Cottonwood 2

Cottonwood 2
Standard cover art. The deluxe edition cover is identical, but shows the word "Deluxe" written on the road. The Deluxe 2.0 cover is animated and shows NLE Choppa standing beside his daughter while holding his son; his car and awards remain visible in the background.
Studio album by NLE Choppa
Released	April 14, 2023
Recorded	2020–2023
Genre	Hip hop trap drill
Length	70:50 (Original) 101:47 (Deluxe) 125:00 (Deluxe 2.0)
Label	Warner No Love Entertainment
Producer	NLE Choppa Akxen Al Cres Ambezza Beat Club Ben Billions Biznezz Boi CashMoneyAP Cheeze Beatz Chilbu Chopsquad DJ CRVS Cubeatz D.A. Got That Dope DeCastro Diito Diorr DJ Paul DMac Dougie on the Beat Draco EJ Stellar Felmax FinesseGTB Fortune Fridayy Fya Man Go Grizzly Illmaestro JetsonMade Jordan Hollywood London Jae Madenka Marsha K Maru Beats MikeFrom31st Nfeparis Nuki ProducedbyKB Real Red Riico Sayonara Sean Momberger Sebz Beats Shottie SkipOnDaBeat Superstar O The Beatsmith Twhyxclusive Twinz Variations YoungKio Yuneer Gainz
NLE Choppa chronology
Me vs. Me (2022) Cottonwood 2 (2023) The Chosen Ones (2024)
Singles from Cottonwood 2
"Slut Me Out" Released: April 15, 2022 "In the UK" Released: July 8, 2022 "Do It Again" Released: October 7, 2022 "Champions" Released: February 3, 2023 "Mo Up Front" Released: March 10, 2023 "Ain't Gonna Answer" Released: March 23, 2023 "It's Getting Hot" Released: July 27, 2023 "Cmon Freestyle" Released: October 22, 2023 "We See You" Released: October 26, 2023

Cottonwood 2 is the second studio album by American rapper NLE Choppa. It was released through Warner Records and No Love Entertainment on April 14, 2023. The album contains guest appearances from 2Rare, Lil Wayne, Lola Brooke, Modesty, Fivio Foreign, Kevin Gates, Duke Deuce, Polo G, G Herbo, Queen Naija, and Rick Ross. The sped-up, slowed-down, and instrumental versions of the album were all released on the same day. The deluxe edition of the album was released three days later on April 17, 2023. It contains guest appearances from Gino 2x, ArrDee, Fridayy, Sexyy Red, and Russ Millions. The Deluxe 2.0 edition was released on October 27, 2023, and contains additional guest appearances from Lil Wayne, BigXthaPlug, Rob49, and Carey Washington. Production on the album was handled by a variety of record producers, including NLE Choppa himself, Ben Billions, JetsonMade, DJ Paul, D.A. Got That Dope, CashMoneyAP, Chopsquad DJ, and YoungKio, among others. It serves as a sequel to his 2019 extended play Cottonwood, which served as his first project.

Background

NLE Choppa made a post in May 2022 with a caption saying, "Shook All The Dead Weight, Heavenly Father, More Ready Than Ever To Receive. Prayed Deeply For This. Time To Turn It Up Some More. NEW ALBUM COMING SOON ?/??/22".[1]

In December 2022, NLE Choppa first announced the album and was planning to release the album in February 2023.[2] NLE Choppa began teasing the album in January 2023. On March 10, 2023, NLE Choppa announced the album cover and the release date. Four days before the album's release, he revealed the tracklist of the album.[3]

In an interview with Clash three days before the release of the album, NLE Choppa spoke on it and how it was different from his previous projects:

I'm just trying to be versatile. I'm trying to make sure that I can tap into any sound, any mood and any genre. I want it to be whole, I want it to be the most versatile version of myself and I feel like I accomplished that.[1]

A week before the album was released, NLE Choppa released a preluxe edition, which included several unreleased songs recorded between 2019 and 2020 that had not made it to the album.[2] Despite the songs not being released on the album with other streaming platforms, the songs were instead uploaded on SoundCloud.

