Savage Mode
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{{Infobox album
| name = Savage Mode
| type = EP
| artist = 21 Savage and Metro Boomin
| cover = 21 Savage and Metro Boomin - Savage Mode.png
| alt =
| released = July 15, 2016
| recorded = 2015–2016
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 32:22
| label =
| producer = {{hlist|Metro Boomin (also exec.)|21 Savage|Cubeatz|G Koop|Sonny Digital|Southside|Zaytoven}}
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = 21 Savage
| type = EP
| prev_title = Slaughter King
| prev_year = 2015
| title = Savage Mode
| year = 2016
| next_title = Issa Album
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Metro Boomin
| type = EP
| prev_title = 19 & Boomin
| prev_year = 2013
| title = Savage Mode
| year = 2016
| next_title = DropTopWop
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{Singles
| name = Savage Mode
| type = EP
| single1 = X
| single1date = July 14, 2016
| single2 = No Heart
| single2date = October 19, 2016
}}
}}
Savage Mode is a collaborative extended play by British-American rapper 21 Savage and American record producer Metro Boomin. It was released on July 15, 2016. It features a sole guest appearance by American rapper Future. The EP was self-released.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/savage-mode/1133782044|title = Savage Mode by 21 Savage & Metro Boomin|website = iTunes|date = 15 July 2016}} The EP received acclaim from critics,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/hip-hop/8523178/21-savage-teases-savage-mode-2-metro-boomin|title=21 Savage Says 'Savage Mode 2' With Metro Boomin Is in the Works|work=Billboard|last=Saponara|first=Michael|date=July 22, 2019|accessdate=October 1, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/metro-boomin-unveils-savage-mode-2-cover-news.118735.html?_amp|title=Metro Boomin & 21 Savage Unveil "Savage Mode 2" Cover|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Findlay|first=Mitch|date=September 29, 2020|accessdate=October 1, 2020}} with Rolling Stone including it in its list of the 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2016-w455769/21-savage-metro-boomin-savage-mode-w456224|title=40 Best Rap Albums of 2016|work=Rolling Stone|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 5, 2017}} A sequel album, Savage Mode II, was released on October 2, 2020 to further acclaim.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Exclaim!
| rev1score = 6/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/21_savage_and_metro_boomin-savage_mode|title=21 Savage and Metro Boomin: Savage Mode|work=Exclaim!|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=July 20, 2016|last=Harmony|first=A.}}
| rev2 = HipHopDX
| rev2score = 3.7/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2766/title.21-savage-metro-boomin-savage-mode-review|title=21 Savage & Metro Boomin – Savage Mode Review|work=HipHopDX|date=July 25, 2016|accessdate=October 18, 2019|last=Diep|first=Eric}}
| rev3 = HotNewHipHop
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4score = 7.0/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22161-savage-mode/|title=21 Savage / Metro Boomin: Savage Mode|work=Pitchfork|date=July 23, 2016|accessdate=October 18, 2019|last=Daramola|first=Israel}}
| rev5 = XXL
| rev5score = 4/5{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2016/07/21-savage-savage-mode-review/|title=21 Savage Creates His Own World on 'Savage Mode'|work=XXL|date=July 19, 2016|accessdate=October 18, 2019|last=Weinstein|first=Max|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720171630/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2016/07/21-savage-savage-mode-review/|archivedate=July 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}
}}
Pitchfork called the project 21 Savage's "strongest and bleakest work" and praised the "brooding, eerie production" by Metro Boomin. Complex called it "a minor masterpiece in sound design", noting that "for as merciless as 21 Savage's writing can be, the album borders on ambient."{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/10/best-metro-boomin-beats/|title=The 25 Best Metro Boomin Beats|work=Complex|date=October 7, 2016|accessdate=December 5, 2017|last=Thompson|first=Paul}} HotNewHipHop stated that "its style unequivocally trumps its substance, which is par for the course in this school of arty street rap, but its form{{snd}} a compact, impeccably-curated product{{snd}} is sorely missing from the genre." Exclaim! called the album "a grim, pearl clutching narrative straight from the South." In a positive review, Craig Jenkins of Vulture called it "gleefully ultraviolent and pridefully indulgent", stating that "this music is built from the same casual hopelessness that shocks us cold whenever we awake to fresh news of mass murder or police brutality."{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/mixtape-review-21-savages-savage-mode.html|title=21 Savage's Savage Mode Is Violent Music, But It's Oddly Comforting in Violent Times|work=Vulture|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=December 5, 2017|last=Jenkins|first=Craig}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s){{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MetroBoomin/status/754434971041955840|title=Metro Boomin on Twitter|publisher=}}
| total_length = 32:22
| title1 = No Advance
| writer1 = {{hlist|Shayaa Joseph|Leland Wayne}}
| extra1 = Metro Boomin
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = No Heart
| writer2 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne|Joshua Luellen|Kevin Gomringer|Tim Gomringer}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Southside|Cubeatz}}
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = X
| note3 = featuring Future
| writer3 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne|Nayvadius Wilburn}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|21 Savage}}
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Savage Mode
| writer4 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne}}
| extra4 = Metro Boomin
| length4 = 4:09
| title5 = Bad Guy
| writer5 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne|Sonny Uwaezuoke}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Sonny Digital}}
| length5 = 2:49
| title6 = Real Nigga
| writer6 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne}}
| extra6 = Metro Boomin
| length6 = 3:05
| title7 = Mad High
| writer7 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne}}
| extra7 = Metro Boomin
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Feel It
| writer8 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne|Xavier Dotson}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Zaytoven}}
| length8 = 2:43
| title9 = Ocean Drive
| writer9 = {{hlist|Joseph|Wayne|Luellen|Robert Mandell}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Southside|G Koop}}
| length9 = 3:47
}}
Notes
- "X" was originally titled "X Bitch"
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016–2017)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|57|artist=21 Savage|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 18, 2017}} |
| scope="row"| Latvian Albums (LaIPA){{cite web|url=https://tv3cdn.lv/2017/12/tuvojas-ziemassvetki-latviesi-tos-gatavi-pavadit-kopa-ar-elvisu-presliju-5a37931c3dfd1.xlsx|title=Combined albums chart for the Week 50, 2017 {{ndash}} Ending December 14, 2017|language=en|publisher={{Ill|TV3.lv|lv|tv3.lv|lt=Skaties.lv}}|access-date=April 7, 2025|date=December 17, 2017}}
| 84 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=21 Savage|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 24, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|8|artist=21 Savage|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 28, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|9|artist=21 Savage|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 26, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRap|7|artist=21 Savage|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 26, 2016}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016|work=Billboard|accessdate=December 9, 2016}}
| 185 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|accessdate=December 12, 2017}}
| 58 |
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 29, 2020}}
| 59 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|award=Gold|artist=21 Savage and Metro Boomin|title=Savage Mode|certyear=2023|relyear=2017|source=radioscope|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Gold|artist=21 Savage & Metro Boomin|title=Savage Mode|certyear=2017|relyear=2017|access-date=May 17, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
References
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{{21 Savage}}
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Category:2016 collaborative albums
Category:Albums produced by Metro Boomin
Category:Albums produced by Southside (record producer)
Category:Albums produced by Cubeatz