White Friday (CM9)

White Friday (CM9)
White Friday (CM9)
Mixtape by Yo Gotti
Released	December 23, 2016
Recorded	2016
Studio	CM9 House; No Name Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta, GA); Jungle City Studios (New York, NY); Hit Factory Studios (Miami, FL);
Genre	Hip hop
Length	41:31
Label	CMG; Epic;
Producer	Ben Billions; Chopsquad DJ; DJ Infamous; Marvel Hitz; K Swisha; Reef; Schife Karbeen; Southside; StreetRunner; Tarik Azzouz;
Yo Gotti chronology

White Friday (CM9) is the twentieth and first retail mixtape by American rapper Yo Gotti. It released on December 23, 2016, via Cocaine Muzik Group and Epic Records. Recording sessions took place at CM9 House, No Name Studios in Los Angeles, PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta, Jungle City Studios in New York and Hit Factory Studios in Miami.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	6.8/10^[2]

Production was handled by Ben Billions, K Swisha, Chopsquad DJ, DJ Infamous, Marvel Hitz, Rob "Reef" Tewlow, Schife Karbeen, Southside, StreetRunner and Tarik Azzouz. It features guest appearances from 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Blac Youngsta, Kanye West, Kodak Black, LunchMoney Lewis, Quavo, YFN Lucci and DJ Khaled.

The mixtape debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200, number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 3 on the Top Rap Albums in the United States.

It was supported by music videos for the songs "Weatherman", "81" and "Lifestyle". The song "Castro" reached number 16 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"81"	Mario Mims Brandon Michael Henshaw	Marvel Hitz	3:28
2.	"Power of Money"	Mims Atia Boggs Nicholas Warwar Tarik Azzouz Danny Flores	StreetRunner Tarik Azzouz	3:44
3.	"Lifestyle" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis)	Mims Gamal Lewis Ben Diehl	Ben Billions Schife Karbeen	3:10
4.	"Weatherman" (featuring Kodak Black)	Mims Dieuson Octave Diehl	Ben Billions	3:26
5.	"Blah Blah Blah"	Mims Karl Hamnqvist Lionel Nealy	K Swisha	3:13
6.	"They Like" (featuring YFN Lucci)	Mims Rayshawn Lamar Bennett Darrell Jackson	Chopsquad DJ	3:00
7.	"I Remember" (featuring DJ Khaled)	Mims Khaled Khaled Rob Tewlow Angelo Bond Greg Perry	Reef	4:33
8.	"Castro" (featuring Kanye West, Big Sean, Quavo and 2 Chainz)	Mims Kanye West Sean Anderson Quavious Marshall Tauheed Epps Diehl	Ben Billions	3:39
9.	"Free Lunch" (featuring Blac Youngsta)	Mims Hamnqvist Nealy	K Swisha	2:45
10.	"Off da Top (3AM)"	Mims Joshua Howard Luellen	Southside	2:41
11.	"What Happened"	Mims Eddie Tate Diehl Marco Antonio Rodriguez-Diaz Jr.	Ben Billions DJ Infamous	7:52
Total length:				41:31

Sample credits

Track 7 contains a sample from "Come On Down (Get Your Head Out Of The Clouds)" written by Angelo Bond and Greg Perry as performed by Greg Perry.

Personnel

Mario "Yo Gotti" Mims — vocals, executive producer
Atia "Ink" Boggs — additional vocals (track 2)
Gamal "LunchMoney" Lewis — vocals (track 3)
Dieuson "Kodak Black" Octave — vocals (track 4)
Rayshawn "YFN Lucci" Bennett — vocals (track 6)
Khaled Mohammed Khaled — vocals (track 7)
Kanye West — vocals (track 8)
"Big Sean" Anderson — vocals (track 8)
Quavious "Quavo" Marshall — vocals (track 8)
Tauheed "2 Chainz" Epps — vocals (track 8)
Samuel "Blac Youngsta" Benson — vocals (track 9)
Eddie Tate — additional vocals (track 11)
Keith Cooper — saxophone (track 11)
Brandon "Youngstarr" Henshaw — producer (track 1)
Nicholas "Streetrunner" Warwar — producer (track 2)
Tarik Azzouz — producer (track 2)
Benjamin "Ben Billions" Diehl — producer (tracks: 3, 4, 8, 11)
Schife Karbeen — producer (track 3)
Karl Hamnqvist — producer (tracks: 5, 9)
Lionel Nealy — producer (tracks: 5, 9)
Darrel "Chopsquad DJ" Jackson — producer (track 6)
Rob "Reef" Tewlow — producer (track 7)
Joshua "Southside" Luellen — producer (track 10)
Marco "DJ Infamous" Rodriguez-Diaz — producer (track 11)
Leo Goff — recording (tracks: 1-6, 8-11), mixing (tracks: 7-11)
Kyle Resto — recording (track 7)
Jaycen Joshua — mixing (tracks: 1-4, 6)
Manny Marroquin — mixing (track 5)
Ryan Kaul — engineering assistant (tracks: 1-4, 6)
Maddox Chhim — engineering assistant (tracks: 1-4, 6)
Chris Galland — engineering assistant (track 5)
Jeff Jackson — engineering assistant (track 5)
Robin Florent — engineering assistant (track 5)
Andrew Westmoreland — engineering assistant (track 9)
Matthew Weiss — engineering assistant (track 10)
Chris Athens — mastering
Dave Huffman — mastering
Chris Feldmann — art direction, design
Steven Wilson — illustration
Timothy Saccenti — photography
Jermaine Pegues — A&R
Salomon Naar — A&R
Damien Aubrey — A&R
Dalia Glickman — A&R
Mel Carter — management

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	16
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	4
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[5]	3

References

^ Kellman, Andy. "WHITE FRIDAY (CM9) - Yo Gotti | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ Balfour, Jay (January 11, 2017). "Yo Gotti: White Friday (CM9)". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ "Yo Gotti Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ "Yo Gotti Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ "Yo Gotti Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

External links

White Friday (CM9) at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Kellman, Andy. "WHITE FRIDAY (CM9) - Yo Gotti | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

[2] Balfour, Jay (January 11, 2017). "Yo Gotti: White Friday (CM9)". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

[ac_Billboard200_Yo_Gotti-3] "Yo Gotti Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Yo_Gotti-4] "Yo Gotti Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

[ac_BillboardRap_Yo_Gotti-5] "Yo Gotti Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

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