We Are Young Money

### **Producer(s)**

Lil Wayne (exec.) \ B. Carr \ Chase N. Cashe \ Cool & Dre \ David Banner \ DJ Mecca \ Infamous \ Kane Beatz \ Mr. Pyro \ Onhel \ Phenom \ Pop \ Tha Bizness \ Willy Will

***We Are Young Money*** is the first compilation album by American hip hop record label Young Money Entertainment, released on December 21, 2009 by Young Money, Cash Money, and Universal Motown Records. It debuted at number 9 on the *Billboard* 200 and was preceded by the three singles "Every Girl," "BedRock," and "Roger That." Lil Wayne was featured on all tracks except for "Girl, I Got You."

## Critical reception

*We Are Young Money* received mixed responses from critics upon release, particularly for the featured artists and sound. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 63, based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote, "Add plenty of weird, Wayne-inspired punch lines from the crew and you've got a guaranteed recommendation for the Cash Money faithful, a fervent group who will also appreciate how some tracks are more freeform than usual ("Ms. Parker") while others sound unedited with extended outros ("Pass the Dutch"). At worst, these cuts are risk-taking misses that remain interesting." *Cokemachineglow* stated, "the proverbial purple herring set to fail from the start. That the album is often very good hardly seems to matter, because what this material provides for anyone with an interest in such things is a snapshot of Wayne in headlong decline." They criticized some choice of rappers, naming Gudda Gudda and Mack Maine specifically who "have just enough verses to prevent an otherwise consistently excellent record from being cohesively great." Anupa Mistry of *Exclaim!* described it as "a hodgepodge mixtape" with its many artists, and felt the group to mimic after Weezy's flows.

Kathy Iandoli, writing for *HipHopDX*, was generally unimpressed. While she felt it offered new talent, "there isn't a level playing field where everyone has an equal opportunity to become a star." Ryan Dombal of *Pitchfork* assessed, "In between appearances from Drake, Minaj, and Wayne—who offers lukewarm verses and/or deranged-but-palatable Auto-Tune hooks on most tracks—a slew of numbskulls, weirdos, and little kids sometimes make things interesting." *Rolling Stone* called it "inconsistent" and "very average MCs," while *The A.V. Club* named it to be "pure bubblegum, the kind of instantly disposable pop ephemera listeners forget about while it’s still playing."

## Track listing

**Sample credits**

* "Girl I Got You" contains a sample of "Escapade" as performed by Janet Jackson.

## Personnel

Musicians
* Daniel Groover – guitar (7)

Technical
* Cool & Dre – producer (1)
* Chad Jolley – assistant mixer (1, 3-4, 7)
* Edward "JewFro" Lidow – assistant recording engineer (1-12, 14)
* Eddie "Krack Keys" Montilla – keyboards (1)
* Neal Pogue – mixer (1, 3-4, 7)
* Michael "BANGER" Cadahia – mixer (1, 5-6, 8), recording engineer (12, 15)
* Tha Bizness – producer (2, 3)
* Fabian Marasciullo – mixer (2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-15)
* Finis "KY" White – recording engineer (2-3-4, 7, 9, 11-14), mixer (11-12)
* Javier Valverde – recording engineer (2)
* Daniel "Kane Beatz" Johnson – producer (4, 9, 11, 13)
* B. Carr – producer (5, 6, 8)
* Jesse "Chase N. Cashe" Woodard – producer (5, 6, 8)
* Elizabeth Gallardo – assistant mixer (5, 9), assistant recording engineer (12)
* Jason Dale – assistant mixer (6, 13-14)
* Willy Will – producer (7)
* Halo – producer (7)
* Patrick "Halo" Callahan – co-producer (7)
* Andrew "Pop" Wansel – producer (8)
* Ramon Rivas – assistant mixer (8, 10, 12, 15)
* Sean Buchanan – assistant recording engineer (8)
* Fareed Salamah – recording engineer (8)
* DJ Mecca – co-producer (10)
* Mr. Pyro – producer (10)
* Julian Vasquez – recording engineer (10)
* Phenom – producer (12)
* Joshua Berkman – recording engineer (13-14)
* David Banner – producer (14)
* Infamous – producer (15)
* Angel "Onhel" Aphonte – producer (15)

## References

1. ↑ "We Are Young Money Review by David Jeffries". *AllMusic*.
2. ↑ Marsh, Calum (February 17, 2010). "Young Money: We Are Young Money". *Cokemachineglow*. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010.
3. ↑ Mistry, Anupa (December 21, 2009). "Young Money We Are Young Money". *Exclaim!*
4. ↑ Iandoli, Kathy (December 20, 2009). "Young Money - We Are Young Money". *HipHopDX*.
5. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (January 8, 2010). "*We Are Young Money* by Young Money". *Pitchfork*.
6. ↑ Hoard, Christian (January 19, 2010). "We Are Young Money : Young Money". *Rolling Stone*. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010.
7. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (January 12, 2010). "Young Money: *We Are Young Money*". *The A.V. Club*.

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