Shotta Flow

"Shotta Flow"
Single by NLE Choppa
from the EP Cottonwood[1]
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)
Recorded2018
GenreTrap
Length2:40
LabelUnitedMasters
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Midas800
NLE Choppa singles chronology
"Drip Creator"
(2018)
"Shotta Flow"
(2019)
"Shotta on Dripp"
(2019)
Music video
"Shotta Flow" on YouTube

"Shotta Flow" is the breakout single by American rapper NLE Choppa (who was 16 at the time) released on January 11, 2019. A remix featuring American rapper Blueface was released on June 20, 2019 along with a music video directed by Cole Bennett.[2] Produced by Midas800,[3] The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Three additional sequels to the song were released throughout 2019, with the fifth, "Shotta Flow 5", released in June 2020.[4][5][6] The original and the remix were later included on NLE Choppa's debut EP Cottonwood.[7] "Shotta Flow 4", featuring Chief Keef, was released on NLE Choppa's debut studio album Top Shotta, on August 7, 2020.[8] A sixth sequel, "Shotta Flow 6", is the opening track on NLE Choppa's mixtape Me vs. Me, released on January 28, 2022.[9]

  1. ^ "NLE Choppa – Cottonwood". UnitedMasters. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Price, Joe (June 21, 2019). "17-Year-Old Rapper NLE Choppa Recruits Blueface for "Shotta Flow" Remix Video". Complex. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Montes, Patrick (June 20, 2019). "Blueface Joins NLE Choppa for the Cole Bennett-Directed "Shotta Flow Remix" Video". Hypebeast. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Shotta Flow 2 – Single by NLE Choppa". Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Apple Music.
  5. ^ "Shotta Flow 3 – Single by NLE Choppa". Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Apple Music.
  6. ^ Rose, Jordan (June 12, 2020). "NLE Choppa Unleashes Video for New Track "Shotta Flow 5"". Complex. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  7. ^ Ivey, Justin (December 19, 2019). "NLE Choppa Releases Debut EP 'Cottonwood'". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Top Shotta by NLE Choppa on Apple Music". Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Apple Music.
  9. ^ "Me vs. Me by NLE Choppa". 28 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.