My Turn

My Turn is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Baby, released on February 28, 2020, by Capitol Records, Motown Records, Wolfpack Music Group, and Quality Control Music. The album features guest appearances from Gunna, 42 Dugg, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, and Rylo Rodriguez.

My Turn debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 197,000 album-equivalent units (including just under 10,000 pure album sales) in its first week, marking Lil Baby's first US number-one album.^[1] The album was certified quadruple platinum in February 2022.^[2] A deluxe edition, featuring six additional tracks, was released on May 1, 2020.

Synopsis

If we're comparing it to the year prior, 2019 was something of a quiet one for Atlanta MC Lil Baby. Sure, he featured on singles by DaBaby, Lykke Li and Yo Gotti, among others, but ever since 2018's Street Gossip, Lil Baby seemed content simply to share the sauce with collaborators. With the release of My Turn, however, Baby has declared that he's finished letting anyone else spread their wings and is ready to reclaim his spot atop hip-hop's throne.

My Turn is of course built on Lil Baby's verbose and ever formidable bar construction and under-heralded wordplay. Songs like "Grace" and "No Sucker" find him in fine form, rapping, as he admits outright on track 13, that he's still got "Sum 2 Prove". Guests on the project lean towards animated yet high-calibre MCs like Future, Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Wayne, while frequent collaborators Quay Global, Twysted Genius and Tay Keith hold down the production. Songs like "Emotionally Scarred" and "Hurtin" show a more vulnerable side of the MC, but their respective follow-ups "Commercial" and "Forget That" show us that the turn-up is never far. "Woah", the 2019 hit that gave an already popular dance a proper anthem, is here, as is the Hit-Boy-produced "Catch the Sun", which first appeared on Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack—two songs Lil Baby may have included to remind us that we've always gotten the best of him, even when we've wanted more.

Singles

Critical reception

My Turn was met with generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 66, based on five reviews.^[3]

Fred Thomas of AllMusic penned, "Lil Baby manages to keep every moment fresh, finding a unique and unlikely midway between artistic inspiration and commercially viable entertainment."^[4] Writing for NME, Kyann-Sian Williams gave the album a mixed to positive review, praising many of the features on the album as well as Baby's delivery, although stating that the album "starts of a little slow and dreary." Furthermore, Williams said that the album "is an enjoyable collection of tracks for his loyal fans. He [Lil Baby] would do well, though, to stay away from the whiny sounds and rap with a little bit more clarity."^[5] Pitchfork's critic Sheldon Pearce had mixed opinions regarding the album, saying that "the music is all work and no inspiration." He implied that Baby's songwriting and lyricism has improved, but also stating that he "doesn't really have any charisma, or flavor, or personality."^[6]

A. Harmony of Exclaim! opined, "The stuffed effort could be Lil Baby's attempt to showcase his growth. But one mark of artistic maturity is exercising restraint—less is often more."^[7] Danny Schwartz from Rolling Stone gave the album an overall mixed review, commending Baby's lyrical skills, saying "Baby's great strength is that he conveys emotion effortlessly; he doesn't need to formally unpack old traumas to bear them out." However, Schwartz mentioned that the "excessive length" of My Turn results in "a lot of filler" songs. Nonetheless, he described these songs as "premium grade."^[8] Will Schube from Billboard assessed, "is an expanded version of Lil Baby's best attributes, with most of his flaws minimized to a whisper." While there was reflection of a purely solo effort with no features, Schube asserted that "it'd be foolish" for the rapper to stop this formula from chart-topping.^[9]

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Year-end lists

Track listing

My Turn – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Ugly"	Dominique Jones Jacob Canady	ATL Jacob	2:35
2.	"Heatin Up" (with Gunna)	Jones Sergio Kitchens Chris Rosser	Quay Global	2:57
3.	"How"	Jones Shane Lindstrom	Murda Beatz	3:01
4.	"Grace" (with 42 Dugg)	Jones Dion Hayes Zachary Thomas	Budda Beats	3:23
5.	"Woah"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	3:03
6.	"Live Off My Closet" (featuring Future)	Jones Nayvadius Wilburn Ashley Peck Deundraeus Portis	Twysted Genius Priority Beats	2:53
7.	"Same Thing"	Jones Brytavious Chambers Jared Scharff	Tay Keith Pearl Lion	2:42
8.	"Emotionally Scarred"	Jones Portis	Twysted Genius	3:17
9.	"Commercial" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)	Jones Symere Woods Keanu Torres Chambers Fabio Aguilar	Tay Keith Keanu Beats Aguilar	3:34
10.	"Forever" (featuring Lil Wayne)	Jones Dwayne Carter, Jr. Portis	Twysted Genius	3:21
11.	"Can't Explain"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	3:01
12.	"No Sucker" (with Moneybagg Yo)	Jones Demario White, Jr. Chambers Torres	Tay Keith Keanu Beats Fabio Aguilar	3:08
13.	"Sum 2 Prove"	Jones Portis	Twysted Genius	3:25
14.	"We Should" (with Young Thug)	Jones Jeffery Williams Wesley Glass	Wheezy	2:56
15.	"Catch the Sun" (from Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack)	Jones Chauncey Hollis	Hit-Boy	3:02
16.	"Consistent"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	3:01
17.	"Gang Signs"	Jones Paul Beauregard Tim Moore	DJ Paul TWhy Xclusive	2:49
18.	"Hurtin"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	2:43
19.	"Forget That" (with Rylo Rodriguez)	Jones Ryan Adams Lindstrom Tyler Armes	Murda Beatz Armes	2:47
20.	"Solid"	Jones Chidi Osondu Hagan Lange	Chi Chi Hagan	3:05
Total length:				60:43

My Turn – Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
21.	"Social Distancing"	Jones Rai'Shaun Williams Osondu Thanush Perinpanesan	Section 8 Chi Chi YoungTN	2:17
22.	"All In"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	2:36
23.	"Low Down"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	2:24
24.	"Humble"	Jones R. Williams Christopher Young David Goldsmith	Section 8	3:11
25.	"Get Money"	Jones R. Williams Osondu Noah Pettigrew	Section 8 Chi Chi Noah	2:47
26.	"We Paid" (with 42 Dugg)	Jones Hayes R. Williams	Section 8	3:01
27.	"The Bigger Picture"	Jones R. Williams Pettigrew	Section 8 Noah	4:12
Total length:				81:11

Sample credits

• "Heatin Up" contains an uncredited interpolation from "Hot," performed by Young Thug and Gunna.
• "Gang Signs" contains elements from "Throw Your Sets," performed by Tear Da Club Up Thugs.
• "Humble" contains a sample from "Up Against the Wind," performed by Lori Perry.

Personnel

• Matthew "Mattazik Muzik" Robinson – recording (all tracks)
• Todd Bergman – recording (track 15)
• Thomas "Tillie" Mann – mixer (all tracks)
• Stephen "DotCom" Farrow – assistant mixer (tracks 5, 6, 13)
• Princeton "Perfect Harmony" Terry – assistant mixer (tracks 1–19, 20)
• Chip Cannon – assistant mixer (tracks 1–4, 7–12, 14, 16–18, 20)
• Colin Leonard – masterer (tracks 1–14, 16–26)
• Ian Sefchick – masterer (track 15)

Certifications

References

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