Understanding Young Thug
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Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion. He first received attention for his collaborations with rappers Rich Homie Quan, Future, Birdman, Cash Out, Shawty Lo and Gucci Mane. Young Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise.
Young Thug received mainstream recognition in 2014 with the singles "Stoner" and "Danny Glover" in addition to appearances on several singles, including T.I.'s "About the Money" and Rich Gang's "Lifestyle." That year, he also signed to Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment and collaborated on the mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1. In 2015, he released a number of mixtapes, including Barter 6 and two installments of his Slime Season series. These were followed in 2016 by the commercial mixtapes I'm Up, Slime Season 3, and Jeffery. In 2018, he released a compilation album Slime Language showcasing the artists he has signed to his own label YSL Records. Young Thug is also known for his feature on the hit song "Havana" by pop singer Camila Cabello. The song was a commercial success reaching number one in multiple countries, including the US where it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, becoming Young Thug's first number one single.
Young Thug was awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his songwriting contributions to "This Is America" along with Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson.
Young Thug was featured in Calvin Klein's Fall 2016 fashion campaign, along with Frank Ocean among others. On July 9, 2016, he announced his self-titled mixtape Jeffery was coming out soon. On August 16, 2016, Thug announced he would change his name to Jeffery for one week, the week during the release of the Jeffery mixtape. The album artwork features Young Thug dressed in an androgynous dress designed by Italian designer Alessandro Trincone, and was photographed by Garfield Lamond. The artwork went viral and prompted a wide range of responses on social media.
In November 2016, he announced he was starting his own record label imprint called YSL records. Thug provided vocals on Drake's songs "Sacrifices" and "Ice Melts" on the album More Life. He was featured on Calvin Harris' song "Heatstroke" along with Ariana Grande and Pharrell Williams, released in March 2017. In May 2017, he featured in the Diplo song "Bankroll" which also features Justin Bieber and Rich the Kid.
In April 2017, Young Thug announced the commercial mixtape Beautiful Thugger Girls, originally titled E.B.B.T.G. The project was executively-produced by Drake and was released on June 16, 2017. In August, he featured on Camila Cabello's single "Havana", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first number one hit.
In September 2017, he released a joint EP with DJ Carnage titled Young Martha. In October 2017, Thug released a collaborative mixtape with Future titled Super Slimey. It includes tracks recorded by each of the artists individually as well as both together, and features guest vocals from rapper Offset.
In 2018, the single "Ride for Me" was released as a collaboration by A-Trak, Falcons, Young Thug and 24hrs via A-Trak's record label Fool's Gold. He released the EP Hear No Evil in April 2018. Young Thug co-wrote and provided background vocals on Childish Gambino's "This Is America", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for May 19, 2018. In August 2018, he released another compilation album, Slime Language.
In May 2019, Young Thug released the song "The London", a collaboration with J. Cole and Travis Scott, and also announced his forthcoming project, Gold Mouf Dog.
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are you trolling me?
I feel like thug going to leave a legacy of being eccentric and experimental but never getting his credit like the velvet underground, Ramones. I feel like he's a lot like Andre 3000
When did you get so many subs I remember you were at like 10k lol keep it up
please do an understanding $uicideboy$ some people need it
I don't know why you want or expect those Other rappers to do and I cross dressing or any stuff like that. Young phug is a unique and yes he blazed a trail but that doesn't mean that all the people who follow in his footsteps have to take all of the exact same steps that he took. They can be themselves. That's like asking why aren't other singers doing what Prince was doing. Prince is a unique into the and there's no reason to expect other people to try and be what he was. Because then people would just call them copycats and trend chasers more than they do now.
no one can understand young thug 'cause he invented his own language.
Slime language 😈
aCanadian Eh W!
