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USee4Yourself

USee4Yourself (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American rapper IDK. It was released on July 9, 2021, through Clue No Clue and Warner Records.[2]

USee4Yourself
Studio album by
IDK
ReleasedJuly 9, 2021
GenreHip hop[1]
Length43:51
Label
Producer
IDK chronology
IDK & Friends 2
(2020) 		USee4Yourself
(2021) 		Simple.
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Clash8/10[5]
Gigwise[1]
HipHopDX[6]
The Line of Best Fit[7]
NME[8]

USee4Yourself received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 5 reviews.[3]

Background

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IDK stated, "I needed to make this album to become a better person", and expressed during the process, "took away a sense of fear... of people finding out who I am".[9][10]

Track listing

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USee4Yourself – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."3018091821"
1:11
2."Santa Monica Blvd"Mills
2:41
3."Dogs Don't Lie"
1:57
4."Truth"Mills
  • IDK
  • Blue Rondo[c]
0:33
5."PradadaBang" (featuring Young Thug)
2:25
6."Shoot My Shot" (featuring Offset)
2:52
7."Red" (featuring Westside Gunn, MF Doom, and Jay Electronica)
  • IDK
  • Illingsworth
  • Blue Rondo[c]
  • Obi Nwadije[c]
4:15
8."Jelly"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • IDK
  • Blue Rondo
0:43
9."Puerto Rico" (featuring Lucky Daye)
3:17
10."Temporary Love" (featuring Sir)
  • IDK
  • Blue Rondo[c]
1:07
11."10 Feet" (featuring T-Pain)
  • Mills
  • DeNesha Bowser
2:58
12."Keto" (featuring The Neptunes, Swae Lee, and Rico Nasty)
The Neptunes2:21
13."1995"
  • Mills
  • Rominiecki
  • Mills
  • Stonegroov
  • Blue Rondo[a]
  • Buddah Blessed[a]
4:08
14."Peloton"
3:33
15."Hey Auntie" (featuring Slick Rick)Divashen Govender
  • IDK
  • LDG Beats
  • Teddy Roxpin
  • Blue Rondo[c]
  • Eden Eliah Nagar[a]
3:22
16."Cry in Church" (featuring Sevyn Streeter)
  • IDK
  • Rascal
  • Blue Rondo[a]
4:47
17."Closure"MillsIDK1:34
Total length:43:51
USee4Yourself – Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Dinner Date" (featuring Trippie Redd)
2:46
19."Temporary Love" (featuring Sir; extended version)
  • Mills
  • Farris
4:16
20."Puerto Rico" (featuring Jvck James; version 2)
  • IDK
  • Rascal
  • Blue Rondo[c]
  • Buddah Blessed[c]
3:18
21."2 Cents" (featuring Shy Glizzy; extended version)
  • IDK
  • Rascal
2:24
22."Justin Like Martin"Mills
  • IDK
  • Chasethemoney
2:33
23."King Alfred Plan" (featuring Lil Yachty)
  • IDK
  • Tane Runo
  • Blue Rondo[a]
2:37
24."Cereal" (featuring JID and Kenny Mason)
3:19
25."Rain" (SWV cover)Brian Alexander Morgan
  • IDK
  • Nagar
3:46
26."Dogs Don't Lie" (featuring Royce da 5′9″; extended version)
  • DJ Dahi
  • McKenzie
  • IDK[c]
  • Blue Rondo[a]
2:57
Total length:70:50

Notes

  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • "Dogs Don't Lie" contains a sample of "Cracking", written by Brian Aronow, Jesse Brotter, Jonathan Gilad, and Caroline Ramani, and performed by Crumb.
  • "Red" contains a sample of "Hier Aujourd'hui Demain" written and performed by Michel Ripoche and Phillipe Briche; and a sample of "Still Fly", written by Byron Thomas and Bryan Williams, and performed by Big Tymers.
  • "10 Feet" contains a sample of "Monkey on the D$CK", written by Renetta Lowe and Byron Thomas, and performed by Magnolia Shorty.
  • "Peloton" contains a sample of "Payback Is a Dog", written by Thomas Bell and Kenneth Gamble, and performed by the Stylistics.
  • "Hey Auntie" contains a sample of "Love Theme" from the Black Shampoo soundtrack, written and performed by Gerald Lee.
  • "Cry in Church" contains a sample of "The Prayer IV", written and performed by DMX.

Personnel

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Musicians

  • IDK – vocals (all tracks), programming (tracks 18, 25, 26)
  • Aishah White – additional vocals (tracks 1, 17)
  • Andrew Schulz – additional vocals (track 1)
  • Javonté – additional vocals (track 1)
  • Eden Eliah Nagar – drum programming (track 2)
  • Mike Tyson – additional vocals (track 3)
  • Blue Rondo – additional vocals (track 10), programming (19, 25, 26)
  • Jason Brown – additional vocals (track 10)
  • Mother Marygold – additional vocals (track 11)
  • City Rominiecki – additional vocals (tracks 12, 13)
  • DMX – additional vocals (track 16)
  • Take a Daytrip – programming (track 18)
  • Westen Weiss – programming (track 18)
  • D Smoke – programming (track 19)
  • D.K. the Punisher – progrmaming (track 19)
  • DJ Dahi – programming (track 26)
  • Kurtis McKenzie – programming (track 26)

Technical

  • Calin Enache – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6, 10, 11, 14–24, 26), mastering (17–26), engineering (2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 15, 21)
  • Josh Gudwin – mixing (track 2)
  • Mike Dean – mixing (tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, 11–13), mastering (1–17)
  • Eden Eliah Nagar – mixing (tracks 8, 25), engineering (all tracks), mixing assistance (1–7, 9–24, 26)
  • Vic Wainstein – engineering (tracks 2, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21)
  • Chaz Sexton – engineering (tracks 9–11, 15, 19, 20)
  • Kouroush "MyBoyRoach" Poursalehi – engineering (track 9)
  • Mike Larson – engineering (track 12)
  • Kahlil Vellani – engineering (tracks 14, 18, 22, 23)
  • Kai Lasker – engineering (track 14)
  • Bernard "Bezo" Chavez II – engineering for Sevyn Street (track 16)
  • Anthony Kilhoffer – engineering (track 18)
  • Robert "Nimbusmixedit" Middleton – engineering (track 21)
  • Christo – engineering (track 24)
  • Kenny Mason – engineering (track 24)
  • IDK – arrangement (track 12)
  • Frank Hamilton – arrangement (track 23)
  • Guy Carawan – arrangement (track 23)
  • Pete Seeger – arrangement (track 23)
  • Zilphia Horton – arrangement (track 23)

References

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  1. ^ a b Maplethorpe, Dale (July 9, 2021). "Album Review: IDK – USee4Yourself". Gigwise. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "IDK | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. ^ a b "USee4Yourself by IDK". Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  4. ^ "USee4Yourself – IDK". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "IDK – USee4Yourself". Clash Magazine.
  6. ^ Brake, David Aaron (July 28, 2021). "IDK Sabotages His Vision on USee4Yourself". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  7. ^ McMullen, Chase (July 13, 2021). "IDK balances emotional weight with silky beats on the diverse USee4Yourself". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "IDK – USee4Yourself album review". NME. 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ "On New Album, Rapper IDK Reconciles A Disparate Self: 'And Here We Are Today'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  10. ^ "IDK's Vulnerability Is a Superpower". Complex. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
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