Yung Rich Nation

The trio is composed of three rappers, known by their stage names Quavo, Offset and Takeoff, collectively known as Migos. The group is an Atlanta-based hip hop trio that were formed in 2011. The trio have been putting out releases of nine mixtapes that gained them such as a mass popularity at the time. On June 13, 2013, Migos released their first installment of the Y.R.N. series, titled Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas). On April 18, 2015, all three members were arrested on felony, gun, and drug charges, during their performance at Georgia Southern University.{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/members-hip-hop-group-migos-arrested-georgia-show-30440757 |title=Members of Hip-Hop Group Migos Arrested After Georgia Show – ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422212239/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/members-hip-hop-group-migos-arrested-georgia-show-30440757 |archive-date=April 22, 2015 }} Quavo and Takeoff were released on $10,000 bond, while Offset still remained in custody, forcing Migos to cancel their promotional tour that would be assured to support the release of their debut album, titled Y.R.N.: Tha Album.{{cite magazine|last=Rys|first=Dan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6785896/migos-rapper-offset-free-jail|title=Migos Rapper Offset Free From Jail|magazine=Billboard|date=April 4, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128015403/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6785896/migos-rapper-offset-free-jail|archive-date=January 28, 2017}} The trio's first major label album would initially be released on the schedule date on June 16, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-reveal-release-date-for-debut-album-yrn-tha-album-news.14317.html |title=Migos Reveal Release Date For Debut Album "YRN Tha Album" |work=HotNewHipHop |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000753/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-reveal-release-date-for-debut-album-yrn-tha-album-news.14317.html |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} However, the trio announced that the official release date for their upcoming debut album would have to be on July 31, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-push-yrn-tha-album-back-to-july-31-news.15504.html|title=Migos Push Back "YRN Tha Album" To July 31|author=Patrick Lyons|work=HotNewHipHop|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000615/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-push-yrn-tha-album-back-to-july-31-news.15504.html|archive-date=September 21, 2017}} The trio would later change the album's title to Yung Rich Nation, along with the change to the album's cover artwork as well.{{cite web|url=http://allhiphop.com/2015/07/10/migos-changes-debut-album-name-shares-new-artwork/|title=Migos Changes Debut Album Name & Shares New Artwork|date=July 10, 2015 |publisher=AllHipHop|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201040119/http://allhiphop.com/2015/07/10/migos-changes-debut-album-name-shares-new-artwork/|archive-date=December 1, 2016}}

In July 2015, Migos announced that they will be going on the Yung Rich Nation Tour, with OG Maco.{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Soren |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.33618/title.migos-update-yrn-tha-album-release-date-postpone-yung-rich-nation-tour-with-og-maco |title=Migos Update "YRN Tha Album" Release Date & Postpone "Yung Rich Nation" Tour With OG Maco | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |work=HipHopDX |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=May 2, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521190512/http://www.hiphopdx.com/news/id.33618/title.migos-update-yrn-tha-album-release-date-postpone-yung-rich-nation-tour-with-og-maco |archive-date=May 21, 2015 }}

The album's first single, "One Time", was released on February 5, 2015.{{cite web |last=Frydenlund |first=Zach |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2015/02/migos-one-time-premiere |title=Listen to Migos' "One Time" |work=Complex |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911135042/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/02/migos-one-time-premiere |archive-date=September 11, 2016 }} The music video for the song was released on March 23, 2015, it was directed by Ninian Doff.{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-one-time-video-new-video.33151.html |title=Migos "One Time" Video [New Video] |work=HotNewHipHop |date=March 23, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000747/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-one-time-video-new-video.33151.html |archive-date=September 21, 2017 }} "Pipe It Up" was released on July 7, 2015, as the album's second single.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Trevor|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-pipe-it-up-new-song.1965309.html|title=Migos – Pipe It Up|work=HotNewHipHop|date=July 7, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209071233/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/migos-pipe-it-up-new-song.1965309.html|archive-date=February 9, 2016}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 5.9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/7422/Migos-Yung-Rich-Nation.aspx|title=Yung Rich Nation by Migos reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907222044/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/7422/Migos-Yung-Rich-Nation.aspx|archive-date=September 7, 2015}}

