The 25 Best YoungBoy Never Broke Again Songs of All Time

25."Right Foot Creep" (2020)

Producer: TayTayMadeIt

Album: Top

“Right Foot Creep” is probably the most universally recognized YoungBoy song, largely because it inspired the “Griddy” dance that dominated TikTok and was embraced by athletes and rappers alike. But don’t confuse it for just another “TikTok hit”—this shit still absolutely bangs. The track carries a distinct Louisiana flair, powered by a groovy bassline and slick electric keys that drive the rhythm forward. YoungBoy flows effortlessly, pairing a sharp, staccato delivery with aggressive bars that make your head bob. —Antonio Johri

24."Finest" (2025)

Producer: JB Sauced Up & Jason Goldberg

Album: MASA

If you ever wanted to hear YoungBoy in a confessional, “Finest” might be the closest you’ll ever get. Over trap drums and a bluesy guitar riff—one of the rapper’s favorite sounds to spit over—YoungBoy works through his complicated relationship with a higher power, shifting perspectives like he’s relaying a conversation between the angel and devil perched on his shoulders.

Ultimately, though, YoungBoy comes to the realization that all the fame, money, and responsibility are simply too heavy to carry. He spends the first verse wrestling with conflicting feelings of sin and devotion before arriving at the song’s core truth at the end of the refrain: “While off inside I'm still holding all the feelings of a child.” —Will Schube

23.“Akbar” (2018)

Producer: Coop The Truth & Swiff D

Album: Master The Day Of Judgement

“Akbar” is YoungBoy at his most elemental—all fire, no filter. The track is fueled by paranoia and pride, delivered with surgical intent. What separates “Akbar” from a dozen other street anthems is the conviction in his delivery—the sense that every word carries weight. The production is sparse but relentless, giving him room to bare his teeth and assert dominance not just in Baton Rouge, but in the psyche of anyone who’s ever underestimated him. —Shelby Stewart

22."Diamond Teeth Samurai" (2018)

Producer: DJ Swift & S-X

Album: Until Death Call My Name

Despite comparing himself to a number of notable figures—from 2Pac to 50 Cent to LeBron James—the largest shadow hanging over “Diamond Teeth Samurai” is Lil Wayne. Yes, YB samples “The Block Is Hot,” shouts out Hollygrove, and even appears alongside Baby. But it’s more than the references: it’s the intensity, vocal affectation, and raw hunger that made YB—just 18 at the time—feel like Lil Wayne’s true successor. —Dimas Sanfiorenzo

21."Tears Of War" (2024)

Producer: No I.D.

Album: I Just Got A Lot On My Shoulders

There’s a fine line between helplessness and reckless abandon—a divide YoungBoy makes clear over the blaring organs of Rick Ross’s “Tears of Joy.” Before the song even really gets going, he says, “You ain't scaring me talking murder, my life been at the end.” It lands so suddenly, so unannounced, that it feels less like a performance than a compulsion—something YoungBoy had to say, whether or not anyone was recording.

rom there, he reckons with the kind of life that fearlessness demands, at one point admitting, “Damn, my wife just seen me crying, my life too erratic,” before adding almost with a laugh: “My life too erratic.” Shockingly, I don’t think YoungBoy could survive any other way. —Will Schube

20."Love Is Poison" (2018)

Producer: CashMoneyAP

Album: Until Death Call My Name

“Love Is Poison” bleeds more than it boasts.

YoungBoy trades bravado for bruises, pouring out emotion with the blunt honesty of someone betrayed too often to romanticize it. His voice rests heavy over a mournful piano, half-confession, half-conflict, admitting that love has always come with a price.

There’s no chorus built for radio, no melodic sweetener—just ache. The track exposes the wound beneath the armor. He raps not like he’s venting, but like he’s purging. It captures the paradox at the heart of YoungBoy’s music: the same passion that fuels his rage also feeds his tenderness. —Shelby Stewart

19."Shot Callin" (2025)

Producer: Jason Goldberg, Tayo, TrillGotJuice & seasongocrazy

Album: MASA

The breakout hit of MASA, “Shot Callin” features YoungBoy rapping like he’s still fighting for a seat at the table. Fresh out of house arrest, it’s probably the hardest song on the album, littered with threats (“Tell my opps that I got Glocks and they got built-in beams in.”)

