Beautiful Mind (album)

Beautiful Mind
Beautiful Mind
Studio album by Rod Wave
Released	August 12, 2022
Length	68:20
Label	Alamo
Producer	Boogy; Bsquared; DMaconTheTrack; Eelmatic; JBFlyBoi; Karltin Bankz; Londn Blu; Tahj Vaughn; TnTXD; Travis Harrington; Will-A-Fool;
Rod Wave chronology
Singles from Beautiful Mind
	"By Your Side"; Released: November 14, 2021; "Cold December"; Released: January 17, 2022; "Stone Rolling"; Released: July 27, 2022; "Alone"; Released: August 8, 2022;

Beautiful Mind is the fourth studio album by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released through Alamo Records on August 12, 2022, and features guest appearances from Jack Harlow and December Joy. The album was supported by four singles: "By Your Side", "Cold December", "Stone Rolling", and "Alone". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 115,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Rod Wave's second consecutive number-one album and fourth Top-10 album.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	6.9/10^[2]

Dylan Green of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, complimenting the variety of topics covered in the songs but complaining of many of them "bleeding together" as well as the "overreliance of piano and guitar beats".^[2]

Track listing

*Beautiful Mind* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Alone"	Rodarius Green Ed Sheeran Jake Gosling William Byrd Ben Bull	Will-A-Fool Bsquared	3:11
2.	"Yungen" (featuring Jack Harlow)	R. Green Jackman Harlow Jose Velazquez Lee Spight III	BabeTruth Eelmatic	3:46
3.	"Never Get Over Me"	R. Green Thomas Horton	TnTXD Neil Suli Quise Bad HabitZ	2:50
4.	"Stone Rolling"	R. Green Horton Joseph Boyden Georgia Boyden	TnTXD SephGotTheWaves Geovocals	3:00
5.	"I Know It"	R. Green Byrd Bull	Will-A-Fool Bsquared	2:37
6.	"Forever"	R. Green Spight Travis Harrington Joshua Bates Rory Yanabu	Eelmatic Harrington JBFlyBoi Young Yanubu	3:34
7.	"No Deal"	R. Green Conan Gray Daniel Nigro Julia Michaels Dawson Odegard Samuel Dua Sergei Kharlamov	ProdByDawson 1ProdSammy Theyhateblondy	3:07
8.	"Quiet Storm" (featuring December Joy)	R. Green Harrington Gloria Stewart Richard Hailey Gernard Parker	Harrington Eelmatic	3:43
9.	"Sweet Little Lies"	R. Green Tahj Vaughn Lukas Payne Sterling Reynolds	Vaughn Londn Blu Karltin Bankz	2:54
10.	"Rockstar Heart"	R. Green Byrd Bull	Will-A-Fool Bsquared	2:17
11.	"Fading"	R. Green Vaughn Payne Reynolds David McDowell	Vaughn Londn Blu Karltin Bankz DMaconTheTrack	2:43
12.	"Time Kills (Love Birds)"	R. Green John Lamb Frank Gilliam III Colby Green Davood Boushehri	Bizounce Luci G	2:53
13.	"Druski Skit"	R. Green		1:37
14.	"Keep Going"	R. Green Murenets Nikita Vuk Vukolic Dvornikov Kirill Roman Mironchenko	Swamiq Vukola Artiisan Spoiled Stupid	3:10
15.	"Never Find Us"	R. Green Horton McDowell Nathan Lamarche Jeremy Fraites Wesley Schultz	TnTXD DMaconTheTrack Nash	2:08
16.	"Mafia"	R. Green Byrd Telvin Pennyman	Will-A-Fool Boogy	2:33
17.	"Me vs. the World"	R. Green Bates Melvin Vernell III Benjamin Campbell	JBFlyBoi Snow	2:45
18.	"Pieces"	R. Green Byrd Bull Robin Lundbaeck Tom Lundbaeck Bell Lundbaeck Nicole Touma	Will-A-Fool Bsquared	3:28
19.	"Pt. II"	R. Green Stewart Hailey Parker	Fade	1:06
20.	"Everything"	R. Green Spight	Eelmatic	2:40
21.	"Married Next Year"	R. Green Horton Cameron Hubler Jaidyn Hullum Kai Hasegawa	TnTXD Uncle Cameron Jai Beats Kaigoinkrazy	3:10
22.	"Better"	R. Green Kate Vogel Saad Ghallab Evenson Clauseille Souiyate Amine	Coco ThatBossEvan Amineskrtt	2:55
23.	"By Your Side"	R. Green Horton Ryan Hartlove	TnTXD Harto	3:14
24.	"Cold December"	R. Green Hank Williams Jr. Horton Clauseille Justin Bradbury Luke Walker	TnTXD ThatBossEvan JB Lukecmon	3:12
Total length:				68:20

Sample credits

"Alone" contains samples from "U.N.I.", written by Ed Sheeran and Jake Gosling, and performed by the former.
"No Deal" contains samples from "People Watching", written by Conan Gray and Daniel Nigel, and Julia Michaels, and performed by Gray.

Charts

Chart performance for *Beautiful Mind*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[3]	34
US Billboard 200^[4]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	1

References

^ Caulfield, Keith (August 21, 2022). "Rod Wave's 'Beautiful Mind' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Green, Dylan (August 17, 2022). "Rod Wave: Beautiful Mind". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[BB200-1] Caulfield, Keith (August 21, 2022). "Rod Wave's 'Beautiful Mind' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

[Pitchfork-2] Green, Dylan (August 17, 2022). "Rod Wave: Beautiful Mind". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Rod_Wave-3] "Rod Wave Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_Rod_Wave-4] "Rod Wave Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Rod_Wave-5] "Rod Wave Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

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Discography
Studio albums	Ghetto Gospel Pray 4 Love SoulFly Beautiful Mind Nostalgia Last Lap
Extended plays	Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory (2022)
Singles	"Heart on Ice" "Dark Clouds" "Thief in the Night" "Pray 4 Love" "The Greatest" "Girl of My Dreams" "Freestyle" "Street Runner" "Tombstone" "Richer" "Time Heals" "By Your Side" "Cold December" "Stone Rolling" "Alone" "Break My Heart" "Fight the Feeling" "Call Your Friends" "Come See Me" "Boyz Don't Cry" "Checkmate" "Passport Junkie" "Fall Fast in Love"
Featured singles	"Before I Go"
Other songs	"Rags2Riches" "Letter from Houston" "SoulFly" "Gone Till November" "Don't Forget" "OMDB" "Already Won" "Home Ain't Home" "Yungen" "Never Get Over Me" "Sweet Little Lies" "Nostalgia" "Long Journey" "Turks & Caicos" "Great Gatsby"