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Let's Start Here
An AI-generated photograph of men and women wearing suits in a boardroom with "contorted facial features and warped smiles"
Studio albumby
Lil Yachty
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2023
Studio
Genre
Length57:16
Label
Producer
Lil Yachtychronology
Michigan Boy Boat
(2021) 		Let's Start Here
(2023) 		Something Ether
(2024)

Let's Start Hereis the fifth studio album by the American rapperLil Yachty,released on January 27, 2023, throughMotownandQuality Control Music.After receiving middling reviews towards his previous albumLil Boat 3(2020), Lil Yachty wasn't happy about where he was musically and wanted to be remembered and respected. Originally describing his music as "bubblegumtrap",Lil Yachty has since denounced the phrase. During January 2022, he stated that his next album would be" non-rap "and would consist of" all live instrumentation. "His 2022" joke "single"Poland"received critical acclaim and created a" mild international incident ". During December 2022, a low quality version ofLet's Start Herewas leaked on the Internet under the unofficial nameSonic Ranch,which lowered Lil Yachty's morale. Weeks later, his record label accidentally sent the album's preorders early toAmazon,aborting his plans to use various videos to introduce and contextualize the album.

Let's Start Herewas mainly produced byPatrick Wimberly,alongside a variety of record producers such asJacob Portrait,SadPony, Lil Yachty,Justin Raisen,Magdalena Bay,Jam City,andTeo Halm.The album is primarilypsychedelic rock,psychedelic soul,andfunk,a departure from Lil Yachty's signature trap sound. He was inspired to create an album that made people take him seriously as an artist. He was also inspired by a variety of musicians, includingPink Floydand their 1973 albumThe Dark Side of the Moon,which many critics saidLet's Start Heredrew comparisons to. The lyrics ofLet's Start Hereexplore lust, ecstasy, overdose, and love. The album was primarily recorded at the CRC inBrooklyn,with additional recording sessions taking place at Blue Room Studios and Hit Gallery Studios in Atlanta,Electric Lady Studiosin New York City,Sonic RanchinTornillo, Texas,and the Tree House in Los Angeles.

Let's Start Herewas promoted by the Field Trip Tour across North America and Europe and performances atRolling Loudand onSaturday Night Live(1975–present). It debuted at number nine on the USBillboard200and at number one on three differentBillboardcharts, earning 36,000album-equivalent unitsin its first week. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics with some praising Lil Yachty's take on the psychedelic rock genre, but others believed it was repetitive and not experimental. Several publications included it in their year-end lists.

Background

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Throughout his career,Lil Yachtyhas been referred to as a rapper.[1]He originally described his music as "bubblegum trap",[2]but has since denounced the phrase.[3]His fourth studio albumLil Boat 3was released in May 2020 to mixed reviews from critics, with some calling it "sloppy and forgettable" and some saying the album saw Lil Yachty "tak[ing] steps backwards".[4]During January 2022, Lil Yachty hinted at his next release being "a non-rap album" and consisting of "all live instrumentation."[5]In October 2021, he appeared on a remix ofTame Impala's song "Breathe Deeper" from the latter'sThe Slow Rush(2020) deluxe box set.[6]Craig Jenkins ofVulturesaid the song "hits a few of the markers [Let's Start Here] visits ".[7]His 2022 single "Poland"received critical acclaim,[a]and created a "mild international incident" according toRolling Stone.[13]He said he created the song as a joke.[14]In December 2022, an old and low quality version ofLet's Start Here[15]dubbedSonic Ranchleaked on the Internet.[16]Lil Yachty said experiencing the leak being shared online was the "saddest [he's] ever been".[15]Weeks after the original leak, his record label accidentally sent the album's preorders early toAmazon,revealing the album's cover, track list, and release date prematurely. He originally had a plan to promote the album using various videos to introduce and "contextualize" the album, but cancelled the promotion due to the leaks.[3]

