Recovery (Quando Rondo album)

Recovery is the second studio album by American rapper Quando Rondo. It was released on March 24, 2023, through Atlantic Records, Never Broke Again, and Quando Rondo LLC. It features production from Quando's go-to producer CxbGoCrazy, alongside Bankroll Got It, Geo Vocals, Synco, Ehll Evans, lvl35dav, and SephGotTheWaves. It features a single guest appearance from YoungBoy Never Broke Again.^[1]

Recovery
Studio album by Quando Rondo
Released	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
Length	57:23
Label	Atlantic Never Broke Again Quando Rondo LLC
Producer	1Hellion A17 AB AG Aldaz Amart Ayojimmy Bankroll Got It Camm Clemsy Beats Crevm Dian CxbGoCrazy Dabi.prod DamnPablo DJ Chose Drac Ehll Evans Favor Beatz FlexOnDaTrack Fxlkes Geo Vocals Hawky beats Hillz JTBeatz Juppybeats KallinBad Lemy Lovesick Lucent lvl35dav maxipejsek NOLIMITSHAWN RizzDopBeats RocKy SephGotTheWaves Souljagotbandz Soulm8 Steery Beats Synco vickyferribeats WassupJP We Love Heavy Xclusive Xyn
Quando Rondo chronology
3860 (2022) Recovery (2023) Here for a Reason: In The Darkest Time (2024)
Singles from Recovery
"Give Me a Sign" Released: August 30, 2022 "Speeding" Released: January 22, 2023 "Long Live Pabb" Released: January 23, 2023 "Me First" Released: February 15, 2023 "Tear It Down" Released: March 9, 2023

Background and recording

The album is dedicated to Lul Pab, one of Quando's closest friends who was shot and killed in August 2022. Upon the release of the album, Quando appeared in an interview with XXL in which he revealed the meaning behind the album's title, stating that it's titled Recovery because "that's something that everybody in this universe on planet Earth are going to have to face, a recovery from something. It don't matter what it is, how big or small. And I know that's something a lot of people can adapt to". Quando elaborated on the album later in the interview:^[2]

My main thing for this album was for when I put it out, people listen to it and sit back and notice that I moved on from a lot of things. I'm so ready for everybody else to move on.

Release and promotion

"Give Me a Sign" with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, the album's lead single dedicated to the death of Quando's close friend Lul Pab was released on August 30, 2022.^[3] The album's second single, "Speeding", was released on January 22, 2023.^[4] "Long Live Pabb", the album's third single dedicated to the death of Lul Pab was released just a day later on January 23, 2023.^[5] Quando Rondo first teased the album in an Instagram post on February 8, 2023, in which he also announced an accompanying documentary.^[6] "Me First", the album's fourth single was released on February 15, 2023.^[7] The album's final single, "Tear It Down", was released on March 9, 2023, prior to the album's official announcement.^[1] He officially announced the album, along with its cover art and track listing, on March 10, 2023.^[1] The album's lyrical content differs from his typical gang- and street-related themes; on the album, he raps about the pain he has endured from seeing his friends die and the process of his mental recovery, which inspired the album's title. A day prior to the release of the album, on March 23, 2023, the official music video for "Where Would I Be" was exclusively released on YouTube.