| MC = 67/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/yung-rich-nation/migos|title=Yung Rich Nation Reviews|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=August 1, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804022551/http://www.metacritic.com/music/yung-rich-nation/migos|archive-date=August 4, 2015}}

| rev1 = Billboard

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Garvey |first=Meaghan |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6649277/migos-yung-rich-nation-album-review |title=Migos Set the Trend – Again – With 'Yung Rich Nation': Album Review |magazine=Billboard |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803032137/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6649277/migos-yung-rich-nation-album-review |archive-date=August 3, 2015 }}

| rev2 = Consequence

| rev2score = B{{cite web |last=Levy |first=Pat |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/album-review-migos-yung-rich-nation/ |title=Migos – Yung Rich Nation |work=Consequence |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801031750/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/album-review-migos-yung-rich-nation/ |archive-date=August 1, 2015 }}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3score = 6/10{{cite web |last=Slingerland |first=Calum |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/migos-yung_rich_nation |title=Migos Yung Rich Nation |work=Exclaim! |date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211115321/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/migos-yung_rich_nation |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/30/migos-yung-rich-nation-b-boys-dont-beat-beatles |title=Migos: Yung Rich Nation review – B-boys don't beat Beatles |work=The Guardian |date=July 30, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730142351/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/30/migos-yung-rich-nation-b-boys-dont-beat-beatles |archive-date=July 30, 2015 }}

| rev5 = HipHopDX

| rev5score = 3.5/5{{cite web |last=Ural |first=Garrett |url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2503/title.migos-yung-rich-nation |title=Migos – Yung Rich Nation |work=HipHopDX |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802224223/http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2503/title.migos-yung-rich-nation |archive-date=August 2, 2015 }}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 7.0/10{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20843-yung-rich-nation/ |title=Migos Yung Rich Nation |work=Pitchfork |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802232244/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20843-yung-rich-nation/ |archive-date=August 2, 2015 }}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Atlanta's kings of braggadocio celebrate their fame and riches|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/migos-yung-rich-nation-20150724|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=August 1, 2015|author=Christopher R. Weingarten|date=July 24, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802063442/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/migos-yung-rich-nation-20150724|archive-date=August 2, 2015}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = 7/10{{cite web |last=Haithcoat |first=Rebecca |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/07/review-migos-yung-rich-nation/ |title=Review: Migos Prove Their Staying Power on 'Yung Rich Nation' |work=Spin |date=July 26, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801011803/http://www.spin.com/2015/07/review-migos-yung-rich-nation/ |archive-date=August 1, 2015 }}

| rev9 = USA Today

| rev9score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/07/31/album---week-migos/30831471/ |title=Album of the week: Migos |work=USA Today |date=July 31, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803022847/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/07/31/album---week-migos/30831471/ |archive-date=August 3, 2015}}

| rev10 = Vice (Expert Witness)

| rev10Score = B+{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=October 2, 2015|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/expert-witness-with-robert-christgau-future-young-thug/|title=Future Is the Proof We Need That Money Doesn't Buy Happiness: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau|work=Noisey|access-date=October 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005035441/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/expert-witness-with-robert-christgau-future-young-thug|archive-date=October 5, 2015}}

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Yung Rich Nation was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on nine reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 5.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Martin Caballero of The Boston Globe said, "The group compensates for meager substance with plenty of style and energy, and has enough of both to almost pull it off".{{cite web |last=Caballero |first=Martin |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/30/album-review-migos-yung-rich-nation-yrn/BUxeoMIsvsaV4h3x0ENjfM/story.html |title=Migos, 'Yung Rich Nation (YRN)' |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 30, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907135911/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/30/album-review-migos-yung-rich-nation-yrn/BUxeoMIsvsaV4h3x0ENjfM/story.html |archive-date=September 7, 2015 }} Pat Levy of Consequence said, "When all is said and done, this album will be looked at as a turning point for the trio: the moment they went legit". Rebecca Haithcoat of Spin said, "It's no secret that "One Time" is a smash; with Migos' signature flow and dying-battery synths dolloped onto a smooth melody, how could it not hit in the club? And the menacing throwback slink of "Gangsta Rap" still manages to sound fresh". Meaghan Garvey of Billboard said, "Fans of Migos' mixtape work will find a lot to love: quirky but efficient bangers fit for shouting across crowded clubs, produced by Atlanta hometown heroes like Honorable C.N.O.T.E. and Zaytoven".

