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Q-Lo had been working on his next studio album for approximately three years, and had begun work shortly following the commercial release of ''Purple 001''. The planned album included various unused tracks and music samples that did not make the final cut of Q-Lo's previous works, which included music produced as early as 2012. This includes the Yeeda and Fren-Z collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLN9vt5jQk No Ma'am]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsuk8Ib95zg Don't Tell Me]</span>", while "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67HqZ0pQ6HI All Alone]</span>" had been a leftover track from the ''Saudade'' sessions. The [[Yung Nevabroke]] collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMechSxBq0 Stupid]</span>", was recorded during the summer of 2016 at producer SK99's home studio alongside the song "Shackles To Diamonds", which was included in the rapper's fifth studio album, ''OPEN SEASON'' (2016). "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlifiTrWn1k Harder]</span>" had also been a leftover track from ''OPEN SEASON'', one which Q had teased on social media numerous times prior to his death and had performed lived at his final three shows. Songs included in the deluxe version of the album, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnt9MYYNLg Every Summer]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzey6DdUfSI Cash Cash]</span>" featuring ZuWop, were recorded during the sessions for ''Purple 001''. | Q-Lo had been working on his next studio album for approximately three years, and had begun work shortly following the commercial release of ''Purple 001''. The planned album included various unused tracks and music samples that did not make the final cut of Q-Lo's previous works, which included music produced as early as 2012. This includes the Yeeda and Fren-Z collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLN9vt5jQk No Ma'am]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsuk8Ib95zg Don't Tell Me]</span>", while "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67HqZ0pQ6HI All Alone]</span>" had been a leftover track from the ''Saudade'' sessions. The [[Yung Nevabroke]] collaboration, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMechSxBq0 Stupid]</span>", was recorded during the summer of 2016 at producer SK99's home studio alongside the song "Shackles To Diamonds", which was included in the rapper's fifth studio album, ''OPEN SEASON'' (2016). "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlifiTrWn1k Harder]</span>" had also been a leftover track from ''OPEN SEASON'', one which Q had teased on social media numerous times prior to his death and had performed lived at his final three shows. Songs included in the deluxe version of the album, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnt9MYYNLg Every Summer]</span>" and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzey6DdUfSI Cash Cash]</span>" featuring ZuWop, were recorded during the sessions for ''Purple 001''. | ||
Stephacide, a record producer whom Q-Lo had worked considerably throughout his professional career and executive producer of the album, would confirm in an interview with ''Sierra Media'' that "most" songs featured on the record were originally intended for their collaborative album, with recording sessions beginning in early 2017 and continuing throughout the year while the rapper was on tour promoting ''Purple 001''. These sessions include "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZnSEVoVUZ8 My Way]</span>", one of the few songs to have a music video recorded before the rapper's | Stephacide, a record producer whom Q-Lo had worked considerably throughout his professional career and executive producer of the album, would confirm in an interview with ''Sierra Media'' that "most" songs featured on the record were originally intended for their collaborative album, with recording sessions beginning in early 2017 and continuing throughout the year while the rapper was on tour promoting ''Purple 001''. These sessions include "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZnSEVoVUZ8 My Way]</span>", one of the few songs to have a music video recorded before the rapper's passing; "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfWIundoes Used To]</span>", "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnvpJa6Ms4 Searchin]</span>", the KitKat collaboration "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyv2W9Y3LA0 All Flavors]</span>", "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdFJGPP-8wg Loving You]</span>", and "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egp63x4H16k Break It Down]</span>". One of the last songs recorded by Q, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjEF0E2rfS4 Raindrops]</span>", would be finished posthumously while Q in the studio listening to the song would be included as "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDW6tYWF5w Raindrops (Interlude)]</span>". Another song, "<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1W1PdGvTJw It's Been So Long]</span>", would be found on the rapper's laptop located in his touring bus following his death, having been recorded an hour before the rapper's last show the same night as his death. | ||
==Release and promotion== | ==Release and promotion== | ||