The Blanguage
I can understand well😊😊 been a thugger since 2016 I can understand all🙌 with the help of 🌿💚
schoolboysidious false if u slime enough u get it
basically young thug speak the language of the gods
slime language
he speaks in tongues
Slattt🐍
Yes
T.J. Williams slatt
Volksgeist: “understanding young thug” Young thug: If the cops pull up I put that crack in my crack.
or i put that brack in my brack
"I done ate cereal out a plate"
-Thugger
Oscar Lundgren ONG 💯
😂😂😂
Bro😭😭😭 your comment won
Thugs legacy is gonna outlast 99% of these rappers
Fax
Rappers before him helped cultivate his legacy as well
Me included
Facts
He’s like a modern day dali
„What about Lil Keed?“
Thugger:“My Son? Whats wrong with Him?“
Man i Love Thug so much
GangGang44 gEeKeD
Which interview?
@@TheEmeraldBeast135 no jumper. :)
Money grow old like Grand....parents
Shawty Bih outside white but the inside crannnnberry
You do realize he wore that dress because he kept an ak47 under it
shhh, pls dont tell em
Jonesy Jones thugnificent
Facts
That’s not why he just had one when he had the dress
Gothboi Prince that is why he even mentions it on so much fun
Young Thug walked so Playboi Carti could sprint
MapleMilk and chief keef
Carti trash compared to Thug
MapleMilk totally different style artists
@@defoperator7993 Well yeah obviously it's just a joke
Crazy how Thugger has been around for years and has yet to release a debut album, but I'm 100% sure that 'SO MUCH FUN' will be great and will get Thug the recognition he deserves
I cant wait for that jawn to drop
I really hope so
Jeffery was his debut album tho
SO MUCH FUN WILL BE LEGENDARY.
gucci scarf is going to be on there
sirpsychosexy Thank you. I was like the fuck is this person talking about? Unless he tried calling it a mixtape which makes no sense.
You don't understand Young Thug, Young Thug understands you 😲
this!! ^^
🥺👉🏼👈🏼
Big brain 😲
maybe its because i'm from Atlanta but I don't understand how people can't understand Young Thug or Playboi Carti they are always speaking perfect english to me
I'm from Los Angeles, and I can understand thugger. Sometime's his hooks are difficult but I'm usually only misunderstanding the ad-libs lmao
😂😂 ok kid
Emmanuel 100% agree and I’m not even from America lmao
Emmanuel I ain’t even from Atlanta and I can understand most of his songs
I'm from the UK and live in Australia and I can understand most of what these 'mumble' rappers are saying apart from some slang
Young Thug is easily one of the greatest artists ever. His distinctive flow, clever lyrics, his enthusiastic delivery and his whole production as a whole is true art. Even though he doesn't sell as good as his own proteges he's truly an amazing artist, influencer, fashion icon and the one and only Young Thug
U that life as an ant guy on IG?😄
@@rushard5079 bro how do you know?!
ostrichtv 🤣🤣I follow u on IG so obviously imma know who u are plus you’re a huge Young Thug fan based on what I’ve seen on your page 🤟🏾
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Youngthug SwaeLee - Fate Slowed & Chopped Edition
clever lyrics? my guy i have a hard time to understand him
It's crazy that no one but his fans recognize how legendary Thug's 2015-16 was. He was the only person dropping heat as consistently as Future & that run from the Barter 6 to Jeffery changed my life (shoutout slime szn 2 & 3)
*and I'm Up
He was on fucking fire, hes a god
And super slimey shits a classic
Honestly he drake and future owned the charts ad radio
JEFFERY is so good bro. The whole project has a sound that is so appealing to the ears.
that album ages better day by day, and same goes for barter 6. i still comeback to songs like guwop or riri sometimes
Webbie is still one of my fav songs
Wyclef Jean still slaps
Thugs greatest instrument is his voice, love it
Lexpionage autotune
Lil Madagascar Boi yes autotune is a feature, did you have something else to add?
Lil Madagascar Boi dumbass
Facts, that’s why I feel like Jeffery is his best project. Tracks like Harambe are just crazy. His best song imo
@@lilmadagascarboi4348 he doesn't even use autotune like that tbh it's mostly his natural voice lol
great video but you repeat the same thing about travis scott at around 13:50 in
and the same thing 14:35 in
@@louisvuittondonvg9040 I believe that is a youtube glitch, I heard a similar thing on another video from a different youtuber who said his raw video files are completely fine.
