We Love You Tecca 2

In an interview with GQ on his birthday in 2021, Lil Tecca compared We Love You Tecca 2 to his debut studio album, Virgo World (2020), which he released almost a year before. He stated: "I ain't gonna lie. This one feels way more like I have guidance, and just a direction. With Virgo World, everything just felt like the lights were off. Like I didn't know where to go. I felt like I had no sort of direction for myself. But, for this one? It definitely feels way better".{{cite web |title=Gen Z Rap's Reluctant Star Lil Tecca Is Back Like He Never Left|url=https://www.gq.com/story/lil-tecca-we-love-you-tecca-2-interview|website=GQ|last=Norris|first=Jon|date=August 26, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} The following day, he also told XXL about the creation of the album: "I'm not making no crazy country music or something, but I would say the process was different. Just the energy was different. It feels really natural. It feels really concentrated and focused. It's definitely a vision. We're not just lost in the sauce".{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca Delivers 'We Love You Tecca 2' f/ Gunna, Trippie Redd, Chief Keef and More|url=https://www.complex.com/music/lil-tecca-we-love-you-tecca-2|website=Complex|last=Cummings-Grady|first=Mackenzie|date=August 27, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}

On July 22, 2021, Lil Tecca shared the cover art of the album and announced the release date of August 6, 2021.{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca on Top of the World With 'We Love You Tecca 2' Release Date + Cover Art Unveil|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.63426/title.lil-tecca-on-top-of-the-world-with-we-love-you-tecca-2-release-date-cover-art-unveil|website=HipHopDX|last=Clark|first=Trent|date=July 22, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} However, this did not happen as Tecca stated on August 2, through an Instagram story that the album was being pushed back due to a song not being able to be cleared for its sample and he would be adding two new tracks. However, on August 21, he shared an Instagram filter to reveal the tracklist. The following day, Taz Taylor announced its release date. Tecca shared the complete tracklist on August 24, 2021.{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca Taps Gunna, Trippie Redd, Chief Keef + More For 'We Love You Tecca 2'|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64115/title.lil-tecca-taps-gunna-trippie-redd-chief-keef-more-for-we-love-you-tecca-2|website=HipHopDX|last=Elibert|first=Mark|date=August 25, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} A deluxe version of the album was released on September 1, 2021.

Three singles preceded the release of the album. The lead single, "Never Left", was released on May 6, 2021.{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca Maintains That He "Never Left"|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-tecca-maintains-that-he-never-left-new-song.1991184.html|website=HotNewHipHop|last=Findlay|first=Mitch|date=May 6, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} The second single, "Money on Me", was released on July 23.{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca releases new single "Money on Me"|url=https://www.revolt.tv/new-music/2021/7/23/22589688/lil-tecca-money-on-me-song|website=Revolt|last=Cho|first=Regina|date=July 23, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} The third single, "Repeat It", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Gunna, was released on August 6, which was the original release date for the album.{{cite web |title=Lil Tecca Releases New Track "Repeat It" f/ Gunna|url=https://www.complex.com/music/lil-tecca-releases-new-track-repeat-it-feat-gunna|website=Complex|last=Cummings-Grady|first=Mackenzie|date=August 6, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} "Show Me Up", which was previously released on April 6, was later included on the album on the deluxe version.

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David Aaron Brake of HipHopDX felt that "[as] one of the acts which came in the trailing ends of the original SoundCloud era, Lil Tecca's We Love You Tecca 2 proves yet again that he's much more than a stereotype".{{cite web |title=New Music Friday - New Albums From Belly, Westside Gunn, OhGeesy, Curren$y + More|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.64155/title.new-music-friday-new-albums-from-belly-westside-gunn-ohgeesy-curreny-more|website=HipHopDX|last=Brake|first=David Aaron|date=August 26, 2021|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} Fred Thomas of AllMusic wrote that the album is "more consistent than previous Lil Tecca material, lacing together nicely with the help of snappy song structures and tight production."

We Love You Tecca 2 debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 30,000 sales in its first week (including 1,000 pure album sales) in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9625170/kanye-west-donda-billboard-200-chart-number-1-album/|title=Kanye West Lands 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Donda'|magazine=Billboard|date=September 5, 2021|access-date=September 17, 2021}} In its second week, the album dropped to number sixteen on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917083331/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-albums|title=Top Rap Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=September 17, 2021|access-date=September 17, 2021}} It is Lil Tecca's third US top-ten album.

