''Back for Everything'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper

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. It was released through

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on February 25, 2022. The album features a sole guest appearance from

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, who appears on the fifteenth track, "Take You Back". The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including

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, and

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among others. ''Back for Everything'' was preceded by the single "Love & War" and the promotional singles "Grinding All Season" and "I Wish". The cover art of ''Back for Everything'' pays homage to the movie franchise ''

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''. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 60,000

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s in its first week.

Release and promotion

Kodak announced the album and its release date on February 8, 2022, with the pre-order on

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a few days prior to the announcement. The tracklist was revealed on February 24, 2022, the day before its release.

Singles

The lead single of the album, "Love & War", was released on December 15, 2021. The song "

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", which is a part of the Sniper Gang label compilation album, ''Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & Snapkatt: Nightmare Babies'' (2021), is also included on the album. The first promotional single, "Grinding All Season", was released on February 8, 2022. The second promotional single, "I Wish", was released on February 22, 2022. On the day before the album's release, Kodak's mother also got a Sniper Gang tattoo in honor of her son's release, in which Kodak posted a video to

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with the caption: "Ma Jus Snapped & Tatted SG On Her". On April 5, 2022, "Usain Boo" was released to US

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as the album's second single.

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Jason Lipshutz felt that "''Back for Everything'' showcases Kodak's ability to pluck pop-ready melodies out of ethereal beats, his signature croak sounding more nimble than before as he reflects on his fame, personal ordeals and future plans; with few guest stars, the project is intimate in a way that Kodak Black, a fascinating hip hop superstar demand". Preezy Brown of ''

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'' believed that the album "is a reminder of the magic the Floridian is capable of creating when fully focused and locked in", adding that "yet, the lack of contributors isn't an impediment for ''Back For Everything'', as Kodak asserts himself well throughout the album's 19 songs". TiVo Staff from

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also wrote that on some tracks, "his performances tend toward the generic, stumbling through by-the-numbers bragging about his wealth or forgettable tales of struggles and hardship coming up. Though ''Back for Everything'' is still enjoyable as a nearly hour-long project, Kodak Black's performances run out of inspiration long before the production, and the entire album could benefit from an edit that cuts out roughly under half of the inferior tracks to let the stronger ones shine".

Commercial performance

''Back for Everything'' debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 60,000

s (including 3,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Kodak Black's fourth US top-ten album on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of equaling 84 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks. In its second week, the album dropped to number four on the chart, earning an additional 37,000 units. On July 11, 2022, the album was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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