For Miami, Florida duo City Girls, pain and fortune often live in tandem. Yung Miami has balanced becoming both a rap star and a mother of two while separated from collaborator JT, whose recent federal incarceration for credit card fraud highlighted the prison industrial complex that disproportionately affects Black women. The pair have overcome an unfair share of adversity, challenges that represent systematic factors many of us confront while working hard for our dreams and the space to thrive, raise families, and celebrate. So for City Girls, who were finally reunited last fall, the premature leak of their new album City on Lock—much of it recorded from separate states—was especially devastating. But throughout the 15 tracks, Yung Miami and JT come through with their signature amped-up party jams, while also making space to acknowledge what they’ve survived. It’s a dynamic informed by their time apart during a trying period that required confidence and ambition to conquer.
A1 | Enough/Better (Intro) |
A2 | Skit |
A3 | Jobs |
A4 | Broke N****s |
A5 | P***y Talk |
A6 | That Old Man |
A7 | City On Lock |
B1 | Winnin' |
B2 | Come Outside |
B3 | Flewed Out |
B4 | Rodeo |
B5 | Double C.C.'s |
B6 | That's My Bitch |
B7 | Friendly |
B8 | Ain't Sayin' Nothin' |