Lil Yachty grew up listening to different types of music.[17]His father would listen toColdplay,Radiohead,John Mayer,John Coltrane,andMiles Davis.His family also enjoyed listening toJames BrownandPharrell Williams.[18]The album was heavily influenced byPink Floyd'sThe Dark Side of the Moon(1973),Frank Ocean'sBlonde(2016) and Tame Impala'sCurrents(2015) and Lil Yachty also namedBon Iver,Black Sabbath,and Brown as references on the album.[3]He said thatThe Dark Side of the Moon"altered [his] perspective on music,"[19]while he thinksBlondeis "one of the best albums of all time".[3]He further stated: "I wanted to show the most love toThe Dark Side of the Moonwithout it beingThe Dark Side of the Moon,'cos I'm my own person ".[20]He was also inspired byTyler, the Creator'sIgor(2019). He asked Tyler, the Creator on how he created a "world" for the album because he wanted to make a "pop-funk-psychedelic-rock album cohesive, without it sounding like someone’s playlist."[18]While making the album, Lil Yachty would often self-assess and concluded that he wasn't happy about where he was musically. He said that the "shit [he] was making did not add up to the shit [he] listened to" and wanted to be remembered, respected,[3]and taken seriously as an artist.[21]Since the release of the album, Lil Yachty has distanced himself from his previous albums, tellingBillboard"Fuck any of the albums I dropped before this one."[3]He also has said that he feels fully represented byLet's Start Here.[22]His second studio albumLil Boat 2(2018) was supposed toLet's Start Here,but he was too nervous to experiment and he didn't have much experience inalternative music.[18]The album went through four or five title changes. The titleMomentary Blisswas considered because the album is "meant to take you away from reality… where you’re truly listening".180 Degreeswas also considered because the album is "the complete opposite of anything [Lil Yachty has] ever done" but people thought that it was too obvious of a title.[3]

Recording

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Lil Yachty recordedLet's Start Hereover the course of six months. Tyler, the Creator motivated Lil Yachty to start creating the album during a phone call with him. After that, Lil Yachty reached out to his friends who served as the album's instrumentalists, who then introduced him to other instrumentalists.[17]The album was mainly produced byPatrick Wimberly,alongsideJacob Portrait,SadPony, Lil Yachty,[21]Justin Raisen,[23]Magdalena Bay,[24]Jam City,[22]andTeo Halm.[25]The album was the first one Lil Yachty recorded outside of Atlanta.[3]The majority of the album was recorded at the CRC inBrooklyn,[3]with other recording sessions taking place at Blue Room Studios and Hit Gallery Studios in Atlanta,Electric Lady Studiosin New York City,Sonic RanchinTornillo, Texas,and the Tree House in Los Angeles.[26]The song "Drive Me Crazy!" was recorded atMac DeMarco's Jizz Jazz Studios after Lil Yachty'sA&RGelareh Rouzbehani invited him to work with Halm and DeMarco.[25]During the creation of the album, he would play the album for artists such asKendrick Lamar,J. Cole,ASAP Rocky,Drake,and Tyler, the Creator. They all enjoyed the album, which made Lil Yachty feel good. A documentary about the album was recorded but he preferred not to release it as he did not want to give many details about the album's creation process: "I don't really care to talk about it, [because] you give it all away, you pull the curtain back."[17]After finishing recordingLet's Start Here,Lil Yachty recorded ahip hopalbum. He plans to release the songs from the album separately as singles until his next "non-rap" album is done.[18]

Composition

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Overview

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Let's Start Hereis a departure from Lil Yachty's signature[27]"bubblegum trap" sound,[28][29][30][31]as it is primarily rooted inpsychedelic rock,[b]psychedelic soul,[31][36][30]andfunk music.[32][33][30]It has also been described aspsychedelic pop,[37]experimental rock,[38]alternative rock,[39]jazz,[38]andart pop.[30]Matthew Ramirez ofNPRcalled the album Lil Yachty's "reinvention" and a "born-again artist's statement".[21]Billboard's Heran Mamo labelled it "a new chapter of [Lil Yachty's] musical career.[40]The Guardian's Sasha Mistlin called Lil Yachty a "psychedelicgenre-hopper "and that his intent of no longer being atrapartist was clear.[41]Billboard's Lyndsey Havens said the album "plays like one long song".[3]

