Diamonds (Lil Peep and iLoveMakonnen album)

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Diamonds
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Recorded2017
Studio
  • Electric Feel Studios
  • Eastcote Studios
Genre
Length81:23
Label AWAL
Producer
Lil Peep chronology
Changes
(2023)
Diamonds
(2023)
iLoveMakonnen chronology
Stay Hydrated
(2022)
Diamonds
(2023)
Diamonds
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Smokin'"
  • Fish Narc
  • Lil Zubin
4:14
2."IDGAF 2"
3:09
3."Favorite Drug"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Brenton Duvall
3:55
4."Hypnotized"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Brenton Duvall
  • Brenton Duvall
  • iLoveMakonnen
3:44
5."Ballin'"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Lewis Hughes
  • Nicholas Audino
  • Te Whiti Warbrick
SickDrumz2:30
6."Really Loving You"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Friars-Funkhouser
  • Fish Narc
  • iLoveMakonnen
2:49
7."November"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Cody Littlefield
  • Smokeasac
  • Yung Cortex
2:35
8."Guiltiness"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Littlefield
  • Smokeasac
  • Yung Cortex
3:06
9."Prove My Love"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Duvall
  • Brenton Duvall
  • iLoveMakonnen
4:29
10."Sidelines"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Astasio
  • Pebworth
  • Smokeasac
  • IIVI
2:08
11."I've Been Waiting" (OG version without Fall Out Boy)
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Duvall
  • Brenton Duvall
  • iLoveMakonnen
4:33
12."Rent to Pay"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Friars-Funkhouser
  • Fish Narc
  • iLoveMakonnen
3:46
13."I Sell Cocaine"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Friars-Funkhouser
  • Fish Narc
  • iLoveMakonnen
4:09
14."That Juice"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Friars-Funkhouser
  • Fish Narc
  • iLoveMakonnen
2:46
15."Twisted"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Hughes
  • Audino
  • Warbrick
SickDrumz2:37
16."Nasty Names"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Friars-Funkhouser
Fish Narc4:25
17."Kiss Me"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
Smokeasac3:48
18."Cry Baby 2"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Astasio
  • Pebworth
  • Blackburn
  • Smokeasac
  • IIVI
3:25
19."Hocus Pocus"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Astasio
  • Pebworth
  • Alexander Oriet
  • David Phelan
  • Smokeasac
  • IIVI
3:00
20."Cruise With You"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
  • Mullen
  • Smokeasac
  • iLoveMakonnen
3:23
21."Diamond Piano Freestyle (Outro)"
  • Åhr
  • Sheran
iLoveMakonnen12:52
Total length:81:23

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