Virgo World
{{Infobox album
| name = Virgo World
| artist = Lil Tecca
| type = studio
| cover = Lil Tecca - Virgo World cover art.jpeg
| alt =
| released = September 18, 2020
| recorded =
| genre =
| length = 45:41
| label =
- Galactic
- Republic
| producer =
- Ambezza
- BeatsByTrav
- Blake Slatkin
- Blk
- BRackz
- C4Bombs
- Cassell Beats
- Census
- Chek Beatz
- Cxdy
- DeeMarc
- DJ Scheme
- Evertime
- FrankieOnTheGuitar
- Jayron
- Kid Culture
- Leon Thomas
- Menoh Beats
- Mike Hector
- MJ Nichols
- Nick Mira
- Nurі
- OnlyKND
- ProdByXavi
- Repko
- Rex Kudo
- Rio Leyva
- Rowan
- Saint Luca
- Sam Wish
- Sean Turk
- Sevn Thomas
- Skrillex
- Spaceman
- Taz Taylor
- Tommy Brown
- TheSkyBeats
- Tobi Aitch
- TxbiTheTeenvger
- Z3N
| prev_title = We Love You Tecca
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = We Love You Tecca 2
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Virgo World
| type = studio
| single1 = Out of Love
| single1date = April 17, 2020
| single2 = Royal Rumble
| single2date = August 26, 2020
| single3 = Our Time
| single3date = September 11, 2020
| single4 = Dolly
| single4date = September 18, 2020
}}
}}
Virgo World is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Tecca. It was released through Galactic and Republic Records on September 18, 2020. The album features guest appearances from Polo G, Lil Durk, Nav, Skrillex, DJ Scheme, Lil Uzi Vert, Guwop Reign, and Tecca's record label Internet Money. It follows his debut mixtape and project, We Love You Tecca, which was released in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/9/lil-tecca-virgo-world-new-album-stream|title=Listen to Lil Tecca's Debut Studio Album 'Virgo World'|work=Hypebeast|last=Johnson|first=Patrick|date=September 18, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} The album title comes from Tecca's astrological sign, Virgo, as he was born on August 26, 2002.
The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 35,000 sales in its first week, and debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. It received generally positive reviews.
Background
The album's title comes from Lil Tecca's astrological sign, Virgo, being born on August 26, 2002. It is believed that Virgos are logical and persistent, but sometimes feel shy and overly critical. Virgos are born any time from August 23 to September 22.{{cite web|url=https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/virgo/|title=Virgo Horoscope: Virgo Zodiac Sign Dates Compatibility, Traits and Characteristics|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} The rapper had been teasing it for over a year prior to its release, posting snippets of a few songs. On September 4, 2020, it was speculated that it would be released soon.
Singles
The album's lead single, "Out of Love", featuring Lil Tecca's record label Internet Money, was released on April 17, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://grungecake.com/lil-tecca-out-of-love-internet-money/articles/66052|title=Lil Tecca releases new song with Internet Money: Listen to 'Out of Love'|work=GrungeCake|last=Morales|first=Frank|date=April 17, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} The second single, "Royal Rumble", was released on his 18th birthday, August 26, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-tecca-drops-royal-rumble-single-on-his-birthday-new-song.1988391.html|title=Lil Tecca Drops "Royal Rumble" Single On His Birthday|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Marie|first=Erika|date=August 26, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} The third and final pre-release single, "Our Time", was released on September 11, 2020, and introduced as the intro to the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-tecca-delivers-dancehall-inspired-our-time-new-song.1988565.html|title=Lil Tecca Delivers Dancehall-Inspired "Our Time"|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Marie|first=Erika|date=August 26, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} "Dolly", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, was released along with the album as its fourth and final single, on September 18, 2020.
