Street Gossip (mixtape)

Street Gossip is a commercial mixtape by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on November 30, 2018, by Quality Control Music, Motown, Capitol Records and Wolfpack Music Group.^[1] It features guest appearances from Meek Mill, Gunna, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Rylo Rodriguez, Offset, Young Thug, and NoCap.^[2]

Street Gossip
Mixtape by Lil Baby
Released	November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	41:29
Label	Quality Control Motown Capitol Wolfpack
Producer	Algino Mattazik Muzik Metro Boomin Milan Beker Quay Global Wheezy
Lil Baby chronology
Drip Harder (2018) Street Gossip (2018) My Turn (2020)

Background

Lil Baby announced the project in early November 2018, later posting the cover art and track listing.^[3]

Cover art

The cover art features a black-and-white photograph of Lil Baby performing shirtless, with his name and the title displayed above them, with the words "Preacher Man" in the bottom right corner. Photo was shot by Joshua Nichols.^[3]

Commercial performance

Street Gossip debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 88,000 album-equivalent units, including 5,000 pure sales in its first week.^[4] In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, moving another 42,000 album-equivalent units that week.^[5] On February 8, 2020, 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.^[6] It was Lil Baby's highest-charting project until his album My Turn debuted at number one in 2020.^[4]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Global"	Dominique Jones Chris Rosser	Quay Global	2:49
2.	"Pure Cocaine"	Jones Rosser Matthew Robinson	Quay Global Mattazik Muzik	2:34
3.	"Crush a Lot"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	2:39
4.	"Time" (featuring Meek Mill)	Jones Robert Williams Rosser	Quay Global	3:02
5.	"Ready" (featuring Gunna)	Jones Sergio Kitchens Leland Wayne Milan Beker	Metro Boomin Beker	3:33
6.	"Word on the Street"	Jones Rosser Justin Lee Marquis Cobb	Quay Global	2:52
7.	"This Week"	Jones Rosser	Quay Global	3:16
8.	"Anyway" (featuring 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane)	Jones Tauheed Epps Radric Davis Rosser	Quay Global	3:46
9.	"No Friends" (featuring Rylo Rodriguez)	Jones Ryan Adams Rosser	Quay Global	3:12
10.	"Realist in It" (featuring Gucci Mane and Offset)	Jones Davis Kiari Cephus Rosser	Quay Global	3:42
11.	"Section 8" (featuring Young Thug)	Jones Jeffery Williams Wesley Glass	Wheezy	3:26
12.	"Chastised"	Jones Gene Hixon	Al Geno	2:03
13.	"Dreams 2 Reality" (featuring NoCap)	Jones Kobe Crawford Gene Hixon	Al Geno	4:35
Total length:				41:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

Technical

• Thomas "Tillie" Mann – mixing (1–4, 6–13)
• Princeton "Perfect Harmony" Terry – mixing assistant (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
• Ethan Stevens – mixing (track 5)
• Colin Leonard – mastering (all tracks)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 85 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 31 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 173 Irish Albums (IRMA)[12] 89 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 35 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 55 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 50 US Billboard 200[4] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[17] 45 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 29

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.