Last Lap
Sixth studio album by Rod Wave, released in 2024.
Last Lap is the sixth studio album by American rapper and singer Rod Wave, released on October 11, 2024, through Alamo Records. The album features guest appearances from Be Charlotte, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Rylo Rodriguez, and Wild Rivers, with production primarily handled by Dmac and TnTXD. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and made Rod Wave the only artist other than Taylor Swift to chart in the top ten each year from 2019 to 2024.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Rod Wave
- Released
- October 11, 2024
- Genre
- Hip-hop
- Length
- 67:13
- Label
- Alamo
Facts from the source article.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turtle Race | Rodarius Green, Thomas Horton, Felix Govaerts, Kyris D'Asia | 3:06 |
| 2 | Last Lap | Green, Trentay Robinson, Brandon Lake, Aaron Moses, Doe Jones, Ryan Ofei | 4:08 |
| 3 | Apply Pressure | Green, Horton, Govaerts, Mohamed Ghallab, Will Michael | 2:55 |
| 4 | 25 | Green, Lee Spight, Temilade Openiyi, Seyi Sodimu, Ronald Banful, Akano Wisdom | 3:00 |
| 5 | Fuck the Fame (featuring Lil Baby and Lil Yachty) | Green, Dominique Jones, Miles McCollum, Deshawn Jackson, Eamon Doyle, Kirk Robinson, Yared Williams | 3:03 |
| 6 | Federal Nightmares | Green, Hunter Brown, Matthew Robinson | 3:08 |
| 7 | Angel with an Attitude | Green, Horton, Fedor Sommerfeld, Justin Bradbury, Gabriel Lucas | 3:15 |
| 8 | The Best | Green, Spight, Donald Lawrence | 2:35 |
| 9 | Never Mind | Green, Horton, David McDowell, Mikhail Makhinko | 2:50 |
| 10 | Mike | Green, Horton, McDowell, D'Asia | 2:35 |
| 11 | Even Love | Green, Horton, Sommerfeld, Archie Patmore, Rashaad Green | 2:34 |
| 12 | Waited 2 Late (with Wild Rivers) | Green, Devan Glover, Khalid Yassein, Andrew Oliver, Horton, McDowell, Makhinko | 2:40 |
| 13 | D.A.R.E. | Green, McDowell, Benjamin Hubble, Bryan Beachley | 2:31 |
| 14 | The Mess They Made | Green, Horton, Michael Roberge, Cameron Hubler, Jeffrey Jones Jr. | 2:45 |
| 15 | Karma | Green, Spight | 2:54 |
| 16 | Spaceship | Green, Horton, McDowell, Josh Joseph | 2:54 |
| 17 | Lost in Love (with Be Charlotte) | Green, Charlotte Brimner, Horton, Devin Wood, Andrey Letunov, Scotty Anderson, Ciaran McEneny | 2:43 |
| 18 | Bachelor | Green, Tarkan Kozluklu, Govaerts, Niko Schneider, Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib, Francis Starlite | 2:25 |
| 19 | Scared Love | Green, Horton, Janarious Wheeler, Keely Maynard, Joseph Tounge, Sterling van Reynolds, Antonio Ramos, Evgeny Ermakov | 3:05 |
| 20 | Fall Fast in Love | Green, Kozluklu, Christopher Fizer, Govaerts, Schneider | 2:52 |
| 21 | Passport Junkie | Green, Kozluklu, Kirill Vyacheslavovich, Darius Poviliunas | 2:27 |
| 22 | IRan | Green, Horton, Bradbury, Wood, Robert Smorra, Georgia Boyden | 2:58 |
| 23 | Jersey Numbers (featuring Rylo Rodriguez) | Green, Ryan Adams, Horton, Bradbury, Isaac Agyapong | 3:50 |
| Total length | 67:13 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Release and promotion
In late 2023, Green put out the song "After it All" on his YouTube channel, but took it down quickly because of sample clearance problems. One of his engineers later said on Instagram Live that Alamo Records had held back the release because labelmate Lil Durk was putting out music that same night. The following March, Green was arrested in Manatee County, Florida, on two counts of illegal firearm or ammunition possession as a convicted felon, tied to a shooting in St. Petersburg. Police called the shooting gang-related and said the three other men arrested with Green were alleged gang members. He was let go after it turned out the information about him being a felon was wrong. In April, he dropped a re-recorded version of his 2018 track "Numb" from the Hunger Games 3 mixtape, along with a new music video. The next month, Green announced on Twitter that he and his long-time girlfriend had split, and asked producers to stop sending sad beats, instead requesting beats like Future's. Metro Boomin quote-tweeted him, hinting he might work on the album. In June, Green posted on Instagram Stories that making the project "hurt" him, and teased the tracklist, tour dates, and merchandise as "loading." He also released the song "Lonely" on YouTube on June 21, but deleted it soon after. That September, he went live on Instagram and said the album would feature Drake, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and Rylo Rodriguez, and shared a snippet of a track called "Best Friends" with Drake.
Critical reception
Last Lap received mixed reviews from critics. AllMusic's TiVo Staff wrote that the album is "another collection of heartbroken melodies, yearning hooks, sad piano loops, and just enough pop lift to keep the entire thing from falling into utter despair," noting that Green focuses on songs of loss, social anxiety, and emotional pain but has done little to expand his sound. In a positive review for Ratings Game Music, Quincy wrote that Green "stays true to his emotional core, delivering the heartfelt music his fans expect" and that his lyrics "feel more balanced and optimistic compared to his earlier work," showing growth and maturity. HotNewHipHop's Zachary Horvath wrote that the album features "your typical painful love songs as well as songs about his mental health," and that at times Green comes across as unsure about his own life and how tragedies will affect him.
Commercial performance
Last Lap opened at number two on the Billboard 200 with 127,000 album-equivalent units, 2,000 of which were pure sales. It was Rod Wave’s seventh top-ten album. The set generated 173.35 million on-demand streams. In week two it dropped to number four with 67,000 units, then to number five in week three with 51,000 units.
Track listing
The album includes sample credits for several tracks. "Last Lap" contains samples of "Keep Praying" by Maverick City Music, Mav City Gospel Choir, Ryan Ofei, and DOE. "25" contains samples of "Love Me JeJe" by Tems. "Fuck Fame" contains samples of "On & On" by Eamon. "Federal Nightmares" contains samples of "B.G. and DJ Drama Speak" by B.G. and DJ Drama. "The Best" contains samples of "The Best Is Yet to Come" by Lawrence and The Tri-City Singers. "Lost in Love" contains an interpolation of "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson. "Bachelor" contains samples of "Karaoke" by Drake.
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