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
ReleasedJuly 9, 2021
GenreHip hop[1]
Length43:51
Label
Producer
  • Acyde
  • Almatic
  • ATL Jacob
  • Blue Rondo
  • Bobby Raps
  • Buddah Bless
  • CashMoneyAP
  • DJ Dahi
  • DJ Khalil
  • Eden Eliah Nagar
  • Efosa Beloved
  • IDK
  • Illingsworth
  • JaVale McGee
  • Kurtis McKenzie
  • LDG Beats
  • Luca Mauti
  • The Neptunes
  • Obi Nwadije
  • Rascal
  • Stonegroov
  • Teddy Roxpin
  • T-Minus
  • Travagant
  • YoungKio
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 edit

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 edit

USee4Yourself track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."3018091821"
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
1:11
2."Santa Monica Blvd"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
2:41
3."Dogs Don't Lie"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Brian Aronow
  • Johnathan Gilad
  • Jesse Brotter
  • Caroline Ramani
1:57
4."Truth"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
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)
  • Mills
  • Obi Nwadije
  • Blue Rondo
  • Illingsworth
4:15
8."Jelly"
  • Mills
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
0:43
9."Puerto Rico" (featuring Lucky Daye)
3:17
10."Temporary Love" (featuring SiR)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
1:07
11."10 Feet" (featuring T-Pain)
  • Mills
  • Denesha Bowser
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Travagant
  • Efosa Beloved
  • Nwadije
  • Acyde
2:58
12."Keto" (featuring The Neptunes, Swae Lee, and Rico Nasty)
The Neptunes2:21
13."1995"
  • Mills
  • Rominiecki
  • Cooper
  • Mills
  • Buddah Bless
  • Blue Rondo
  • Stonegroov
4:08
14."Peloton"
3:33
15."Hey Auntie" (featuring Slick Rick)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Eden Eliah Nagar
  • Teddy Roxpin
  • LDG Beats
3:22
16."Cry in Church" (featuring Sevyn Streeter)
  • Mills
  • Blue Rondo
  • Rascal
4:47
17."Closure"MillsMills1:34
Total length:43:51

References edit

  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.