I Never Liked You (album)

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I Never Liked You
File:I Never Liked You (Future).png
Studio album by Future
Released April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)
Studio Jungle City (New York City)[1]
Length 48:41
Label
Producer
  • Akachi
  • ATL Jacob
  • Bass Charity
  • DJ Moon
  • DMC Global
  • DY
  • Daan
  • Dez Wright
  • Dre Moon
  • FnZ
  • HitmanAudio
  • Jasper Harris
  • Julien Anderson
  • MoXart Beatz
  • Nicky Slowburnz
  • Nils
  • Russell Chell
  • Southside
  • Sprngbrk
  • Taurus
  • TM88
  • Too Dope
  • Torey Montana
  • Wavy
  • Wheezy
Future chronology
Pluto x Baby Pluto
(2020)		 I Never Liked You
(2022)
Singles from I Never Liked You (album)

I Never Liked You is the ninth studio album by American rapper Future. It was released on April 29, 2022, by Freebandz and Epic Records. The album features guest appearances from Kanye West, Gunna, Young Thug, Drake, Tems, EST Gee, and Kodak Black. The deluxe edition was released on May 2, 2022, with additional guest appearances from Babyface Ray, 42 Dugg, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and Young Scooter.

Promotion

The album's first single, "Worst Day", was released on February 11, 2022, as well an accompanying music video.[2] The song peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3] The music video for the song, "Keep It Burnin" featuring American rapper Kanye West, was released on April 29, 2022.[4]

"Wait for U" featuring Canadian rapper and singer Drake and Nigerian singer Tems, was released to American rhythmic contemporary radio on May 3, 2022, as the second official single from the album.[5] Its music video was released on May 5.[6] Both "Wait for U" and "Keep It Burnin" were sent to Italian contemporary hit radio stations on May 6, 2022.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 71/100[9]
Review scores
Source Rating
Clash 6/10[10]
Exclaim! 7/10[11]
HipHopDX 3.5/5[12]
NME 4/5 stars[13]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[14]
Pitchfork 6.0/10[15]

I Never Liked You was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on six reviews.[9] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.5 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[8]

Kyann-Sian Williams from NME enjoyed the album, saying, "At times, in the past, he has relied on his autotune to compensate for lacklustre lyricism, but Future is a megamind whose pioneering spirit is the very reason trap feels alive today. With I Never Liked You, you'll happily applaud him for that".[13] In a positive review, Rolling Stone's Mosi Reeves said, "I Never Liked You is no DS2, but it has a compositional sweep often absent from his work. Most importantly, it's an album with layers that's more engaging than recent fare such as 2019's appealing yet boilerplate Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd and Save Me EP; and 2020's one-two punch of desultory hive-bait, High Off Life and Pluto x Baby Pluto, the latter with Lil Uzi Vert".[14] Exclaim! critic Michael Di Gennaro said, "It's not a complete return to form, but it's a reminder that even later in the journeys, all-time greats' talent and dedication to their craft can still yield impressive results".[11] Reviewing the album for HipHopDX, Anthony Malone stated, "I Never Liked You continues his stagnation from High Off Life, settling for comfort rather than experimentation. The songs are rehashes he's done more effectively in the past. His signature consistency is still there".[12]

In a lukewarm review, Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre wrote, "Stymied by formulaic collaborations and unmemorable beats, the rapper's latest has the ingredients of a really good Future album but lacks the depth of one".[15] Robin Murray of Clash said, "It's not a bad record – the highs more than justify your entrance – but with a rumoured follow up on the way, perhaps it's time for Future to break a few of his own rules once more".[10]

Commercial performance

I Never Liked You debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, earning 222,000 album-equivalent units, the largest week for any album in 2022. It is Future's eighth US number-one and 15th top-10 album.[16]

Track listing

I Never Liked You track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "712PM"  
2:53
2. "I'm Dat Nigga"  
4:32
3. "Keep It Burnin" (featuring Kanye West)
  • ATL Jacob
  • DB![a]
 3:27
4. "For a Nut" (featuring Gunna and Young Thug)
  • ATL Jacob
  • Yoajm[a]
 3:28
5. "Puffin on Zootiez"  
  • Nils
  • TM88
  • Too Dope
 2:53
6. "Gold Stacks"   DMC Global 2:42
7. "Wait for U" (featuring Drake and Tems)
  • ATL Jacob
  • FnZ
 3:10
8. "Love You Better"  
  • ATL Jacob
  • FnZ
 2:10
9. "Massaging Me"   ATL Jacob 1:46
10. "Chickens" (featuring EST Gee)
  • Wheezy
  • Dez Wright
 3:15
11. "We Jus Wanna Get High"  
  • Southside
  • ATL Jacob
 2:13
12. "Voodoo" (featuring Kodak Black) Southside 3:31
13. "Holy Ghost"   ATL Jacob 2:50
14. "The Way Things Going"  
  • TM88
  • Daan
 3:00
15. "I'm on One" (featuring Drake) Montana 3:56
16. "Back to the Basics"  
2:57
Total length:
 48:41
Deluxe edition
No. Title Producer(s) Length
17. "No Security" (featuring Babyface Ray) ATL Jacob 2:41
18. "Like Me" (featuring 42 Dugg and Lil Baby)
  • Anderson
  • HitmanAudio
 2:13
19. "Affiliated" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • TM88
  • Too Dope
  • Akachi
 3:04
20. "Stayed Down" (featuring Young Scooter) ATL Jacob 2:52
21. "Worst Day"  
  • Wheezy
  • Taurus
  • Harris
  • Chell
 3:07
22. "Just the Beginning"   Taurus 2:53
Total length:
 65:30

Notes

Personnel

  • Ethan Stephens – mixing
  • Eric Manco – recording
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for I Never Liked You
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 18
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[23] 6
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 13
6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 36
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[28] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 2
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[34] 27
US Billboard 200[16] 1

Release history

Release dates and formats for I Never Liked You
Region Date Label(s) Format(s) Edition Ref.
Various April 29, 2022
Standard [35]
May 2, 2022 CD [36]
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Deluxe [37]

References

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  21. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Future – I Never Liked You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
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  23. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 202218 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data.
  24. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Future – I Never Liked You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  25. ↑ "Future: I Never Liked You" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  26. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Future – I Never Liked You" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
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  33. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  34. ↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
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