Y2K!

Y2K! is the debut studio album by Bronx rapper Ice Spice, released on July 26, 2024, through TenThousand Projects and Capitol Records. The record runs just under half an hour across ten tracks, a deliberate length that keeps the energy high and the focus tight. Production duties fell mainly to RiotUSA and Goldin, who built a sound rooted in the drill subgenre that first brought Ice Spice to national attention. Guest verses come from Travis Scott, Gunna, and Central Cee on the standard edition, while the deluxe version, issued later that year, adds appearances from NLE Choppa, DaBaby, Bb trickz, and Anuel AA.

Critics responded with a mix of praise and reservation. The album's energetic delivery and cohesive production drew positive notes, but several reviewers pointed to limited lyrical depth and a tendency for the tracks to blur together. The short runtime was called both a strength, for keeping things punchy, and a limitation, as some songs feel like variations on the same formula. Even so, the project landed as a confident statement from an artist who had spent two years building momentum, and it confirmed her place among the new wave of drill artists without radically reinventing the sound.

The title nods to the Y2K aesthetic, a cultural reference that has seen a revival in fashion and music. But the album is not a nostalgic pop artifact; it stays firmly in Ice Spice's lane of bass-heavy, hook-driven hip-hop. The cover art, featuring the rapper in a futuristic setting, plays with early-2000s visual tropes, but the music itself looks forward rather than back. [edit]