We Love You Tecca

We Love You Tecca is the debut mixtape by American rapper Lil Tecca. It was released on August 30, 2019, through Republic Records. The mixtape contains a sole guest appearance from Juice Wrld. It features Tecca's breakout hit, "Ransom", which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the remix is with the guest.^[2]

We Love You Tecca
Mixtape by Lil Tecca
Released	August 30, 2019
Genre	Hip hop^[1]
Length	42:00
Label	Galactic Republic
Producer	CashMoneyAP Chapo Danny Wolf Dez Wright Dystinkt Beats E-Trou HNX Beats Jo L'Z King LeeBoy Manso Beats Menoh Beats Nick Mira Pvlace Pi'erre Bourne Stoopid Lou Taz Taylor YoungKio
Lil Tecca chronology
Tecca & Friends (2018) We Love You Tecca (2019) Virgo World (2020)
Singles from We Love You Tecca
"Count Me Out" Released: September 23, 2018 "Ransom" Released: May 22, 2019 "Molly Girl" Released: July 15, 2019 "Love Me" Released: July 15, 2019 "Bossanova" Released: July 18, 2019 "Did It Again" Released: July 24, 2019 "Ransom (Remix)" Released: August 15, 2019 "Glo Up" Released: September 27, 2019

The mixtape debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 68,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.^[3] The mixtape was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[4] The album's sequel, We Love You Tecca 2, was released on August 27, 2021.^[5]

Background

Lil Tecca announced the mixtape and its cover artwork via his Instagram account on August 24, 2019.^[6] On August 28, Tecca confirmed the release date of the mixtape to be August 30 on his Instagram story.

Promotion

Music videos

A music video was released for "Out of Luck" on August 30, 2019. It shows snippets from the music video for his hit single, "Ransom".^[7] A video for "Bossanova" was released on January 9, 2020.^[8] Music videos for "Count Me Out", "Ransom", "Love Me", and "Did It Again" were released before the album.^[9]

Singles

"Count Me Out" was released as the mixtape's first single independently on September 23, 2018. "Ransom" was released as the second single on May 22, 2019, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Molly Girl", & "Love Me" were all re-released as singles on July 15, 2019, with the latter peaking at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[10] "Bossanova" was released as the mixtape's fifth single on July 18, 2019. "Did It Again" was released as the mixtape's sixth single on July 24, 2019, peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. The remix of "Ransom", featuring American rapper Juice Wrld, was released as the album's seventh single on August 15, 2019. "Glo Up" was released as the album's eighth single on September 27, 2019.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	2/10^[11]
HipHopDX	^[12]
Pitchfork	5.6/10^[13]

The mixtape received mixed reviews. Torsten Ingvaldsen of Hypebeast praised the mixtape, calling it "nothing short of an achievement for the young up-and-comer", and said that Tecca "showcases his talent for crafting a project that holistically pits him at its center."^[1]

Daniel Spielberger of HipHopDX, however, stated that the mixtape is a repetitive collection of "mostly muddled tracks that only occasionally show promise." An unnamed writer from Musicjo called the mixtape a "missed opportunity", writing, "instead of rapping about something deep, Tecca restricts himself and operates on a superficial level."^[14]

Commercial performance

We Love You Tecca debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 68,000 album-equivalent units (including 4,048 in pure album sales) in its first week,^[3][15] surpassing its initial projections of 40,000 units.^[16] In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number five on the chart, earning an additional 49,000 units.^[17] On September 17, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.^[4]

In the UK, the mixtape sold only 48 pure sales, but saw a debut at number 15 due to heavy streaming consumption.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Ransom"	Tyler-Justin Sharpe Danny Snodgrass, Jr. Nicholas Mira	Taz Taylor Nick Mira	2:11
2.	"Shots"	Sharpe Snodgrass, Jr. Mira	Mira Taz Taylor	1:49
3.	"Sidenote"	Sharpe Jordan Jenks	Pi'erre Bourne	2:38
4.	"Did It Again"	Sharpe Mira Snodgrass, Jr. Elias Latrou	Mira Taz Taylor E-Trou	1:56
5.	"Out of Luck"	Sharpe Amin Elamin	Menoh Beats	2:43
6.	"Left, Right"	Sharpe Miguel Curtidor Othello Houston	Danny Wolf Otxhello	2:34
7.	"Bossanova"	Sharpe Mira Denis Berger Michelangelo Pulvirenti	Mira Pvlace HNX Beats^[19]	2:03
8.	"Amigo"	Sharpe Snodgrass, Jr. Joel Abraham Tomas Martinez	Taz Taylor Jo L'Z Manso Beats	2:35
9.	"Glo Up"	Sharpe Harald Sorebo Frederik Gamst	NextLaneBeats Payday Beats	1:55 ^[20]
10.	"Phenom"	Sharpe Mira Dylan Cleary-Krell Moritz Lepper	Mira Dez Wright Stoopid Lou	3:23
11.	"Weatherman"	Sharpe Alex Petit	CashMoneyAP King LeeBoy^[a]	2:53
12.	"DUI"	Sharpe Milo Ben-Amotz	Rambow	2:15
13.	"Love Me"	Sharpe Tomislav Ratešić	Dystinkt Beats	1:57
14.	"Molly Girl"	Sharpe Elamin	Menoh Beats	1:57
15.	"The Score"	Sharpe Snodgrass, Jr. Cleary-Krell	Taz Taylor Dez Wright	2:09
16.	"Senorita"	Sharpe Petit Kiowa Roukema	YoungKio CashMoneyAP Chapo^[a]	2:15
17.	"Count Me Out"	Sharpe Ratešić	Dystinkt Beats	2:54
18.	"Ransom (Remix)" (with Juice Wrld)	Sharpe Jarad Higgins Snodgrass, Jr. Mira	Mira Taz Taylor	2:51
Total length:				41:00

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an uncredited additional producer.^[21]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[22] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[23] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[24] 85 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[25] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[26] 10 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[27] 13 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[28] 11 French Albums (SNEP)^[29] 74 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[30] 9 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[31] 68 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)^[32] 5 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)^[33] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[34] 14 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[35] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[36] 20 UK Albums (OCC)^[37] 15 US Billboard 200^[3] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[38] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[39] 91 US Billboard 200^[40] 124 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[41] 49 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200^[42] 123 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[43] 63

Certifications

Certifications for We Love You Tecca

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[44]	Platinum	20,000^‡
Poland (ZPAV)^[45]	Gold	10,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)^[46]	Gold	100,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[47]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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