As the clock strikes midnight on a new year in hip-hop, NBA YoungBoy—ever the relentless force from Baton Rouge—drops a grenade into the mix with “Switches,” the blistering opener that signals his unyielding grip on the streets. Fresh off house arrest and a barrage of legal storms, this track captures that familiar YoungBoy alchemy: turning paranoia into power, where every bar feels like a loaded clip ready to unload. It’s the kind of cut that has fans reloading the video at 3 a.m., nodding to lines that blur bravado with the bruises of survival, all while the world waits for Slime Cry to fully unfold.
| Lead Vocals | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| Songwriter | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| Music Producer | [TBA] |
| Label | Motown Records & Never Broke Again |
| Release Date | January 15, 2026 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Motown Records & Never Broke Again |
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About “Switches by YoungBoy Never Broke Again”
YoungBoy Never Broke Again flips the script on vulnerability with “Switches,” a trap missile that hums with menace—where loyalty’s the only currency that doesn’t bounce.
Diving into the track’s DNA, “Switches” is pure Southern grit wrapped in melodic menace, a genre staple of rage-rap that pulses with ominous piano loops and thunderous 808s. The mood swings from icy calculation to explosive fury, painting a vivid tableau of street retribution: pulling up on foes, stacking paper for the fam, and wielding “switches” as both literal tools of defense and metaphors for flipping fortunes overnight. Production keeps it stripped-back and sinister, spotlit on YoungBoy’s auto-tuned snarls that make threats feel intimate, like confessions whispered in the dark.
Slime Cry, his ninth studio album, arrives today via Never Broke Again and Motown Records, a 20-plus track odyssey born from tour-bus sessions during his ‘MASA’ run last fall. It’s YoungBoy’s rawest vision yet—a “slime” manifesto of brotherhood, betrayal, and breaking cycles, channeling the emotional torrent that’s defined his post-prison pivot. Teased with cryptic Instagram reels and a Spotify pre-save blitz in December, the project promises cameos from his inner circle, blending vulnerability with venom in a way that echoes Sincerely, Kentrell but hits harder, forged in the fire of 2025’s nonstop drops.
The official video, directed in-house and unleashed just yesterday on YouTube, has already clocked nearly 90,000 views, its stark visuals of shadowed figures and flashing lights amplifying the song’s nocturnal edge. No big-budget gloss here; it’s authentic to YoungBoy’s DIY ethos, with comments flooding in about it being “AOTY contender” before the album even breathes.
In YoungBoy’s whirlwind career—over 100 projects deep since his SoundCloud days—this feels like peak evolution, a middle finger to the feds and the fakes alike. At 26, he’s not just surviving the spotlight; he’s weaponizing it, trading melodic introspection for harder-hitting anthems that mirror his real-time battles. Slime Cry cements him as rap’s most productive provocateur, turning personal chaos into communal catharsis, and “Switches” is the spark that could ignite another chart takeover.
What elevates it in his lore is that seamless shift from crooner to killer—verses that flex financial independence (“They send the payment, I’m getting it up for my baby”) while hinting at the ghosts that never quite fade. As beefs simmer in the background and playlists preload, this single isn’t just hype; it’s a harbinger of the slime language taking over 2026.
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