''6pc Hot EP'' is the first

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by American singer

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. It was released on June 26, 2020, through LVRN and

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was handled by twelve record producers, including

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, Stwo,

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, Canadian producer London Cyr, and British producer Fwdslxsh, the latter two of whom executive-produced the EP. It features a sole guest appearance from rapper

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on the single "

Know My Rights "Know My Rights" is a song by American singer 6lack, featuring American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on June 26, 2020, as the third single off 6lack's ''6pc Hot EP'', released the same day. The track was produced by London Cyr and Fwdslxsh, ...

Background

In May 2020, 6lack released the track "ATL Freestyle", initially as a free track. On June 24, 2020, he celebrated his birthday with the release of the single "Float". The same day, after holding back on releasing new music in honor of

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, and in solidarity with protests against

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, he announced the release of ''6pc Hot''.

Critical reception

''6pc Hot'' EP was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 77, based on five reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

* Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr. – vocals *

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– vocals (track 4) *ELHAE – additional vocals (track 1) * Courtney Shanade Salter – additional vocals (track 2) *Malik "Venna" Venner – saxophone (track 2) *Maschine – drums (track 4) *Adeyinka "Fwdslxsh" Bankole – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6) *Christopher "Gravez" Justice – producer (track 1) *Steven " Stwo" Vidal – producer (track 2) *Trevor "Singawd" Slade – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 6) *Jack Rochon – producer (track 3) * Nicholas Warren Mira – producer (track 3) *Joseph Reeves – guitar and producer (track 4) *James Cyr – producer (track 4) * Timothy Zachery Mosley – producer (track 5) * Kevin Gilliam – producer (track 5) *Brody Brown – producer (track 5) *Rance – producer (track 5) *Jared "JT" Gagarin – mixing and recording (tracks: 1–4, 6) *Matthew Robinson – recording (track 4) *

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– mixing (track 5) *Chris Galland – mixing (track 5) *Robin Florent – assistant mixing (track 5) *Scott Desmarais – assistant mixing (track 5) *Dylan Del-Olmo – recording (track 5) *Lorenzo Cardona – recording (track 5) *Elton "L10MixedIt" Chueng – mastering

Charts

References

{{6lack 2020 EPs Albums produced by Timbaland Albums produced by Battlecat (producer)