Singles

The lead single of the album, "Slut Me Out", was released on April 22, 2022.[3] The second single, "In the UK", was released on July 8, 2022.[4] The third single, "Do It Again", which features fellow American rapper 2Rare, was released on October 7, 2022.[5] The fourth single, "Champions", was released on February 3, 2023.[6] The fifth single, "Mo Up Front", was released on March 10, 2023.[7] The sixth and final single, "Ain't Gonna Answer", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Lil Wayne, was released on March 23, 2023.[8] Reworked versions of "Do It Again" featuring Summer Cem, and "Slut Me Out", which features fellow American rappers Sukihana and Sexyy Red (which were released as two separate remixes), were released on February 9 and April 7, 2023.

Track listing

Bryson Potts is a common writer for all tracks; hence the "Writer(s)" column indicates co-writers.

Cottonwood 2 track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Talk Different"	Jaucquez Lowe Roderick Hughey Broderick Hughey	London Jae Twinz	3:40
2.	"Before I"	Edgar Ferrera Jordan Gomez Gabriel DeCastro Otis Zirker Yannis Kissinger H. Ivy	SkipOnDaBeat Jordan Hollywood DeCastro ProducedbyKB	2:55
3.	"Do It Again" (featuring 2Rare)	Nasseem Young Orlando Wilder Tramayne Watson Miles Gregory	Fya Man	3:33
4.	"Drop Top"	Kevin Price Darryl McCorkell	Go Grizzly Cheeze Beatz	3:12
5.	"Ain't Gonna Answer" (featuring Lil Wayne)	Dwayne Carter, Jr. Benjamin Diehl Bryan Williams Byron Thomas Ian Lewis	Ben Billions	3:07
6.	"Mo Up Front"	Bunny Sigler Phil Hurtt Dameon Hughes Derrick Jackson Kazumi Tabat Kevin Minton	SuperStar O The Beatsmith Yuneer Gainz	2:50
7.	"Automobooty" (featuring Lola Brooke and Modesty)	Shyniece Thomas Jaquetta Singleton Ferrera Almondo Cresso	SkipOnDaBeat Al Cres	4:13
8.	"In the UK"	Aleksey Kuchmiy Niklas Bienek	Diito Maru Beats	3:03
9.	"Champions"	David Doman Daniel Levin	D.A. Got That Dope	4:02
10.	"All I Know"	Price McCorkell	Go Grizzly Cheeze Beatz	2:14
11.	"Dope" (featuring Fivio Foreign)	Maxie Ryles III Ferdinand Media	Madenka	2:47
12.	"Pretty Brown"	Lowe Dylan McKinney Marcos Anoñana	London Jae DMac Marsha K	3:39
13.	"Home"	Ferrera Gomez Cristian Colon	SkipOnDaBeat Jordan Hollywood CRVS	2:37
14.	"Habits" (featuring Kevin Gates)	Kevin Gilyard Tahj Morgan Ernest Adams Wouter Bel	JetsonMade EJ Stellar Sayonara	3:33
15.	"Round & Round"	Algernod Washington Aliaune Thiam Celestine Amajoyi Daniel Moras	Chilbu Felmax	2:52
16.	"Stomp Em Out" (featuring Duke Deuce)	Patavious Isom Jordan Houston Paul Beauregard Amajoyi Tim Moore	DJ Paul Chilbu Twhyxclusive	2:58
17.	"Thug It Out"	Mathias Liyew Trevor Rich Arasb Ghassemi	Ambezza Akxen Riico	3:46
18.	"Glide with Me"	Doman	D.A. Got That Dope	2:48
19.	"Disability Checks" (featuring Polo G and G Herbo)	Taurus Bartlett Herbert Wright III Ashot Akopian Raphael Udo III	Shottie Draco	3:22
20.	"Slut Me Out"	Alex Petit Amritvir Singh	CashMoneyAP FinesseGTB	2:03
21.	"On God" (featuring Queen Naija)	Queen Bulls Timothy Mosley Michael Williams II Larrance Dopson	NLE Choppa Beat Club	3:15
22.	"Cold Game" (with Rick Ross)	William Roberts II Kevin and Tim Gomringer Udo Akopian Jordan Loreal Nathalia Marshall	Cubeatz Draco Nuki	4:08
Total length:				70:50

