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| Released | December 15, 2021 | |||
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"Love & War" is a song by American rapper Kodak Black, released on December 15, 2021, as the lead single from his fourth studio album Back for Everything (2022). It was produced by Pompano Puff and J Gramm.
The cover art of the song shows Kodak Black holding hands with his girlfriend as a heart of smoke explodes in the sky, with soldiers at war behind them. [1]
The chorus of the song previously leaked in 2019, following which it went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok [2] and was also used for Black's feature on the song "On the Low" by Shoreline Mafia in 2020. Lyrically, the song finds Kodak expressing his feelings toward a girl, saying she wants "love" but he wants "war". [1] [2] The production of the song contains xylophone. [3]
Preezy Brown of Vibe regarded the song as among the "standouts" that "help close out Back For Everything on a high note". [4] On the other hand, Jayson Buford of HipHopDX wrote, "'Love & War,' the last record, is abominable. With his xylophone production, it's a SoundCloud snippet that should've stayed there." [3]
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [5] | 8 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 48 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ) [7] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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