

2 Chainz would later refer to this album in several interviews as a "tribute" to Lil Wayne. The album's title is a portmanteau of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne's respective hometowns. 2 Chainz is from College Park, Georgia, while Wayne hails from Hollygrove, a neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. On December 28, 2015, in an interview with Forbes, 2 Chainz spoke on album, saying "As far as the ColleGrove project, I really feel like the music is tight and accessible.


Wayne has always been one of my favorite rappers. Just know that ColleGrove is coming very soon, and it’s going to be filled with entertainment bars, great sounds, great vibes." Release and promotion We’re just doing some mixing and trying to grind up. In 2013, it was first rumored that both Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz released their single, titled "Twerk Season". In November 2015, 2 Chainz revealed that he was working on a collaborative album with New Orleans-bred rapper Lil Wayne, on the Rap Radar podcast. "I've got ColleGrove, that I'm working on", he said at the time. That will be out, probably sooner than people think." In December 2015, 2 Chainz and the Street Execs were hosting their sixth annual Street Execs Charity Concert, to give back to the community, where 2 Chainz previewed one of the songs from the album. On February 21, 2016, there was some indication about Mannie Fresh played a role for this album. On his Instagram account, he posted a mock cover and some pictures with himself and Lil Wayne over the few weeks preceding the album's release. On February 15, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne performed the first song, "Rolls Royce Weather Everyday" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The preview for the music video, which was shot in Los Angeles, California, was released via YouTube. On February 20, according to Complex, Mack Maine said that the CDQ version on the song was going to be released soon. On March 2, 2016, Kanye West revealed the album's artwork and the release date, via Twitter. On March 3, the song, titled "Gotta Lotta" was premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1. On the same day, 2 Chainz tweeted that the album would be released on midnight. Later that night, 2 Chainz streamed the album on "ColleGrove Radio" on Beats 1 with DJ Drama, DJ E-Sudd, DJ Self and Mannie Fresh.Įarlier that day, DJ Khaled played some snippets of one of the songs on the album on Snapchat, but only played Wayne's verse. He and Lil Wayne revealed a teaser for the music video of "Bounce" that same day and the official video was released the next day. Shooting for two songs, "Gotta Lotta" and "MFN Right" have been shot and produced by Street Execs' new production company #WeHardProductions.
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The album is named after the combination of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne's hometowns of College Park (Atlanta) and Hollygrove (New Orleans) respectively. However, due to Wayne's record label issues, only 2 Chainz is credited as the primary artist. 2 Chainz And Lil Wayne collaborate to release the joint project ColleGrove.
