"BBO (Bad Bitches Only)" is a song by American hip hop group

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featuring Atlanta-based rapper

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. It was released on January 26, 2018 as a track on the former's second studio album ''

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''. The song was written by the artists alongside producers

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, and Mike Dean, with another production credit going to Quavo and another writing credit going to Earl Moss for the sampling of The Festivals "You've Got the Makings of a Lover".

Composition

The song contains gospel elements from "You've Got the Makings of a Lover" by the Festivals, a horn instrumental and "futuristic synth blips". 21 Savage opens the song with the chorus, in which he raps about his "iced-out" watches, chain and necklace.

Critical reception

The song was met with generally positive reviews. Jackson Howard of ''

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'' praised the song's production and the influence from Kanye West. In addition, he wrote that "Despite the usual flurry of inventive Migos quotables and opulent brags —

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says that he's "living the wild life like

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," while

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taunts, "I say Phillipe icYou say 'fill-up'" — no verse steals the show, and sandwiched in between 21's hook, the three members slip into a comfortable back and forth." Rob Arcand of ''

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'' wrote the song "accentuates each rapper's strongest qualities" and that "While 21's hook remains the most penetrating, it's hard to argue that there's ever a weak moment among the four verses. On an album that's otherwise full hit-or-miss ideas, 'BBO' stands out as the tightest package of the Migos formula from start to finish." Trevor Smith of ''

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'' wrote, "the beat is incredibly dynamic, allowing each member to take drastically different directions with their verses and let their personalities shine through". ''

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'' called it the 44th best track of 2018.

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