Jace Person Man nah if you listen closely it’s repeats he didn’t edit out
It’s an honest mistake I’m assuming but it does diminish the professionalism
Missed a cut in editing 😬
@@otto4005 UA-camrs often will repeat the same line if they feel they didn't say it clearly or properly, he must've just forgot to edit out the the first one
theres some parts at the end that seems like a re-record that u forgot to take out i just wanted to lyk for the next video. great video man
yeah think he forgot to cut out the mistakes hahaha
bro i straight thought he was trying to be dramatic w the repetition lmao
I fasho thought I was trippin, I had to run it back
im glad someone else heard this cuz i thought i was just like way TOO high lol
I thought for a moment that world has stopped to repeat himself.
Do understanding Playboi Carti
haha
haha
haha
haha
haha
I Nut on that fish:
Yung thug, lyrical genius
"I want boneless chicken like a e-egg"
But thug has no bars tho...ok
"I'm a gon shit and take a piss"
@@sanjeevbenkal7024 if cops pull up I put that crack in my crack or i put that 🅱️rack in my 🅱️rack
A lot of things you said have changed. He's doing numbers now. SMF blew up and was similar to what Astroworld for Travis was. His popularity has gone up hugely.
It's insane tbh
idk about astroworld but yea that albums has done numbers, for good reason.
What I thought so much fun only moved like 22,000 units?
@@noneofyourbusiness1114 no it moved 131K first week
@@noneofyourbusiness1114it went #1 first week
Young thugs 'On the run' ep was the most slept on project if 2018
Yeeeee
Underrated af, one of his best projects
Facts
Facts
The slime king and father to the Atlanta “mumble” scene
Caleb7 He never said it was, he was just stating the significance of it.
Chief was mumbling with auto tune around the same time, bang 2, the mixtape everyone hated on then copied
@Caleb7 how is that not a good thing?
@Caleb7 are YOU? Are you really one of the closed minded sheep who hust whine about "mumble rap" for no reason
@Bishop You grew up yet oldhead?
You really included a skinnyfromthe9 clip in here....dawg
You hate to see it
Streets is done
im mad i recognized him
So disrespectful
That song was fire tho
Yo, without thugger there's no YoungBoy, Roddy Rich, Playboi Carti...
nah youngboy is from kevin gates and lil phat's tree
I mean lil baby and gunna
@@timkruse9912 True true, I ain't gon hold you on that comment.
Playboi carti started rapping he same year as thugger
@@johnyacooley5823 yeh but compare how carti was rapping to how he is now
FREE YOUNG THUG. this man made me fall in love with the artistry that is rap. A once in a lifetime talent
young thug on the jeffrey cover looks like a boss from Sekiro
Thugger girls is gold now and so much fun is platinum and he’s starting to go gold and platinum on singles more often now
I love beautiful thugger girl with a passion it’s my favourite album of this generation
i can relate
Why? I doubted it cause I was closed minded but Ill listen to it today
@@wids Its really good
My favourite album of all time fr
Honestly I’m expecting that album to go Diamond in 10yrs.. shits a gem
Thugger should just stay just below the mainstream. Its a perfect comfort zone for him
Thugger easy one of the most creative and influencing artist of the last 5 years.
Barter 6 is a legendary project imo
Yes
His best
facts that whole ‘15-‘16 run he had was insane
Preach
Jefferys better but there both good
thug > eminem and its not even close
Omm
@@et9023t the difference is that Young Thug made the first step in the butterfly effect that resulted in all these new sounds an now mainstream artist`s. he did that all on his own, in terms of impact on hip hop, incredible vocals and wordplay while freestylin. hes a lot more advanced than Eminem who raps in his natural voice and is just one of the best because of his lyrics. still think Em is one of the best but Thugger is the GOAT
being a lame > laflame saying something stupid to get a little attention
@@dumiimane3209 u ever listened to a young thug mixtape... oh nvm u only listen to that lyrical spiritual bullshit
ur tripping, they're different chapters of the same book.i listened to every single eminem song before i listened every single thugger track and i loved them all the same.
ehhhh, pretty sure people aren't calling some rap artist corny because they're too sincere. most don't go around calling Kendrick, Tyler and a lot of other rappers who are sincere, corny. it's not what they talk about, rather it's about *how* they talk about things, their style, and sound has to do with it too.
jon do it’s less about being sincere and it’s more about the lack of execution of that message. IE, Logic
@@theR0ck3tsumm3r ^
I agree
Tyler wasn't always sincere. He became mature during Flower Boy but he wasn't called corny regardless.
