He Survived

*He Survived* is the second album from Live Free musician 12Digits.

Following his acclaimed debut Rising, it's title was formally announced in March of 2022 on Twitter from a single post. The album's release date followed shortly thereafter, set for April 15th.

The album is preceded by the singles "BLOG" (featuring Trap G), "STRUGGLES" (featuring Norff) and "Missing You" (featuring Female WE2). Another song, featuring Gee Mak, titled "Talkin' Shit (In Tha Booth)", was released as a non-album single the day before release, but was included on the Deluxe Edition of the album that released August 12th, 2022. A Collector's Edition was scheduled for Christmas Day 2022 but remains unreleased. In October of 2022, 12Digits music was wiped from all streaming platforms, making this album now a rarity to possess.

## Marketing

The album's name was revealed by 12Digits in March, a month preceding the album. On April 4th, he teased big news the next day. The next day, he announced the big news was delayed by ten days and would appear on his sophomoric album then, confirming the release date as April 15th.

On April 6th, a marketing campaign called for 12 likes to release a new 12Digits song on the company's Facebook - 12 likes weren't accomplished. April 8th saw a press release and a blurred image of the album cover which would be released the forthcoming Monday.

The album cover debut that Monday, as promised. The next day, the tracklist appeared blurred, again with the promise of it showcasing on Wednesday - again, as promised, it did. Thursday came a statement from 12Digits, where he thanked the listeners and collaborators - he also reveals that the album is about trying to make people appreciate life more and also revealed a potential title for the album in it's early stages, "The South Africans". Thursday also saw a non-album single release, featuring Gee Mak.

## Background

Based on the initial album title, it can be imagined that 12Digits made it a key goal to collaborate solely with South Africans. Norff appears three times on the album (with "365 Days II" being uncredited) across "STRUGGLES" and "Mute". Fellow rapper Gee Mak appears on "No Forfeit", though he also appears on the aforementioned non-album single "Talkin' Shit (In Tha Booth)". Former girlfriend of 12's, Female WE2, who appeared on the single "Missing You", returns for a second song on the album, "Broken Heart". AC, who actually speaks his native language in both of his guest spots, appears on two tracks, "Typical Life" and "Rule Like A CEO". New rapper Tlo2 appears on the last track, "Put You Down". Trap G also features on album opener and first single of the album's, "BLOG".

## Tracklist

All songs with one word titles appear in all caps on streaming services, as they do here.

1. BLOG (ft. Trap G)
2. Typical Life (ft. AC)
3. No Forfeit (ft. Gee Mak)
4. Rule Like A CEO (ft. AC)
5. STRUGGLES (ft. Norff)
6. Broken Heart (ft. Female We2)
7. Missing You (ft. Female We2)
8. 365 Days II
9. MUTE (ft. Norff)
10. Put You Down (ft. Tlo2)

### Deluxe

On August 12th, 2022, a Deluxe Edition of the album released. Containing one new song, a fifty second freestyle, and a skit featuring Mike Barkhoff (reminiscent of the ones done for "Rising"), it also included previously non-album single "Talkin' Shit (In Tha Booth)", featuring Gee Mak, as well as the then-recently released single "WRONG" featuring 69ERRAS. Hitting 13 tracks, it omitted the original album's "365 Days II". Keeping in line with the text theme of the original album, all singular titled songs are stylized IN ALL CAPS while there is three tracks blocking the singular titles between.

1 - BLOG

2 - Typical Life (ft. AC)

3 - No Forfeit (ft. Gee Mak)

4 - Rule Like A CEO (ft. AC)

5 - STRUGGLES (ft. Norff)

6 - Broken Heart (ft. Female WE2)

7 - Missing You (ft. Female WE2)

8 - Buried Freestyle

9 - MUTE (ft. Norff)

10 - Talkin' Shit (In Tha Booth) [ft. Gee Mak]

11 - Mike Reads 12's Script (Skit)

12 - Put You Down (ft. Tlo2)

13 - WRONG (ft. 69ERRAS)

## Reception

The album was met with widespread critical acclaim and has been considered an improvement to 12Digits' debut album "Rising", with tracks such as "No Forfeit", "Broken Heart", and "Put You Down" being generally discussed as the best songs on the album.