Ma' I Got a Family

Ma' I Got a Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama)
Ma' I Got a Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama)
Mixtape by YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Released	October 21, 2022
Length	46:36
Label	Never Broke Again; Atlantic;
Producer	17OnDaTrack; 6lement; Aldaz; Bans; BeatsAintFree JG; Ben10k; BJondatrakk; Callari; Cheese; Census; Chief Keef; Cv; Danes Blood; Dmac; Don; DP Beats; D-Roc; Drum Dummie; Dunk Rock; Dylan Kidd; ForeignGotEm; G06 Beatz; Haisofn; Harto Beats; Haze; Hurtboy AG; Jay Lv; Josh Coleman; Khris James; Kyd; Marko Lenz; Mason Wu; Noah Mejia; Powers Pleasant; Prodalek; Smatt Sertified; Southside; Str8cash; TnTXD; YoungerNextLife; Yung Lan; Yung Tago; Zuus;
Compiler	DJ Drama
YoungBoy Never Broke Again chronology

Ma' I Got a Family, also referred to by its full title Ma' I Got a Family, A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama on streaming services, is the nineteenth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It was released through Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records on October 21, 2022. The mixtape is hosted by the American DJ, DJ Drama as an installment of his Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. The mixtape features guest appearances from rappers Nicki Minaj and Yeat. The mixtape also features production from 808 Mafia, Dmac, D-Roc, Drum Dummie, Mason Wu, Noah Mejia, TnTXD, and Chief Keef. The mixtape was mixed, mastered, recorded, and co-produced by Jason "Cheese" Goldberg and Khris James, two of YoungBoy's in-house engineers. The mixtape was backed by no singles and marks YoungBoy's sixth release of 2022 (fifth solo).

Background

Over a week and a half after YoungBoy's early October Juvenile-influenced 3800 Degrees, through the community tab on YoungBoy's official YouTube channel, YoungBoy announced the release of the mixtape.^[1] The announcement was later followed by a teaser where YoungBoy hinted that he plans to release ten projects by the end of 2022.^[2]

Just a day prior to the mixtape's release, on October 20, 2022, YoungBoy's twenty-third birthday, the mixtape's release was officially announced by Birdman through his Instagram, similar to the announcement of 3800 Degrees.^[3] Hours later, through the Never Broke Again Instagram page, the mixtape's tracklist was unveiled, revealing two features Nicki Minaj and Yeat.^[4]

Artwork

The mixtape's artwork pictures YoungBoy Never Broke Again and his current fiancée, Jazlyn MyChelle. With YoungBoy and Jaz are the couple's two children. In the background of the artwork, photos of YoungBoy and his other children can be seen alongside YoungBoy's 100 RIAA certification plaque.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

Paul Simpson from AllMusic stated that Ma’ I Got A Family "Far less hard-edged and aggressive than one might expect." He noted that "the mixtape taps into YoungBoy's sentimental side," and that "this is not the release one would expect DJ Drama to be involved with."^[5]

Commercial performance

Ma' I Got a Family debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 37,000 album-equivalent units (including 402 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.^[6] The album also accumulated a total of 52.54 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.^[6] The mixtape marks YoungBoy's fifth top-ten entry of 2022.^[6]

Track listing

*Ma' I Got a Family* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pop Out"	Kentrell Gaulden Joshua Howard Luellen Matthew-Kyle Brown Aaron Raj Tanarasoo	Southside Smatt Sertified Cloud^[a] Dover7^[a]	2:39
2.	"Rain"	Gaulden Jason Goldberg Jordan Oliver Edon Tevin Revell Mark Nikolaev Will Boyette	Cheese Tfisdon Drum Dummie Marko Lenz	2:25
3.	"Sedated"	Gaulden Goldberg Leonardo Mateus Aaron Tago	Cheese Bans Yung Tago	2:08
4.	"Get Right"	Gaulden Goldberg Daniel Yenuen Aldaz Leander Angelo Callari Isak Gidgård	Cheese Aldaz Callari Str8cash	1:50
5.	"Right Now"	Gaulden Goldberg David McDowell Dylan McGinnis Kidd Mason Wu Thomas Horton	Cheese Dmac Dylan Kidd^[a] Mason Wu TnTXD	3:32
6.	"McQueen"	Gaulden Samuel Thanni Benjamin MacGregor Wilson Dane McQuillan Powers Pleasant	Khris James Ben10K Danes Blood^[a] Powers Pleasant	2:18
7.	"Ben Lomond Mountain"	Gaulden Goldberg Wilson McQuillan Jonathan Gabor Aaron Gilfenbain	Cheese Ben10K Danes Blood^[a] BeatsAintFree JG Hurtboy AG	2:53
8.	"Kentrell Talk"	Gaulden	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	1:02
9.	"Sport Mode"	Gaulden Thanni Ethan Hayes Junior Sinchi Brian Mitchell	Khris James Haze^[a] Jay Lv Zuus^[a]	2:06
10.	"Pay Me"	Gaulden Goldberg Keshawn Lawson Ryan Hartlove Ansel Montgomery Michael Collins Price	Cheese Harto Beats YoungerNextLife	2:42
11.	"All the Problems"	Gaulden Keith Farrelle Cozart Donald Paschall Jr.	Chief Keef DP Beats	2:14
12.	"Chose"	Gaulden Thanni Daniel Lebrun Josh Coleman Alek	Khris James D-Roc Josh Coleman Prodalek	2:32
13.	"Rose Gold"	Gaulden Goldberg Lucas DiFabbio Callari	Cheese Dunk Rock Callari	2:07
14.	"I Admit" (featuring Nicki Minaj)	Gaulden Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty Thanni Milan Sunil Modi	Khris James Yung Lan	3:27
15.	"Change on Me"	Gaulden Goldberg Lebrun BJondatrakk Haisofn Park Min Geon	Cheese D-Roc BJondatrakk Haisofn G06 Beatz^[a]	3:00
16.	"King of the Jungle"	Gaulden Goldberg Lebrun Cooper Vengrove Sven Rafael Steenbergen	Cheese D-Roc Cv 17OnDaTrack	3:00
17.	"I Don't Text Back" (featuring Yeat)	Gaulden Noah Olivier Smith Goldberg Mateus Wu Noah Mejia	Cheese Bans Mason Wu Noah Mejia	2:12
18.	"Act a Fool"	Gaulden Goldberg Antwan Newrik Phil Garner Richard Parker Wiggins	Cheese 6lement Park3r	2:12
19.	"Kick It"	Gaulden Michael Romito Vid Vucenovic 1MercyBeatz	Census^[a] ForeignGotEm Aaron Larit^[a]	2:06
Total length:				46:36

