Up 2 Me
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{{Infobox album
| name = Up 2 Me
| type = studio
| artist = Yeat
| cover = Up 2 Me album cover.png
| released = September 10, 2021
| recorded = 2020–2021
| genre = *Trap
| length = 56:41
| label = {{hlist|Interscope|Foundation|Twizzy Rich}}
| producer = * Yeat
- Ardist
- AyeMajin
- Based1
- Bred
- Bugz Ronin
- Bnyx
- Dulio
- F1lthy
- Flansie
- Gokami
- Jonah Abraham
- Lucian
- Lukrative
- Malikaix8
- Nest
- Numbernine
- Nuu
- Outlit
- Pink
- Rio Leyva
- Sharkboy
- Skimayne
- Snapz
- Snypes
- Starboyrob
- SubZeroSwiz
- Synthetic
- Trgc
- UpMadeIt
| prev_title = Trëndi
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = 2 Alive
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Up 2 Me
| type = studio
| single1 = Get Busy
| single1date = September 1, 2021
}}
}}
Up 2 Me (stylized as Up 2 Më) is the debut studio album by American rapper Yeat. It was released on September 10, 2021 through Interscope Records, Foundation Media, and Twizzy Rich.{{cite web |title=Up 2 Më - Yeat {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/up-2-m%C3%AB-mw0003600750 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-04}} The album features a sole guest appearance from fellow rapper SeptembersRich.
Singles
The album's lead single, "Get Busy", was released on September 1. Another song on the album, "U Could Tëll", was included in the second season of the HBO series Euphoria.{{Cite web|title=Euphoria season 2 soundtrack: Full list of songs in Zendaya series|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/euphoria-hbo-soundtrack-songs-list/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Radio Times|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yeat: Up 2 Më |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yeat-up-2-me/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} The instrumental for the song "Turban" was included in a collaborative commercial between Nike and Dick's Sporting Goods.{{Cite web|title=Yeat Song Appears In Nike Ad For Dick's Sporting Goods|date=May 23, 2022 |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.70481/title.yeat-song-appears-in-nike-ad-for-dicks-sporting-goods|access-date=2022-05-23}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/up-2-m%C3%AB-mw0003600750|title=Up 2 Më Review by TiVo Staff|date= September 10, 2021|website=allmusic.com|accessdate= September 10, 2021}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
}}
In his Washington Post piece on Yeat, Chris Richards noted that Yeat "visits nearly every corner of his lungs, throat, mouth and sinuses on 'Turban'", and that "his approach still feels avant and inventive. Rhyming in alien purrs and phantasmal coos, it's as if he's melting into his beats".{{Cite news|title=Review {{!}} Yeat redefines what it means for a rapper to rock the bells|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/yeat-review-up-2-me/2021/09/13/76a05aea-14a1-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html|access-date=2022-01-25|issn=0190-8286}}
Pitchfork reviewer Alphonse Pierre claims that "Yeat's inspiration feels like it refreshingly goes beyond Whole Lotta Red" while giving the album a 6.7/10. AllMusic stated that "It's funny, weird, and infectious, like the best of Up 2 Më. Uncommon production choices and Yeat's laid-back but surprisingly off-center personality make these tracks a breath of fresh air in a commercial rap landscape where artists and songs can sometimes feel interchangeable".
