$uicideboy$ – I Want to Die in New Orleans (Silver Vinyl)

$Uicideboy$'s I Want To Die In New Orleans is the New Orleans duo's debut studio album, first released in 2018, and it arrived as a decisive step from a prolific underground run into a full-length statement that reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200. Built from hip hop, hardcore hip hop and cloud-rap elements, it turns the pair's hometown identity into something heavier and more intimate rather than just atmospheric scene-setting.

The album is centred on semi-autobiographical writing about depression, drug addiction and suicidal ideation, giving its bleak mood a lived-in weight. What makes it land is the balance between confrontation and structure: the distorted, abrasive production keeps the intensity high, while the material is shaped into a more cohesive album than a loose tape-era compilation. Tracks such as “Carrollton” and “Meet Mr. NICEGUY” helped define that shift, and the inclusion of “I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel (IV)” ties the record back to one of the duo's recurring song sagas.

For listeners coming to $Uicideboy$ through later records, this is the album that explains why they broke out of the underground without sanding off their edge. It kept the raw nihilism and confession that made the duo distinctive, but framed it in a sharper, more deliberate set that connected far beyond their core scene, including top 10 chart placings in Australia and Finland.