“Mixed Personalities” by YNW Melly (featuring Kanye West)

YNW Melly and Kanye West are both artists known to have dealt with mental issues. These are the subjects that are addressed, primarily by Melly, in “Mixed Personalities”. The lyrics also shift indistinguishably between the topic of mental illness and a female Melly is obsessed with. In fact Melly states that the origin of his psychological concerns sprang from his relationship with a homegirl. And she also suffers from mixed personalities. This shorty is referred to as “Penelope”.

Penelope cannot seem to find any uniform direction in life. She is also engaged in a romantic relationship with Melly yet can block his calls and ignore him without warning. She also has issues with Adderall addiction. Eventually it seems that she has moved on past her time with Melly. However, he is unable to accept this and instead threatens whichever guy may currently be dealing with her. Finally, Melly makes an appeal for her to come back.

Ultimately the sentiment Melly is relaying in “Mixed Personalities” is that he’s having a hard time dealing with the loss of Penelope. In fact the constant mental struggle he has to deal with in handling this reality is driving him insane.

Facts about “Mixed Personalities”

• Both YNW Melly and Kanye West receive songwriting credits on this track. With regard to the song’s production, neither Melly nor West took part in the production.
• Hip hop music producer C-Clip Beatz produced this track. Fellow producer BoogzDaBeast also contributed extra production to the song. Owing to this, he is also given production credit.
• The track was dropped formally on January 18, 2019. It was West’s first release for 2019.
• About two weeks before the track’s release, Melly was arrested for drug possession.
• Before this song, West and Melly had never worked together on a track.

On which album does “Mixed Personalities” appear?

It is the 9th track on Melly’s second mixtape We All Shine. The aforementioned mixtape was released in January 2019.