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was handled mainly by Free School,

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", but most of the other songs were panned by critics.

Critical reception

Critics were divided in their opinions of ''Somethin' Bout Kreay''. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 42, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". ''

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'' gave the album a score of 6 out of 10 rating, stating, "Thanks to her Valley Girl charisma and omnivorous sexual gaze she mostly succeeds." On a similar note, ''

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'' gave ''Somethin' Bout Kreay'' a positive review, with the album receiving 3 of 5 stars rating and furthermore telling "The Oakland MC's debut explores her skill at giving hormonally bonkers post-

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", "Left Ey3" have generally been well received, the other tracks have been criticized or completely panned by critics. In a negative review, Carrie Battan of ''

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'' rated the album only 3 out of 10 points and explained "''Somethin' Bout Kreay'' could very well be her first and last." At large, the production for ''Somethin' Bout Kreay'' was praised. While the fun factor on the record was commended, the lyrics were generally criticized. ''

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'' gave the album 5 of 10 stars rating, saying "Over 13 tracks, though, Kreay's 'thing' wears waaay thin." A negative review came from '' Under The Radar'' who gave the album a score of 2 out of 10, and said "It's a pop album of awful pop music." Random Independent listed ''Somethin' 'Bout Kreay'' in its 'best albums of 2012 list' as a 'special mention', without a concrete place.

Commercial performance

''Somethin' 'Bout Kreay'' debuted at number 112 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release, selling 3,502 copies. On January 16, 2014, Kreayshawn tweeted a screenshot of her portion of profit off of the album, the total profit made by Kreayshawn was $0.01.

Track listing

Track listing confirmed on

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. Writing and production credits taken from the album booklet.

Charts

References

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