I Love It Here

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I Love It Here
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Studio album by
Released15 September 2023 (2023-09-15)
Genre Hip hop
Label
Producer
  • Nasty C (also exec. )
  • Waytoolost
  • Dylan Fine
  • Maxonproduction
  • Show N Prove
  • Christer
  • DJ Khalil
  • Tom Goss
  • Off & Out
  • Elaye Slattery
  • Maestro The Baker
  • Kurtis Mckenzie
  • Kid Hazel
  • Splited Stupid
  • LB808
  • The Elementz
  • Joe Reeves
  • Lekaa Beats
  • Tiggi
  • C. Gutta
  • Luke S. Crowder
  • JustDan
  • Donnie Katana
  • TBS
  • Ties
  • Select Play Music
  • Sammy Soso
  • Kevin Boakye
  • Sk8 Miles
  • Jeid
  • Holy
  • Serhiy Vereshchak
Nasty C chronology
Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape
(2022)
I Love It Here
(2023)

I Love It Here is the fourth studio album by South African recording artist and record producer Nasty C, [1] it was released on 15 September 2023 through Def Jam (a division of UMG) and Universal Music South Africa. [2] It features guest appearances from Tellaman, Maglera Doe Boy, 25K, Anica, Manana, and American rapper Benny the Butcher. [3]

Contents

Background and promotion

The album features background vocals and poem from Nasty C's girlfriend and baby mama Sammie Heavens as the intro of the project. [4]

Track listing

I Love It Here track listing [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."She's Gone & The End" (Sammie Heavens [a] )
  • Nasty C
  • Waytoolost
  • Dylan Fine
  • Maxonproduction
  • Kevin Boakye
3:08
2."Endless"
3:00
3."Crazy Crazy"
  • Elaye Slattery
  • Mikael Haataje
  • Samuel Haataje
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Off & Out
  • Elaye Slattery
2:32
4."Release Me"
  • Eddie Jones
  • Khalil Abdul-Rahman
  • Gerald Harris
  • George Kerr
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
DJ Khalil2:44
5."Fuck That"
  • Nasty C
  • DJ Khalil
2:30
6."Broken Mirrages" (
)
  • Kurtis Mckenzie
  • Khalil Abdul-Rahman
  • Ikeoluwa Oladigbolu
  • Ndumiso Manana
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Maestro The Baker
  • Kurtis Mckenzie
  • DJ Khalil
3:01
7."Prosper in Peace (with Benny the Butcher)"
  • Ebenezer Maxwell
  • Ahmar Bailey
  • Luke Beasley
  • Murenets Nikita
  • Jeremie Pennick
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Kid Hazel
  • Splited Stupid
  • LB808
3:32
8."Sunset Walks (featuring Tellaman)" (Sounka [a] )
  • The Elementz
  • Joe Reeves
3:05
9."This Time (featuring Ami Faku)"
  • Ami Faku
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Babatope Olalekan Bello
Lekaa Beats3:09
10."I Love You"
  • Luke S. Crowder
  • Calvin Lamar Tarvin
  • Darwin C. Quinn
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Tiggi
  • Nasty C
  • C. Gutta
  • Luke S. Crowder
3:44
11."No More"
  • Daniil Letiagin
  • Deonte Moore
  • Louis Delacour
  • Janko Nilovic
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • JustDan
  • Donnie Katana
3:01
12."RIP"
  • Ikeoluwa Oluwatobi Oladigbolu
  • Hrayr Azaryan
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Nasty C
  • TBS
  • Ties
1:35
13."Know Yourself"
  • Christer Kobedi
  • Thelumusa Samuel Owen
  • Thulasizwe Dlamini
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Nasty C
  • Christer
  • Select Play Music
3:48
14."See Me Now (featuring Manana)"
  • Samuel Awuku
  • Ndumiso Manana
  • James Mwanza
  • Cole Ostrin
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
Sammy Soso2:37
15."Temptations (featuring Manana)"
  • Keven Wolfsohn
  • Ndumiso Manana
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
The Elementz3:12
16."Kill the Noise (featuring Anica and Maglera Doe Boy)"
  • Anica De Oliveira
  • Tokelo Moyakhe
  • Miguel Alejandro Salcedo Latouche
  • Eric Omar Rascon Rivera
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Sk8 Miles
  • Jeid
3:16
17."Pops" ()
  • Thelumusa Samuel Owen
  • Thulasizwe Dlamini
  • Khalil Abdul-Rahman
  • Christer Kobedi
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
  • Select Play Music
  • Christer
3:48
18."Hard Choice (featuring 25K)"
  • Holy
  • Serhiy Vereshchak
3:43
19."Dear Oliver"
  • Keven Wolfsohn
  • Paul Bogumil Goller
  • James Mccants
  • Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo
The Elementz3:17

Note

Personnel

Credits for I Love It Here, are adapted from AllMusic. [6]

Promotion

To further promote the album, Nasty C announced his upcoming I Love it Here Tour, to commence on October 18, Paris, France. [7]

Accolades

Industry Awards

I Love it Here received two nominations for Best Produced Album, and Best Hip Hop Album at the 30th ceremony of South African Music Awards.

Awards and nominations for I Love it Here
OrganizationYearCategoryResultRef.
South African Music Awards 2024Best Hip Hop AlbumPending [8]
Best Produced AlbumPending

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelEdition(s)Ref.
Worldwide15 September 2023Def JamStandard [6]

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