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Beautiful and Brutal Yard
File:J Hus - Beautiful and Brutal Yard.png
Studio album by
J Hus
Released14 July 2023 (2023-07-14)
Genre
Length63:02
LabelBlack Butter
ProducerEY, Maestro The Baker, TSB, Marco Bernardis, P2J, Alex Blake, iO, Levi Lennox, Scribz Riley, The Elements, Fumes, Lekaa Beats, Sammy Soso
J Hus chronology
Big Conspiracy
(2020) 		Beautiful and Brutal Yard
(2023)
Singles from Beautiful and Brutal Yard
  1. "It's Crazy"
    Released: 24 May 2023
  2. "Who Told You"
    Released: 8 June 2023
  3. "Militerian"
    Released: 13 July 2023

Beautiful and Brutal Yard (also abbreviated B.A.B.Y[2][3]) is the third studio album by British rapper J Hus, released on 14 July 2023 through Black Butter Records. The album includes collaborations with Drake, Naira Marley, Jorja Smith, Burna Boy, Popcaan, CB, Villz and Boss Belly.[4] It was preceded by the singles "It's Crazy" and "Who Told You" featuring Drake.[5] J Hus will tour the UK and Ireland in October and November 2023 in support of the album.[6] The album was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize.[7]

Background and promotion

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In May 2023, Spotify-sponsored billboards appeared in London. The billboards were labelled "Don't Say Militancy" and included a phone number. When called, a voicemail would play that confirmed an upcoming J Hus album.[8][9] Shortly after, the album's lead single "It's Crazy" released.[10] On 8 June 2023. the second single "Who Told You" released.[11]

The album's announcement on 29 June 2023 was accompanied by a trailer in which J Hus walks through his own mansion before being delivered a vinyl copy of his album and before he is transported "in front of a beat-down neighborhood". A voiceover by Idris Elba states, "No matter what's going on around me, I'm still myself. And now my eyes are open and I can see the beauty of everything. I always calculate trying to challenge destiny and test fate. Welcome to my Beautiful and Brutal Yard, may peace be onto you."[12]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[2]
The GuardianStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[14]
Mixtape Madness4/5[15]
NMEStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[1]
Pitchfork8.1/10[16]
The TelegraphStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[17]

Beautiful and Brutal Yard received a score of 83 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on seven critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[13] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian named it his album of the week and noted, "that its polarities hold together for more than an hour is partly down to J Hus's famed adaptability, his facility to ride any beat thrown his way".[3] NME's Niall Smith described it as "a scattershot burst of brilliance" as well as "an elongated, yet joyous return from J Hus", who "channels his lyrical potency, struggles and romantic pursuits into one unified portrait".[1] Hayley Milross of The Line of Best Fit stated that the album "shows Hus display his greatest quality – his music" and "displays both the beauty and brutality of the world", calling it "an album that connotes the essence of home, and his home is his music".[14] Clash's Dwayne Wilks wrote that while the album "remind[s] us why [J Hus is] so adored", he found that there is "less of his story" and it does not reach the heights of J Hus's previous two albums, but concluded "no other artist commands rhythm and rhyme like Hus, and it's patently clear that the Stratford rapper is enjoying making music again, which is a blessing for the rest of us".[2] Will Pritchard, reviewing the album for The Telegraph, called it "the record of the summer" along with "thrilling, hip-twisting, [and] unsettling", on which "Hus still leads the pack with his pitless charisma, linguistic inventiveness, and musical curiosity".[17] Pritchard, writing for Pitchfork, described it a "carnal and philosophical investigation of masculinity against lush, robust beats that evoke a distinctly Black British take on G-funk".[16]

Year-end lists

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Select year-end rankings of Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Publication List Rank Ref.
Complex UK Complex UK's Best Albums of 2023 3 [18]
The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 2023 32 [19]

Commercial performance

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In the United Kingdom, Beautiful and Brutal Yard debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 17,260 album-equivalent units.[20] The sales consisted of 1,722 CDs, 557 vinyls, 294 cassettes, 305 digital downloads, and 14,383 sales-equivalent streams.[20][21]

Track listing

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Beautiful and Brutal Yard track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro (The GOAT)"
  • E.Y.
  • Maestro The Baker
  • TobiShyBoy
2:13
2."Massacre"
  • Marco Bernardis
  • P2J
3:31
3."Who Told You" (featuring Drake)
  • E.Y.
  • Gaetan Judd
  • P2J
3:28
4."Militerian" (featuring Naira Marley)
  • P2J
  • Stuart Hawkes
3:13
5."Palm Tree"
  • Jallow
  • Alex Blake
  • Ayodele Oyadare
  • Levi Malundama
  • Oladigbolu
  • Alex Blake
  • iO
  • Levi Lennox
  • TobiShyBoy
2:38
6."Nice Body" (featuring Jorja Smith)
  • Jallow
  • Jorja Smith
  • Malundama
  • Paul Goller
  • Keven Wolfsohn
  • Oladigbolu
  • Levi Lennox
  • The Elements
  • TobiShyBoy
3:34
7."Masculine" (featuring Burna Boy)
  • Levi Lennox
  • TobiShyBoy
3:24
8."Come Look"
  • Jallow
  • Oyadare
  • Oladigbolu
  • iO
  • TobiShyBoy
3:00
9."Cream" (featuring CB)
  • Jallow
  • Lekan Akinsoji
  • Karan Behl
  • Goller
  • Wolfsohn
  • Fumes Beats
  • The Elements
3:23
10."Comeback" (featuring Villz)
  • Jallow
  • Joel Currie
  • Oyadare
  • Oladigbolu
TobiShyBoy3:50
11."Alien Girl"
  • Jallow
  • Behl
  • Oyadare
  • Oladigbolu
  • Fumes Beats
  • iO
  • TobiShyBoy
3:11
12."Fresh Water/Safa Kara"
  • Jallow
  • Getachew
  • Malundama
  • Oladigbolu
  • Judd
  • Cole Ostrin
  • E.Y.
  • Levi Lennox
  • TobiShyBoy
3:57
13."My Baby"
  • Jallow
  • Getachew
  • Oladigbolu
  • E.Y.
  • TobiShyBoy
3:56
14."Problem Fixer"
  • Jallow
  • Babatope Bello
  • Isong
  • Oladigbolu
  • Lekaa Beats
  • P2J
  • TobiShyBoy
2:50
15."Killy" (featuring Popcaan)
  • Levi Lennox
  • TobiShyBoy
3:03
16."It's Crazy"
  • Jallow
  • Behl
  • Goller
  • Wolfsohn
  • Fumes Beats
  • The Elements
3:46
17."Bim Bim"
  • Jallow
  • Behl
  • Goller
  • Wolfsohn
  • Fumes Beats
  • The Elements
2:53
18."Come Gully Bun (Gambian President)" (featuring Boss Belly)
  • Jallow
  • Boss Belly
  • Oyadare
  • Oladigbolu
TobiShyBoy3:08
19."Playing Chess"
  • Jallow
  • Isong
  • Samuel Awuku
  • P2J
  • Sammy Soso
4:04
Total length:63:02

Charts

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Chart performance for Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[22] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 70
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 87
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 169
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 21
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 41
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 1
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[33] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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