Sincerely, Kentrell

YoungBoy Never Broke Again recorded this album while under house arrest and later from jail, with vocals sometimes coming through phone recordings. The title uses his legal name, Kentrell Gaulden, signaling an unfiltered look into his life. With zero guest features across 23 tracks, the project leans heavily on his own voice and a production team that includes Mike Will Made It, Smash David, and Einer Bankz. It dropped on September 24, 2021, through Never Broke Again and Atlantic Records.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 137,000 album-equivalent units, powered by 180.65 million on-demand streams. That made it the third project by an incarcerated artist to top the chart, following Tupac's Me Against the World and Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being. It also became the first rap album of the 2020s to reach number one with no guest appearances. Eleven tracks charted on the Hot 100, with Nevada peaking at number 82.

A deluxe edition, Sincerely, Kentrell > (pronounced better), arrived four days later with two bonus tracks: I Got the Bag and Heart & Soul. The greater-than symbol references the YB Better movement, a fan campaign that trended on Twitter and TikTok. Critics gave the album a Metacritic score of 68, praising its emotional intensity and cohesive narrative, though some noted the length. Rolling Stone and Complex included it on their year-end lists. [편집]