| Baby on Baby | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | DaBaby |
| Cover: | Dababy BabyOnBaby.jpg |
| Alt: | Cover art depicting DaBaby smiling and pointing finger guns at his head. He wears a baseball hat and a smaller animated version of himself is sitting on the brim. |
| Recorded: | 2018–19 |
| Length: | 31:36 |
| Next Title: | Kirk |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Baby on Baby is the debut studio album by American rapper DaBaby. It was released on March 1, 2019, by Interscope Records and South Coast Music Group. It features guest appearances from fellow rappers Offset, Rich Homie Quan, Rich the Kid and Stunna 4 Vegas.
A music video for "Baby Sitter" was released on April 3, 2019.[1] A music video for "Pony" was released May 20, 2019.[2] The songs "Walker Texas Ranger" and an alternate version of "Best Friend" without Rich the Kid were featured on DaBaby's previous mixtape Blank Blank.[3]
"Suge" was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 23, 2019, as the album's lead single.[4] A music video for "Suge" was released on March 4, 2019.[5] The song has since peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[6] On May 15, 2019, the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 digital copies in the United States.[7]
"Baby Sitter" featuring Offset was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on August 13, 2019, as the album's second single.[8]
Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, saying "DaBaby's charm lies in how he's not even taking his irreverent cockiness too seriously, much less asking his audience to bow down to his greatness. Springy, uncluttered, and unable to contain its own grinning excitement, Baby on Baby zooms by in a captivating rush." Marcus Blackwell of HipHopDX rated the album 3.8 stars out of 5, saying "DaBaby has staked his claim as an artist by developing a compelling balance of street and lighthearted content that effectively highlights his personality. Baby On Baby at its best delivers an energetic, fun sound that stands out in rap's current landscape, making for a refreshing listen." Paul Thompson of Pitchfork, rating the album 7.7 out of 10, said "Baby on Baby comes in the middle of a prolific period for the rapper [...] the music is refreshingly without pretense or artifice, concerned less with the way it will play in boardrooms and more with the way it will play out of trunks."
The album debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, before eventually rising to number 7.[9] As of July 2019, the album has earned 473,000 equivalent album units.[10]
Track listing adapted from Tidal.[11]
| Chart (2019) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Icelandic Albums (Plötutíóindi)[13] | 75 | |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 28 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15] | 16 | |
| Chart (2020) | Position | |
| US Billboard 200[16] | 107 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] | 62 |