But beneath the street talk, there’s strategy—a blueprint forming. The hook rings out like a mantra, a reminder that control isn’t just about dominance, but direction. “Shot Callin” is the sound of self-determination: Baton Rouge grit molded into action. —Shelby Stewart

18."Drawing Symbols" (2018)

Producer: Dubba-AA & Mook On The Beats

Album: 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant

Playing like a séance, “Drawing Symbols” finds YoungBoy summoning the weight of everything he’s witnessed and everything he’s trying to escape. The track hums with spiritual tension: a young man speaking to God, but also to himself, trying to decode the meaning behind his own scars.

Over a haunting guitar loop, his voice wavers between confession and confrontation. “I’m tryna draw my symbols, I’m tryna paint my picture,” he raps—it lands like scripture, a declaration of someone building his own mythology in real time. —Shelby Stewart

17."The Story of O.J. (Top Version)" (2020)

Producer: No I.D.

Album: N/A

Among the dozens if not hundreds of YoungBoy loosies that have sprung out of the Earth like flowers, “The Story of O.J. (Top Version)” might be the most electrifying.

Though he often prefers to stay in his melodic bag and reflect on the trials and traumas that have informed his life, YoungBoy occasionally likes to showcase just how good he is as a bar-for-bar rapper. That, coupled with an unrelenting pace that recalls the Energizer Bunny after a bump of coke, makes “The Story of O.J.” one of the best songs the Baton Rouge rapper has ever dropped—loosie or not.

Come for the chorus, stay for YoungBoy explaining the Mandela Effect and corrupt royalty practices. —Will Schube

16."Kacey Talk" (2020)

Producer: Jason Goldberg, JULiA LEWiS & 1Mind

Album: Top

Only NBA YoungBoy could make a song about guns, percs, and money as a tribute to his newborn son, Kacey.

Over a Gunna-inspired, guitar-infused instrumental, YoungBoy experiments with playful vocal inflections, constantly switching between singing and rapping. The result is one of his most infectious tracks to date. The song even features a cameo from Kacey, who closes out the second verse with adorable baby babble as YoungBoy declares, “Me and Kacey in this bitch.” —Antonio Johri

15.Tyler, the Creator Feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign, "WUSYANAME" (2021)

Producer: Tyler, The Creator

Album: CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

On paper, YoungBoy and Tyler, the Creator don’t seem like a natural duet—but there’s something undeniable in their chemistry. On "WUSYANAME," YoungBoy adapts seamlessly to Tyler’s airy, R&B-inspired production, fully immersing himself in the track.

His verse is show-stopping: he pauses the beat to deliver stuttering flows, and his melodic delivery contrasts beautifully with Tyler’s grounded tone. —Antonio Johri

14."FREEDDAWG" (2019)

Producer: Drum Dummie, Mook On The Beats, DJ Swift & CashMoneyAP

Album: N/A

Street gospel—a psalm for the fallen and the forgotten—defines “FREEDDAWG.”

YoungBoy raps like a man holding court with ghosts, his voice coarse but steady. A melancholy undercurrent runs through his delivery, making every “free my dawg” feel like both plea and prayer. What makes this one of his best isn’t just the sentiment, but the storytelling that carries it.

He’s not a lyricist who depends on punchlines, but on blunt, unfiltered directness. YoungBoy’s imagery is sharp, almost cinematic: jail calls, late-night plotting, and the fragile hope that survival might still be possible unfold in real time. —Shelby Stewart

13."38 Baby" (2016)

Producer: Li Torie, DrellOnTheTrack & QRedOnTheTrack

Album: 38 Baby

Yes, there were NBA YoungBoy songs before this, but the NBA YoungBoy experience truly starts with “38 Baby.”

Released when he was 16, the song captures a teenage prodigy who is incredibly raw yet surprisingly polished.

YB always had a hyperactive, pent-up energy that echoes many great Baton Rouge rappers, but early on he was more of a pure spitter, not yet locked into the melodic mode he would later master. And his opening stanza remains one of the best of his career: “Everybody under disguise, man, they schemin’ / These hoes’ll set you up, tell you they love you, they don’t mean it / Full of syrup, bitch, I’m leanin’ / Smokin’ dope with the demon.” —Dimas Sanfiorenzo

12."This Not a Song This For My Supporters" (2022)

Producer: Simo Fre, D-Roc & Juppybeats

Album: N/A

On the YouTube page for YoungBoy’s “This Is Not A Song ‘This For My Supporters,’” the rapper leaves some advice for his fans: “A gangster is not who you say you are—it’s who you show you are. It’s not what these n****s try to dictate you to be.”

When YoungBoy dropped “This Not a Song” in 2022, he was in the midst of an ideological shift, opting for peace and calm after years of music built around retaliation against real and imagined enemies.

