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Life Ain't No Joke

Mixtape by

Lil Durk

Released

October 19, 2012

Recorded

2012

Genre

Drill

Length

52:55

Label

OTF

Lil Durk chronology

I'm Still a Hitta
(2012)

Life Ain't No Joke
(2012)

Signed to the Streets
(2013)

Life Ain't No Joke is a mixtape by American rapper Lil Durk; hosted by DJ Moondawg and DJ Victoriouz. It was released on October 19, 2012, by his independently record label OTF. The mixtape features guest appearances from French Montana, Soulja Boy and Yo Gotti. As of October 31st, 2022, the mixtape has been downloaded over 259,000 times on DatPiff and is certified platinum.

Reception

Pitchfork Media's Jordan Sargent noted that Lil Durk, unlike fellow Chicago rappers Chief Keef and Lil Reese, "leans heavily on one under-discussed aspect of drill music: Autotune, and drowning music in it." Sargent remarked that several songs on the mixtape make use of the effect "to no real positive outcome", with the exceptions of "Right Here" and, in particular, "Molly Girl", which he called "one of the tape's clear highlights."^[1] In an interview with The Morning News, Durk said that singing on such tracks as "Molly Girl" makes him more versatile than the average rapper. "I think I can switch up any type of genre song," he says. "If I knew about country, I can make a country song."^[2] Corban Goble of Stereogum wrote: "Life Ain’t No Joke is a great title for this set of songs; while there’s this urgency instilled in these teenagers by the dire circumstances of their upbringing, the threat of falling in with the wrong people and finding yourself at the front end of a life sentence always looms above them."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(Intro) 52 Bars"	Durk D. Banks	3:13
2.	"Dem Niggaz"	Banks	3:08
3.	"Right Here"	Banks	3:56
4.	"Action"	Banks	3:40
5.	"Molly Girl"	Banks	3:27
6.	"I'm On"	Banks	3:28
7.	"Rydah"	Banks	3:18
8.	"Disappearing"	Banks	3:42
9.	"Fuck 'Em" (featuring French Montana)	Banks, Kharim Kharbouch	4:40
10.	"Days Of Our Lives"	Banks	3:13
11.	"Animal"	Banks	3:02
12.	"Homicide"	Banks	3:20
13.	"Eater (Remix)" (featuring Soulja Boy)	Banks, DeAndre Way	3:40
14.	"All White" (featuring Yo Gotti)	Banks, Mario Mims	3:38
15.	"Life Ain't No Joke"	Banks	3:32
Total length:			50:17

References

^ Sargent, Jordan (December 11, 2012). "Lil Durk - 'Life Ain't No Joke'". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ McClelland, Edward. "Chiraq, Drillinois". The Morning News. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
^ Goble, Corban (October 25, 2012). "Mixtape Of The Week: Lil Durk - 'Life Ain't No Joke'". Stereogum. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

External links

Life Ain't No Joke at DatPiff

v t e Lil Durk
Discography
Studio albums	Remember My Name (2015) Lil Durk 2X (2016) Signed to the Streets 3 (2018) Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 (2019) Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 (2020) The Voice (2020) 7220 (2022) Almost Healed (2023) Deep Thoughts (2024)
Collaborative albums	The Voice of the Heroes (with Lil Baby) (2021)
Compilation albums	Family over Everything (with Only the Family) (2019) Loyal Bros (with Only the Family) (2021) Loyal Bros 2 (with Only the Family) (2022) Nightmares in the Trenches (with Only the Family) (2023)
Mixtapes	Life Ain't No Joke (2012) Signed to the Streets (2013) Signed to the Streets 2 (2014) They Forgot (2016) Bloodas (with Tee Grizzley) (2017) Just Cause Y'all Waited (2018)
Singles	"Like Me" "My Beyoncé" "Extravagant" "3 Headed Goat" "The Voice" "Stay Down" "Backdoor" "Voice of the Heroes" "Pissed Me Off" "Lion Eyes" "Broadway Girls" "Ahhh Ha" "Golden Child" "Computer Murderers" "Hot Shit" "Hanging with Wolves" "All My Life" "Pelle Coat" "Stand by Me" "F*ck U Thought" "Hellcats SRTs 2" "Smurk Carter" "Old Days" "We Uh Shoot" "Turn Up a Notch"
Featured singles	"Crazy Story 2.0" "Heart on Ice" (Remix) "All These Niggas" "Laugh Now Cry Later" "U 2 Luv" (Remix) "Back in Blood" "Pain Away" "No More Parties" (Remix) "Go Crazy" (Remix) "Every Chance I Get" "24 Hours" "Sharing Locations" "Who Want Smoke??" "Rumors" "Twin" "Leave the Club" "Vultures"
Other songs	"Still Trappin'" "No Time" "Already Won" "Hats Off" "Jonah" "In the Bible" "Chronicles" "What Happened to Virgil" "Mad Max" "War Bout It" "Cross the Globe" "Stand by Me" "Dangerous"
Related articles	Only the Family

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