Virgo World

Virgo World is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Tecca. It was released through Galactic and Republic Records on September 18, 2020. The album features guest appearances from Polo G, Lil Durk, Nav, Skrillex, DJ Scheme, Lil Uzi Vert, Guwop Reign, and Tecca's record label Internet Money. It follows his debut mixtape and project, We Love You Tecca, which was released in 2019.^[1] The album title comes from Tecca's astrological sign, Virgo, as he was born on August 26, 2002.

Virgo World
Studio album by Lil Tecca
Released	September 18, 2020
Length	45:41
Label	Galactic Republic
Producer	Ambezza BeatsByTrav Blake Slatkin Blk BRackz C4Bombs Cassell Beats Census Chek Beatz Cxdy DeeMarc DJ Scheme Evertime FrankieOnTheGuitar Jayron Kid Culture Leon Thomas Menoh Beats Mike Hector MJ Nichols Nick Mira Nurі OnlyKND ProdByXavi Repko Rex Kudo Rio Leyva Rowan Saint Luca Sam Wish Sean Turk Sevn Thomas Skrillex Spaceman Taz Taylor Tommy Brown TheSkyBeats Tobi Aitch TxbiTheTeenvger Z3N
Lil Tecca chronology
We Love You Tecca (2019) Virgo World (2020) We Love You Tecca 2 (2021)
Singles from Virgo World
"Out of Love" Released: April 17, 2020 "Royal Rumble" Released: August 26, 2020 "Our Time" Released: September 11, 2020 "Dolly" Released: September 18, 2020

The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 35,000 sales in its first week, and debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. It received generally positive reviews.

Background

The album's title comes from Lil Tecca's astrological sign, Virgo, being born on August 26, 2002. It is believed that Virgos are logical, persistent, perfectionistic, and practical, but sometimes feel shy and overly critical. Virgos are born any time from August 23 to September 22.^[2] The rapper had been teasing it for over a year prior to its release, posting snippets of a few songs. On September 4, 2020, it was speculated that it would be released soon.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Out of Love", featuring Lil Tecca's record label Internet Money, was released on April 17, 2020.^[3] The second single, "Royal Rumble", was released on his 18th birthday, August 26, 2020.^[4] The third and final pre-release single, "Our Time", was released on September 11, 2020, and introduced as the intro to the album.^[5] "Dolly", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, was released along with the album as its fourth and final single, on September 18, 2020.

Commercial performance

Virgo World debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 35,000 sales in its first week, falling behind his debut mixtape and project, We Love You Tecca, which debuted at number four in the previous year.^[6] It debuted at number six on the Canadian Albums Chart. It also charted in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Pitchfork	6/10[8]

Writing for Def Pen, Ryan Shepard offered a positive review, going on to opine that "he has shown and proved that he is looking to stay in this industry".^[9] On a mixed review of the album, Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork expressed his confusion with the clear meaning of the lyrics and that "a pocketful of catchy melodies and bubbly rhythms don't make up for a lack of anything interesting to say."^[10] Alex Zidel of HotNewHipHop gave a neutral review, explaining that "while his move to island-based production adds to some much-needed substance of Lil Tecca, it fails to come across as an authentic."^[11]