@@phos4680 Bastard Goblin and wolf are still very sincere albums though... he tackles a lot of heavy shit on those albums from his friends to his family and his self
That's crazy that he never sold +50k first week on any project cause now So Much Fun is bout to score 130-150k with nº1 on Billboard
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Youngthug - Circle Of Bosses Slowed Chopped Edition
I never realized that young thug wasn't as popular as his contemporaries, I always just was thug's influence in all these other poppin rappers so I assumed he sold a lot of records, and his stuff was always on my radar (and I really don't go out of my way to find it) so I assumed that he was on everyone else's too.
thug is not for plebians
Popular isn't a good word to use. Neither is successful. He may not do the numbers that his children do but he sells out shows all over the world and features on more mainstream music that do wayy better (numbers-wise)than any of his contemporaries. Fact.
@@thaddeusrattley he is also the father
I’m not even a Young Thug fan but bro this was so well put together. Love your videos don’t stop!
Young thug is the most unique individual to ever rap.
So much fun sold over 100k and has one of the best album of the year. safe to say thug has finally become A list.
On god we needed this
Thank you Volksgeist
Greetings from Germany
Pob Bep where you from
Nazi
@@lucD-vj8gq Ah ja interessant
@@issa5519 was ist, Nazi?
@@lucD-vj8gq Müll
the video we deserved but never knew we needed👏🏾👏🏾
Young Thug is probably what I consider the king of mumble rap.
The kind of trap
God*
Not mumble rap but ight
damn, btg didnt even sell 30k copies in the first week... yet its one of my favourite albums to this date.
I love how much effort they put into this. Love this channel
man i've never been more excited by a notification
Another amazing video, props to you man!
Thanks I was really having trouble understanding Young Thug this video is helpful
Love the jazz serenading your video in the background, really makes it relaxing.
your videos are like magic its unbelievable
This is like a PBS documentary. Great content.
this... does put a smile on my face
My fav video of yours, i love the trippie editing and the 2 or 3 times you repeat yourself, plus the connection to thugga's discography you show through the video, talkin bout an emotional connection, but i am a man of niche taste.
Your videos are actually documentaries , really good content
One of the great artists of this generation, it’s a shame he doesn’t get a lot of the mainstream/surface level recognition that he deserves. Great video
Can We Get A Understanding Future Next?
Love Love Love Your Work ❤️
Great Video, I love your point of view and how you describe artists.
Keep it up!
Greetings from Germany
Amazing video about one of my favorite and best artist currently. Showing everyone I know!
his newest album selling 130k first week
You really skipped over Stoner and Danny Glover? That was when he blew.
Pat Walls I’m a stoner I’m a stonerrr
fr
Pat Walls no cap
"With that" was when I knew him
thank you so much for making this video.
Yo nice vid well put together
Been with thug from "Rich Gang" ;-; Feels bad when your Fav artist from childhood is still underrated ;-;
Do "understanding Joey badass"
IVE BEEN WAITING.
Shouts out to you for including icfn1, 2, and 3 . Classics in Atlanta and his fans now never heard of these gems
Take it back you only mentioned 1!
Thug actually gets more monthly listeners on Spotify than a lot of big artist (gunna, lil baby, lil Uzi vert)
feel like thats only been recently do to the release of the London and sadly they dont even listen to the song for his part
I’m not trying to be a beggar, but he honestly deserves way more subs and views than he gets
Tyler true
young thug saw your video and made so much fun... put it out a month after this and became #1 on billboard
English University yea i remember that, even tho i have only been a young thug fan since 2016 i was so proud of him when the sales for that album came in. Its kinda like sports when when u rooting for your team that has a championship worthy roster but loses in the first couple playoff rounds just to win a ring next season.
wow. what a high quality channel. amazing content.
