Afterlyfe
Studio album by
Yeat
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2023
Genre
Length67:35
Label
Producer
  • 2AAB
  • AM
  • Aunix
  • BeautifulMvn
  • Bnyx
  • Bred
  • Bugz Ronin
  • ChaseTheMoney
  • Chef9thegod
  • Colin Magdamo
  • DKanee
  • Dream Awake
  • Dulio
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Kele
  • Leiso
  • LL Clawz
  • Lucid
  • Lukovic
  • Noa Nalu
  • Nuu
  • Opium Jai
  • Pink
  • Rision
  • Sideus
  • Synthetic
  • Warpstr
  • Yeat
Yeat chronology
Lyfe
(2022)		 Afterlyfe
(2023)		 Lyfestyle 2093
(TBA)

Afterlyfe (stylized as AftërLyfe) is the third studio album by American rapper Yeat. It was released on February 24, 2023, by Geffen Records, Field Trip Recordings, and Twizzy Rich.[1] The follow-up to his EP Lyfë (2022), it contains a sole guest appearance from YoungBoy Never Broke Again as well as Yeat's alter egos Kranky Kranky & Luh Geeky.[2][3]

Background

Prior to the album's release, Yeat said the album was not just "regular rap beats. It's a whole different new wave." He also expressed that he did not want "21 features on an album" and wanted "people just hearing me. I don't really need other people on my music"[4] BNYX was the album's most prominent producer, contributing production to 8 of the album's 22 tracks. Frequent collaborators of Yeat's like Dulio, Bugz Ronin, Lukovic, & Rision also contributed production to AfterLyfe. AfterLyfe was also the first time Yeat collaborated with notable producers like CHASETHEMONEY (known for his work with artists like JID, Smokepurpp, and Ski Mask the Slump God) and Jonah Abraham (known for his work with artists like BROCKHAMPTON, Playboi Carti, and Young Thug).

AfterLyfe saw Yeat experiment with new styles such as house music and grunge rock on the songs "Nun I'd Change" and "Myself" respectively. The album also featured a greater amount of experimental vocals and vocal processing/effects from Yeat, as shown through his inclusion of his alter egos Luh Geeky and Kranky Kranky.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Slant Magazine[5]
AllMusic[6]

Slant Magazine's Paul Attard noted that the album is "composed of demonic-sounding material with little attention paid to sequencing" and that it's "just Yeat himself slightly pitching his voice up or down an octave—that break up the slowly mounting monotony." Concluding his review, he adds that some tracks "display how one-dimensional his style can get when the material is spread too thin", however, he also notes that "despite these flaws, AftërLyfe confirms that in a sea of blatant copycats, Yeat remains a true original—albeit one who’s in desperate need of an editor."[5]

Track listing

AfterLyfe track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No More Talk"
Bnyx3:59
2."Shmunk" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again)
  • Smith
  • Kentrell Gaulden
  • Liam Barnea
  • Zion Miller
  • Pink
  • Bred
3:50
3."Bettr Off"
3:50
4."Rave Party" (featuring Kranky Kranky[lower-alpha 1])
  • Smith
  • Abdul Moiz
Dulio3:19
5."Nun I'd Change"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint Fort
  • Colin Magdamo
  • Bnyx
  • Magdamo
3:31
6."Woa...!"
  • Smith
  • Moiz
  • Andres Catellanos
  • Dulio
  • Lucid
2:50
7."Now" (featuring Luh Geeky[lower-alpha 1])
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • Patrick Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • BeautifulMvn
4:32
8."Slamm"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint Fort
  • Michael Rigaud
  • Bnyx
  • Nuu
2:25
9."7 Nightz"
  • Smith
  • Moiz
  • Catellanos
  • Dulio
  • Lucid
3:05
10."Mean Feen" (featuring Kranky Kranky[lower-alpha 1])SmithLukovic3:12
11."How It Go"
  • Smith
  • Pablo Sanchez
  • Nicolò Castrichini
  • Dream Awake
  • Sideus
3:04
12."Sum 2 Do"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • P. Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • BeautifulMvn
2:33
13."Back Up"
  • Smith
  • Robert Jurado
Rision2:13
14."Split"
  • Smith
  • Chase Rose
  • Javier Mercado
  • Noa Nalu Shelfow
  • ChaseTheMoney
  • Synthetic
  • Aunix
  • Noa Nalu
2:23
15."Bad Bend/Demon"SmithYeat3:02
16."Heavyweight"
  • Smith
  • Canyon Moore
  • Ethan Andrade
  • Arman Andican
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Warpstr
  • AM
  • Abraham
2:29
17."Watch"SmithKele2:17
18."Shhhh"
  • Smith
  • Volodymyr Dorofeiev
DKanee3:14
19."Back Home"
Bnyx3:31
20."Type Money"
  • Smith
  • Leonardo Claus
  • Gonçalo Brás
  • Zamani Mona
  • LL Clawz
  • Chef9thegod
  • Opium Jai
3:12
21."Demon Tied"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • 2AAB
2:43
22."Myself"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
Bnyx2:30
Total length:65:34

Notes

  • All songs are stylized in sentence case. In addition, any song title that contains the letter 'e' is replaced with 'ë', with the exception of "Nun I'd Change," which is stylized as "Nun id change." For example, "No More Talk" is stylized as "No morë talk". If a song contains two or more 'e's, then only the first one is replaced, with the exception of "Type Money," which is stylized as "Type monëy." However, "Bettr Off" is stylized as "Bëttr 0ff", "Rave Party" is stylized as "Rav3 p4rty", and "Demon" in "Bad Bend/Demon" is stylized as "DëMON".
  • In the tracklist Yeat shared on Instagram, he additionally listed the mobile app Talking Ben as a feature on "How It Go", though this feature was removed prior to the official release of the song.[1]
  • "Heavyweight" contains background vocals from SeptembersRich.
  • "Myself" contains additional vocals & guitar from BNYX. BNYX also played guitar on "Back Home".
  • Yeat's alter ego Luh Geeky is styled on Spotify as "Luh geeky," and on Apple Music as "LUH GEEKY."
  • With the exception of track 2, Yeat mixed and mastered the entirety of AfterLyfe by himself. Track 2 of AfterLyfe, "Shmunk" (featuring NBA YoungBoy), contains additional recording and mixing from audio engineer and music producer Jason Goldberg. Goldberg mixes and records the majority of NBA YoungBoy's music and thus engineered YoungBoy's portion of the song.

Charts

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Kranky Kranky and Luh Geeky are alter egos used by Yeat.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Darville, Jordan (February 20, 2023). "Yeat shares Aftërlyfe tracklist with feature from "Talking Ben App"". The Fader. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ Murray, Robin (February 24, 2023). "Yeat Veers Towards The Experimental On 'AftërLyfe'". Clash. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ Fitzgerald, Trent (February 24, 2023). "Key Glock, Don Toliver, Yeat and More – New Hip-Hop Projects". XXL. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ Espinoza, Joshua (February 24, 2023). "Yeat Unleashes 'AftërLyfe' Album f/ YoungBoy Never Broke Again and More". Complex. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Paul Attard (February 26, 2023). "Yeat AftërLyfe Review: A One-of-a-Kind Rapper in Dire Need of an Editor". Slant. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ "AftërLyfe Stylist Review by Paul Simpson". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 March 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1722. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 6, 2023. p. 6.
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  13. ↑ "Yeat: Aftërlyfe" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  16. ↑ "2023 9-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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  20. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  21. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 5, 2023). "Karol G Achieves Historic First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Mañana Será Bonito'". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of March 11, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
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