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies an uncredited co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – mastering, mixing, recording (1-19)
Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine - recording (14)

Charts

Chart performance for *Ma' I Got a Family*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[8]	7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	3

References

↑ "NBA YoungBoy Announces New Album 'Ma' I Got A Family' Drops Friday". Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Urban Islandz.
↑ "NBA YOUNGBOY ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT AMID PLANS TO DROP 10 MIXTAPES IN ONE YEAR". Retrieved October 17, 2022 – via HipHopDX.
↑ "Album out tonite Ma' I Got A Family #NBAYOUNGBOY💚🐐🐊 #NBARG🦅 #RICHGANG🐍".
↑ ""Ma' I Got A Family" #Tonight Hosted By DJ Drama A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition".
1 2 "Ma' I Got A Family Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
1 2 3 "Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years". Billboard. October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
↑ "Ma' I Got A Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama) by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal". Tidal. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
↑ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
↑ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

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[1] "NBA YoungBoy Announces New Album 'Ma' I Got A Family' Drops Friday". Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Urban Islandz.

[2] "NBA YOUNGBOY ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT AMID PLANS TO DROP 10 MIXTAPES IN ONE YEAR". Retrieved October 17, 2022 – via HipHopDX.

[3] "Album out tonite Ma' I Got A Family #NBAYOUNGBOY💚🐐🐊 #NBARG🦅 #RICHGANG🐍".

[4] ""Ma' I Got A Family" #Tonight Hosted By DJ Drama A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition".

[AllMusic-5] 1 2 "Ma' I Got A Family Review by Paul Simpson". allmusic.com. November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.

[BB200-6] 1 2 3 "Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years". Billboard. October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[7] "Ma' I Got A Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted by DJ Drama) by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Tidal". Tidal. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again-8] "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_YoungBoy_Never_Broke_Again-9] "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Discography
Studio albums	Until Death Call My Name (2018) Top (2020) Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) The Last Slimeto (2022) I Rest My Case (2023) Don't Try This at Home (2023)
Compilation albums	Lost Files (2022)
Mixtapes	AI YoungBoy (2017) Ain't Too Long (2017) Fed Baby's (with Moneybagg Yo) (2017) AI YoungBoy 2 (2019) Still Flexin, Still Steppin (2020) 38 Baby 2 (2020) Until I Return (2020) From the Bayou (with Birdman) (2021) Colors (2022) Better than You (with DaBaby) (2022) Realer 2 (2022) 3800 Degrees (2022) Ma' I Got a Family (2022) 3860 (with Quando Rondo) (2022) Richest Opp (2023) Decided 2 (2023)
Singles	"Untouchable" "No Smoke" "Outside Today" "Diamond Teeth Samurai" "Valuable Pain" "Self Control" "Bandit" "Dirty Iyanna" "Make No Sense" "One Shot" "All In" "Kacey Talk" "What That Speed Bout!?" "Toxic Punk" "White Teeth" "Nevada" "Life Support" "On My Side" "Bring the Hook" "Flossin'" "I Hate YoungBoy" "Neighborhood Superstar" "Bestie" "Vette Motors" "Late to da Party" "Next" "WTF" "Rear View" "Testimony" "Heard of Me"
Featured singles	"Beast Mode" "Need It" "Trillionaire" "WusYaName" "Project Walls"
Promotional singles	"Genie" "Fish Scale" "Black"
Other songs	"NBAYoungBoat" "Overdose" "Solar Eclipse" "Lonely Child" "Jump" "Drug Addiction" "Right Foot Creep" "My Window" "Dead Trollz" "House Arrest Tingz" "Tragic" "Bad Morning" "Bring It On" "No Switch" "I Know" "Umm Hmm" "Lost Soul Survivor" "Home Ain't Home" "Put It on Me" "To the Bone" "Shmunk" "Big Truck" "What You Say" "Bitch Let's Do It" "Fuck the Industry Pt. 2" "Better Than Ever"
Related articles	Never Broke Again