‘Need It’ Migos ft. NBA Youngboy (2020) “Need It” was released on April 24, 2020, as a collaborative single between NBA YoungBoy and Migos on Never Broke Again/Atlantic Records, arriving during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when streaming numbers across the industry were surging due to audiences being home. The track was produced by Quavo and brought together two of the most prolific forces in Southern trap music at the time, with YoungBoy representing the Baton Rouge street rap lane and Migos bringing the signature Atlanta triplet cadence that had defined mainstream hip hop for the better part of the previous five years. The record centers on wealth, loyalty, and street survival delivered with the direct, unfiltered energy both acts built their reputations on, with YoungBoy’s raw, emotionally charged delivery contrasting against the Migos trio’s slicker, more rhythmically playful style in a way that made the two sounds complement each other across the track. “Need It” de...