Richest Opp

On May 4, 2023, media personality DJ Akademiks stated that Gaulden and Lil Durk had reconciled their public beef following several diss tracks and subliminal disses towards one another.{{Cite magazine|last=II|first=C. Vernon Coleman IIC Vernon Coleman|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Lil Durk Squash Beef|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nba-youngboy-lil-durk-squash-beef/|date=May 4, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023|magazine=XXL Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=May 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504141020/https://www.xxlmag.com/nba-youngboy-lil-durk-squash-beef/|url-status=live}} Days later, on May 8, Gaulden dissed both Akademiks and Durk through his private Twitter:{{Cite web|last=Nevares|first=Gabriel Bras|title=NBA YoungBoy Drags DJ Akademiks On His Burner Account|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/748839-youngboy-akademiks-beef-diss-burner-hip-hop-news|date=December 29, 2023|access-date=July 27, 2024|website=HotNewHipHop|language=en-US|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229170458/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/748839-youngboy-akademiks-beef-diss-burner-hip-hop-news|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=II|first=C. Vernon Coleman IIC Vernon Coleman|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again Disses Lil Durk and DJ Akademiks, Ak Responds|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nba-youngboy-disses-lil-durk-dj-akademiks/|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023|magazine=XXL Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=May 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509140903/https://www.xxlmag.com/nba-youngboy-disses-lil-durk-dj-akademiks/|url-status=live}}{{Blockquote

|text= Actin' like I give a fuck about numbers. Bitch, I just dropped two weeks ago. This pussy nigga finna drop. Bitch, I ain't worried about no numbers, nigga. Bitch ass nigga, big bank take lil' bank. Your stupid drink face ass. That's all you like to do, bitch, is get drunk and talk shit. That one gon' get you fucked up.

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On the same day, he announced a new mixtape titled Richest Opp and its release date of May 12, 2023, the same original release date as Lil Durk's album Almost Healed. YoungBoy later appeared on an Instagram Live video on May 10 while previewing "Bitch Let's Do It" and "I Got That Shit".{{Cite web|last=Nevares|first=Gabriel Bras|title=NBA YoungBoy Blasts DJ Akademiks For Thinking He Cares About Numbers|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/673438-youngboy-dj-akademiks-numbers|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=July 27, 2024|website=HotNewHipHop|language=en-US|archive-date=May 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509123021/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/673438-youngboy-dj-akademiks-numbers|url-status=live}} On May 10, 2023, through the Never Broke Again label page on Instagram, the official tracklist was released. Furthermore, YoungBoy's in-house producer and engineer Jason "Cheese" Goldberg had taken to Instagram to post which songs on the tracklist had been previewed and which were leaked.{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Noah|title=NBA YoungBoy Reveals "Richest Opp" Tracklist|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/674630-nba-youngboy-richest-opp-tracklist|date=May 10, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023|website=HotNewHipHop|language=en-US|archive-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510233318/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/674630-nba-youngboy-richest-opp-tracklist|url-status=live}} On May 11, 2023, just a day prior to the mixtape's release, YoungBoy released "Bitch Let's Do It" exclusively to his YouTube channel alongside its official music video; it later appeared on digital streaming platforms alongside the rest of the mixtape.{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Noah|title=NNBA YoungBoy Releases "Richest Opp" Intro Song, "B*tch Let's Do It"|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/675305-nba-youngboy-btch-lets-do-it|date=May 10, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023|website=HotNewHipHop|language=en-US|archive-date=May 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512052953/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/675305-nba-youngboy-btch-lets-do-it|url-status=live}}

Upon the release of the mixtape, Gaulden appeared in an interview with XXL Magazine in which he expressed his reasoning for the release of the mixtape while speaking on his feud with Durkand falling out with Akademiks, sales numbers, and the mixtape itself.{{Cite magazine|last=Woods|first=Aleia|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again Sounds Off on Lil Durk, Being Disrespected and Album Sales in New Interview|url=https://www.xxlmaghttps://www.xxlmag.com/youngboy-never-broke-again-interview/|date=May 12, 2023|access-date=July 27, 2024|magazine=XXL Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=May 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512142011/https://www.xxlmag.com/youngboy-never-broke-again-interview/|url-status=live}} Gaulden stated that the fuel for the mixtape was the disrespect he felt from the two:{{Blockquote

|text=It really wasn’t something that I just had planned. I felt disrespected about something that went on. It was then just for somebody else to be promoted. So I felt like, shit, bitch, don’t play with me. I stay ready. So, I’m just laying down my law and letting a nigga know I’m here to stay. It’s my game and my rules.

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/richest-opp-mw0003998335|title=Richest Opp Review by Paul Simpson|date=May 12, 2023|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 4, 2023|language=en-US|archive-date=July 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704145454/https://www.allmusic.com/album/richest-opp-mw0003998335|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = HipHopDX

| rev2score = 3.1/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/nba-youngboy-richest-opp-album-review|title=NBA YoungBoy Sounds Stale On 'Richest Opp'|website=HipHopDX|last=Fontes|first=Isaac|date=June 24, 2023|access-date=April 11, 2024|language=en-US|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627003359/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/nba-youngboy-richest-opp-album-review|url-status=live}}