Craig Jenkins of Pitchfork said, "The lyricism is sharp and the cadences more varied than usual, but grim early album autobiographical cuts like "Migos Origin" and "Street Nigga Sacrifice" will likely scare off a casual listener drawn to the group by a "Fight Night" or "Handsome and Wealthy". These are all solid album cuts, but laid out in a row at the top of the tracklist, they're uninviting". Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone said, "Yung Rich Nation sticks to their addictive formula of raps that tumble out in polyrhythmic triplets and ad libs that punctuate like paintballs, all soaked in a giddy joie de vivre". Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! said, "Production-wise, the record includes what are easily some of the least memorable instrumentals that the trio has ever worked with in comparison to their catalogue of freeleases, though the continued emphasis on minimalism gives the rhymes room to breathe". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said, "It all sounds like a victory lap rather than a step forward, but perhaps that's just as well".

Yung Rich Nation debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 with 18,000 album-equivalent units, of which 14,000 were pure album sales.{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35018/title.hip-hop-album-sales-migos-future-drake|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Migos, Future & Drake|date=August 10, 2015|work=HipHopDX|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514081210/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35018/title.hip-hop-album-sales-migos-future-drake|archive-date=May 14, 2017}} It was the eleventh highest-selling album in the United States in its debut week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2015-08-22|title=Top Album Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118173806/http://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2015-08-22|archive-date=January 18, 2017}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Yung Rich Nation track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 56:30

| title1 = Memoirs

| writer1 = {{hlist|Quavious Marshall|Kirsnick Ball|Kiari Cephus|Carlton Mays, Jr.}}

| extra1 = Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Dab Daddy

| writer2 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Mays, Jr.}}

| extra2 = Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

| length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Migos Origin

| writer3 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Xavier Dotson}}

| extra3 = Zaytoven

| length3 = 3:39

| title4 = Spray the Champagne

| writer4 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Mays, Jr.|Shane Lindstrom}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Honorable C.N.O.T.E.|Murda Beatz}}

| length4 = 2:40

| title5 = Street Nigga Sacrifice

| writer5 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Mays, Jr.}}

| extra5 = Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = Highway 85

| writer6 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Mays, Jr.}}

| extra6 = Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

| length6 = 4:17

| title7 = One Time

| writer7 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Grant Decouto}}

| extra7 = Deko

| length7 = 4:41

| title8 = Just for Tonight

| note8 = featuring Chris Brown

| writer8 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Lindstrom|Christopher Brown}}

| extra8 = Murda Beatz

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = Pipe It Up

| writer9 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Lindstrom}}

| extra9 = Murda Beatz

| length9 = 3:26

| title10 = Gangsta Rap

| writer10 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Decouto|Daryl Lee|Joshua Parker}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|OG Parker|Deko|DJ Durel}}

| length10 = 2:08

| title11 = Playa Playa

| writer11 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Lindstrom}}

| extra11 = Murda Beatz

| length11 = 4:40

| title12 = Cocaina

| note12 = featuring Young Thug

| writer12 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Lindstrom|Jeffery Williams}}

| extra12 = Murda Beatz

| length12 = 5:18

| title13 = Trap Funk

| writer13 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Mays, Jr.}}

| extra13 = Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

| length13 = 3:36

| title14 = What a Feeling

| writer14 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Dotson}}

| extra14 = Zaytoven

| length14 = 3:29

| title15 = Recognition

| writer15 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Cephus|Decouto}}

| extra15 = Deko

| length15 = 4:46

}}

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Yung Rich Nation|type=CD liner notes|others=Migos|publisher=300 Entertainment|year=2015|id=00583-4}}

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Performers

• Migos – primary artist
• Chris Brown – featured artist (track 8)
• Young Thug – featured artist (track 12)

Technical

• Colin Leonard – mastering engineer (all tracks)
• Thomas "Tillie" Mann – mixing engineer (all tracks)

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Production

• Honorable C.N.O.T.E. – producer (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 13)
• Zaytoven – producer (tracks 3, 14)
• Murda Beatz – producer (tracks 4, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• Deko – producer (tracks 7, 10, 15)
• OG Parker – producer (track 10)
• DJ Durel – producer (track 10)

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