Commercial performance
Virgo World debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 35,000 sales in its first week, falling behind his debut mixtape and project, We Love You Tecca, which debuted at number four in the previous year.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lil-tecca/chart-history/tlp/|title=Lil Tecca - Billboard|work=Billboard|access-date=October 2, 2020}} It debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. It also charted in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Critical reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Citation|title=Virgo World - Lil Tecca {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/virgo-world-mw0003429902|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 6/10{{Cite web|title=Lil Tecca: Virgo World|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lil-tecca-virgo-world/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}
}}
Writing for Def Pen, Ryan Shepard offered a positive review, going on to opine that "he has shown and proved that he is looking to stay in this industry".{{cite web|url=https://defpen.com/album-stream-lil-tecca-virgo-world/|title=Album Stream: Lil' Tecca - Virgo World|work=Def Pen|last=Shepard|first=Ryan|date=September 18, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020}} On a mixed review of the album, Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork expressed his confusion with the clear meaning of the lyrics and that "a pocketful of catchy melodies and bubbly rhythms don't make up for a lack of anything interesting to say."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lil-tecca-virgo-world/|title=Lil Tecca: Virgo World - Review|work=Pitchfork|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=September 24, 2020|accessdate=September 24, 2020}} Alex Zidel of HotNewHipHop gave a neutral review, explaining that "while his move to island-based production adds to some much-needed substance of Lil Tecca, it fails to come across as an authentic."{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-tecca-virgo-world-review-news.118418.html|title=Lil Tecca "Virgo World" Review|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Zidel|first=Alex|date=September 25, 2020|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Virgo World track listing
| total_length = 45:41
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Our Time
| writer1 = {{hlist|Tyler-Justin Sharpe|Jeroen Groenendijk}}
| extra1 = Jayron Beats
| length1 = 1:38
| title2 = Actin Up
| writer2 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Bailey Cassell}}
| extra2 = CassellBeats
| length2 = 1:57
| title3 = When You Down
| note3 = with Polo G featuring Lil Durk
| writer3 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Taurus Bartlett|Durk Banks|DeMarcus Morgan}}
| extra3 = DeeMarc
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = Back It Up
| writer4 = {{hlist|Sharpe||Rupert Thomas, Jr.|Leon Thomas|Masamune Kudo|Michael Hector||Carlos Martin}}
| extra4 = {{hlist||Sevn Thomas|L. Thomas|Rex Kudo|Hector{{ref|a|[a]}}|Rowan{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length4 = 2:34
| title5 = Chemistry
| writer5 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Brandon Craig}}
| extra5 = OnlyKND
| length5 = 2:13
| title6 = Royal Rumble
| writer6 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Sean Turk|Juan Guerrieri-Maril}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Turk|Z3N}}
| length6 = 2:39
| title7 = Foreign
| note7 = featuring Nav
| writer7 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Navraj Goraya|Danny Snodgrass, Jr.|Michael Romito|Rio Leyva|William Repko II|Campbell Rolston-Clemmer}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Census|Leyva|Repko|Spaceman}}
| length7 = 2:13
| title8 = Selection
| note8 = with Skrillex and DJ Scheme
| writer8 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Sonny Moore|Gabriel Guerra|Nuri Saberin}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Skrillex|DJ Scheme|Nuri}}
| length8 = 1:40
| title9 = Take 10
| writer9 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Thomas Brown|Mathias Liyew|Courageous Herrera}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Brown|Ambezza|ProdByXavi}}
| length9 = 2:24
| title10 = Dolly
| note10 = with Lil Uzi Vert
| writer10 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Symere Woods|Roc-Jonas Balhoud|Brandon Brown|Rodrequez Yancy}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|TxbiTheTeenvger|B Rackz|C4Bombs|}}
| length10 = 2:59
| title11 = Insecurities
| writer11 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Nicholas Mira}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Mira}}
| length11 = 2:18
| title12 = Tic Toc
| writer12 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Amin Elamin}}
| extra12 = Menoh Beats
| length12 = 2:32
| title13 = Miss Me
| writer13 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Samuel Wish|Blake Slatkin|Daniel Hackett}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Wish|Slatkin|Kid Culture}}
| length13 = 1:58
| title14 = True to the Game
| note14 = featuring Guwop Reign
| writer14 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Reign Mutaawe|Snodgrass|Romito|Rolston-Clemmer}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Census|Spaceman}}