Track listing

Recovery track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"50"	Tyquian Terrel Bowman Tril Wil Will Boyette Fokin Maxim Raschepkin Artem Ruslan Isaenya Vladimir Skarednov	Favor Beatz Hawky beats Souljagotbandz Steery Beats	3:48
2.	"Blame"	Bowman Aaron Bigelow Joseph Provencio	AB WassupJP	2:52
3.	"Lost Ones"	Bowman Jakub Jeřábek Daniel Göpfert Viktor Křístek Ruben Luntungan Victor Ferreira	1Hellion Hillz maxipejsek Soulm8 vickyferribeats	3:19
4.	"Me First"	Tyquian Bowman Jacoby Cherry Lemuel Wilson	CxbGoCrazy Lemy	2:58
5.	"Plenty Muscle"	Bowman Wil Justin Wolfson Riley Scoble Ferreira	Lucent RizzDopBeats vickyferribeats	3:36
6.	"Speeding"	Bowman Daniel Aldaz James Thierren Davood Bousherhi	Aldaz JTBeatz lvl35dav	3:42
7.	"Cut You Off"	Bowman Norman Payne	DJ Chose	1:49
8.	"Tear It Down"	Bowman Wil Dabeev Dmitrievich Egor Sergeyevich Antoine Banks	Ayojimmy Dabi.prod	3:16
9.	"Vision"	Bowman Cherry Anthony Martinez Pablo Buigues Ryan Harroud	Amart CxbGoCrazy DamnPablo Xyn	2:08
10.	"Where Would I Be"	Bowman Cameron Holmes Raymond Israel Cardenas Ville dag Albin moström	Camm Drac RocKy	2:03
11.	"Heartaches"	Bowman Wil Isiah Folkes Traevon Walker Kevin Varol	Fxlkes Xclusive Lovesick	2:56
12.	"R.I.P. Phat Phat"	Bowman Cherry Walker Felix Govaerts	CxbGoCrazy Xclusive FlexOnDaTrack	3:17
13.	"From the Bottom"	Bowman Anthony Gargoura Clemens Gabrysch	AG Clemsy Beats	2:55
14.	"Counting Bands"	Bowman Loren-Alekanekelo McGee Alexander Tsarng-Sheun Wu	Ehll Evans Synco	2:26
15.	"I Admit"	Bowman Cherry Anton Ingvarsson	CxbGoCrazy We Love Heavy	2:47
16.	"Long Live Pabb"	Bowman Cherry Wilson	CxbGoCrazy Lemy	2:21
17.	"Nightmare"	Bowman Cherry Abdullah Omar Ismael Almarsoomi Yu Been	CxbGoCrazy A17 Crevm Dian	2:51
18.	"No Scale"	Bowman Cherry Joshua Henley Jr. Marcus Richard	CxbGoCrazy NOLIMITSHAWN	2:18
19.	"Forever 16"	Bowman Wil Jasper Nino Cortez Nikita Zuev	Juppybeats KallinBad	3:12
20.	"Give Me a Sign" (with YoungBoy Never Broke Again)	Bowman Kentrell Gaulden Yoko Joel Banks Taylor Banks Georgia Rose Boyden Joseph Boyden	Bankroll Got It Geo Vocals SephGotTheWaves	3:12
Total length:				57:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[8]

• Quando Rondo – vocals (all songs)
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again – vocals (20)
• Joseph E. Colmenero – mastering, mixing (1-19)
• Fabian Marasciullo – mixing (1-3, 5–15, 17–19)
• CxbGoCrazy – engineering (1-20), mastering, mixing (16, 20)
• Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – engineering, mastering, mixing (20)
• David Devaney – mixing assistant (20)

References

1. Cho, Regina (March 10, 2023). "Quando Rondo drops off new "Tear It Down" visual". Revolt.tv. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
2. High, Kemet (April 12, 2023). "Quando Rondo Discusses Moving On With a New Album, YoungBoy Never Broke Again's Motivation and Keeping the Faith". XXL. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
3. Rose, Jordan (August 31, 2022). "Quando Rondo Connects With YoungBoy Never Broke Again for New Track "Give Me a Sign"". Complex. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
4. "Speeding by Quando Rondo". allmusic.com. January 22, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
5. A., Aron (January 24, 2023). "Quando Rondo Unveils New Single "Long Live Pabb"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
6. @quando_rondo (February 8, 2023). "Album 💿 Next Month Documentary Gone Be Real … #1️⃣6️⃣" – via Instagram.
7. "Me First by Quando Rondo". allmusic.com. February 15, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
8. "Recovery by Quando Rondo on Tidal". Tidal. Retrieved March 10, 2023.