Big Truck (song)

"Big Truck" is a song by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again, released on April 21, 2023, as the introductory track from his sixth full-length studio album, Don't Try This at Home. The song sees an aggressive use from YoungBoy as he raps about murder and violence, despite his "stop the violence" campaign.[1][2]

"Big Truck"
Song by YoungBoy Never Broke Again
from the album Don't Try This at Home
ReleasedApril 21, 2023
Length2:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cheese
  • Callari
  • CraigShur
  • BWolf
Music video
"Big Truck" on YouTube

Composition

The track is a "bouncy track" and is supported by YoungBoy's "menacing chords" and his "equally menacing voice".[3]

Critical reception

Writing for Clash, Robin Murray wrote that the intro sees YoungBoy do what "YoungBoy does best". Furthermore, he notes that "there's a gleeful cartoonish quality to the way the Louisiana artist approaches his craft".[4] Revolt's Regina Cho notes that YoungBoy "raps about how he is not the one to be messed with".[1]

Music video

The song's official music video directed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again himself arrived a day following the album's release on April 22, 2023. The video sees "YoungBoy showing off his impressive collection of luxury cars" while he parades around his Utah home while on house arrest in camouflage overalls, making him match the dirt path and trees of his garden.[1][5]

Commercial performance

Debuting with 6.6 million US streams, YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Big Truck" debuted at #100 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking his hundredth entry on the chart.[6] Furthermore, the entry marked a record which YoungBoy broke as the youngest artist in Billboard history to chart one hundred songs on the Hot 100, taking over Lil Baby who held the previous record at 27 years, four months and two weeks whereas YoungBoy now hold sit at twenty-three years, six months, and one week.[6]

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from Tidal.[7]

Musicians

  • Kentrell Gaulden – lead artist, songwriter, composer
  • Jason Goldberg – production, composer, songwriter
  • Angelo Callari – production, composer, songwriter
  • Craig Scheuring – production, composer, songwriter
  • Brian Wolf – production, composer, songwriter

Technical

  • Cheese – master engineering, mixing
  • YoungBoy Never Broke Again – recording

Charts
Chart performance for "Big Truck"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 100
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 28

References
  1. Cho, Regina (April 25, 2023). "NBA YoungBoy drops off new "Big Truck" video". Revolt. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  2. Gallagher, Alex (December 7, 2022). "NBA YoungBoy tells Kanye West to "hold your ground" on new eight-minute song". NME. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  3. Bourne, Kevin (April 21, 2023). "Album Review – NBA YoungBoy's Don't Try This at Home Is Good, But Lacks Growth, Depth and Creativity". shiftermagazine.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  4. Murray, Robin (April 21, 2023). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Don't Try This At Home". Clash. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  5. Dillon, Nancy (October 26, 2021). "NBA YoungBoy Released from Jail in Louisiana". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  6. Zellner, Xander (May 1, 2023). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Becomes Youngest Artist to Score 100 Career Hot 100 Entries". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  7. "Don't Try This At Home / YoungBoy Never Broke Again on TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  8. "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  9. "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
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