Lyrically,Let's Start Hereexplores themes of lust, ecstasy, overdose, and love.[42]Robin Murray ofClashsaid the album "rips up the rulebook", using samples reminiscent of earlyWashed Outalbums and 1980s references.[43]HipHopDX's Rebecca Barglowski thought that the album allowed the perception of Lil Yachty's career to progress.[29]Fred Thomas ofAllMusicsaid the album is "more loud guitars than 808s" and Lil Yachty created ways to express himself using any sounds he likes. Thomas further commented that the album isn't "completely void of rapping" and contains "live instrumentation heavy on slick jazzy guitars, big drums, and fantastical synths."[31]ForExclaim!,Alex Hudson wrote that the album has a "charmingly naïve quality" to it and contains "golden pop melodies, toweringspace rockandambientsynthfuckery. "[44]

Songs

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The opening track ofLet's Start Hereis "The Black Seminole",a near-seven-minute[44]synth-funk[31]track that was compared to Pink Floyd[44][45]andFunkadelic'sMaggot Brain(1971).[31]The track begins with guitar chords and beating drums[41]which then transitions toDiana Gordon's "wailing" vocals over a wall of drums[46]and ahard rockguitar riff that comes to a rapturous finish.[32]Using vocal solos,[44]Lil Yachty compares himself to an industry outcast[29]and its title is a reference to theAfro-Seminole people.[38]According to Hudson, the track contains "interstellar"arpeggiators,"epicdrum fills,and wailing guitar solos ".[44]Jenkins said the song is "an attempt to jam every idea housed in Pink Floyd’sThe Dark Side of the Mooninto a single seven-minute performance. "[7]Jo Kendall ofLouder Soundsaid the track "seems to sum up the whole ofThe Dark Side of the Moonin one piece ".[20]Hudson wrote that the influence ofThe Dark Side of the Moon"becomes extremely apparent" on the track.[44]A "syrupy pop ballad",[45]"The Ride" features vocals fromTeezo Touchdownand is about Lil Yachty's journey in hip-hop.[29]It was compared to Tame Impala and DeMarco alongside the following "Running Out of Time",[31]which opens with a warble[32]and an extended jazz intro[43]that continues into a 1970s-inspireddancegroove underscored by a funk bass.[44]It features both male and female vocals over swaying 1980s-inspired synths.[45]"Pretty" includes vocals fromFousheé[43]and presents Lil Yachty using warbled vocals to express a softer and romantic side of himself, expressing himself with "a cathartic transparency" according to Barglowski.[29]Thespoken wordand ambient "Failure" exhibits Lil Yachty honestly reflecting on his experience through the ups and downs of being successful.[44]"The Zone" is agrungeand funk track[31]that "blooms over and over again" and is highlighted byJustine Skye's "sweet and unhurried" melodies.[32]The "meditative"[43]"We Saw the Sun!" begins with a "drawn-out" intro and outro[32]and contains "whining"reverb.[29]The track ends with a sample of the painterBob Rossfrom the television showThe Joy of Painting(1983–1994).[47]

"Drive Me Crazy!" also contains vocals from Gordon,[32][44]and was compared toMarvin Gaye[45]andSilk Sonic.[43]Gordon performs afalsetto-led funk[32]on thediscoinfluenced track.[44]The track also contains a heavilyAuto-Tunedwobbling falsetto from Lil Yachty, which Hudson said "effectively connect[s] his origins in bubblegum trap with this more recent fascination with far-out psychedelia."[44]The psychedelicgarage rock[44]"I've Officially Lost Vision!!!!" begins with echoed screams atop a scratched vinyl sample of a choir. Thundering guitars then build intensity in a psychedelic groove.[45]The guitars pick up and fizzle out between the song's build up and drop.[29]The track drew comparisons to numerous musicians by Tom Johnson ofBeats Per Minute.Johnson compared the guitar riffs to that ofJohn Lennon,the track's breakdown which leads to a "jive" compared tothe Beatles'Revolver(1966), was compared toAlicia Keys.Lil Yachty also emulatesHenry Rollins,"but yapping about peyote rather than politics."[45]The downtempoR&B[31]track "Say Something" contains shimmering synths[32]and 1980s-pop-inspired synth pads and "echoing" drums.[7]The atmospheric[31]"Paint the Sky" drew comparisons to boththe Weeknd[31][32]and his albumDawn FM(2022),[32]alongsideM83.[31]The lyrics in the following "Should I B?" are plainspoken,[44]a track in which was called "ungodly catchy" bySputnikmusic,[37]and "harder edged" by Thomas.[31]The penultimate "The Alchemist" is a grunge track[37]that contains acrescendo.[29]The climactic finale[43]"Reach the Sunshine" slowly builds up[32]to vocal contributions fromDaniel Caesar.[43]