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Richest Opp received generally favorable reviews from critics. Preezy Brown of Vibe wrote, "As brash and blustering as he can be, YoungBoy's vulnerability cuts through on tracks like 'Hurt My Heart' and 'Dirty Thug,' both of which channels his aggression in the midst of emoting. Richest Opp houses additional firepower such as 'Free Meechy,' 'What You Gonna Do,' 'Slider,' and 'I Want His Soul,' giving listeners an array of anthems to select from."{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Preezy|last2=Sadler|first2=Armon|last3=Griffin|first3=Marc|title=NBA YoungBoy, Russ, Soulja Boy, And More Can't-Miss New Music Friday Releases|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/reviews/new-music-friday-nba-youngboy-russ-soulja-boy-lil-durk-1234756346/|website=Vibe|access-date=29 May 2023|date=May 12, 2023|language=en-US|archive-date=May 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512230237/https://www.vibe.com/music/reviews/new-music-friday-nba-youngboy-russ-soulja-boy-lil-durk-1234756346/|url-status=live}} Caleb Hardy of HotNewHipHop wrote "There are a slew of genuinely great choruses from YoungBoy throughout the record" and "Richest Opp begins to falter when it strays away from the core emotion of the record. The more understated, toned-down tracks such as 'Just Flow' and 'I Got That S**t' leave room for the wallpaper production to become increasingly obvious. As a whole, Richest Opp leaves the listener wishing that NBA YoungBoy was in a room of producers looking to take more sonic risks. The more YoungBoy's ominous voice takes over the record, the better. For the record's redundant flaws, fans will likely leave with a handful of personal favorites to keep them satisfied until the next project inevitably rolls around." In addition, he commented that the mixtape was "likely the best we've heard from NBA YoungBoy in 2023".{{cite web|last1=Hardy|first1=Caleb|title=NBA YoungBoy Richest Opp Album Review|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/678108-nba-youngboy-richest-opp|website=HotNewHipHop|access-date=29 May 2023|date=May 17, 2023|language=en-US|archive-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517220226/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/678108-nba-youngboy-richest-opp|url-status=live}} Jayson Buford of Stereogum regarded it as YoungBoy's "best work out of the three" and wrote, "Richest Opp contains some spectacular moments; to listen is to blur the line between shock value and ordinarily stupefied pain."{{cite web|last1=Buford|first1=Jayson|title=The NBA YoungBoy Conundrum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2224288/the-nba-youngboy-conundrum/columns/lots-of-commas/|website=Stereogum|access-date=30 May 2023|date=May 19, 2023|language=en-US|archive-date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519201202/https://www.stereogum.com/2224288/the-nba-youngboy-conundrum/columns/lots-of-commas/|url-status=live}}

Richest Opp debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 51,000 album-equivalent units [including 1,000 pure sales]. The album also accumulated a total of 74.37 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.

{{Track listing

| headline = Richest Opp track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 49:04

| title1 = Bitch Let's Do It

| writer1 = {{hlist|Kentrell Gaulden|Daniel Lebrun|Jasper Cortez|Nathan Chase}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Droc|Juppy|Chasely}}

| length1 = 3:05

| title2 = I Got That Shit

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Michael Roberge|Lazerick Seymour}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Berge|Zaytekken}}

| length2 = 2:22

| title3 = I Heard

| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Kayshaun Mclean|Maurice Jordan|Seth Love}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|K4|Kenoe|Skeeo!}}

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = Hurt My Heart

| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Roberge|Cameron Hubler}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Berge|Uncle Cameron}}

| length4 = 3:24

| title5 = Dirty Thug

| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Lebrun|Jeppe Jacobsen}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Droc|Jacobsen}}

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Just Flow

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jason Goldberg|Thomas Horton|LaBrandon Robertson}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Cheese|TnTXD|Brando}}

| length6 = 2:37

| title7 = Free Meechy

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Lebrun|Roberge|Aaron Hill}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Droc|Berge|Lastwordbeats}}

| length7 = 2:30

| title8 = Father

| writer8 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Braylen Rembert|Cedric McClain, Jr.}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Cheese|AyoBleu|FatboiBeats}}

| length8 = 2:53

| title9 = Fuck the Industry Pt. 2

| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Roberge}}

| extra9 = Berge

| length9 = 3:07

| title10 = What You Gonna Do

| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Lebrun|Sven Steenbergen}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Droc|17ondatrack}}

| length10 = 2:15

| title11 = Perspective

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Tahj Morgan|Michael Washington, Jr.|Jack LoMastro|Nima Jahanbin|Paimon Jahanbin}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Cheese|JetsonMade|Mikewavvs|LoMastro|Wallis Lane}}

| length11 = 2:40

| title12 = Chopstick

| note12 = featuring NBA Ben 10

| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Ben Fields|Lebrun|Cortez|Simone di Franco}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Droc|Juppy|Simo Fre}}

| length12 = 2:56

| title13 = Slimes Go Where I Go

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|Love}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Cheese|Droc|Skeeo!}}

| length13 = 2:56

| title14 = Slider

| writer14 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Lebrun|Roberge|Hill}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Cheese|Droc|Berge|Lastwordbeats}}

| length14 = 2:28

| title15 = I Shot Qupid

| writer15 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Jerry Robertson|Kalim Pryce|Kyler Mathis}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Cheese|JuniMadeDatt|K10Beatz|Prodsauceboy}}

| length15 = 2:28

| title16 = Channel 9

| writer16 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jordan|Tavian Carter|Rashonn Henderson}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Kenoe|TayTayMadeIt|Rashonn}}

| length16 = 2:53

| title17 = I Want His Soul

| writer17 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Lebrun|Treevon Walker}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Droc|Xclusivemadethis|BJondatrakk|G06beatz}}

| length17 = 3:43

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Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Richest Opp by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/294515260|website=Tidal |access-date=May 12, 2023}}

• Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering (1–17), mixing (1–17), recording (1–6, 8–17)
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again – recording (1–6, 9, 10, 12)
• Samuel "Khris James XO" Thanni – recording (7)

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