Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "NBA YOUNGBOY - SLIME CRY"

Episode Date: October 17, 2025

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠Experience NBA YoungBoy's unstoppable 2025 resurgence with Analytic Dreamz on Notorious Mass Effect, dissecting the October 16 announcement of his ninth studio album Slime Cry, dropping November 28 via Never Broke Again/Motown Records. Just four months after MASA (July 25 release) debuted #6 on Billboard 200 with 69M first-week streams and features from Playboi Carti and Mellow Rackz—his 16th Top 10 tying Jay-Z and Nas—YoungBoy channels post-pardon fire. Freed from house arrest in April and pardoned by President Trump in May, he launched the 45-date MASA Tour on September 2 (Dallas) through mid-November (Seattle), hitting Crypto.com Arena, Barclays Center, United Center, Kaseya Center, and State Farm Arena with openers DeeBaby, EBK Jaaybo, and K3 (tickets $89+ via Live Nation). Singles like "Where I Been," "Shot Callin," "Top Tingz," and "Finest" set the tone for Slime Cry's southern bounce, 808-heavy introspection on loss, loyalty, and redemption. Dive into his quote: "If you don’t show up for my tour, don’t bump my music no more"—a raw call for authentic engagement amid trending hashtags #NBAYoungBoy2025 and #MASATour. Unpack why this redemption arc cements him as rap's resilient force in a streaming era. Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Safe to say that NBA Young Boy is one of the most interesting experiments that we've seen in quite some time. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? And you're probably thinking to yourself. Why in the world would you say that? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to let you know. You guys.

Let's break it down from a very interesting standpoint as NBA Young Boy, ladies and gentlemen, was released March 24th. 2025 right after serving 11 months of a 23 month sentence for a federal gun possession now who was some of the figures that led to this release defense attorney Zach finling of course it's not a political podcast but we have to mention president Donald Trump did grant a full pardon on May 29th, 2025 for his Utah related gun charges ending his probation and residual legal ties. And then you have the U.S. District Judge from Utah issued the December 24 sentence with five-year supervised release, crediting time served to enable his March exit. And then, of course, you have the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Process good time credits, and early release per the BOP.

policy. Now when it comes to that, I want to lead up to how NBA young boy was, you know, very interestingly enough, released from prison by, let's just say, a certain ethnicity, right? So they had a huge hand in him getting released from prison. And right off the bat, you probably think it to yourself, what did NBA young boy do? Analytic dreams? Did he go to McDonald's? Did he go to spend time of a family? Which you know, we never know. He could have. He could have.

Did he just chill out with his multiple kids? Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you what he did. He went on a whole tour and just guess what the, just guess the title of the tour. You guys. See, that's the problem. The tour, the NBA young boy is currently on as titled Massa. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop.

And no, not master, not M-A-S-T-E-R. M-A. I know that ain't who I think it is. I know the black man that just got released from prison due to a group. I'm not going to say specifically what the ethnicity was. And then the first thing he does when he gets out of prison is titled his tour, Massa. And not only is it titled Massa, but guess how much is generated for the U.S. economy? Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is a very interesting experiment as releasing this young man to the public has generated at least $100 million via his tour.

Because you got to keep in mind jobs, the tourism from people going to his shows. Of course, the overall tour that's currently going on right now, his music that's streaming phenomenally, I might add, because of the tour. shot calling is the 65th most play track in the world what you is is the 92nd most play track in the world and when it comes to that he's followed all of this up by putting out an announcement for something that would drop two weeks after his tour i wonder what that project will lead up to but anyways this specific segment is focusing on his announcement for his ninth studio album titled slime cry Now, when it comes to that announcement, the album is set to release November 28th under Never Broke Again slash Motown Records. So when you look at Young Boy and you look at him being under Universal Music Group, which currently, because of Taylor Swift, I'm not going to lie to you, currently has 90% of the entire music market share.

And the reason why I say because of Taylor Swift is because she just put up one of the biggest first week sales ever. No, not 2025, 2024, 2023. the biggest first week sale ever. Shout out to the Swifties that been supporting the podcast because you know what I mean. Going from Taylor Swift covers the NBA Young Boy coverage,

I mean the range, right? Shepherd. All right, my fault. So anyways, Taylor Swift had four million plus sales in the first week, right? Usually UMG has around 60 to 70% as far as entire music market share.

So it's usually pretty high. It's never 90. And it's never going to be 90 after Taylor Swift's second week numbers come in, which we're going to get to that in the second. But when it comes to that, Universal Music Group is always unequivocally the big dogs in the music industry. The only reason I bring up that album, not the album, the tour title is because who do you think was behind getting young boy out of prison early? Expediting the process, if you might add, in my T.I. voice expeditiously got him out of prison quickly to boost the U.S. economy.

and I just want to know the thought process. I don't want any smoke with young boys' team, especially not Birdman. I think Birdman's a legend. Safe to say Birdman is one of the most iconic figures in hip-hop all time. There's Biggie. There's Birdman. Who else?

