Back for Everything is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released through Atlantic Records on February 25, 2022. The album features a sole guest appearance from Lil Durk, who appears on the fifteenth track, "Take You Back". The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Buddah Bless, London on da Track, Murda Beatz, Scott Storch, Zaytoven, Boi-1da, Vinylz, and Lee Major among others.
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| Released | February 25, 2022 | |||
| Length | 57:10 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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Back for Everything was preceded by the single "Love & War" and the promotional singles "Grinding All Season" and "I Wish". The cover art of Back for Everything pays homage to the movie franchise Back to the Future.[1] The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 60,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
Release and promotion
editKodak announced the album and its release date on February 8, 2022, with the pre-order on Apple Music a few days prior to the announcement.[2] The tracklist was revealed on February 24, 2022, the day before its release.[3]
Singles
editThe lead single of the album, "Love & War", was released on December 15, 2021.[4] The song "Super Gremlin", which is a part of the Sniper Gang label compilation album, Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & Snapkatt: Nightmare Babies (2021), is also included on the album.[5] The first promotional single, "Grinding All Season", was released on February 8, 2022.[6] The second promotional single, "I Wish", was released on February 22, 2022.[7] On the day before the album's release, Kodak's mother also got a Sniper Gang tattoo in honor of her son's release, in which Kodak posted a video to Instagram with the caption: "Ma Jus Snapped & Tatted SG On Her".[8] On April 5, 2022, "Usain Boo" was released to US rhythmic radio as the album's second single.[9]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| HipHopDX | 2.5/5[11] |
Writing for Billboard, Jason Lipshutz felt that "Back for Everything showcases Kodak's ability to pluck pop-ready melodies out of ethereal beats, his signature croak sounding more nimble than before as he reflects on his fame, personal ordeals and future plans; with few guest stars, the project is intimate in a way that Kodak Black, a fascinating hip hop superstar demand".[12] Preezy Brown of Vibe believed that the album "is a reminder of the magic the Floridian is capable of creating when fully focused and locked in", adding that "yet, the lack of contributors isn't an impediment for Back For Everything, as Kodak asserts himself well throughout the album's 19 songs".[13]
AllMusic also wrote that on some tracks, "his performances tend toward the generic, stumbling through by-the-numbers bragging about his wealth or forgettable tales of struggles and hardship coming up. Though Back for Everything is still enjoyable as a nearly hour-long project, Kodak Black's performances run out of inspiration long before the production, and the entire album could benefit from an edit that cuts out roughly under half of the inferior tracks to let the stronger ones shine".[10] Jayson Buford of HipHopDX described the album as "a mediocre record that doesn't let the listener in enough to evoke empathy, nor does it offer a path for Kodak to seek redemption, a theme he's toyed with on other records but seems to have rejected this time."[11]
Commercial performance
editBack for Everything debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 60,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.[14] This became Kodak Black's fourth US top-ten album on the chart.[14] The album also accumulated a total of equaling 84 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks.[14] In its second week, the album dropped to number four on the chart, earning an additional 37,000 units.[15] On July 11, 2022, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[16]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Let Me Know" |
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| 3:20 |
| 2. | "Back for Everything" |
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| 2:47 |
| 3. | "Grinding All Season" |
| Sweet | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Smackers" | 2:11 | ||
| 5. | "On Everything" |
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| 3:12 |
| 6. | "Purple Stamp" |
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| 2:19 |
| 7. | "Midas Touch" |
| KasimGotJuice | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Sink My Ship" |
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| 3:16 |
| 9. | "Usain Boo" |
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| 3:06 |
| 10. | "Vulnerable (Free Cool)" |
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| 2:21 |
| 11. | "Elite Division" |
| Zaytoven | 2:28 |
| 12. | "Omega" |
| DzyOnDaBeat | 3:09 |
| 13. | "Hitting Houses" |
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| 3:39 |
| 14. | "Love Isn't Enough" |
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| 2:27 |
| 15. | "Take You Back" (featuring Lil Durk) |
| SkipOnDaBeat | 3:21 |
| 16. | "He Love the Streets" |
| 3:31 | |
| 17. | "Super Gremlin" |
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| 3:20 |
| 18. | "I Wish" |
| Saved by da Bell | 2:45 |
| 19. | "Love & War" |
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| 3:59 |
| Total length: | 57:10 | |||
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Rose, Jordan (February 25, 2022). "Listen to Kodak Black's New Project 'Back for Everything' f/ Lil Durk". Complex. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ @KodakBlack1k (February 11, 2022). "🔥🔥🔥 I'm Dropping This 2-22-22 #IWish 🔥🔥🔥 Go Pre-Order My album Coming out 2-25-22 #BackForEverything" (Tweet). Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (February 24, 2022). "Kodak Black Shares "Back For Everything" Tracklist & NBA YoungBoy Won't Be Happy About It". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (December 15, 2021). "Kodak Black Tells A Complicated Love Story On "Love & War"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ Aron A. (November 2, 2021). "Kodak Black Shares "Super Gremlin" Music Video". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (February 8, 2022). "Kodak Black Previews New Album With "Grinding All Season"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (February 22, 2022). "Kodak Black Releases New Song "I Wish"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Cummings-Grady, Mackenzie (February 25, 2022). "Kodak Black's Mother Gets Tattoo In Support Of 'Back for Everything' Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Back for Everything Review by TiVo Staff". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Buford, Jayson (May 18, 2022). "Kodak Black 'Back For Everything' Lacks the Complexity and Depth of its Creator". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason (February 25, 2022). "First Stream: New Music From Kodak Black, Avril Lavigne, Rosalía and More". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Preezy (February 25, 2022). "Kodak Black's 'Back For Everything' Album Raised The Bar This New Music Friday". Vibe. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c Keith Caulfield (March 6, 2022). "'Encanto' Enchants Billboard 200 Albums Chart With Eighth Week at No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Keith Caulfield (March 13, 2022). "'Encanto' Makes It Nine Weeks Atop Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Kodak Black – Back for Everything". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Kodak Black Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ "Kodak Black Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "Kodak Black Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2022.