With “Stop the Violence” and “This Is Not A Song,” he expands on this worldview. Over the course of eight remarkable minutes, he showcases mesmerizing talent and a complicated relationship with his own celebrity. He also dives into beefs with other MCs, critiques rap culture, and addresses the scourge of social media. “This Is Not A Song” really isn’t a song—it’s a manifesto. —Will Schube

11."House Arrest Tingz" (2019)

Producer: Drum Dummie

Album: Top

On “House Arrest Tingz,” YoungBoy Never Broke Again turns defiance into something domestic.

He raps from within four walls yet makes it feel like an arena, a strange freedom running through his flow despite the court system trying to cage him.

Over a breezy, almost playful beat, he’s braggadocious, charismatic, and sharply aware of the irony—celebrating wins while literally locked in place.

That tension—triumph under pressure—is what makes the track one of his best. Boredom, brilliance, and the burning will to stay relevant collide in real time. —Shelby Stewart

10.Juice WRLD Feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Bandit" (2019)

Producer: Nick Mira

Album: Death Race for Love

In a way, Juice WRLD and NBA YoungBoy each make their own brand of “pain music.” “Bandit,” with its twinkly guitar riff and Juice WRLD’s emo delivery about stealing love, falls more on the Juice side of the fence. Still, YoungBoy ends up meshing perfectly with him.

When YoungBoy comes in, he doesn’t brute-force his verse; instead, he matches the melody in his own slurred, half-sung style. Sticking to the “bandit” theme, he delivers surprisingly Juice-coded lines like, “Took your heart from out his hands and still ain’t saying shit.”

The song has the unfortunate distinction of being the last one released while Juice WRLD was alive—but it remains a classic. —Antonio Johri

9."Bitch Let's Do It" (2023)

Producer: D-Roc, Juppybeats & Chasely

Album: Richest Opp

“Bitch Let’s Do It” opens like a siren—taut, pulsing, alive with menace. The bars are barked, not rapped. Yet beneath the aggression lies precision: YoungBoy’s cadence cuts sharply, his delivery surgical.

The song isn’t just about confronting enemies; it’s about confronting the world’s misunderstanding of him.

He raps like someone who knows peace isn’t promised. As his career has evolved, YB has joined hip-hop’s lineage of fighters—from 2Pac’s fury to Boosie’s defiance—but his rage feels more existential, as if he’s fighting for the right to still feel something. —Shelby Stewart

8.“I Hate Youngboy” (2022)

Producer: K10Beatz, Jason Goldberg, Horridrunitup & Rellmadedat

Album: The Last Slimeto

On February 22, 2022, Lil Durk released a single called “AHHH HA,” which took shots at YoungBoy and his crew.

A few hours after that song dropped, the Louisiana rapper returned with a hard hitting diss full of threats, titled “I Hate Youngboy.” On the track, he begins by impersonating these opps: “YoungBoy, they gonna kill you, you better stop dissing them.” If you know YoungBoy, you know a threat never got in his way from doing exactly what he wants, and on “I Hate Youngboy” he goes after Durk and his crew with relentless energy and ruthless efficiency.

YoungBoy also goes after Gucci Mane, Lil Baby, Boosie, and Apple Music, among others. No one is off limits from YoungBoy’s wrath, and few can cook up an unbelievably cocky yet entirely convincing diss track quite like he does here. —Will Schube

7."Genie" (2018)

Producer: PlayboyXO

Album: Until Death Call My Name

“This is a pain song,” is the first sentence YB says on “Genie.” It’s appropriate.

The track feels like a diary entry made public—raw, with his voice trembling with emotion. YoungBoy raps through regret, gratitude, and exhaustion over a mournful, intimate piano.

His voice cracks, not from weakness, but from the weight of feeling too much. “‘I’m sorry for the things I did, but I’m thankful for the things you gave me.’” It’s songs like this that make YB so popular among his fans—the audacity to sound wounded in a genre that rewards armor. —Shelby Stewart

6."Untouchable" (2017)

Producer: D. Brooks Exclusive

Album: AI YoungBoy

One of the most fascinating aspects of YoungBoy’s career and prolific output is that his songs are often not aspirational at all. They aren’t about making it out of the hood; instead, they explore the tension of finding success while still feeling like you’re in the mud.

One early exception is “Untouchable,” an upbeat track that I would succinctly describe as “Juicy” for Zoomers on YouTube, as YB toasts to getting out the of streets and making his mama “proud.”

