Until I Return
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{{Infobox album
| name = Until I Return
| type = Mixtape
| artist = YoungBoy Never Broke Again
| cover = Until_I_Return.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2020|11|13}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 40:15
| label = {{hlist|Never Broke Again|Atlantic}}
| producer = * ABOnTheBeat
- Audio Jacc
- Bak
- Bans
- BJ Beatz
- Bobby Raps
- Brxtn
- Callari
- Cheese
- David Morse
- Dubba-AA
- DY Krazy
- Ferno
- Frankie Bash
- Haze
- HitmanAudio
- India Got Them Beats
- Jack LoMastro
- Jacob Wolfe
- Jerome Malfliet
- J Inc.
- Jonnie Hope
- Joseph L’Étranger
- JULiA LEWiS
- KiddFreddo
- Lilkdubb
- ManOhManFoster
- Max Lord
- Mike Laury
- Mike Wavvs
- Mook On The Beats
- Murda Beatz
- Paul Cabbin
- PlayboyXO
- Saucey Beats
- TayTayMadeIt
- Thank You Fizzle
- Wallis Lane
| prev_title = Top
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Nobody Safe
| next_year = 2020
}}
Until I Return is the fifteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released on November 13, 2020, by Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records.{{Cite web|title=Listen to YoungBoy Never Broke Again's New Mixtape 'Until I Return'|url= https://www.complex.com/music/a/fnr-tigg/youngboy-never-broke-again-new-mixtape-until-i-return|last=Hamilton|first=Xavier|website=Complex|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2023}} The mixtape was released completely solo without any features.
The mixtape debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.{{Cite web|title=AC/DC's 'Power Up' Charges In at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|url= https://www.billboard.com/pro/acdc-power-up-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=November 22, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2023}}
Background
The mixtape was first released on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, exclusively on YouTube, however, through Atlantic Records and Never Broke Again, it was distributed onto all streaming services just two days later on November 13, 2020.{{Cite web|title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again drops new mixtape 'Until I Return'|url= https://www.revolt.tv/article/2020-11-11/66117/youngboy-never-broke-again-drops-new-mixtape-until-i-return/|last=Cho|first=Regina|website=Revolt|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2023}}{{Cite web|title=YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN RELEASES 'UNTIL I RETURN' MIXTAPE ONTO STREAMING SERVICES|url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59012/title.youngboy-never-broke-again-releases-until-i-return-mixtape-onto-streaming-services|last=Saponara|first=Michael|website=HipHopDX|date=November 14, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2023}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/until-i-return-mw0003451591|title=Until I Return Review by Neil Z. Yeung|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 10, 2023}}
}}
Until I Return received mediocre reviews from critics. AllMusic{{'}}s Neil Z. Yeung noted that the mixtape "[showcases] Youngboy's Young Thug-influenced sing-song vocals and rapid-fire bars."
Commercial performance
Until I Return debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 31,000 album-equivalent units (including 500 pure album sales) in its first week. This became Youngboy's fourth US top-ten album debut in 2020. This mixtape also accumulated a total of 47.49 million on-demand streams of the set's songs during the tracking week.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Until I Return track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 40:15
| title1 = Whitey Bulger
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kentrell Gaulden|Aaron Lockhart Jr.|Jonathon Montoya|Michael Laury}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Dubba-AA|Jonnie Hope|Mike Laury}}
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Around
| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Tavian Carter}}
| extra2 = TayTayMadeIt
| length2 = 2:38
| title3 = Chopper City
| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Gregory Sanders Jr.|India Williams|Carter}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|HitmanAudio|India Got Them Beats|TayTayMadeIt}}
| length3 = 2:33
| title4 = Toxic
| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaulden|ABOnTheBeat|Alexander Bak|Colin Franken|Benjamin Falik}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|ABOnTheBeat|Bak|Frankie Bash|JULiA LEWiS}}
| length4 = 3:20
| title5 = Casket Fresh
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jeremy McIntyre|Shane Lindstrom|Lerron Carson}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Joseph L’Étranger|Murda Beatz|Paul Cabbin}}
| length5 = 2:35
| title6 = Mask On
| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Brandon Russell|Kyre Trask}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|BJ Beatz|Lilkdubb}}
| length6 = 2:04
| title7 = Funds
| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Max Lord|Joshua Goldenberg}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Max Lord|Thank You Fizzle}}
| length7 = 2:41
| title8 = I Expect You
| writer8 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Robert Richardson|Dwan Avery}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Bobby Raps|DY Krazy}}
| length8 = 2:49
| title9 = Off 1Tenth
| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Brayon Nelson|Jarrian Thompson}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Mook On The Beats|PlayboyXO}}
| length9 = 2:08
| title10 = Thrasher
| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Leonardo Mateus|Jason Goldberg|Ethan Hayes}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Bans|Cheese|Haze}}
| length10 = 2:48
| title11 = Walking Dead
| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Russell|Aman Nikhanj}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|BJ Beatz|Saucey Beats}}
| length11 = 3:18
| title12 = 3am
| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|Dante Guzzi|Jacob Wolfe}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Cheese|Ferno|Jacob Wolfe}}
| length12 = 2:08
| title13 = Emotional Torn
| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Goldberg|David Morse|Jackson LoMastro|Michael Washington Jr.|Paimon Jahanbin|Nima Jahanbin}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|David Morse|Jack LoMastro|Mike Wavvs|Wallis Lane}}
| length13 = 3:08
| title14 = Doomed
| writer14 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Jack Mungan|Goldberg|Jacob Cornelius|Zachary Foster}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Audio Jacc|Cheese|J Inc.|ManOhManFoster}}
| length14 = 2:44
| title15 = Top Say
| writer15 = {{hlist|Gaulden|Braxton Troxel|Jerome Malfliet|Friendlor Nomincy}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Brxtn|Jerome Malfliet|KiddFreddo}}
| length15 = 1:48
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Until I Return by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/161995258|website=Tidal |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2023}}
- Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering
- Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mixing
- Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – recording (1, 2, 4–15)
- Mark Dorflinger – recording (3)
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Until I Return |
scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=October 10, 2023}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|5|artist=YoungBoy Never Broke Again|rowheader=true|access-date=October 10, 2023}} |
References
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Category:YoungBoy Never Broke Again mixtape albums