Ghetto Cowboy (album)

Ghetto Cowboy
Studio album by
Yelawolf
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)[1]
Recorded2016, 2018-2019
StudioBlackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length50:25
LabelSlumerican
Producer
Yelawolf chronology
Trunk Muzik 3
(2019) 		Ghetto Cowboy
(2019) 		Slumafia
(2021)
Singles from Ghetto Cowboy
  1. "Unnatural Born Killer"
    Released: August 9, 2019
  2. "Opie Taylor"
    Released: October 11, 2019

Ghetto Cowboy is the sixth studio album by American rapper Yelawolf, released on October 31, 2019.[2] It is his second independent studio album, after his 2005 debut Creekwater, and his first since departing from Eminem's imprint Shady Records, and its parent label, Interscope Records, following the release of Trunk Muzik 3 earlier in the year.[3] The album's title is a homage to the 1998 hit single of the same name by the hip hop collective Mo Thugs.

Sessions for the album began in Blackbird Studios (the same studio where Yelawolf recorded his Gold-certified record, Love Story, in 2015), shortly after the release of Yelawolf's fifth album.[4] Production was handled by long-time collaborators Jim Jonsin, DJ Klever, DJ Paul, and Brian Jones, who worked on several tracks for Yelawolf's weekly freestyle series leading up to the release of Trunk Muzik 3.

This also marks the first time Yelawolf released two studio albums in the same year (along with Trunk Muzik 3), and the first time one of his studio albums is solely released by Slumerican Records, an extension of his lifestyle and culture brand with retail headquarters based in Nashville, Tennessee.[5] The album was supported by the singles "Unnatural Born Killer", released on August 9, 2019,[6] and "Opie Taylor", released on October 11, 2019.

  1. ^ "Ghetto Cowboy (CD) – Slumerican Made". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  2. ^ "Yelawolf Announces Halloween Release for 'Ghetto Cowboy,' Sixth Studio Album Coming via Slumerican Records". Music Mayhem Magazine. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ^ Grant, Shawn (2018-08-16). "Yelawolf Announces the End of His Deal with Shady Records". The Source. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. ^ "YelaWolf". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  5. ^ "Yelawolf Announces Halloween Release for 'Ghetto Cowboy,' Sixth Studio Album Coming via Slumerican Records". Music Mayhem Magazine. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  6. ^ "Yelawolf Reemerges With 'Unnatural Born Killer" Single". HotNewHipHop. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-07.