Promotion and release

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Lil Yachty officially announcedLet's Start HereonInstagramon January 17, 2023, posting the album's cover art, title, and release date.[5]Created byJon Rafman,[48]the cover is anAI-generated photographof men and women wearing suits in a boardroom with "contorted facial features and warped smiles".[49]The cover art was controversial[49]and was criticized by fans.[3]Lil Yachty's Instagram caption referred to the album as "Chapter 2", andVarietycalled it "a potential redux" of the leakedSonic Ranch.[49]

On January 24, 2023, Lil Yachty released a "thriller-style" skit in promotion ofLet's Start Heretitled "Department of Mental Tranquility", in which he arrives at the titular department and is asked a series of questions by the receptionist in a waiting room full of people behaving erratically. He then walks down a narrow hallway and into a bright white room.[50]The album was released throughMotownandQuality Control Musicon January 27, 2023.[51]On the same day, a music video directed by Crowns & Owls for the track "Say Something" was released.[52][53]Lil Yachty performed songs from the album for the first time atRolling LoudinCaliforniawith his all-woman band during March 2023.[54]He also performed "The Black Seminole" and "Drive Me Crazy" onSaturday Night Live(1975–present) with Gordon and a live band on April 1, 2023.[55]On May 9, 2023, he announced the Field Trip Tour across North America and Europe to support the album. The tour began on September 21, 2023, inWashington, D.C.and concluded inViennaon December 17.[56]

Critical reception

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Let's Start Hereratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[57]
Metacritic73/100[58]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[31]
Beats Per Minute75%[45]
Clash7/10[43]
Exclaim!8/10[44]
The Guardian[59]
HipHopDX3.4/5[29]
Pitchfork6.0/10[32]
Spectrum Culture75%[46]
Sputnikmusic3.8/5[37]

Let's Start Herewas met with generally positive reviews. AtMetacritic,which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received aweighted averagescore of 73, based on nine reviews.[58]Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[57]

Jeff Ihaza ofRolling Stonebelieved the album feels "as cohesive a project as any artist has released in the streaming era" and said Lil Yachty has the ability to "turn familiar source material into something entirely new."[13]For AllMusic, Thomas thought that Lil Yachty's emotive singing on psychedelic rock instrumentals still displayed the "the bold personality and curious spirit he showed on trap beats".[31]Writing forExclaim!,Hudson called the album a "sense of unselfconscious exploration".[44]Sputnikmusicsaid the album is "messy, ridiculous, admirable in its ambition and absolutely insane in its execution" and called it "a big departure" for Lil Yachty.[37]Johnson ofBeats Per Minutewrote that "If anyone was going to do something this unexpected it was going to be Yachty."[45]Spectrum Culture's Connor Flynn believed that Lil Yachty used melodies and flows not heard before in psychedelic rock, but also thought that some parts of the album felt clumsy. Though he further praised the album for "successfully blend[ing] psych and hip-hop and put[ting] a new spin on an old sound."[60]Though Murray believed the results are "patchy", he wrote that the album contains "some of [Lil Yachty's] best work yet" in a review forClash.[43]

