Coi (album)

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Coi
Coi Leray - Coi.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 23, 2023 (2023-06-23)
Studio
  • Chalice (Los Angeles)
  • Criteria (Miami)
  • Trendsetter (Los Angeles)
  • Encore (Burbank)
  • Paramount (Hollywood)
  • Johnny's Pool House (Los Angeles)
  • Champagne Therapy (Los Angeles)
  • Underworld (London)
  • Slime Universe (Atlanta)
Length37:55
Label
Producer
Coi Leray chronology
Trendsetter
(2022)
Coi
(2023)
Blue Moon
(2023)
Singles from Coi
  1. "Players"
    Released: November 30, 2022
  2. "Bops"
    Released: April 27, 2023
  3. "My Body"
    Released: April 28, 2023
  4. "Run It Up"
    Released: June 16, 2023
  5. "Make My Day"
    Released: June 23, 2023

Coi is the second studio album by American rapper and singer Coi Leray. It was released through Uptown and Republic Records on June 23, 2023. The album contains guest appearances from David Guetta, Saucy Santana, Giggs, Lola Brooke, the late James Brown, and Skillibeng. Production was handled by Leray and Guetta themselves, Johnny Goldstein, Akil King, Feli Ferraro, Tommy Brown, Taylor Hill, London on da Track, Cubeatz, Luis Bacqué, and Rockin wit Slime. The release of the album was preceded by four singles: "Players", "Bops", "My Body", "Run It Up" and "Make My Day". [1] It serves as the follow-up to Leray's previous album, Trendsetter (2022).

Contents

Background and promotion

In an interview with Eddie Francis of Apple Music 1 before she announced the album, Leray spoke about her intention with it:

I feel like a lot of the headlines kind of overshadow my true talent and what God really brought me here to do. So I just can't wait because this album's going to show that. … And also the second album's going to make people go back to Trendsetter and make them actually appreciate it for the music instead of the bullshit and the negative headlines and Coi Leray always being the topic. This album is all about me. [2]

Leray announced the title of the album and revealed its cover art on May 19, 2023. [3] She revealed the tracklist three days later. [4]

Singles

The lead single of the album, "Players", was released on November 30, 2022. [5] The second and third singles, "Bops" and "My Body", were released on April 27 and 28, 2023, respectively. [6] The fourth single, "Run It Up", was released on June 16, 2023. [7] And the fifth and final single, "Make My Day" with David Guetta, was released on the same day as the album release. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 4.5/10 [9]

Coi was met with lukewarm reviews from music critics. Heven Haile of Pitchfork felt that Coi "might as well be marketed as a covers album. Roughly 75% of the album relies on painfully obvious samples, copied and pasted in with little modification" and Leray "unimaginatively spins songs by men into #girlboss anthems". Haile also felt wrote that when Leray is "not deploying samples of popular songs, she's hopping on the wave of today's popular sounds" and concluded that "the only idea she brings to Coi" is introducing "the younger generation" to artists she samples. [9]

Track listing

Coi track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bitch Girl"Goldstein1:43
2."Bops"
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Feli Ferraro
  • Germán Valdes
  • King
Goldstein2:08
3."Make My Day" (with David Guetta)
  • Goldstein
  • Guetta
2:15
4."Players"Goldstein2:18
5."My Body"
  • John Gluck, Jr.
  • Herbert Weiner
  • Wally Gold
  • Seymour Gottlieb
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • King
  • Goldstein
  • Leray
  • Ferraro
  • King
2:00
6."Get Loud"
  • Goldstein
  • Lee [a]
  • Levesque [a]
1:50
7."Phuck It"
Goldstein1:58
8."Spend It" (featuring Saucy Santana)
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • King
  • Alexander Prado
  • Leonard Lowman
  • Rashad Spain
Goldstein2:11
9."Don't Chat Me Up" (featuring Giggs)
  • Leray
  • Tommy Brown
  • Taylor Hill
  • Prado
  • Lowman
  • Alexis Boyd
  • Brown
  • Hill
2:41
10."On My Way"
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • King
  • Lowman
  • Prado
Goldstein1:59
11."Run It Up"
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • A1 LaFlare
  • King
Goldstein2:47
12."No Angels" (featuring Lola Brooke)
2:30
13."Man's World" (with James Brown)
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • Guetta
  • King
  • James Brown
  • Betty Jean Newsome
  • Goldstein
  • Guetta
3:15
14."Black Rose"
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • Ferraro
  • Guetta
  • King
  • Pierre-Luc Rioux
  • Atia Boggs
  • Goldstein
  • Guetta
2:15
15."Radioactive" (featuring Skillibeng)
Goldstein3:21
16."Come and Go"
  • Leray
  • Goldstein
  • King
  • Ferraro
Goldstein2:44
Total length:37:55

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for Coi
Chart (2023)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 102
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 45

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