| length14 = 2:56
| title15 = Closest to Heaven
| writer15 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Leyva|Blair Ferguson}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Leyva|Blk}}
| length15 = 1:59
| title16 = Level Up
| writer16 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Kamaldeen Folami}}
| extra16 = Chek Beatz
| length16 = 2:16
| title17 = No Answers
| writer17 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Eeti Erätuli|Huthman Olukunle}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Evertime|Tobi Aitch}}
| length17 = 2:50
| title18 = Last Call
| writer18 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Cody Rounds|Francisco Baptista|Travis Pierce|Maxwell Nichols}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|FrankieOnTheGuitar|BeatsByTrav|MJ Nichols}}
| length18 = 2:39
| title19 = Out of Love
| note19 = featuring Internet Money
| writer19 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Repko|Anders Lunøe|Frederik Thrane}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Repko|TheSkyBeats|Saint Luca}}
| length19 = 2:34
}}
Notes
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Performers
{{div col}}
- Lil Tecca – primary artist {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Polo G – primary artist {{small|(track 3)}}
- Lil Durk – featured artist {{small|(track 3)}}
- Nav – featured artist {{small|(track 7)}}
- Skrillex – primary artist {{small|(track 8)}}
- DJ Scheme – primary artist {{small|(track 8)}}
- Lil Uzi Vert – primary artist {{small|(track 10)}}
- Guwop Reign – featured artist {{small|(track 14)}}
- Internet Money – featured artist {{small|(track 19)}}
{{div-col-end}}
Technical
{{div col}}
- Alex Tumay – mixing, studio personnel {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 7–11, 14, 15, 17, 18)}}
- Chris Gehringer – mastering, studio personnel {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Joseph Colmenero – engineering {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–11, 14–19)}}, {{small|(tracks 3, 5, 12, 13, 16)}}, studio personnel {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–19)}}
- Rex Kudo – keyboards {{small|(track 4)}}, programming {{small|(track 4)}}, engineering {{small|(track 8)}}, studio personnel {{small|(track 8)}}
- Menoh Beats – engineering, programming, studio personnel {{small|(track 12)}}
- Blake Slatkin – engineering, studio personnel {{small|(track 13)}}
- Edgar Herrera – mixing, studio personnel {{small|(track 19)}}
- Jayron Beats – programming {{small|(track 1)}}
- CassellBeats – programming {{small|(track 2)}}
- Deemarc – programming {{small|(track 3)}}
- Sevn Thomas – programming {{small|(track 4)}}
- Leon Thomas – programming {{small|(track 4)}}
- Mike Hector – programming {{small|(track 4)}}
- Rowan – programming {{small|(track 4)}}
- OnlyKND – programming {{small|(track 5)}}
- Sean Turk – programming {{small|(track 6)}}
- Z3N – programming {{small|(track 6)}}
- Taz Taylor – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 11, 15, 18, 19)}}
- Census – programming {{small|(track 7)}}
- Rio Leyva – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 14, 15)}}
- Repko – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 14, 19)}}
- Spaceman – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 14)}}
- Skrillex – programming {{small|(track 8)}}
- DJ Scheme – programming {{small|(track 8)}}
- Nuri – programming {{small|(track 8)}}
- Tommy Brown – programming {{small|(track 9)}}
- Ambezza – programming {{small|(track 9)}}
- ProdByXavi – programming {{small|(track 9)}}
- TxbiTheTeenvger – programming {{small|(track 10)}}
- Nick Mira – programming {{small|(track 11)}}
- Sam Wish – programming {{small|(track 13)}}
- Blake Slatkin – programming {{small|(track 13)}}
- Kid Culture – programming {{small|(track 13)}}
- Blk – programming {{small|(track 15)}}
- Chek Beatz – programming {{small|(track 16)}}
- Evertime – programming {{small|(track 17)}}
- Tobi Aitch – programming {{small|(track 17)}}
- Cxdy – programming {{small|(track 18)}}
- FrankieOnTheGuitar – programming {{small|(track 18)}}
- BeatsByTrav – programming {{small|(track 18)}}
- MJ Nichols – programming {{small|(track 18)}}
- Saint Luca – programming {{small|(track 19)}}
{{div-col-end}}
Charts
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite magazine|magazine=The ARIA Report|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 September 2020|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1595|page=6|date=September 28, 2020}}
| 61 |
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{{album chart|Flanders|102|artist=Lil Tecca|album=Virgo World|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|6|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/2020-10-03|title=Billboard Canadian Albums Chart|work=FYIMusicNews|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|39|artist=Lil Tecca|album=Virgo World|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|Ireland2|38|artist=Lil Tecca|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|UK2|42|date=20201003|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Lil Tecca|rowheader=true|access-date=October 3, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|7|artist=Lil Tecca|rowheader=true|access-date=September 7, 2021}} |