I Never Felt Nun

I Never Felt Nun
Studio album by EST Gee
Released	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	55:12
Label	Interscope CMG Warlike
Producer	1AllBlack 100Bands Al Geno Amosxght BeazyTymes Brookbeatz CantRushTheVibe Chosen 1 Doc Playboi Flex Foreverolling Genie GodBoyDinero Higherrside Indyah JB Sauced Up Johngotitt Kam Johnson KutOff Marko Lenz Marshak Mfoss Moon Money Every Nigel Talley Nik Dean Pooh Beatz Popdatoli Rizzo Syk Sense Tatchy Tilt Too Dope TP808 Tymaz Westen Weiss Wyatt Cole Young Cutta
EST Gee chronology
Last Ones Left (2022) I Never Felt Nun (2022) Mad (2023)
Singles from I Never Felt Nun
"Blood" Released: July 29, 2022 "Love Is Blind" Released: August 12, 2022 "Hell" Released: September 1, 2022 "Shoot It Myself" Released: September 9, 2022 "Backstage Passes" Released: October 11, 2022

I Never Felt Nun is the debut studio album by American rapper EST Gee. It was released through Interscope Records, Collective Music Group, and Warlike on September 16, 2022. The album features guest appearances from Future, Jack Harlow, Bryson Tiller, Machine Gun Kelly, and Jeezy.

Background

The day the album was released, EST Gee spoke about it in an interview with Apple Music DJ Zane Lowe:

I don't want to put my beliefs, my feelings off on other people, but just, you got to stay motivated. 'Cause a lot of time it don't seem like it get better. You know what I'm saying? But you got to make it better. So that feeling of not feeling nothing... You know what I'm saying? That shit's basically just keep going through it, don't let it affect you. Before I knew to tell myself, that's how I really was. You know what I'm saying? So that's just what that album's about.

Release and promotion

On September 6, 2022, EST Gee announced the album along with its title and release date. The next day, he revealed the tracklist, which had all the featured artists unannounced. The day after that, the features were announced in a new format of the tracklist that he posted in collaboration with Spotify hip hop playlist RapCaviar.

Singles

The lead single of the album, "Blood", was released on July 29, 2022. It was followed up with the second single, "Love Is Blind", which was released on August 12, 2022. The third single, "Hell", was released on September 1, 2022. The fourth single, "Shoot It Myself", which features fellow American rapper Future, was released on September 9, 2022. The fifth and final single, "Backstage Passes", which features fellow American rapper Jack Harlow, was sent to US rhythmic contemporary radio on October 11, 2022.

Critical reception

I Never Felt Nun ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	7.3/10
RapReviews	7/10
Slant Magazine

I Never Felt Nun received generally positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic wrote, "Louisville rapper EST Gee brings his imposing presence, trauma-fixated lyricism, and deft ability to navigate a hard beat to his debut studio album." Nadine Smith of Pitchfork wrote, "Though rap has reached vast new emotional depths in the last decade, Gee's confessionals are still startling in how bluntly they address the demons head-on. EST Gee's lyricism doesn't bring the catharsis of a therapy session or the removed vantage point of hindsight; I Never Felt Nun comes straight from the heart, hardened like armor." Paul Attard of Slant was slightly more mixed, writing, "The title of Gee's first studio album indicates his continuing disassociation from his emotions."

Track listing

I Never Felt Nun track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Have Mercy"	George Stone III John Ramirez Max Wonnenberg Dominik Breitinger	Johngotitt Rizzo 100Bands	2:38
2.	"Shoot It Myself" (featuring Future)	Stone Nayvadius Wilburn Westen Weiss Jawan Shelton	Weiss BeazyTymes	3:08
3.	"Hell"	Stone Tiquon Pryor Elijah Gull Gorelov Aleksandorovich	TP808 Chosen 1 Doc Playboi	2:19
4.	"Come Home"	Stone Ramirez Jeffrey Jones	Johngotitt Foreverolling Tilt	2:47
5.	"I Can't Feel a Thing"	Stone Ramirez Oliver Spencer Amr Mohamed	Johngotitt Popdatoli Amosxght	3:02
6.	"Backstage Passes" (featuring Jack Harlow)	Stone Jackman Harlow Darryl Clemons Dejan Nikolic	Pooh Beatz Nik Dean	2:38
7.	"Both Arms"	Stone Henry Lotas-Sherratt Wyatt Cole Fancher	Young Cutta Wyatt Cole	3:02
8.	"Bow and Say Grace"	Stone Jones Mark Nikolaev Mamaev Andreevich	Foreverolling Marko Lenz Brookbeatz	2:30
9.	"Blood"	Stone Al Johnson Táta Vega Ryan O'Neil Jones	Money Every Foreverolling	2:35
10.	"Is Heaven for a Gangsta"	Stone Ramirez Jacob Hagemann Roshan Rayat Randy Razz II	Johngotitt KutOff Genie CantRushTheVibe	2:36
11.	"Love Is Blind"	Stone Jones Nikolaev	Foreverolling Marko Lenz	2:37
12.	"X"	Stone Gene Hixon Marcos Antonanas Aissa Robles	Al Geno Marshak 1AllBlack	2:57
13.	"Get Em' Geeski"	Stone Ramirez Wonnenberg Paul Bofinger	Johngotitt Rizzo Tatchy	2:59
14.	"Sabotage" (featuring Bryson Tiller)	Stone Bryson Tiller Dalvin DeGrate Meli'sa Morgan Shirley Murdock Attala Giles Kevin Dorsey Eddie Fluellen Joshua Scruggs	Syk Sense	2:48
15.	"Double Back"	Stone Jones Aaron Butler Jeremy Bradley	Foreverolling Flex JB Sauced Up	2:31
16.	"I Won't Let Em' Kill Me"	Stone Jones Lesidney Ragland Corey Moon Pavel Dolgov Vikentsi Kudrautsau	Foreverolling Too Dope Moon GodBoyDinero Higherrside	2:15
17.	"Death Around the Corner" (featuring Machine Gun Kelly)	Stone Colson Baker Jones Mikado Andersen Oscar Garcia	Foreverolling Mfoss Tymaz	2:43
18.	"Get It Going"	Stone Jones Nikolaev Antonanas	Foreverolling Marko Lenz Marshak	1:28
19.	"Voices in My Head"	Stone Ramirez Indyah McAlister Liam McAlister Vincent Charette	Johngotitt Indyah Tilt	2:22
20.	"Foreva"	Stone Ramirez Razz Charette	Johngotitt CantRushTheVibe Tilt	2:10
21.	"The Realest" (featuring Jeezy)	Stone Jay Jenkins Jones O'Neal Kameron Johnson Nigel Talley	Foreverolling Money Every Kam Johnson Talley	3:15
Total length:				55:12

Charts

Chart performance for I Never Felt Nun

Chart (2022)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	3