Play Cash Cobain

Play Cash Cobain is the debut studio album by American rapper and record producer Cash Cobain, released on August 23, 2024, by Giant Music. It features guest appearances by Bay Swag, Big Sean, 6lack, Anycia, Chow Lee, Don Q, Don Toliver, Fabolous, Flee, Flo Milli, Kaliii, Kenzo B, Laila!, Lay Bankz, Luh Tyler, Payroll, Quavo, Rob49, Vontee the Singer, and YN Jay.

Background and release

On January 29, 2024, Cash Cobain released "Dunk Contest", the album's first single. On February 28, 2024, the album's second single, "Fisherrr" was released. A remix to "Fisherrr" featuring Ice Spice was released on April 26, 2024. A remix to "Dunk Contest" featuring J. Cole, titled "Grippy", was released on May 24, 2024. He released the album's third single, "Rump Punch" on June 7, 2024. Cash Cobain was featured on the XXL Freshman List in June 2024. On August 14, 2024, he announced the album's cover art and release date, alongside the fourth single, "Problem", featuring Laila!, Fabolous, Big Sean, Kenzo B, Lay Bankz, Luh Tyler, Anycia, Chow Lee, Kaliii, 6lack, Flo Milli, YN Jay, Flee, Don Q and Rob49. He also released a website allowing users to add and arrange vocal features on the song, with additional features from Lil Yachty and Kyle Richh. The album cover was designed by Drake.

Critical reception

Play Cash Cobain was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on four reviews.
Jeff Ihaza of Rolling Stone described the album as "a blueprint for a new kind of rap-r&b crossover." Writing for Variety, Peter A. Berry wrote that the album was "versatile, laugh-out-loud funny and, at times, pretty nuanced" and that it "renders childish humor and romance in a seamless dance" with "a general sense of horny whimsy seeping in everywhere from the song titles to the bar structures." Alphonse Pierre's review for Pitchfork wrote that Cash Cobain's "self-produced beats do more talking than his words, filling in emotional blanks with a 4o-esque fogginess and R&B samples that add some longing to his nonstop raunchiness."

Track listing

All tracks produced by Cash Cobain, except where noted.
Notes

All tracks are stylized in lowercase.

Sample credits

"All I Wanna Hear" contains a sample of "Pon de River, Pon de Bank", as performed by Elephant Man.
"Dunk Contest" contains a sample of "Gotta Get You Home Tonight", as performed by Eugene Wilde.
"CantSleep/DrunkInLuv" contains a sample of "Knockin' Da Boots", written by Keven Conner, Solomon Conner, and Darryl Jackson, as performed by H-Town.
"Problem" contains a sample of "Not My Problem", written and performed by Laila!.
"Slizzy Poetry" contains a sample of "Ooo La La La", written by Teena Marie and Allen McGrier, as performed by Teena Marie.
"Dunk" contains a sample of "Donk", written by DeAndre Way, as performed by Soulja Boy.
"Act Like" contains samples of "How You Gonna Act Like That", written by Tyrese Gibson, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, and Eric Dawkins, as performed by Tyrese; and "For the Night", written by Bashar Jackson, Dominique Jones, Jonathan Kirk, Alex Petit, Christoffer Marcussen, Michael Dean, and Cedric Leutwyler, as performed by Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby.