''BAYTL'' is a collaboration album between rappers

Gucci Mane Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and record executive. He helped pioneer the hip hop subgenre of trap music alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy, ...

and

V-Nasty Vanessa Renee Reece (born November 11, 1990), better known by her stage name V-Nasty, is an American rapper from Oakland, California. She is best known for being part of the group White Girl Mob with Kreayshawn and Lil Debbie, and for collabora ...

, produced by

Zaytoven Xavier Lamar Dotson (born January 12, 1980), professionally known as Zaytoven, is an American trap music record producer, disc jockey, and keyboardist from Atlanta, Georgia. He has released collaborative projects with artists including Gucci Ma ...

and

Tha Bizness Tha Bizness is an American record production and songwriting team from Seattle, Washington, composed of Justin "Henny" Henderson and Christopher John "Dow Jones" Whitacre. Tha Bizness have produced songs for several prominent artists, including ...

. The album was released on December 13, 2011, through

1017 Brick Squad Records The New 1017 Records, also known as 1017 Global Music, LLC and formerly 1017 Brick Squad, So Icey Entertainment, & 1017 Eskimo, is an American record label founded by Gucci Mane after his departure from Mizay Entertainment and the closing of So ...

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Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...

and

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. The album's first official single was "Whip Appeal", which was released on November 19, 2011. On December 16, the rappers were preparing to shoot a music video for the song "Push Ups" at a recording studio in

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. The song featured Slim Dunkin, who upon arrival got into an altercation with another rapper, Young Vito, which resulted in the fatal shooting of Slim Dunkin. On January 12, 2012, a video for the song "Let's Get Faded" was released and has so far been viewed over 2 million times.

Critical reception

''BAYTL'' was heavily panned by critics and listeners alike. According to Metacritic, scoring only 39/100. The album got a 2.5/5 rating from AllMusic, 2/5 from XXL, 1/10 from

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and 0.5/5 from Consequence of Sound.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Gucci Mane albums Albums produced by Zaytoven Albums produced by Tha Bizness Warner Records albums Collaborative albums Vice Records albums