I guess as far as the CEO perspective, you have to say, like, there's Biggie, no, there's a Birdman. I would say probably, I forget the guy who's over L.L. Cool J. But... I think it's Russell Simmons. I think that's what I'm thinking of. The executives, Burryman, Russell Simmons, those type of people,

they're probably some of the most iconic masterminds in the hip-hop game. Anyways, getting off my little nerd box as far as hip-hop. Getting back in the NBA young boy, pause. You guys. See, that's the problem. Had to pause that one. Anyways, as far as me and I want to spoke with, you know, the notorious Burryman, I'm putting respect on his name.

You know what I'm saying? I'm not the breakfast club. But him going on a tour. Mata is very interesting because him coming off of his sentence early because of a certain group which I'm still not going to say to ethnicity and then titling this tour Massa now maybe I'm the only one that that finds that very peculiar you know what I'm saying I feel like that one meme you don't find that suspicious like hold up now analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio yeah I don't find that suspicious

but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's What's going on? Now, all jokes aside, I am a young boy fan. I do like the music that he makes because it comes from an authentic place. One of my favorite artists who is Drake. The main thing for me, when people make music, is putting their life into the music. Now, of course, y'all could say, as a civilian, you should not be advocating for these gentlemen to incriminate themselves on record. But when you get the key to the city in Atlanta, when a certain incident happened in Atlanta,

and then you come to realize that those two scenarios should not be connected but they are a certain event happens and then later on down the line you get a key to the city i mean what are they really trying to say i know that ain't who i think it is somebody is looking up right now watching nb a young boy get the key to the city in Atlanta and saying to themselves i know that ain't who i think it is now anyways with that being said NBA young boy get the key to the city in Atlanta and saying to themselves i know that ain't who i think it is now anyways with that being said i'm being young boy's album slime cry i think it's going to be phenomenal i haven't seen this type of momentum since kendrick dropping his not like us anthem i know what y'all probably saying why in the world are you comparing him to kendrick because they're not the same artist well as far as momentum and hip hop safe to say hip hop has been at an all-time low as far as in the year of 2025 when i was looking at the charts because you know i've read off the specific charts with shout out to metro boom and having the 89 most play track with quavo bresky and y k niece with his uh 2k's not 2k his 2000s inspired album that a lot of people

say it was trash except for me because i was coming out saying that metro out here giving you all the fire in the world can he not experiment a little bit so anyways shout to him for having an experimental album having a track that's charting as far as taking me through there so anyways um the main thing i was want to get at was hip-hop in general when it's not carried by mainstream music from Metro is is faltering you had Drake you had Kendrick Drake currently has his most popular tracks slated at the hundredth as far as which one was Central Sea is literally hanging on by thread is the hundredth most played track in the world now of course Taylor Swift had 12 tracks on her album that's the top 12 in the world so it pushed some down but it didn't push it down

by that much um Kendrick is currently having his um it's currently in the backpack of Siza. And the reason why I say that is because the only track from Kendrick on the charts is not anything off of GNX aside from Siza. It's literally, let me see if I can find this. It's literally the track. Okay, it is from GNX. The track Luther from GNX, but of course Siza is on it.

And if you was wondering, some of the other tracks that was charting, not some of the, the only other track that was charting is not charting anymore. Was, I forget what it was. I think it was 30 for 30. It was the other track with Sizzer, basically. So scissors backpacking side seven, I mean, white tank top right now. And when it comes to the hip hop field, you have Big X the Plug that completely sold out for a country album. I don't know why nobody calls it out.

I guess when white people do it and hip hop is called out and deservedly so. But when it's the flip side, when you have a black artist making a whole country album, nobody calls it out. But hey, you know, I'm not trying to be the bad guy. Actually, I do not care. Shepard. So when it comes to Big X, the plug, completely selling out to put out a country album. He currently is doing the best as far as longevity in the year of 2025 for up-and-coming hip-hop artists. If you look at the...

I'm not even going to call him a Ricky because I think he's been in the game for a minute. But Big X to Plug is currently one of the top hip-hop artists in the year of 2025 as far as from an up-and-comer standpoint. Now, Drake, Kendrick, they still have the overall more notorious mass effect because, of course, when you look at Kendrick, Kendrick's album, GNX is the 37th most played album in the world. No tracks charting besides the Luther track with Siza, but it's the 37th album in the world, meaning that people are listening to their discography more than the singles, right? They're listening to their whole album more than people's specific tracks, which is better,

in my opinion. I think it's better to have people listen to your whole project than a specific track, depending on how popular the track is, because not like us was out of here. So anyways, Drake, Drake's album, Take Careers currently the 26 most played album in the world, and then you have some sexy songs for you, which is currently the 28th most played album in the world. And then, of course, you have big extra plug that completely sold out for his country album.

