Record Makers has announced Quit to Play Chess, a new album from the late Oxnard, California, artist Cola Boyy. The follow-up to 2021’s Prosthetic Boombox arrives on May 23. Leading the new album is “Babylon.” The single arrives with a music video directed by Joey Frank. Watch it below.
Lewis OfMan, MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden, Jared Solomon, and Nate Fox worked on Quit to Play Chess. The album includes guest spots from Erosika and New York rapper Wiki.
In a statement, Cola Boyy’s family said, “To lose a brother, a son; there is a wide and hollow space within us that will never be filled. But there is music in that emptiness. We are lucky to still have his voice. His music is like nothing else on this Earth; it came from a kid born in space. It warms our hearts knowing our Cola Boyy has so many more people to reach with his style and political convictions. Quit to Play Chess is a masterpiece, rocking our house and community, and, if you play it loud and lose yourself, you may just feel him there with you.”
Quit to Play Chess:
01 Blame the Beret
02 Babylon
03 Crushin’
04 Homegirl
05 Busy [ft. Erosika]
06 800mph [ft. Wiki]
07 Heroes and Villains
08 Wave
09 Red Carpet
10 Walk Again
11 Top of the Class
12 Calling
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