Barter 6

Barter 6 is the debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Young Thug. It was released on April 16, 2015, by 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records. Barter 6 features guest appearances from Birdman, T.I., Boosie Badazz, Young Dolph, Yak Gotti, Lil Duke, Moussa Assuom and Jacquees, while the production was handled primarily by in-house producers London on da Track and Wheezy, among others. Barter 6 received generally positive reviews and peaked at 22 on the US charts.

Barter 6
Mixtape by
Young Thug
ReleasedApril 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)
Recorded2014–2015
Genre
Length51:52
Label
Producer
Young Thug chronology
Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1
(2014)		 Barter 6
(2015)		 Slime Season
(2015)
Singles from Barter 6
  1. "Check"
    Released: April 1, 2015
  2. "Constantly Hating"
    Released: April 17, 2015

Title controversy

The album was initially titled Carter 6, in continuation of the naming sequence of Lil Wayne's successful Tha Carter album series.[1] This created controversy, as Wayne's scheduled album Tha Carter V was repeatedly delayed amid a dispute between himself and Cash Money Records, who had reportedly refused to release the album.[2] Wayne subsequently became involved in legal proceedings against Cash Money and publicly criticized the label's owner (and Thug's mentor) Birdman, as well as responding negatively to Thug's decision to name the album after him.[3] Despite this, Thug claimed that he was not trying to be disrespectful, and that Wayne was his "idol".[1]

Following a threat of legal action, Thug announced days prior to the release that the project was to be re-titled Barter 6, in line with the typical Blood gang practice of replacing the letter "C" with "B".[4] He furthered the ill feeling by announcing his first show to promote the project in Hollygrove, New Orleans, one of the neighborhoods in which Wayne was raised.[5]

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.5/10[6]
Metacritic72/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Billboard[9]
Complex[10]
Consequence of SoundC+[11]
HipHopDX4.0/5[12]
Now3/5[13]
Pitchfork8.4/10[14]
Rolling Stone[15]
Spin6/10[16]
XXL4/5[17]

Barter 6 was released by 300 Entertainment on April 16, 2015,[7] and charted at number 22 on the US Billboard 200, selling 17,000 copies in its first week.[18] It was met with generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an average score of 72, based on 13 reviews.[7]

Complex said "on Barter 6, a rapper frequently dismissed as a druggie dance trapper inverts himself, yielding a passionate and personal record," adding that his "visceral illustrations are one-of-a-kind, and he communicates joy, frustration, and dread with unique clarity."[10] Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork stated that "Barter 6 feels like a 50-minute performance of what rap, as a form, can do: rap that need not transcend itself, towards High Art on one hand or commercial art on the other, in order to succeed in 2015."[14] Pitchfork later named Barter 6 the 14th best record of 2015 while ranking the mixtape's opening track "Constantly Hating" as the year's sixth best song.[19][20] HipHopDX called Barter 6 "the definitive mainstream strip club album of the modern era."[12]

In a less enthusiastic review, Spin magazine's Dan Weiss felt Young Thug sounded lazy on Barter 6, "sitting around waiting to ascend to the next level of his sound, for inspiration to strike, though with such a laid-back, inscrutable flow, he might have to activate that change himself."[16] Rolling Stone critic Joe Levy said most of the songs sound "boastful and sad in the same moment", abandoning the frenzied tunefulness of Young Thug's past work in favor of indistinctly "syrupy tracks".[15] Billboard stated that the album "offers cohesion and unity, though maybe at the expense of the exciting, what-will-happen next feel of past mixtapes."[9] Consequence of Sound stated that "Barter 6 feels like a step in the right direction rather than a destination, proof that Thugger can put together a complete package even if it’s less than adventurous."[11]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Constantly Hating" (featuring Birdman)
Wheezy4:27
2."With That" (featuring Lil Duke)
London on da Track3:22
3."Can't Tell" (featuring T.I. and Boosie Badazz)
London on da Track6:08
4."Check"
  • J. Williams
  • Holmes
London on da Track3:50
5."Never Had It" (featuring Young Dolph)
Wheezy4:14
6."Dream" (featuring Yak Gotti)
  • J. Williams
  • Deamonte Kendrick
  • Glass
Wheezy3:01
7."Dome" (featuring Lil Duke)
  • J. Williams
  • Martinez
  • Glass
Wheezy3:51
8."Halftime"
  • J. Williams
  • Kip Hilson
Hilson3:46
9."Amazing" (featuring Jacquees)
Wheezy3:38
10."Knocked Off" (featuring Birdman)
3:16
11."OD"
  • J. Williams
  • Glass
Wheezy4:45
12."Numbers"
  • J. Williams
  • Holmes
London on da Track3:27
13."Just Might Be"
  • J. Williams
  • Glass
Wheezy3:53
Total length:51:52
Sample credits

Charts
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References
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  8. Jeffries, David. "Barter 6 – Young Thug". AllMusic. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  9. Leight, Elias (April 17, 2015). "Album Review: Young Thug Exists In His Own Weird World On 'Barter 6'". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  10. Charity, Justin (April 16, 2015). "Review: Young Thug's Quirky Debut, 'Barter 6,' Ain't Got No Hits". Complex. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
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