Y2K!

Her music career had a humble beginnings as she started rapping by releasing a few songs between 2020 and 2021.^[1][2] In September 2022, she signed a record deal with 10K Projects, in which serves as an imprint of Capitol Records.^[3] Ice Spice gained popularity during the release of her debut extended play, Like..? (2023).^[4] Ice Spice achieved four top 10 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100—"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" (with PinkPantheress), "Karma" (with Taylor Swift), and "Princess Diana", and "Barbie World" (with Nicki Minaj).^[5]

On January 31, 2024, Ice Spice announced that her-then upcoming debut studio album would arrive somewhere in that same year. The name of the album is a reference to her being born on January 1, 2000. She stated that it was almost finished, and a "crazy collaboration" had been "locked in" two days prior to the interview being conducted.^[6][7]

On June 5, Ice Spice revealed the album cover artwork, along with the release date of July 26. According to Billboard's Michael Saponara, the "NYC-themed cover art [...] finds her rocking revealing jean shorts along with green boots, her hands on a concrete wall as she stands outside a subway station next to a fire hydrant. "Y2K" is spray painted in hot pink on a trash can."^[8][9] On July 12, Ice Spice and Central Cee released "Did It First", described by Uproxx as a half-Jersey club, half-UK drill track that was "100% [Ice Spice's] own" with a distinctive "propulsive" sound.^[10]

In the United States, Y2K! debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200, with 28,000 album-equivalent units, becoming her highest selling week, surpassing her debut extended play, Like..? (2023), which sold 15,000 units.^[12][13] In Europe, Y2K! entered only in the French, Lithuanian, and Poland albums charts, respectively at the numbers 124, 20 and 43.^[14]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.8/10[15]
Metacritic	65/100[16]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10[17]
Evening Standard	[18]
Exclaim!	6/10[19]
The Guardian	[20]
The Independent	[21]
The Line of Best Fit	6/10[22]
NME	[23]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[24]
Rolling Stone	[25]
The Telegraph	[26]

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Upon its release, the album received mixed reviews from critics. According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Y2K! received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 65 out of 100 from 17 critic scores.^[16] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 15 reviews and gave the album an average of 5.8 out of 10.^[15] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian wrote that the album "doesn’t hang around long enough to bore you", while describing the record as "wilfully trashy, brief and throwaway". He noted that "Y2K! is unlikely to enter the pantheon of great rap albums", however, "it’s fun while it lasts".^[20] Writing for The Independent, Helen Brown stated that there's "a wickedly infectious energy, wit and filth to her confrontational braggadocio".^[21] NME's Rhian Daly wrote that the album "shows plenty of promise" but is weighed down by the filler content. Daly concluded his review by noting that "it’s not a masterpiece that will silence the haters, but it’s not likely to slam the brakes on her rapid rise either".^[23] Mankaprr Conteh for Rolling Stone wrote that the album's short length "uses her limited range" to her advantage while noting that "Ice is more animated and wordy than ever".^[25] Complex noted the abundance of poop-related lyrics, stating "there is a lot of shit on this album".^[27]

• Ice Spice – vocals
• Mike Dean – mastering, mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10)
• Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 8, 9)
• Sean Solymar – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10)
• Dayron "Slayron" Hammond – mixing, engineering (tracks 8, 9)
• RiotUSA – engineering (tracks 2, 8, 9), programming (8)
• Tommy Rush – immersive mix engineering, mixing assistance (tracks 1–7, 10)
• Kaleb "KQuick" Rollins – immersive mix engineering (tracks 8, 9)
• Augusto Sanchez – immersive mix engineering (track 8)