Some reviewers were more qualified in their praise. ForVulture,Jenkins wrote that "Let’s Start Hereisn’t Lil Yachty’s greatest work, but it goes over better than the pitch — "Poland" guy does shrooms and jams on instruments — implied it might. "[7]In a review forHipHopDX,Barglowski said that the album is "exciting at the first listen because the style is new to Lil Yachty himself" but the sound "tends to dull over time with repetition."[29]Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre thought the album's sound is "so immediately appealing that it doesn’t feel experimental at all." Though he highlighted Lil Yachty's versatility, he overall believed that "Poland" is "stranger than anything here".[32]

Year-end lists

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Several publications includedLet's Start Herein their lists of best albums of 2023, including top-ten placements fromRolling StoneandBillboard.[61][62]It was also included inThe Guardian's list of "The five-star albums we missed in 2023".[63]

Select year-end rankings ofLet's Start Here
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2023
8
[64]
Complex The Best Albums of 2023
10
[65]
Crack The Top 50 Albums of the Year
17
[66]
Esquire The 20 Best Albums of 2023
13
[67]
Exclaim! Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023
38
[68]
NME The Best Albums of 2023
50
[69]
Rolling Stone The 100 Best Albums of 2023
4
[70]

Commercial performance

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Let's Start Heredebuted at number nine on the USBillboard200chart, earning 36,000album-equivalent units(including 4,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Lil Yachty's third U.S. top-10 debut on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 41.34 million on-demand streams.[71]The album also debuted at number one onBillboard'sTop Rock & Alternative Albums,Top Rock Albums,andTop Alternative Albums.[72]All tracks from the album debuted within the top 50 of the USHot Rock & Alternative Songs,with "The Black Seminole" placing at number eight on the chart.[73]

Track listing

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Let's Start Heretrack listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Black Seminole"
6:51
2."The Ride"
  • Lil Yachty
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Jam City
3:10
3."Running Out of Time"
4:29
4."Pretty"
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Jam City
2:42
5."Failure"
Portrait2:47
6."The Zone"
  • McCollum
  • Wimberly
  • Jeremiah Raisen
  • Portrait
  • Robinson
  • Wimberly
  • SadPony
  • Portrait
  • Robinson[a]
  • Khaya "Baby K" Cohen[a]
4:09
7."We Saw the Sun!"
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Portrait
5:31
8."Drive Me Crazy!"
  • Wimberly
  • SadPony
  • Halm
3:49
9."I've Officially Lost Vision!!!!"
  • McCollum
  • Wimberly
  • Jeremiah Raisen
  • Portrait
  • Romano
  • Wimberly
  • SadPony
  • Portrait
5:22
10."Say Something"
  • McCollum
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • Jeremiah Raisen
  • Latham
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Jam City
3:32
11."Paint the Sky"
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Lopez[a]
3:05
12."Should I B?"
  • McCollum
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • Jeremiah Raisen
  • Portrait
  • Wimberly
  • Justin Raisen
  • SadPony
  • Portrait
2:48
13."The Alchemist"
  • McCollum
  • Wimberly
  • Jeremiah Raisen
  • Portrait
  • Fousheé
  • Wimberly
  • SadPony
  • Portrait
2:56
14."Reach the Sunshine"
5:58
Total length:57:16

Notes

  • ^[a]signifies an additional producer

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.[74]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

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Chart performance forLet's Start Here
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[75] 37
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[76] 23
Belgian Albums (UltratopFlanders)[77] 31
Belgian Albums (UltratopWallonia)[78] 118
Canadian Albums(Billboard)[79] 10
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[80] 24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[81] 37
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[82] 44
French Albums (SNEP)[83] 109
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[84] 50
Irish Albums (OCC)[85] 27
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[86] 18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[87] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[88] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[89] 13
UK Albums(OCC)[90] 32
USBillboard200[91] 9
USTop Alternative Albums(Billboard)[92] 1
USTop Rock Albums(Billboard)[93] 1

Release history

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Release dates and formats forLet's Start Here
Region Date Label(s) Format(s) Ref.
Various January 27, 2023
[94][95]

Notes

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  1. ^Attributed to multiple references:[8][9][10][11][12]
  2. ^Attributed to multiple references:[32][29][33][34][35][30]

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