relatively low-key," referring to the majority of the tracks as "aggressive, unhinged ragers or more introspective cuts." Simpson suggests that the project is a throwaway as he says, "YoungBoy doesn't do much on this release that he hasn't already done several times before."
Commercial performance
Realer 2 debuted at number 71 on the US Billboard 200 after a three-day period of tracking, with 12,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-billboard-200-chart-number-one-most-weeks-2016-1235140844/|title=Bad Bunny's'Un Verano Sin Ti' Has Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Since 2016|work=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=September 18, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2022}} The mixtape peaked at number six on the chart, earning an additional 39,000 units. This became YoungBoy's eleventh US top-ten charting project, and the fourth of 2022, making him the only artist to chart four projects in the top ten in 2022.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Realer 2 track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 39:45
| title1 = Put It on Me
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kentrell Gaulden|Jason Goldberg|Leor Shevah|Arjun Hasnain}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Cheese|Leor Shevah|301.Arjun}}
| length1 = 2:32
| title2 = Boot Up
| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Aaron Hill|Daniel Lebrun|Max Leone}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Cheese|Droc|BeatsByMAX}}
| length2 = 2:25
| title3 = Dangerous Love
| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|LeBrandon M. Robinson}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Cheese|BrandoBeatz}}
| length3 = 3:51
| title4 = Bloody Night
| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|skeeo!}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Cheese|skeeo!}}
| length4 = 2:59
| title5 = I Don't Like It
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Shevah|Jeremy Bradley}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Cheese|Leor Shevah|JB Sauced Up}}
| length5 = 2:46
| title6 = Tell Me
| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|Allen Michael Kelly|Frank Dante Gilliam III|Mario Beats}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Cheese|Droc|Akel|Tre Gilliam|Mario Beats}}
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Shotta Soul
| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Samuel Thanni|Tevin Revell|Dan Cordero}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Khris James|Drum Dummie|DannyGotThatJuice}}
| length7 = 2:34
| title8 = Fresh Prince of Utah
| writer8 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Kostas Latos|Adam Janeček|Thomas Therrien}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Cheese|Nuki|Daysix|TWTbeats}}
| length8 = 2:46
| title9 = Never Lie
| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Robinson}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Cheese|BrandoBeatz}}
| length9 = 2:19
| title10 = DentHead
| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|Nathan Alemu|BeatsbyTrain}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Cheese|Droc|Duhvinci|BeatsbyTrain}}
| length10 = 2:23
| title11 = Poppin Shit
| note11 = featuring Jaz
| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jazlyn MyChelle|Goldberg|Red Jon|Thomas Horton|Joel Ruiz Anguita|Justin Bradbury}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Cheese|Red Jon|TnTXD|Jkei|Produced by Jb}}
| length11 = 1:51
| title12 = I'm the One
| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Thanni|Lebrun|ProdSkolo|Zay Tekken}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Khris James|Droc|ProdSkolo|Zay Tekken}}
| length12 = 2:30
| title13 = Survive
| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Malik Bynoe-Fisher|Leonardo Mateus}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Cheese|MalikOTB|Bans}}
| length13 = 2:36
| title14 = You Knew
| writer14 = {{hlist|Gaulden|London Tyler Holmes}}
| extra14 = London on da Track
| length14 = 2:41
| title15 = Purge Me
| writer15 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Horton|Saad Ghallab|Amine Souiyate|Felix Govaerts}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Cheese|TnTXD|Cocobeatszn|Amineskkrt|FlexOnDaTrack}}
| length15 = 2:16
}}
Personnel
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Chart performance for Realer 2 ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=September 18, 2022}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=September 20, 2022}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Realer 2 ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022|work=Billboard|access-date=December 1, 2022}}
| 78 |
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References
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