My Turn (2020)

My Turn is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on February 28, 2020, by Capitol Records, Motown Records, Wolfpack Music Group, and Quality Control Music. The album features guest appearances from Gunna, 42 Dugg, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, and Rylo Rodriguez. It also features production from record producers such as Tay Keith, Quay Global, Section 8, Twysted Genius, Hit-Boy, DJ Paul, Murda Beatz, and Wheezy, among others. The album was supported by five singles: "Woah", "Sum 2 Prove", "Emotionally Scarred", "All In", and "The Bigger Picture". The latter song received two Grammy nominations at the 2021 Grammy Awards.

My Turn received generally favorable reviews and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, earning 197,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Lil Baby's first US number-one album. The album topped the chart for five weeks, making it one of the best performing albums of 2020. It also reached the top 10 in other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. The album was certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in February 2026. A deluxe edition, featuring six additional tracks, was released on May 1, 2020.

Background

In October 2019, Lil Baby revealed plans to release his next studio album before the end of 2019, but was delayed until the following year. The album's artwork and release date were revealed in January 2020. Lil Baby took to Instagram Live and explained the album's title: "I called it My Turn 'cause I feel like everybody else had a lil' turn. It's my turn now. Everybody dropped their mixtapes, their albums – go number 1, number 2, number 3"

Promotion

Singles

The album's lead single, "Woah", was released for digital download on November 8, 2019. The song was produced by Quay Global. The music video was released on December 6, 2019. The song peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The album's second single, "Sum 2 Prove", was released on January 10, 2020. The song was produced by Twysted Genius. The music video was released on February 18, 2020. The song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Emotionally Scarred" was serviced to rhythmic contemporary radio as the album's third single on April 15, 2020. The music video was released on April 30. The song peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album's fourth single, "All In", was released for digital download on April 23, 2020, as well an accompanying music video. The song peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album's fifth single, "The Bigger Picture", was released for digital download on June 12, 2020, as well an accompanying music video. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

Promotional singles

The album's lead promotional single, "Catch the Sun", also from the Queen & Slim soundtrack, was released on November 15, 2019. The song was produced by Hit-Boy. The music video was released on January 29, 2020.

Other songs

A music video for the song, "Heatin Up" featuring frequent collaborator Gunna, was released on February 28, 2020, while the music video for "Forever" featuring Lil Wayne, was released on March 3, 2020. Both videos were directed by Jon J. The music video for "Grace" featuring 42 Dugg, was released on March 13, 2020. The music video for "No Sucker" featuring Moneybagg Yo, was released on April 10, 2020. The music video for "We Paid" featuring 42 Dugg, was released on May 6, 2020. The music video for "Forget That" featuring Rylo Rodriguez, was released on September 11, 2020.

Artwork

The artwork features a pastoral painting that illustrates Lil Baby atop a large jutting rock, with water, baby goats and greenery surrounding him. He's shown lighting up cannabis, the smoke adding to the haziness of the artwork.

Critical reception

My Turn was met with generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 66, based on five reviews.

AllMusic's critic Fred Thomas gave the album a positive review, praising Baby's vocal delivery as well as his flow on the album. Thomas further says that "Lil Baby manages to keep every moment fresh, finding a unique and unlikely midway between artistic inspiration and commercially viable entertainment". Writing for NME, Kyann-Sian Williams gave the album a mixed to positive review, praising many of the features on the album as well as Baby's delivery, although stating that the album "starts of a little slow and dreary". Furthermore, Williams said that the album "is an enjoyable collection of tracks for his loyal fans. He [Lil Baby] would do well, though, to stay away from the whiny sounds and rap with a little bit more clarity". Pitchfork's critic Sheldon Pearce had mixed opinions regarding the album, saying that "the music is all work and no inspiration". He implied that Baby's songwriting and lyricism has improved, but also stating that he "doesn't really have any charisma, or flavor, or personality".