Deluxe bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
23.	"Lock In"	Udo Nfeparis MikeFrom31st	Draco Nfeparis MikeFrom31st	3:45
24.	"Clyde & Dodo" (featuring Gino 2x)	Zyrion Matlock Darrel Jackson Jorres Nelson	Chopsquad DJ Real Red	3:13
25.	"Envy" (with ArrDee)	Riley Davies Kiowa Roukema Petit Moras Variations	YoungKio CashMoney AP Felmax Variations	2:27
26.	"Dog Food"	Douglas Whitehead Lowe	Dougie on the Beat London Jae	3:15
27.	"Who They Gone Call On"	Gerald Levert Marsha Ambrosius Joe Little III A. Harris E. Nicholas N. Stewart Sean Momberger Illmaestro	Momberger Illmaestro	4:42
28.	"Will Not Lose" (with Fridayy)	Francis LeBlanc Andre Robertson Rodney Montreal	Fridayy Biznezz Boi Fortune	3:43
29.	"Slut Me Out" (featuring Sexyy Red)	Janae Wherry Petit Singh	CashMoney AP FinesseGTB	3:23
30.	"Shake It" (with Russ Millions)	Shylo Milwood Sebastian Obasohan	Sebz Beats	3:26
31.	"Break the Bank"	Diorr	Diorr	2:57
Total length:				101:47

For the Deluxe 2.0, Bryson Potts is a writer for all of the tracks, as well as the featured artists on their featured track.

Deluxe 2.0 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Message From Weezy" (featuring Lil Wayne)	1:32
2.	"We See You"	2:23
3.	"It's Getting Hot"	2:15
4.	"Pistol Paccin" (with BigXthaPlug)	2:30
5.	"Smokin on Them"	2:54
6.	"Cmon Freestyle"	2:42
7.	"Good Day"	2:25
8.	"Flaws" (featuring Rob49 and Carey Washington)	2:49
9.	"Auntie Living Room"	3:41
Total length:		125:00

Notes

• All track titles on all editions are stylized in all uppercase, for example, ''Dope" would be "DOPE".
• Sometimes, all of the tracks with a guest artist are labeled as with, instead of featuring.
• "We See You" samples "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.
• "It's Getting Hot" samples "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
• "Pistol Paccin" samples "Bitch Smackin' Killa" by Project Pat
• "Smokin' on Them" samples "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and Kimbra
• "Cmon Freestyle" samples "Still Tippin'" by Mike Jones, Slim Thug, and Paul Wall
• "Good Day" samples "Footsteps in the Dark" by The Isley Brothers
• "Flaws" samples "Ain't Nobody" by Chaka Khan
• "Do It Again" samples "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Cottonwood 2 Chart (2023) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 39 US Billboard 200[10] 21 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] 9

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Cottonwood 2 Chart (2023) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 90

References

1. Davidson, Adam (April 11, 2023). ""I'm Just Trying To Be Versatile!" NLE Choppa Is Going For Gold". Clash. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
2. "Album: NLE Choppa 'Cottonwood 2' - Rap Radar". rapradar.com. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
3. Price, Joe (April 22, 2022). "NLE Choppa Drops Video for Explicit New Song "Slut Me Out"". Complex. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
4. Aron A. (July 14, 2022). "NLE Choppa Dabbles With London Drill On "In The UK"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
5. Banks, Lamar (October 7, 2022). "NLE Choppa Turns Up With 2Rare In New Video "Do It Again"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
6. Powell, Jon (February 3, 2023). "NLE Choppa blesses the masses with his latest single "Champions"". Revolt. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
7. Cho, Regina (March 10, 2023). "NLE Choppa releases new "Mo Up Front" single". Revolt. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
8. "NLE Choppa And Lil Wayne Join Forces On 'Ain't Gonna Answer'". Rap-Up. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
9. "NLE Choppa Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
10. "NLE Choppa Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
11. "NLE Choppa Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
12. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2023.