What do you do with a rapper who can't stop recording new material? That seems to be Young Thug's biggest problem—every time he records a song, he moves right along to the next one. Lyor Cohen, who co-founded 300 Entertainment, the label to which Thug is signed, told the rapper as much in a clip earlier this year. "You just record so many songs and leave them like little orphans out there," Lyor informed Thug.

He's been that way for most of his career. Ever since the I Came From Nothing days, Thug has recorded music at a furious pace, rarely circling back to develop the songs that he pulls out of his brain (he once reportedly recorded 40 songs in 27 minutes). That is perhaps why we have yet to see his official debut album, HY!£UN35, which fans have been waiting for since at least 2013, when his "Stoner" single became immensely popular. Despite dropping seven mixtapes since then, including I'm Up, Slime Season 3 and Jeffrey this year, the album is still nowhere to be seen.

And Thug fans probably don't care. The man has such an incredible stash of music that doesn't appear on those tapes; there are probably only a select few stans who have heard every single one of his songs. In 2015, a disastrous leak of nearly 100 unreleased songs resulted in the Slime Season series, a reactionary move to organize those leaks into cohesive projects.

So to celebrate our new cover with Thugger and Guwop, we waded through a bunch of his loosies to find 20 of the best. Note that this isn't a definitive collection of Thug's best loosies, but a sampling of some of the strongest tracks that never made it onto any of his official tapes.

  • 1

    "Should I"

    Young Thug
  • 2

    "Aye"

    Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug
  • 3

    "Brian Nichols"

    Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug
  • 4

    "Roll It"

    Young Thug
  • 5

    "Warrior"

    Young Thug
  • 6

    "Ain't Trippin"

    Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug
  • 7

    "Blanguage"

    Young Thug
  • 8

    "Speed Racer"

    Young Thug
  • 9

    "Up, Up and Away"

    Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug
  • 10

    "Pacifier"

    Young Thug
  • 11

    "Ill"

    Young Thug
  • 12

    "This Is My Life"

    Young Thug
  • 13

    "Ride Around the City"

    Young Thug
  • 14

    "Tragic"

    Young Thug
  • 15

    "You the One"

    Young Thug
  • 16

    "Promise"

    Young Thug
  • 17

    "Stoner"

    Young Thug
  • 18

    "Destroyed"

    Young Thug Featuring Kevin Gates
  • 19

    "Drinking Lean Is Amazing"

    Young Thug
  • 20

    "Here"

    Young Thug

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