{{Track listing

| headline = We Love You Tecca 2 track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Money on Me

| writer1 = {{hlist|Tyler-Justin Sharpe|Danny Snodgrass, Jr.|Parker Young}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo}}

| length1 = 2:23

| title2 = Repeat It

| note2 = with Gunna

| writer2 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Sergio Kitchens|Snodgrass|Michael Romito|Nico Baran|Jocelyn Donald}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Census|Baran}}

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Never Left

| writer3 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Cody Rounds|William Lambert}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|ThankYouWill}}

| length3 = 2:48

| title4 = Caution

| writer4 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Nicholas Mira}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Nick Mira}}

| length4 = 2:05

| title5 = Seaside

| note5 = featuring Iann Dior

| writer5 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Michael Olmo|Snodgrass|Rounds|Elias Iatrou|Ryan Bevolo|Niccolo Short}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|E-Trou|Bevolo|Ovrcz}}

| length5 = 2:12

| title6 = No Discussion

| writer6 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Mira|John Luther-John Carolus|Noah Skopek}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Mira|John Luther|Noir}}

| length6 = 1:44

| title7 = You Don't Need Me No More

| writer7 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Young}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo}}

| length7 = 2:37

| title8 = Fee

| writer8 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Carolus|Rio Leyva}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|John Luther|Leyva}}

| length8 = 1:52

| title9 = Choppa Shoot the Loudest

| note9 = with Chief Keef featuring Trippie Redd

| writer9 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Keith Cozart|Michael White II|Snodgrass|Rounds|Ryder Johnson|Dorien Theus|Brody Fallon|Donald}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|Johnson|DT|Dynox}}

| length9 = 4:01

| title10 = Did That

| writer10 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Baran|Leyva}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Lil Tecca|Taz Taylor|Baran|Leyva}}

| length10 = 1:48

| title11 = About You

| note11 = with Nav

| writer11 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Navraj Goraya|Snodgrass|Mira}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Mira}}

| length11 = 3:24

| title12 = Lot of Me

| writer12 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Leyva|George Harrison|William Pugh}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Leyva|Georgie|Bakkwoods}}

| length12 = 2:03

| title13 = Investigation

| writer13 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Young|Romito|Campbell Rolston-Clemmer}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo|Census|Spaceman}}

| length13 = 1:41

| title14 = You Gotta Do Better

| writer14 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Young}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo}}

| length14 = 1:42

| title15 = Bank Teller

| note15 = with Lil Yachty

| writer15 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Miles McCollum|Snodgrass|Rounds|Nathan Lamarche}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|Nash}}

| length15 = 2:58

| title16 = Nada

| writer16 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Rounds|Leyva|Bryce Frizzell|Travis Barker}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cxdy|Leyva|Bryce Unknwn|Y2TNB}}

| length16 = 2:28

| title17 = My Side

| writer17 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Young}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo}}

| length17 = 1:51

| title18 = Whatever

| writer18 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Vince Aro}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Aro}}

| length18 = 2:26

| title19 = Shooters

| writer19 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Young}}

| extra19 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Paryo}}

| length19 = 2:05

| title20 = Everywhere I Go

| writer20 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Romito|Rolston-Clemmer|Nicola Kollar}}

| extra20 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Census|Spaceman|Niketaz}}

| length20 = 2:05

| total_length = 47:34

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{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

|title21 = Hold On

|writer21 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Snodgrass|Cooper Vengrove|y2tnb}}

|extra21 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|Cooper Vengrove|y2tnb}}

|length21 = 2:43

|title22 = Transynphony

|writer22 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Cameron Jones Pitts}}

|extra22 = MexikoDro

|length22 = 2:44

|title23 = Virgo

|writer23 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Edgard Noel Herrera|Mira}}

|extra23 = {{hlist|Young Era|Nick Mira}}

|length23 = 1:56

|title24 = Grammy (Freestyle)

|writer24 = {{hlist|Sharpe|HolyOne}}

|extra24 = HolyOne

|length24 = 2:11

|title25 = Show Me Up

|writer25 = {{hlist|Sharpe|Nathan Perez|Jalan Hunter}}

|extra25 = Niko East

|length25 = 2:46

|total_length = 59:54

}}

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Credits / We Love You Tecca 2 / Lil Tecca|date=27 August 2021 |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/195350065/credits|publisher=Tidal|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} Programming is credited to the producers of each track.

• Edgard Herrera – mixing {{small|(all tracks)}}, studio personnel {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Mills Logan – immersive mixing {{small|(track 1)}}
• Jeff Fitzgerald – immersive mixing {{small|(tracks 2–20)}}

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