His titled, I hope you're happy. I wonder if he said that because of my fault. So that album is the 36 most played album in the world. And of course, you have Ken Trill himself coming on the track with his album, Massa, which is the 23rd most played album in the world. And then of course, shout out to Young Thug, his album Scootie is the 20th most play track in the world and i believe cardi has the high yeah

cardi B has the highest with am i the drama which is the fourth most play project in the world i think it's a solid hold as far as the third it's either the third or fourth week i forget but basically i think it's a strong hold to still have the top five most play album in the world so i say all that to say this NBA young boy is currently on a monumental run and whenever he puts out this album slime cry november 28 I think he can end up selling around 120 to 150 first week. Now, that's a lot compared to NBA Young Boy. So a lot of people are going to think I'm low balling him as far as the first week sales.

When I talked about Cardi being her first week sales, I was pretty on the nose as far as, I think that's specifically why my TikTok clip went viral, which definitely follow me on my social media is at analytic dreams or just my link tree and my bio. But as far as my viral clip on TikTok, projecting her. sales before the album even came out and that was pretty much on the nose i think it came out to around 200 and i basically said she would do around 170 to 190 um dealing with superstars like this that's pretty on the nose because you know they could they can always hit the button but i ain't trying to be a abry carron right now is it okay i got my dope on me so anyways um when it comes a young boy

his highest first week sales of all time is sincerely kentrell in 2021 that did 137 000 first week the type of momentum that he has best believe umg is definitely going to press the button because he's brought in a disgusting amount with his tour when you look at his tour because i'm a hall of fame pocket watch i ain't going to lie to you his tour massive which has spanned from what september um when is his tour came from i think it started september 2nd right and then of course this is going on until November 12th it has projected to earn around 45 million and that's just the low ball 45 million and of course along with that he's one of the youngest artists ever to have this much success on the charts keep in mind young boy is the youngest artist with a hundred

billboard hot 100 entries and that was back in 23 so he's even more now So when you look at his rise as of right now, compared to his career, which is already iconic, he is one of the hottest artists in the hip-hop game right now. Analytically speaking, of course. You guys. See, that's the problem. So being one of the youngest, being one of the most successful artists to be that young, I think him putting out this album capitalizing. off of this tour that just generated a bunch of money because that 49 million was just from the tour we're not talking about tourism jobs thing of that nature that's what the 100 million plus came in as far as me talking about how he boosted the u.s economy because that's outside of the tour but when you look at his album his tour i think they're shaping up to to have one of the biggest first week sales for NBA young boy because the momentum is through the roof right now the perception of young boy is is that he's one of the hottest artists in the game So to capitalize off of that, I think he should probably put up his best first week sales numbers of all time.

So 137 from Sincerely Contrail, which was his biggest, as far as back in 2021, when his last album, Massa did 49,000 first week, safe to say, 49,000 is not going to be around what he sells with his slime cry album that comes out November 28th. He's going to do between 130 to 150 first week. I think they're shaping up for this to be the biggest debut for an NBA Young Boy album in his entire career that's already iconic. So anyways, hopefully I didn't think I was just going to hate on Young Boy for this entire segment because I don't really, I try to keep it eight more than 92.

You know, I give you the facts and then I'll let you do if that what you will. I keep saying, I'm still going to keep reiterating the sentiment that if you go to an NBA young boy concert, for all my gamers out there, you understand this reference. You know how you start a video game out? And they ask if you want it on easy, medium or hard. It's safe to say if you go to an NBA young boy concert, Jesus is looking at you and saying that you've effectively chosen your difficulty in life.

And let's just say it's not easy or medium. You guys. See, that's the problem. So anyways, if you want to get beat up for somebody taking your spot or if you want to see old man security get beat up, then I'll definitely go to an NBA young boy concert. and, you know, I don't advocate for violence, but safe to say, if you want to see a show, for all the wrong reasons, go to an NBA Young Boy concert.

So NBA Young Boy is definitely closing one of, he's definitely closing one of the most successful years for a hip-hop musician as far as 2025. And when this album, Slime Cry comes out November 28th, I think it won't just mark another project in his discography. I think it will end up being his best-selling album. as far as first week sales into the foreseeable future because i do believe a tour will come after this album so when it comes to that click my link to your my bio let me know on one of my social medias what do you think about NBA young boy in general just notoriously affecting the masses

and at the end of the day will you take a chance with your life by attending an NBA young boy concert