Lil Baby – The Leaks [Mixtape]
Lil Baby turned his birthday into a release party and finally let “The Leaks” out of the hard drive.
Released yesterday, December 3 – the day he turned 31 – the project is a 15-track commercial mixtape released through Glass Window, Wolfpack, Quality Control and Motown, clocking in at just over 41 minutes.
As the title suggests, this isn’t a traditional studio album concept. Baby pulled together a batch of fan-favorite leaks, snippets and unreleased joints, then built a full project around them – giving songs that floated around the internet for years a proper home and mix. The result feels like a love letter to the core fanbase: gritty, hooky trap with that familiar slurry flow, but with enough left-field choices to keep things interesting.
The guest list is heavy: Playboi Carti, Skooly, Lil Yachty, LUCKI, Veeze, Young Thug, Rylo Rodriguez, Bino Rideaux and G Herbo all tap in, sliding over production from June the Genius, Wheezy, Murda Beatz, TM88 and a long line of collaborators. Early standouts like “Mrs. Trendsetter”, “Guaranteed” and “Nasty Girl” bring the high-octane flex, while “Try To Love”, “Real Sh*t” and “Middle of the Summer” lean more introspective without losing the bounce. Collab cuts “Let’s Do It” (with Carti & Skooly), “Get Along” (with Yachty, LUCKI & Veeze), “Superman” (with Thug) and “All On Me” featuring G Herbo push the tape into full event territory.
After the big-budget, chart-topping “WHAM”, “The Leaks” plays like the raw companion piece – the in-between records that show how deep Lil Baby’s stash really is, and how comfortable he is experimenting while still talking that familiar struggle-to-success talk.
Hit play on “The Leaks” and run it front to back – this is the tape the diehards have been asking for, finally out in the open instead of living in snippet folders and low-quality uploads.
