have played it safe and stuck to a winning formula, which remains a strong suit (i.e. Issas "Bank Account" and "Close My Eyes"). Instead, he challenged himself to be more musically ambitious. While his experiments didn't produce dynamic results, the positives overshadow the negatives". Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews said, "For better or worse the album also achieves a certain bland uniformity at times by staying so true to the trap aesthetic and having Metro Boomin produce so much of the music. It's not ill-conceived, it's just that it all winds up becoming a bit monotonous if you don't randomize it and/or mix in some songs by other artists". Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork states, "He is so compelling when he digs deeper into his psyche this way, providing more than superficiality, but there aren't enough of these moments to sustain Issa Album, which is as basic as its title". In a mixed review, AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung stated: "Overall, Issa is a competent statement that demonstrates promise from the young rapper." Brian Josephs of Spin said, "Issa Album needn't be The Infamous, but it could've benefitted from a clearer and tighter direction". Wren Graves of Consequence criticized the "repetitive odes to getting high, getting laid, and getting lots of money". Commercial performance Issa Album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 77,000 album-equivalent units, of which 22,000 were pure album sales. On November 24, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of one million units in the United States. Track listing Notes signifies a co-producer signifies an uncredited co-producer Sample credits "Bank Account" contains a sample of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's original composition "Flashbulbs". "Thug Life" contains a sample of "Something He Can Feel", written by Curtis Mayfield and performed by En Vogue. Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal and XXL. Performers 21 Savage – primary artist Young Thug – vocals (track 13) Technical Alex Tumay – mixing (all tracks) Gordie Tumay – assistant mixing (all tracks) Joe LaPorta – mastering (all tracks) Blake Harden – recording (all tracks) Derrick Selby – recording (all tracks) Ethan Stevens – recording (all tracks) Anthony Gonzales – recording (all tracks) Brian Smith – recording (all tracks) Todd Bergman – uncredited recording (track 7) Production Metro Boomin – production (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14), co-production (track