YoungBoy began recording the song just before a short jail stint and finished it after coming home.And at times you can hear that bifurcated, inner conflict, like when he raps, “They smile up in my face, but they don’t know what I’ve been through.” —Dimas Sanforenzo

5."Make No Sense" (2019)

Producer: Buddah Bless

Album: AI YoungBoy 2

Ah, the contradictions of NBA YoungBoy.

Seldom are people aware of precisely how perplexing they are, and a good rule of thumb is that the weirder someone proclaims themselves to be, the more normal they actually are. Except YoungBoy. The dude is straight up one of the most unpredictable and nonconforming major label music stars that has ever existed.

To add to just how strange of a character he is, he’s well aware of his quirks. On “Make No Sense,” he’s quick to admit that the money he has made has given him a life he never imagined in his wildest dreams. But he also shares that he’ll never give up the things he did before his rap career took off. It’s the most complete self-portrait YoungBoy has ever painted. He raps: “I feel like I'm Gucci Mane in 2006/ All these diamonds dancing on my fucking neck cost like four bricks.”

A line later, he continues, “And the way that I be toting on that strap don’t make no sense/ He a million dollar n***a but be posted in the bricks.” —Will Schube

4."Nevada" (2021)

Producer: TnTXD & Vadebeatz

Album: Sincerely, Kentrell

By the time “Nevada” dropped in 2021, YoungBoy had already publicly worn every emotion a man can have—from rage to disgust to joy. But here, he leans into tenderness.

Over a gentle, almost lullaby-like guitar loop, he lets his guard down, trading his usual venom for vulnerability, fusing melody and melancholy in the process. “Don’t know who I want, you the one I want,” he confesses, the line slipping out like a sigh from someone who’s endured too many nights of noise. —Shelby Stewart

3."Outside Today" (2018)

Producer: DMacTooBangin

Album: Until Death Call My Name

YoungBoy is known for being such a ball of emotions that sometimes his versatility is underrated. But he can kinda do it all: craft pop-level catchy choruses, deliver hard-hitting bars, and perform pretty competent bluesy singing.

“Outside Today” is probably the closest you get to a mainstream-sounding YB track. The chorus is a straight-up earworm, leaving you humming “today” long after it ends.

Between the hooks, YoungBoy weaves rapid-fire verses that keep listeners on edge as he seamlessly returns to the sticky chorus. Amid these vocal acrobatics, he’s also rapping about comical real parts of his life, like “his pet monkey” and cashing “out on a tiger.” —Antonio Johri

2."No Smoke" (2017)

Producer: DJ Chose

Album: AI YoungBoy

It’s hard to rank YB’s catalogue when you’re talking about a rapper with more than 30 projects.

Still, AI YoungBoy sits comfortably in the upper tier of his releases. Though technically a mixtape, it carries the polish and cohesion of a great rap album, with YB balancing his most forceful emotional instincts against tracks built to bang in public spaces.

Case in point: “No Smoke,” a menacing yet playful opener that traces YoungBoy’s rise from Baton Rouge to cult legend. Its rattling beat and clipped cadence carry equal parts bravado and survival instinct, each bar both a warning and a testament. Beneath the threat lies the hunger of adolescence—the pulse of a young man rapping like his life depends on it. —Shelby Stewart

1."Lonely Child" (2019)

Producer: TnTXD, Dmac & Tahj Money

Album: AI YoungBoy 2

Is there a song that better explains YoungBoy Never Broke Again than “Lonely Child”? Start with the title alone. Throughout his career—through blackball allegations, legal hurdles, a lack of institutional support, and even the isolation of living in Utah—YoungBoy has consistently presented himself as a lone wolf. That may be why “Lonely Child” has become his defining song: the track that best encapsulates his impact, one so resonant that he often closes his shows with it.

The song arrived during a particularly turbulent period leading up to AI YoungBoy, when legal issues behind the scenes disrupted his output. Rather than detailing those struggles explicitly, he goes broad, rapping in a tone that leans into emotional self-loathing. At one point, he admits, “I pay for therapy because my thoughts ahead of me / They keep on draggin' me, I play for keeps, they scared of me.”

Then there’s the instantly memorable chorus, with YoungBoy pushing his voice into higher registers. In an era dominated by emotive rap songs becoming chart hits, “Lonely Child” never broke through commercially, failing to crack the Billboard Hot 100. But the YouTube comments tell a different story—filled with listeners explaining how the song soundtracks their own mental health struggles. —Dimas Sanfiorenzo