Commercial performance
Up 2 Me charted at No. 183 on the Billboard selling 5,000 album-equivalent units, four months after it was released.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-20|title=Yeat earns his first-ever Billboard 200 entry with 'Up 2 Më'|url=https://ourgenerationmusic.com/news/yeat-earns-his-first-ever-billboard-200-entry-with-up-2-me/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Our Generation Music|language=en-US}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Up 2 Me track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 56:41
| title1 = Cmon
| writer1 = {{hlist|Noah Smith|Tuheij Maruwanaya|Skimayne}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Flansie|Skimayne}}
| length1 = 1:43
| title2 = Morning Mudd
| writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|Daniel Perez}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Bugz Ronin}}
| length2 = 2:24
| title3 = Got Rich
| writer3 = {{hlist|Smith|Richard Ortiz|Pierre Thevenot|Ștefan Cișmigiu}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Lukrative|Yeat|Lucian}}
| length3 = 2:02
| title4 = Let Ya Know
| writer4 = {{hlist|Smith|Liam Barnea|Zion Miller}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Bred|Pink}}
| length4 = 2:34
| title5 = Stayed tha Same
| writer5 = {{hlist|Smith|Benjamin Saint-Fort|Niles Groce|Arahan Tashi Bhattacharjee}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|BNYX|Snapz}}
| length5 = 2:36
| title6 = Get Busy
| writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Maruwanaya|Skimayne}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Yeat|Flansie|Skimayne}}
| length6 = 2:37
| title7 = Rokstar
| writer7 = {{hlist|Yeat|Aye Majin|Robert Ferguson|Gokami}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Aye Majin|Starboyrob|Gokami}}
| length7 = 2:14
| title8 = Trendy Way
| note8 = featuring SeptembersRich
| writer8 = {{hlist|Smith|Canyon Moore|Alexey Grachev|Daniel Mohammadi}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Sharkboy|UpMadeIt}}
| length8 = 3:20
| title9 = Swerved It
| writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|Samuel Buckley}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Outlit}}
| length9 = 2:17
| title10 = Ya Ya
| writer10 = {{hlist|Smith|Javier Mercado|Rio Leyva}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Synthetic|Leyva}}
| length10 = 2:19
| title11 = U Could Tell
| writer11 = {{hlist|Smith|SubZeroSwiz}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Yeat|SubZeroSwiz}}
| length11 = 2:29
| title12 = Factz
| writer12 = {{hlist|Smith|Mercado}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Synthetic}}
| length12 = 2:41
| title13 = Bak On Em
| writer13 = {{hlist|Smith|Leyva}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Yeat|Leyva}}
| length13 = 2:00
| title14 = Hey
| writer14 = {{hlist|Smith|Saint-Fort|Michael Rigaud}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|BNYX|NUU|Yeat}}
| length14 = 2:38
| title15 = Turban
| writer15 = {{hlist|Smith|Artist}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Artist}}
| length15 = 2:36
| title16 = Twizzy Rich
| writer16 = {{hlist|Smith|Mercado}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Yeat|Synthetic}}
| length16 = 2:41
| title17 = Told Ya
| writer17 = {{hlist|Smith|Amen Temesgen|Abdul Moiz|A. Olaniyan}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Malikai|Dulio}}
| length17 = 3:09
| title18 = Money So Big
| writer18 = {{hlist|Smith|Jammarius Hill|Kostya Ryzhkov|Divjot Abhol}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Trgc|Nest}}
| length18 = 2:40
| title19 = Deserve It
| writer19 = {{hlist|Smith|Ortiz|Thevenot|Jonah Abraham}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Lukrative|Yeat|Abraham}}
| length19 = 1:51
| title20 = Kant Change
| writer20 = {{hlist|Smith|SubZeroSwiz}}
| extra20 = SubZeroSwiz
| length20 = 2:10
| title21 = Callin Me
| writer21 = {{hlist|Smith|Saint-Fort|Snypes|Numbernine}}
| extra21 = {{hlist|BNYX|Snypes|Numbernine}}
| length21 = 2:35
| title22 = Lying 4 Fun
| writer22 = {{hlist|Smith|Ben Strudivant|William Lambert}}
| extra22 = {{hlist|Based1|Yeat|ThankYouWill}}
| length22 = 5:04
}}
Notes
- Any song title that contains the letter 'e' is replaced with 'ë'. For example, "U Could Tell" is stylized as "U Could Tëll". If a song contains two or more 'e's, then only the first one is replaced.
- Only the first letter of each song title is capitalized (except "Gët Busy", "Ya Ya", "Twizzy Rich" and "Swërved It"). For example, "Monëy So Big" is stylized as "Monëy so big".
Charts
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|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Up 2 Me ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2022}}
| 175 |
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scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|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|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2022}}
| 72 |
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