B4 the Storm

B4 the Storm is the debut studio album by American hip-hop collective and record label Internet Money.^[4] It was released on August 28, 2020 via Internet Money Records and TenThousand Projects. The album was completed in one month and contains many throwaway songs that were reworked. The album features guest appearances from TyFontaine, Trippie Redd, Lil Keed, Young Nudy, Iann Dior, Lil Skies, Lil Mosey, Cochise, TheHxliday, Lil Tecca, Swae Lee, Future, the Kid Laroi, late rapper and singer Juice Wrld, 24kGoldn, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Wiz Khalifa, StaySolidRocky, LilSpirit, Kevin Gates, Gunna, Don Toliver, and Nav.

B4 the Storm
Studio album by Internet Money
Released	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	48:12
Label	Internet Money TenThousand Projects
Producer	Alec Wigdahl Cxdy DT E-Trou Jasper Harris John Luther KC Supreme Nick Mira Nico Baran OkTanner Pharaoh Vice ProdByNash Repko Resource Rio Leyva Spaceman Taz Taylor Tim Henson Vvspipes
Internet Money chronology
B4 the Storm (2020) We All We Got EP (2022)
Singles from B4 the Storm
"Somebody" Released: October 10, 2019 "Lemonade" Released: August 14, 2020 "Thrusting" Released: August 21, 2020

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	6/10[1]
NME	[2]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[3]

Background

The album was first announced by Nick Mira and Taz Taylor in July 2020 during an interview with Lyrical Lemonade.^[5] Taylor stated: "We finalized our deal with 10K Projects in like August or September of last year [2019], but we had already been talking about an album for a minute. I brought it up to Elliot [Grainge] that I wanted to drop songs as an artist under Internet Money—just my favorite artists working together and putting songs together, like some DJ Khaled type." Taylor said he gave himself a deadline of June 1, 2020 to turn the album in: "So we did the whole album in a month, top to bottom: features, big artists, beats, everything. We mixed and mastered the whole album at least 50 different times".^[4] The tracklist was revealed on August 14, 2020, along with the release of the single "Lemonade".^[6] According to Taylor, B4 the Storm contains many "throwaway" songs that artists did not want. With the blessing of the artists, many of the songs were changed into completely new records.^[4]

Cover art

Alex Zidel of HotNewHipHop described the original album artwork, which "show[ed] an amusement park with American rapper and singer Trippie Redd's face opening up to allow people entry to the rides, much like American rapper and singer Travis Scott did for the cover of his third studio album, Astroworld. There [was] a special section for American rapper Lil Tecca and a blimp flying above for the late American rapper and singer Juice Wrld as each member of the Internet Money collective goes on a thrill-seeking rollercoaster ride". The artwork was designed by Moodzanzan.^[6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 during the chart week of September 12, 2020.

