Following a massive rise in recognition and success following his huge national hit “Key to the Streets,” YFN Lucci announces his first project of 2017: his upcoming EP, Long Live Nut.
Featuring appearances from Rick Ross, Boosie Bad Azz, Lil Durk, PNB Rock, Dreezy, and YFN Trae Pound, Long Live Nut is the most refined version of YFN Lucci’s sound yet, showcasing his impeccable ear for melody and hooks and his skill at conveying powerful emotion through trap music.
Named after and dedicated to Nut, YFN Lucci’s late mentor who died before he could witness the Think It’s a Game artist’s rise to success, Long Live Nut’s features a powerful photograph of YFN Lucci with Nut’s son, delivering flowers to Nut’s grave while a faded photograph of the late gangster looks on.
The next step up on YFN Lucci’s ladder to superstardom, Long Live Nut releases on Nut’s birthday, April 4th.
Explaining his relationship with his friend Nut, YFN Lucci said,
“Nut was my big homie, he meant the world to me. None of my success would be possible without him. He introduced me to Fly, who signed me to his Think Its a Game label. I met Nut 5 years ago through a friend. He was big in the streets–he the type of man you needed to link with when you came to Atlanta.
He heard my music and said, ‘I’m gonna make sure you get on.’ When he asked who my favorite rappers were, I named Lil Wayne, Meek Mill and Drake. He said, ‘You’re harder than all of them. I listen to only you and Boosie.’ He started taking me with to the club every night. He would introduce me to everyone and get my music played. He was killed January 10th, 2015. It was right after I dropped my mixtape in mid-December. He got killed right before I had my first real show.”
In anticipation for his new project, YFN Lucci shares the menacing “Ammunition,” the latest taste of the upcoming EP. Produced by Metro Boomin, who imbues the track with a sinister, piano-heavy bombast, “Ammunition” finds the Atlanta rapper reloading and gearing up to protect what’s his as he spits,
“On every mission you know we ain’t missing/And you know we having ammunition/Know me finger itchin’/Know I keep that pistol on me like it’s a tradition.”
Featuring an appearance from YFN Trae Pound ,”Ammunition” is the third single from the EP, following the new PNB Rock-featuring anthem “Everyday We Lit,” and the June James-produced highlight “Never Worried.”
Take a listen to “Ammunition now.
Long Live Nut Tracklisting:
1. Way Up (Prod. June James & RamyOnTheBeat)
2. Heartless ft. Rick Ross (Prod. by Will A Fool)
3. Ammunition ft. YFN Trae Pound (Prod. by Metro Boomin)
4. Been Broke Before (Prod. by June James & OG Parker)
5. 10AM ft. Dreezy (Prod. by Tino)
6. Everday We Lit ft. PNB Rock (Prod. by June James)
7. Never Worried (Prod. by June James & RamyOnTheBeat)
8. Turn They Back ft. Lil Durk (Prod. by Donis Beats)
9. Testimony ft. Boosie Badazz (Prod. by OG Parker)
