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New album from NLE Choppa, Cottonwood 2

New album from NLE Choppa, Cottonwood 2

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Nigerian rap artist NLE Choppa has officially released his second album, Cottonwood 2, a follow up to his debut album, Cottonwood, which was released back in 2018. Among the 22 tracks featured on the project were early previews of songs such as “Ain’t Gonna Answer,” and “S**t Me Out, “Champions,” along with the collaboration of Lil Wayne, who jumped on board to contribute to the project with his own verse. Throughout the track, the Memphis emcee channels his inner Weezy energy by referencing one of the most famous hooks of all time, the “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy” hook:

The emcee NLE Choppa has previously released music under the name Me vs. Me back in 2022, a 16-song album boasting collaborations from the likes of G Herbo, Polo G, Young Thug, and Moneybagg Yo. His visuals from the recording have been released since then for cuts from the album that include “Trap Phone,” “Stompin,” and “Lick Me Baby.” The project serves as a follow-up to his 2012 mixtape From Dark to Light as well as his 2015 full-length release Top Shotta, which he released in December.

It can be heard that the 20-year-old rapper NLE Choppa is not only releasing his own music, but he is also featured on a number of recent tracks, including “Krucial” Perry III, “9 Lives” by DDG, “Switches” featuring Clay, “FAITHFUL” featuring Macklemore, “Ostre Pestki” featuring Malik Montana and more. Also in February, the musician participated in the Grammy Museum’s Grammy In The Schools festival with a panel discussion and performance.

Spank Nitti James and Hit-Boy collaborate on “Just Ask”

Spank Nitti James and Hit-Boy collaborate on “Just Ask”

It was only a few months ago that Hit-Boy released a new project for the first time, entitled SURF OR DROWN, which included guest appearances from DOM KENNEDY, Nas, Curren$y, The Alchemist, Avelino, James Fauntleroy, and more. As well as accessing the instrumental versions of each track, fans were able to get the raw vocal tracks as well, which made Fontana’s latest album even more valuable to budding musicians.

In celebration of Friday’s release of his new visual off SURF OR DROWN, Hit-Boy dropped a video for “Just Ask.” On this track Hit-Boy provides an honest update about himself and his career in two quality verses, where Spank Nitti James can be heard offering some authentic insight into his life and career.

In the accompanying video for “Just Ask”, Hit-Boy and Spank Nitti are shown riding through the streets with the blue moon in the background as they run through the streets. On the other hand, the duo enjoys hanging out with two women at a house unknown to them while rocking fly threads.

SURF OR DROWN follows a series of successful joint efforts which Hit-Boy has been involved in over the last year, including Victims & Villains alongside Musiq Soulchild, Bulletproof Soul alongside Pacman da Gunman, King’s Disease III by Nas, and HITGIRL alongside Dreezy. During that same period, Hit-Boy also produced several loose cuts “Scholar” by 24hrs, “CHECKMATE,” “2 LIVE” by Offset and “Fire Proof” by Cordae, Are only a few of the many loose cuts Hit-Boy has produced.