Track listing

B4 the Storm track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lemonade" (with Gunna and Don Toliver featuring Nav)	Snodgrass Mira Wigdahl H. Nichols Latrou Sergio Kitchens Caleb Toliver Navraj Goraya Jonathan Mitchell Jocelyn Donald Flores	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Wigdahl E-Trou Pharaoh Vice	3:15
2.	"Blastoff" (with Diplo and Trippie Redd featuring Juice Wrld)	Snodgrass Mira William Repko II Kim Candilora II Henry Nichols Jarad Higgins White	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Repko KC Supreme Pharaoh Vice	2:54
3.	"Lost Me" (with Iann Dior and Lil Skies featuring Lil Mosey)	Snodgrass Cody Rounds Elias Iatrou Lathan Echols Michael Olmo Kimetrius Foose	Taz Taylor Cxdy E-Trou	2:58
4.	"Lemonade (Remix)" (with Don Toliver and Roddy Ricch)	Snodgrass Mira Wigdahl H. Nichols Latrou Toliver Rodrick Moore, Jr. Flores Mitchell Donald	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Wigdahl E-Trou Pharaoh Vice	3:01
5.	"Thrusting" (featuring Swae Lee and Future)	Snodgrass Mira Leyva Rounds Nathan Lamarche Donny Flores Edgard Herrera Khalif Brown Nayvadius Wilburn Jasper Harris Braylin Bowman	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Leyva Cxdy Resource Harris ProdByNash	3:42
6.	"Somebody" (with Lil Tecca and A Boogie wit da Hoodie)	Snodgrass Mira Sharpe Artist Dubose	Taz Taylor Nick Mira	2:54
7.	"Speak" (with the Kid Laroi)	Snodgrass Leyva Rounds Nicholas Baran Charlton Howard	Taz Taylor Leyva Cxdy Nico Baran	2:02
8.	"JLO" (featuring Lil Tecca)	Snodgrass Mira Tyler-Justin Sharpe	Taz Taylor Nick Mira	2:44
9.	"Giddy Up" (featuring Wiz Khalifa and 24kGoldn)	Snodgrass Mira Carolus Theus Cameron Thomaz Jones	Taz Taylor Nick Mira John Luther DT	2:38
10.	"No Option" (with Kevin Gates)	Snodgrass Candilora Maxwell Nichols Kevin Gilyard	Taz Taylor KC Supreme mjNichols	3:22
11.	"Take It Slow" (with TyFontaine featuring 24kGoldn)	Snodgrass Leyva Rounds Campbell Golden Jones Terrell Rolston-Clemmer Dorien Theus	Taz Taylor Leyva Cxdy DT Spaceman	3:54
12.	"Really Redd" (with Trippie Redd and Lil Keed featuring Young Nudy)	Snodgrass Nicholas Mira Michael White II Raqhid Render Quantavious Thomas	Taz Taylor Nick Mira	3:06
13.	"Let You Down" (with TyFontaine and TheHxliday)	Snodgrass Mira Terrell Lee	Taz Taylor Nick Mira	2:42
14.	"Familiar" (with TheHxliday)	Snodgrass Leyva Tanner Katich Noah Lee	Taz Taylor Leyva OkTanner	2:39
15.	"Block" (with Trippie Redd featuring StaySolidRocky)	Snodgrass Mira White Darak Figueroa Timothy Henson	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Tim Henson	2:34
16.	"Devastated" (with LilSpirit)	Snodgrass Mira Alec Wigdahl Geno Gitas	Taz Taylor Nick Mira Wigdahl	2:20
17.	"Right Now" (with TyFontaine featuring Cochise)	Snodgrass Rounds John Carolus Michael Pieper Terrell Cox Terrell	Taz Taylor Cxdy John Luther Vvspipes	2:56
18.	"Message" (with TyFontaine)	Danny Snodgrass, Jr. Rio Leyva Nicco Catalano Julius Terrell	Taz Taylor Leyva Neek	1:29
Total length:				48:12

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for B4 the Storm Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 43 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 126 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 5 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 54 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 32 French Albums (SNEP)[13] 88 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 73 US Billboard 200[16] 10 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 6

Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for B4 the Storm Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200[18] 184 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 69 2021 year-end chart performance for B4 the Storm Chart (2021) Position US Billboard 200[20] 166 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 71

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Kazandjian, Robert (August 28, 2020). "Internet Money - B4 The Storm". Clash. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
2. Williams, Kyann-Sian (August 28, 2020). "Internet Money – 'B4 The Storm' album review". NME. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
3. Loftin, Steven (August 28, 2020). "Internet Money's debut outing is the perfect showcase of the collectives talent". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
4. Skelton, Eric (August 14, 2020). "Internet Money Proved They Can Make Hits—Now They're Dropping an Album". Complex. Retrieved September 6, 2020. Q – Complex: "I know you don't want to describe this project as a 'compilation album'. Why is that?".
   A – Taz Taylor: "Just because of the stigma with compilation albums. [...] The fact that so many people were involved, it's more meticulous than just a compilation album. This is a real album. If you look at DJ Khaled's albums and you're like, 'All right, well this is DJ Khaled's album', then I want that same type of respect. The same thing with Metro Boomin".
5. Espinoza, Joshua (August 14, 2020). "Internet Money and Gunna Drop New Track "Lemonade" f/ Don Toliver and NAV". Complex. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
6. Zidel, Alex (August 14, 2020). "Internet Money "B4 The Storm": Future, Juice WRLD, Wiz Khalifa, & More". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
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12. "Albumit 38/2020". IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
13. "Top Albums (Week 46, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
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15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
16. "Internet Money Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
17. "Internet Money Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
19. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
20. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
21. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
22. "American album certifications – Internet Money – B4 the Storm". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2021.