''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

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, Lil Wayne,

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, Modesty, Fivio Foreign, Kevin Gates,

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, Polo G, G Herbo, Queen Naija, and

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. 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,

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, 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,

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, DJ Paul,

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, 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". In December 2022, NLE Choppa first announced the album and was planning to release the album in February 2023. 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. 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.

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. 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. The second single, "In the UK", was released on July 8, 2022. The third single, " Do It Again", which features fellow American rapper

, was released on October 7, 2022. The fourth single, "Champions", was released on February 3, 2023. The fifth single, "Mo Up Front", was released on March 10, 2023. The sixth and final single, " Ain't Gonna Answer", a collaboration with fellow American rapper Lil Wayne, was released on March 23, 2023. Reworked versions of "Do It Again" featuring Summer Cem, and "Slut Me Out", which features fellow American rappers

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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. 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. Notes * All track titles on all editions are stylized in

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, 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

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* "

It's Getting Hot "It's Getting Hot" is a single by American rapper NLE Choppa from the deluxe edition of '' Cottonwood 2''. It was released on July 27, 2023 with an accompanying music video. Produced by Draco, Project X and Superstar O, it samples and interpolate ...

" samples " Hot in Herre" by

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* "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' "Still Tippin" is a song by American rapper Mike Jones, released on November 12, 2004 as his debut and lead single from his album '' Who Is Mike Jones?'' (2005). Prior to this, it was also used as a single to promote Swisha House's compilation al ...

" 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

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* " Do It Again" samples " Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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