Slime & B

Slime & B
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Mixtape by Chris Brown and Young Thug
Released	May 5, 2020
Recorded	April 2020
Studio	CBE (Tarzana)
Genre	Trap R&B
Length	43:12
Label	CBE RCA
Producer	A1 Ambezza G Styles on the Track Guitar Boy Joseph L'etranger KanielTheOne MjNichols Murda Beatz Murphy Kid Musik MajorX OG Parker Patrizio Pigliapoco Rippa on the Beat Romano Sean Momberger T-Minus Tariq Beats The Audibles Turbo Wheezy Xayy Z3N
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Chris Brown chronology
Indigo (2019) Slime & B (2020) Breezy (2022)
Young Thug chronology
So Much Fun (2019) Slime & B (2020) Slime Language 2 (2021)
Singles from Slime & B
"Go Crazy" Released: May 19, 2020 "Say You Love Me" Released: September 29, 2020

Slime & B is a collaborative commercial mixtape by American singer Chris Brown and American rapper Young Thug. It was released on May 5, 2020, by Chris Brown Entertainment, LLC, under exclusive license to RCA. The mixtape includes production from Murda Beatz, Turbo, Wheezy, A1, OG Parker and more, along with guest appearances from Gunna, Future, Too $hort, E-40 among others.

"Go Crazy" was released as the mixtape's lead single, and became Brown's seventh top-five song as a lead artist, as well Young Thug's highest lead artist charting song in the US, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending more than one full year on the chart.

Background and recording

Previously, Brown and Young Thug collaborated on the official remix of Brown's song "Wrist", contained in OHB and Brown's collaborative mixtape Before the Trap: Nights in Tarzana (2016), on the free-released track "Dat Night", also featuring Trey Songz, and on "High End", a promotional single from Brown's eighth studio album Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017), also featuring Future.

The mixtape was recorded at Brown's house during the very first stages of COVID-19 pandemic. The mixtape was firstly announced on April 6, 2020, by Brown on his Instagram account. In an interview with Revolt, mixing engineer Patrizio Pigliapoco talked about the making of Slime & B: "It was some days of 30-40 people in Chris' house. Young Thug's crew is massive. It wouldn't be a party, but it would be a kickback while we made the mixtape". On April 28, 2020, the title and release date set for Brown's 31st birthday were announced. Young Thug wrote on Instagram that the mixtape was "something special" for fans amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to Pitchfork, the title "implies a meeting of the minds and a marrying of their styles".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX
Pitchfork	5.0/10

The mixtape received a positive response from the general public. Kenan Draughorne of HipHopDX praised Slime & B, commenting that both artists "pair with each other beautifully, creating their best collaborative tape to date", defining it a "fun-filled amusement park from start to finish, bursting with color from both the acclaimed vocalists and the production beneath them". Draughorne called "Go Crazy" the mixtape's best song. Vulture argued that Slime & B "saw Thug gracing the slickest production he touched since his chart-topping Camila Cabello collaboration “Havana.”" HotNewHipHop commented that "Slime & B feels closer to an album than a mixtape". Pitchfork described the duo's collaboration as a "strange pop-culture artifact".

Commercial performance

Slime & B made its debut on the charts after being initially released for free on SoundCloud and having just three days of availability on digital retailers and streaming platforms. It debuted at number 55 on the US Billboard 200, with earning 19,000 album-equivalent units. In its second chart week, the album jumped at number 24 on Billboard 200, with earning 20,000 album-equivalent units.

The mixtape's lead single "Go Crazy", was commercially successful worldwide. It reached the third position on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent more than a year on the chart. "Go Crazy" has emerged as Brown's biggest radio hit since 2008 and marks his seventh top-five song as a lead artist. Additionally, it stands as Young Thug's highest-charting single as a lead artist in the US.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Say You Love Me"	Christopher Brown Jeffery Williams Joshua Parker Shane Lindstrom Jeremy McIntyre	OG Parker Murda Beatz Joseph L'Étranger	2:52
2.	"Go Crazy"	Brown J. Williams Wayne Samuels Omari Akinlolu Zakaria Kharbouch Turrell Sims Trè Samuels Soraya Benjelloun Phillip Price Patrizio Pigliapoco Orville Hall Said Aznou Johnny Kelvin Dounia Aznou Kaniel Castañeda Cameron Murphy	Yume KanielTheOne Murphy Kid	2:56
3.	"Trap Back" (featuring Major Nine)	Brown J. Williams Chad Thomas Ricardo Toussaint Maxwell Nichols	Rippa on the Beat MjNichols Major Nine	4:16
4.	"I Got Time" (featuring Shad da God)	Brown J. Williams Rashad Battle Pigliapoco Floyd Bentley III Julian Taylor Altariq Crapps	A1 Xayy Tariq Beats[b]	3:23
5.	"She Bumped Her Head" (featuring Gunna)	Brown J. Williams Sergio Kitchens Nija Charles Chandler Durham Wesley Jones	Turbo Jet[b]	4:00
6.	"Big Slimes" (featuring Gunna and Lil Duke)	Brown J. Williams Kitchens Arnold Martinez Durham Eliel Afari-Brown Patrick Bodi Casey Moon	Turbo Eli Brown[b] 254Bodi[b] Moon[c]	5:26
7.	"I Ain't Tryin'"	Brown J. Williams Charles Tyler Williams	T-Minus	3:53
8.	"Animal"	Brown J. Williams Frederic Brewer Pigliapoco James Douglas Donny Flores Frederic Brewer Aleicia Gibson Juan Guerrieri-Maril	Z3N	3:26
9.	"City Girls"	Brown J. Williams Miles McCollum Jatavia Johnson Isaac Bynum Steven Tolson Jimmy Giannos Dominic Jordan	The Audibles	3:50
10.	"Stolen"	Brown J. Williams Sheldon Body, Jr. Sean McMillion Ralph Jeanty Jamal Gaines Pigliapoco Golden Styles Terence Williams Patrick Hayes	G Styles on the Track Romano Guitar Boy[a]	3:49
11.	"Undrunk" (performed by Chris Brown featuring Too Short and E-40)	Brown Todd Shaw Earl Stevens Dameion Roy, Jr. Bobby Turner, Jr. Bentley Yann Espinosa Pigliapoco Uforo Ebong	A1 Yaya Pigliapoco Bongo	3:10
12.	"No Such Thing" (performed by Chris Brown featuring HoodyBaby)	Brown Akinlolu Norman Cook Pigliapoco Jabreh Shaw Crapps Quinton Cook Timothy Wells, Jr.	Tariq Beats Musik MajorX	1:41
13.	"Help Me Breathe" (performed by Young Thug featuring Future)	J. Williams Nayvadius Wilburn Kevin Wales Pigliapoco Steven Jordan Daron Jones Brown Sean Momberger Wesley Glass Mathias Liyew	Momberger Wheezy Ambezza	3:50
Total length:				46:36

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an uncredited co-producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an uncredited additional producer
• "Help Me Breathe" originally appeared in the Datpiff and Soundcloud release, however, was added to streaming services 3 days later.

Sample credits

• "Go Crazy" contains a portion of the composition "Drag Rap (Triggerman)", written by Orville Hall, and Phillip Price, as performed by The Showboys.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Slime & B

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	29
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)	7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	156
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	161
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	38
French Albums (SNEP)	110
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	51
UK Albums (OCC)	51
UK R&B Albums (OCC)	12
US Billboard 200	24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	15

Year-end charts

2020 year-end chart performance for Slime & B

Chart (2020)	Position
US Billboard 200	155
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	61
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)	20

Certifications

Certifications for Slime & B

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Platinum	15,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.