Track listing

Virgo World track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Our Time"	Tyler-Justin Sharpe Jeroen Groenendijk	Jayron Beats	1:38
2.	"Actin Up"	Sharpe Bailey Cassell	CassellBeats	1:57
3.	"When You Down" (with Polo G featuring Lil Durk)	Sharpe Taurus Bartlett Durk Banks DeMarcus Morgan	DeeMarc	3:13
4.	"Back It Up"	Sharpe Rupert Thomas, Jr. Leon Thomas Masamune Kudo Michael Hector Carlos Martin	Sevn Thomas L. Thomas Rex Kudo Hector[a] Rowan[a]	2:34
5.	"Chemistry"	Sharpe Brandon Craig	OnlyKND	2:13
6.	"Royal Rumble"	Sharpe Sean Turk Juan Guerrieri-Maril	Turk Z3N	2:39
7.	"Foreign" (featuring Nav)	Sharpe Navraj Goraya Danny Snodgrass, Jr. Michael Romito Rio Leyva William Repko II Campbell Rolston-Clemmer	Taz Taylor Census Leyva Repko Spaceman	2:13
8.	"Selection" (with Skrillex and DJ Scheme)	Sharpe Sonny Moore Gabriel Guerra Nuri Saberin	Skrillex DJ Scheme Nuri	1:40
9.	"Take 10"	Sharpe Thomas Brown Mathias Liyew Courageous Herrera	Brown Ambezza ProdByXavi	2:24
10.	"Dolly" (with Lil Uzi Vert)	Sharpe Symere Woods Roc-Jonas Balhoud Brandon Brown Rodrequez Yancy	TxbiTheTeenvger B Rackz C4Bombs	2:59
11.	"Insecurities"	Sharpe Snodgrass Nicholas Mira	Taz Taylor Mira	2:18
12.	"Tic Toc"	Sharpe Amin Elamin	Menoh Beats	2:32
13.	"Miss Me"	Sharpe Samuel Wish Blake Slatkin Daniel Hackett	Wish Slatkin Kid Culture	1:58
14.	"True to the Game" (featuring Guwop Reign)	Sharpe Reign Mutaawe Snodgrass Romito Rolston-Clemmer	Taz Taylor Census Spaceman	2:56
15.	"Closest to Heaven"	Sharpe Snodgrass Leyva Blair Ferguson	Taz Taylor Leyva Blk	1:59
16.	"Level Up"	Sharpe Kamaldeen Folami	Chek Beatz	2:16
17.	"No Answers"	Sharpe Eeti Erätuli Huthman Olukunle	Evertime Tobi Aitch	2:50
18.	"Last Call"	Sharpe Snodgrass Cody Rounds Francisco Baptista Travis Pierce Maxwell Nichols	Taz Taylor Cxdy FrankieOnTheGuitar BeatsByTrav MJ Nichols	2:39
19.	"Out of Love" (featuring Internet Money)	Sharpe Snodgrass Repko Anders Lunøe Frederik Thrane	Taz Taylor Repko TheSkyBeats Saint Luca	2:34
Total length:				45:41

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Performers

• Lil Tecca – primary artist (all tracks)
• Polo G – primary artist (track 3)
• Lil Durk – featured artist (track 3)
• Nav – featured artist (track 7)
• Skrillex – primary artist (track 8)
• DJ Scheme – primary artist (track 8)
• Lil Uzi Vert – primary artist (track 10)
• Guwop Reign – featured artist (track 14)
• Internet Money – featured artist (track 19)

Technical

• Alex Tumay – mixing, studio personnel (tracks 1, 2, 7–11, 14, 15, 17, 18)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering, studio personnel (all tracks)
• Joseph Colmenero – engineering (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–11, 14–19), (tracks 3, 5, 12, 13, 16), studio personnel (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–19)
• Rex Kudo – keyboards (track 4), programming (track 4), engineering (track 8), studio personnel (track 8)
• Menoh Beats – engineering, programming, studio personnel (track 12)
• Blake Slatkin – engineering, studio personnel (track 13)
• Edgar Herrera – mixing, studio personnel (track 19)
• Jayron Beats – programming (track 1)
• CassellBeats – programming (track 2)
• Deemarc – programming (track 3)
• Sevn Thomas – programming (track 4)
• Leon Thomas – programming (track 4)
• Mike Hector – programming (track 4)
• Rowan – programming (track 4)
• OnlyKND – programming (track 5)
• Sean Turk – programming (track 6)
• Z3N – programming (track 6)
• Taz Taylor – programming (tracks 7, 11, 15, 18, 19)
• Census – programming (track 7)
• Rio Leyva – programming (tracks 7, 14, 15)
• Repko – programming (tracks 7, 14, 19)
• Spaceman – programming (tracks 7, 14)
• Skrillex – programming (track 8)
• DJ Scheme – programming (track 8)
• Nuri – programming (track 8)
• Tommy Brown – programming (track 9)
• Ambezza – programming (track 9)
• ProdByXavi – programming (track 9)
• TxbiTheTeenvger – programming (track 10)
• Nick Mira – programming (track 11)
• Sam Wish – programming (track 13)
• Blake Slatkin – programming (track 13)
• Kid Culture – programming (track 13)
• Blk – programming (track 15)
• Chek Beatz – programming (track 16)
• Evertime – programming (track 17)
• Tobi Aitch – programming (track 17)
• Cxdy – programming (track 18)
• FrankieOnTheGuitar – programming (track 18)
• BeatsByTrav – programming (track 18)
• MJ Nichols – programming (track 18)
• Saint Luca – programming (track 19)

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	102
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	39
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16]	38
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	42
US Billboard 200[18]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19]	7