B.I.B.L.E.

On November 30, 2020, as part of Apple Music's project for Christmas songs and covers day, titled Carols Covered, Fivio released the holiday-themed single, "Baddie on My Wish List", in which TV network Revolt reported the title of the album.[2] B.I.B.L.E. was originally set to be released on March 25, 2022, but Fivio pushed the abum back by exactly two weeks to improve it.[3] On April 1, 2022, exactly one week before the album was released, he revealed a list of artists that would appear on it.[4] Three days later, he revealed the tracklist of the album alongside its pre-order on Apple Music.[5] On April 6, 2022, two days before the album was released, Fivio released a documentary for it.[6]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
CommMedia	6/10[10]
Clash	7/10[11]
HipHopDX	3.3/5[12]
NME	[13]
Pitchfork	5.2/10[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]

B.I.B.L.E. was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream music critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favourable reviews." Writing for Clash, Ath'e Zihle felt that "although I would not say that this album breaks boundaries or sparks deep emotional response, it is Fivio's formal introduction to the world with a heavy-hitting drill project which will lead the way for future drill projects globally".[11] Kyann-Sian Williams of NME compared B.I.B.L.E. to Kanye West's tenth studio album, Donda (2021), opining that "Fivio Foreign's delivery remains pin-sharp throughout the album, proving that with a few inspired beats, he can produce utter greatness", "with its drill influences and eclecticism, this is perhaps the record 'Donda' could have been, proving that Fivio has plenty of scope to transcend drill culture".[13] Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times wrote that on the album, Fivio "hopes to smooth a path for the city's [New York's] ascendant hip hop scene, even as it draws criticism amid a rise in gun violence" and "tries to maneuver an unconventional sound onto a more conventional path: smoothing down drill's street edge into something safely marketable".[16]

B.I.B.L.E. debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 29,000 album-equivalent units (including 1,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week, according to MRC Data.[17] This became Fivio's first US top-ten debut on the chart.[17] The album also accumulated a total of 37.75 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs.[17]

Notes

• "City of Gods" features additional vocals from Playboi Carti.

Sample credits

• "City of Gods" contains samples from "New York City", written by Andrew Taggart and Britney Amaradio, and performed by the Chainsmokers.
• "What's My Name" contains samples from "Say My Name", written by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kelendria Rowland, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, and Fred Jerkins III, and performed by Destiny's Child.
• "World Watching" contains samples from "Lights", written by Ellie Goulding, Richard Stannard, and Ash Howes, and performed by Ellie Goulding.
• "Love Songs" contains samples from "So Sick", written by Shaffer Smith, Mikkel Eriksen, and Tor Erik Hermansen, and performed by Ne-Yo.
• "Can't Be Us" interpolates "Slippin'", written by Earl Simmons, and performed by DMX.