The most influential trapper in the game!!
Understanding asap mob!
Nice Video btw
I love that you kept the stumble at 13:57
much love man 💕💕💕💕💕
The blur on that fk me daddy part scared tf outta me ...these theater headphones go crazy lmaoo
None of his artists outsold So Much Fun.
Lil baby did
@@jaccfayei7991 not when I posted that. A lot can change in 11 months.
James Grace oh yeah then u right, but even then, that was before and lil baby had already gone number 2 with street gossip, he was the only one who outsold him at that time.
Maan that new thumbnail i sooo good
Wow this is one of the best written videos I've seen yet.
The thing about young thug is you don’t understand him, you just appreciate his greatness
What should I make next?! Let me know here! 🔥🔥
Do childish gambino
Big Pun
Vince Staples or Joey badass
understanding the weeknd.
Lil Wayne.
So much fun finally did it
It’s simple. Music is ART. Everything that your conscious mind can see or feel is only ENERGY. In reality you don’t need to hear English or a language over a beat if the energy over it is amazing, you just vibe the energy. Understanding this is a different level of thinking.
0:35 runaway = bohemian rhapsody of rap
bohemian rhapsody = runaway of rock
Faxxxxs hold this award rq
I remember i used to hate on thugger never hearing his music til a couple friends showed me why they liked him and thats when i heard how he sang with describing his feelings with words and thats what really lured me and his unorthodox his vocals would be on them metro boomin or other producers tracks he became 1 of my faves honestly he is a unique man all of us
Great video 🤞🙏 y’all spot on with the Thugger background/context
Young Thug. Gotta listen to Barter 6 and some other stuff from him. Jeffery is dope tho.
You have too, you'll appreciate him more than ever
GOT ME A CHECK I GOT A CHECK
The difference between Thug and Travis is that Travis is an industry plant
Stfu
Young thug is an iconic artist of our time.. He is an amazing presence and very versatile.He keeps climbing with every new project.. It's amazing
Make one on future too! Great work
‘So much fun’ 150K first week
Baby, Gunna, and Keed aren’t biting off him 😂 they are his kids, he put them on
You do realize they were copying him before he signed them, right?
Bigpond Pond bro baby sounded nothing like thug so scratch him off and no gunna has been with thug so long he was in music videos and gunna didn’t sound like thug either the only one is Keed
@@JeeOhtheTruth clearly you cannot tell the influence at all. Just because they don't have his eccentric vocals doesn't mean they didnt copy other aspects originally
Bigpond Pond ok and that’s every artist in the game no one is original but there is a difference between biting off and having inspiration
@@JeeOhtheTruth They bit, period. Doesnt mean they are now but they defintiely did. You're literally the only person who thinks that
Damn wish you did this videos after he dropped “”So Much Fun” but love the video frfr 👌💯🔥
Hey brother first time coming across your channel, great job. Thank you for the video
So Much Fun sold 130k first week
Rich Gang: The Tour, Part 1
One of the best Mixtapes ever released. You should've mentioned it here, 'cause after that tape, Thugger was more present than ever in the scene. It also showed a huge improvement in his rapping abilities and the tape was a big game changer in the Trap-Rap Subgenre (beside travis scott's "days before rodeo" and future's "Monster")
Still an excellent video, keep doing your thing, man
t dog that’s his best project imo. Everybody says Barter 6 or Jeffery but tha tour is better.
Bro I just wanna day I extremely appreciate your videos, as one who has not grown up with the hip hop culture but have been drastically effected by the culture, and still finding a sound in music, These videos have been so much help and understanding the art in all aspects of hip hop from the simplest to the most complex
Great Video
We all love Young Thug.
Thugger has made some of the best trap music ever, even when sales are bad he's still a legend
your channel is amazing
good video volk
I take care my daddy momma by pullin' up with them bundles
Young Thug🔥🐐