Submit Malone has made such a targeted attraction offensive on Nashville that it’s much less a query of who’s on his new, full-on nation album “F-1 Trillion” than who isn’t: legends like Dolly Parton and Hank Williams Jr., vets like Tim McGraw and Blake Shelton, reigning chart champ Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, virtuosos like Chris Stapleton and Invoice Strings, relative newcomers Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson, and plenty of others throughout the album’s sprawling 18 songs — simply three of them aren’t duets (aside from the 9 solo bonus tracks that he surprise-dropped 12 hours after the album’s launch).
He’s leaned into the imagery of all of it as properly, with pickup vans, beer and American flags within the video for the album’s chart-topping lead single with Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Assist” and lyrical references about babes, booze, benders, automobiles, weapons, cigarettes, booze, soccer, heartbreaks, dashing tickets, booze, automobiles, booze and extra booze.
Submit is a Texas native who began as a singer earlier than he grew to become a world-beating rapper, and he’s been leaning on this route and performing acoustically lately. His efforts in Nashville have paid off: His collaborators and plenty of Nashville trade varieties rave about what a gifted, pretty and real man he’s.
The majority of this album was produced by his longtime collaborators Louis Bell (Taylor Swift’s “Fortnite,” Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” Halsey, Kanye West and plenty of others) and Charlie Good-looking (Kanye West, Drake, Jack Harlow, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Mac Miller and extra), with three co-produced by Hoskins (Khalid, Teezo Landing, Don Toliver, Alesso); Bell and Good-looking every have a writing credit score on each tune as properly. Whereas the producers are primarily from the hip-hop and pop worlds and don’t have deep nation bona fides, it’s within the songwriting the place Submit has gone deep.
The truth is, he’s enlisted a military of town’s most profitable songwriters to collaborate. The complete credit are listed under, however frequent collaborators — a lot of whom are additionally profitable artists — embrace:
Ashley Gorely: Named Selection’s Hitmakers songwriter of the 12 months for 2023 due to his a number of credit with Morgan Wallen, he’s additionally labored extensively with Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Hardy and plenty of others.
Ernest: One other massive Wallen collaborator, his credit stretch far past Nashville and embrace Jazmine Sullivan, Zayn and Lil Durk in addition to extra anticipated artists like Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Florida Georgia Line; he’s additionally a profitable artist and is a featured performer on
James McNair: One among Luke Combs’ main collaborators, his credit additionally embrace Wallen, Hardy, Florida Georgia Line, Girl A, Keith City and others.
Chandler Walters: A relative newcomer, Walters is an Ernest protégé and performed guitar in his band earlier than touchdown three cuts on Bailey Zimmerman’s hit debut album “Religiously” and 4 cuts right here.
Different Nashville vets with two cuts every are Chase McGill (Wallen, Hardy, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett) and Josh Thompson (Wallen, Rhett, Jason Aldean).
The complete songwriting credit seem under; all songs have been produced by Bell and Good-looking besides as famous.
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1. “Mistaken Ones”
That includes: Tim McGraw
Producers: Louis Bell and Charlie Good-looking
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Luke Combs, James McNair, Ernest
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2. “Finer Issues”
That includes: Hank Williams Jr.
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Luke Combs, Josh Thompson, James McNair, Ernest
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3. “I Had Some Assist”
That includes: Morgan Wallen
Producers: Charlie Good-looking, Hoskins, Louis Bell
Writers: Submit Malone, Hoskins, Louis Bell, Morgan Wallen, Charlie Good-looking, Ernest, Ashley Gorley, Chandler Paul Walters
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4. “Pour Me a Drink”
That includes: Blake Shelton
Writers: Submit Malone, Charlie Good-looking, John Byron, Jordan Dozzi, Louis Bell, Rocky Block
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5. “Have the Coronary heart”
That includes: Dolly Parton
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Lainey Wilson, Brad Paisley, Ashley Gorley
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6. “What Don’t Belong to Me”
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Ashley Gorley, Ernest, James Maddocks
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7. “Goes With out Saying”
That includes: Brad Paisley
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Ashley Gorley, Josh Thompson, Chase McGill, Joe Reeves
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8. “Man for That”
That includes: Luke Combs
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking and Hoskins
Writers: Submit Malone, Charlie Good-looking, Hoskins, James McNair, Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Ernest
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9. “Nosedive”
That includes: Lainey Wilson
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Luke Combs, James McNair, Ernest, Billy Walsh
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10. “Losers”
That includes: Jelly Roll
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Ashley Gorley, Ernest, Joe Reeves, Chandler Walters
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11. “Satan I’ve Been”
That includes: Ernest
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Hoskins
Writers: Submit Malone, Ernest, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Hoskins, Chandler Walters
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12. “By no means Love You Once more”
That includes: Sierra Ferrell
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Chris Tompkins, Rhett Akins
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13. “Missin’ You Like This”
That includes: Luke Combs
Writers: Submit Malone, Luke Combs, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Hardy, Ashley Gorley, James McNair
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14. “California Sober”
That includes: Chris Stapleton
Writers: Submit Malone, Chris Stapleton, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Mark Holman
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15. “Cover My Gun”
That includes: Hardy
Writers: Submit Malone, Hardy, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Ernest, Xplicit, Billy Walsh
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16. “Proper About You”
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Ernest, Chandler Walters
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17. “M-E-X-I-C-O”
That includes: Billy Strings
Writers: Submit Malone, Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Chase McGill
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18. “Yours”
Writers: Submit Malone, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Good-looking, Ernest, Taylor Phillips