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On June 4, 2019, Brown debuted a new track produced by Q-Tip, that would later be titled "Best Life", during his performance at Primavera Sound 2019. On September 5, 2019, the album's lead single, "Dirty Laundry", was released with an official music video. With the announcement, Brown also revealed the album's cover art and release date of October 4, 2019. On September 17, 2019, "Best Life" was released as the album's second single. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Metacritic 84/100 Review scores Source Rating Clash 9/10 Mojo 4/5 stars Q 4/5 stars U Know What I'm Sayin? received acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 8 reviews. In his review for Q, Rupert Howe praised the album, writing, "Uknowhatimsayin¿ is Brown's most compelling set to date, but still boasts the wild-eyed, synaptic rush that made his earlier works so arresting." Andy Cowan of Mojo gave the album a favorable review, writing, "It's avowedly less manic, but Uknowhatimsayin¿ still cuts deep."