The Gentlemen's Club
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| Released | June 19, 2026 | |||
| Genre | West Coast hip-hop | |||
| Length | 54:34 | |||
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The Gentlemen's Club is the seventh studio album by the American rapper YG. It was released on June 19, 2026, through 4Hunnid Records under exclusive license to 10K Projects. The album contains 15 tracks and features guest appearances from Pusha T, Isaiah Falls, Odeal, Sasha Keable, Tyler, the Creator, Shoreline Mafia, PayGotti, Ogi, JID, Ab-Soul, and Buddy.
YG announced the album in May 2026, alongside a new label partnership with 10K Projects.[1] In interviews and criticism around the album, writers characterized it as a self-examining project built around image, self-worth, and narrative rap.[2][3] Reviews highlighted the album's self-examination and concept, while several writers discussed "Tiffany" as a difficult or controversial story song about trans-panic violence.[4][5]
Background and release
On May 27, 2026, YG announced The Gentlemen's Club for release on June 19 and entered a label partnership with 10K Projects for the album.[1] The album was released as a 15-track project on June 19, 2026, with a total running time of 54 minutes and 34 seconds.[6]
Speaking to GQ after a live performance of the album at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, YG said that he had not previously performed one of his albums from front to back. GQ's Frazier Tharpe wrote that the album had been in development for two years, which YG described as the longest he had worked on a project.[2] The album includes "Hollywood", a collaboration with Shoreline Mafia released as a single on May 22, 2025; "Gang Bizness", with PayGotti, released as a single on May 29, 2026; and "Insecure", with JID and Ab-Soul, released as a single on June 12, 2026.[7][8][9]
YG is scheduled to embark on the North American "The Gentlemen's Club Tour" in support of the album, beginning in Boston on September 10, 2026 and concluding in Honolulu on November 7, 2026. Mozzy, Kalan.FrFr, Chef Boy, and Natalie Nunn will open for the tour.[10]
Music and themes
Tharpe characterized The Gentlemen's Club as an album about YG's public image, self-worth, and insecurities, with songs that also preserve his club-oriented rap style.[2] Mosi Reeves of Rolling Stone wrote that the album treats the title less as a strip-club reference than as an imagined space where men speak about uncomfortable subjects, and described it as a return to narrative writing within YG's aggressive persona.[3] In Beats per Minute, Chase McMullen wrote that the album uses the idea of the club as a concept, including linked songs with a fictional hitman premise in which YG's target is a version of himself.[4]
Several reviews singled out "Tiffany", a story song about a man who becomes violent after learning that the woman he brought home is transgender. Reeves compared the song's attempt at empathy to Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries", while McMullen described it as ambitious but unsuccessful in its handling of transphobia.[3][4] Writing for Them, Quispe López reported that trans creators criticized the song for repeating narratives associated with the trans-panic myth, while noting that the song is a fictional story rather than an autobiographical account.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Beats per Minute | 70%[4] |
| Rolling Stone |    [3] |
Tharpe wrote in GQ that The Gentlemen's Club was YG's strongest album since My Krazy Life (2014), emphasizing its self-critical framing and his performance of the album in a black-tie setting.[2] Reeves, reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, said it showed a renewed focus on narrative and highlighted "We Know the Truth" and "Hollywood" as examples of YG's strengths, while also describing parts of the album as odd and difficult.[3]
McMullen gave the album a score of 70% in Beats per Minute. He wrote that YG sounded focused and serious across the album, but considered some of its conceptual swings uneven, particularly "Tiffany".[4] López's Them article focused on "Tiffany" and reported criticism from transgender people including Kat Blaque, who argued that the song repeated stereotypes used to justify violence against trans women.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" |
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| 1:59 |
| 2. | "OMG" (featuring Pusha T) |
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| 2:26 |
| 3. | "Kudos" |
| 2:23 | |
| 4. | "Hitman" |
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| 4:27 |
| 5. | "Simon Says" (featuring Isaiah Falls, Odeal, and Sasha Keable) |
| 4:20 | |
| 6. | "On the Low" (featuring Tyler, the Creator) | Ty Dolla Sign | 3:03 | |
| 7. | "We Know the Truth" |
| DTP | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Hollywood" (featuring Shoreline Mafia) |
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| 3:00 |
| 9. | "Gang Bizness" (featuring PayGotti) |
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| 2:47 |
| 10. | "Ready to Die (Hitman Response)" |
| DTP | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Writing My Wrongs" (featuring Ogi) |
| 3:38 | |
| 12. | "Dinner Dates & Heart Breaks" |
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| 4:02 |
| 13. | "Tiffany" |
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| 6:52 |
| 14. | "Insecure" (featuring JID and Ab-Soul) |
| DTP | 4:16 |
| 15. | "Mid Life Crisis" (featuring Buddy) |
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| 3:46 |
| Total length: | 54:34 | |||
Note
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Tidal.[11]
- YG – vocals
- Niko Oroc – programming (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11); guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (3, 5, 11)
- William "Zev" Mandell – programming (1, 3, 5, 11); guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (3, 5, 11)
- Is That Trey – programming (1)
- Low the Great – programming (1)
- Pusha T – vocals (2)
- DTP – programming (4, 7, 10, 12, 14)
- Moo Latte – programming (4)
- Isaiah Falls – vocals (5)
- Odeal – vocals (5)
- Sasha Keable – vocals (5)
- Ty Dolla Sign – programming (6, 8, 13)
- Tyler, the Creator – vocals (6)
- Damn James – programming (8)
- Shoreline Mafia – vocals (8)
- PayGotti – vocals (9)
- Bandz – programming (9)
- Pusha Kam – programming (9)
- Roads – programming (9)
- Terrific – programming (9)
- Ogi – vocals (11)
- Drew80HD – programming (12)
- Kofo – programming (12)
- Young TN – programming (12)
- Kwak Z – programming (13)
- James Royo – programming (13)
- JID – vocals (14)
- Ab-Soul – vocals (14)
- Jay Versace – programming (15)
- Max – programming (15)
- Buddy – vocals (15)
References
- 1 2 Saponara, Michael (May 27, 2026). "YG Announces 'The Gentlemen's Club' Album: See When It Arrives". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Tharpe, Frazier (June 25, 2026). "YG Is Locked in Like It's 2014". GQ. Archived from the original on June 26, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Reeves, Mosi (June 19, 2026). "YG Gets Brutally Honest at 'The Gentlemen's Club'". Rolling Stone Canada. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 McMullen, Chase (June 24, 2026). "Album Review: YG - The Gentlemen's Club". Beats per Minute. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 López, Quispe (June 22, 2026). "Trans Creators Say YG's New Song "Tiffany" Perpetuates the "Trans Panic" Myth". Them. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on June 24, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- ↑ "THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB - Album by YG". Spotify. Spotify AB. June 19, 2026. Archived from the original on June 21, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- ↑ "HOLLYWOOD - Single by YG and Shoreline Mafia". Apple Music. Apple Inc. May 22, 2025. Archived from the original on February 15, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- ↑ "GANG BIZNESS feat paygotti - Single by YG and PayGotti". Apple Music. Apple Inc. May 29, 2026. Archived from the original on June 14, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- ↑ "INSECURE - Single by YG, JID and Ab-Soul". Apple Music. Apple Inc. June 12, 2026. Archived from the original on June 17, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
- ↑ Ragusa, Paolo (July 21, 2026). "YG Announces "The Gentlemen's Club Tour"". Consequence. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "The Gentlemen's Club / YG / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved July 10, 2026.