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Afterlyfe

2023 studio album by Yeat

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Afterlyfe (stylized as AftërLyfe) is the third studio album by American rapper Yeat. It was released on February 24, 2023, by Geffen Records, Field Trip Recordings, and Twizzy Rich. The follow-up to his EP Lyfë (2022), it contains a sole guest appearance from YoungBoy Never Broke Again as well as Yeat's alter egos Kranky Kranky & Luh Geeky. The album received mixed reviews from music critics, who praised Noah's new sound, but criticized its style. The album debuted on number four on US Billboard 200, selling 54,000 equivalent units on its first week, while it debuted atop the Billboard Top Rap Albums.

01Background

Prior to the album's release, Yeat said the album was not just "regular rap beats. It's a whole different new wave." He also expressed that he did not want "21 features on an album" and wanted "people just hearing me. I don't really need other people on my music"

02Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Slant Magazine
AllMusic

Slant Magazine's Paul Attard noted that the album is "composed of demonic-sounding material with little attention paid to sequencing" and that it's "just Yeat himself slightly pitching his voice up or down an octave, that break up the slowly mounting monotony." Concluding his review, he adds that some tracks "display how one-dimensional his style can get when the material is spread too thin", however, he also notes that "despite these flaws, AftërLyfe confirms that in a sea of blatant copycats, Yeat remains a true original, albeit one who's in desperate need of an editor."

03Track listing

AfterLyfe track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No More Talk" Bnyx3:59
2."Shmunk" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again)
  • Smith
  • Kentrell Gaulden
  • Liam Barnea
  • Zion Miller
  • Pink
  • Bred
3:50
3."Bettr Off" 3:50
4."Rave Party" (featuring Kranky Kranky)
  • Smith
  • Abdul Moiz
Dulio3:19
5."Nun I'd Change"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint Fort
  • Colin Magdamo
  • Bnyx
  • Magdamo
3:31
6."Woa...!"
  • Smith
  • Moiz
  • Andres Catellanos
  • Dulio
  • Lucid
2:50
7."Now" (featuring Luh Geeky)
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • Patrick Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • BeautifulMvn
4:32
8."Slamm"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint Fort
  • Michael Rigaud
  • Bnyx
  • Nuu
2:25
9."7 Nightz"
  • Smith
  • Moiz
  • Catellanos
  • Dulio
  • Lucid
3:05
10."Mean Feen" (featuring Kranky Kranky)SmithLukovic3:12
11."How It Go"
  • Smith
  • Pablo Sanchez
  • Nicolò Castrichini
  • Dream Awake
  • Sideus
3:04
12."Sum 2 Do"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • P. Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • BeautifulMvn
2:33
13."Back Up"
  • Smith
  • Robert Jurado
Rision2:13
14."Split"
  • Smith
  • Chase Rose
  • Javier Mercado
  • Noa Nalu Shelfow
  • ChaseTheMoney
  • Synthetic
  • Aunix
  • Noa Nalu
2:23
15."Bad Bend/Demon"SmithYeat3:02
16."Heavyweight"
  • Smith
  • Canyon Moore
  • Ethan Andrade
  • Arman Andican
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Warpstr
  • AM
  • Abraham
2:29
17."Watch"SmithKele2:17
18."Shhhh"
  • Smith
  • Volodymyr Dorofeiev
DKanee3:14
19."Back Home" Bnyx3:31
20."Type Money"
  • Smith
  • Leonardo Claus
  • Gonçalo Brás
  • Zamani Mona
  • LL Clawz
  • Chef9thegod
  • Opium Jai
3:12
21."Demon Tied"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
  • Bnyx
  • 2AAB
2:43
22."Myself"
  • Smith
  • B. Saint-Fort
Bnyx2:30
Total length:65:34

Notes

  • All songs are stylized in sentence case. In addition, any song title that contains the letter 'e' is replaced with 'ë', with the exception of "Nun I'd Change," which is stylized as "Nun id change." For example, "No More Talk" is stylized as "No morë talk". If a song contains two or more 'e's, then only the first one is replaced, with the exception of "Type Money," which is stylized as "Type monëy." However, "Bettr Off" is stylized as "Bëttr 0ff", "Rave Party" is stylized as "Rav3 p4rty", and "Demon" in "Bad Bend/Demon" is stylized as "DëMON".
  • In the tracklist Yeat shared on Instagram, he additionally listed the mobile app Talking Ben as a feature on "How It Go", though this feature was removed prior to the official release of the song.
  • "Heavyweight" contains background vocals from SeptembersRich.
  • "Myself" contains additional vocals & guitar from Bnyx. Bnyx also played guitar on "Back Home".
  • Yeat's alter ego Luh Geeky is styled on Spotify as "Luh geeky," and on Apple Music as "LUH GEEKY."

04Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Afterlyfe
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 58
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 157
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 37
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 49
Irish Albums (Official Charts) 25
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 9
UK Albums (Official Charts) 20
US Billboard 200 4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Afterlyfe
Chart (2023) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 79

05Certifications

Certifications for Afterlyfe
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) Gold 10,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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