9.7.2023
Video: Chow Lee – “Chow Lee’s Life“
The NY Rapper Shares a Video For a Melodic Highlight From Hours After The Club
Critical Praise:
“Meet the Artists Taking New York Drill in a New Direction” – Rolling Stone
“Rappers to Watch in 2023” – Rolling Stone
“Cash Cobain and Chow Lee treat all of New York like it’s an X-rated dating show—and they’re the only available bachelors.” – Pitchfork
“In a just world, five different tracks on 2 Slizzy 2 Sexy would be serious song of the summer contenders.” – Pitchfork
Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2022 – UPROXX
The Video:
A master of X-rated flexes with a buoyantly melodic flow, Chow Lee is the New York drill scene’s most eligible bachelor. Laying out his first world problems in a stylish new video, the rising hitmaker shares “Chow Lee’s Life,” a new video from his album Hours After The Club. Departing from his usual “Sexy Drill” style for some late night trap vibes, Chow reflects on his long list of semi-relatable day-to-day conflicts: his phone won’t stop ringing, he has too many girlfriends who convince him to do drugs, and faces irreconcilable differences with his favorite girl: “I ain’t got no guidance, money and guns is my only items/Like I wanna stay in the trap all day, and she wanna fly to the tropics,” croons Chow. In the video, Chow hangs backstage with a beautiful woman, delivering his rhymes in backdrops that alternate between a Twin Peaks-style red room and a Hype Williams-esque futurescape. “Chow Lee’s Life” arrives as the rapper prepares for Hours After The Club (Deluxe), coming this Fall.
Released earlier this summer, Hours After The Club is an addictive listen, radiating with the seductive charm that inspired Pitchfork to affectionately call Chow Lee the “horniest rapper out.” Hours After The Club is chock full of infectious melodies, as Chow’s natural bravado makes every X-rated flex feel natural. The tape is home to two new collaborations with his frequent running mate Cash Cobain: the quintessential “sexy drill” anthem “on behalf of the association,” and “full service,” a luxurious mix of drill, club, and cloud rap, featuring Chow’s close friend Lonny Love. Singles like “SUPERSEXXXYSUMMER,” “pamper!,” and the Synthetic-produced “no hesi” are perfectly-suited for sweaty, summer dancefloors, the latter song featuring a bawdy refrain that explains what Hours After The Club is all about: “I’m not a rapper, I’m not a pop star/I’m just a rock star, walk in here rock hard/I’m tryna f*ck the world and all the babas/They wanna f*ck me too, and I’m like damn!”
Hours After The Club is a worthy follow-up to 2 SLIZZY 2 SEXY, his 2022 collaborative project with Cash Cobain. Praised by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, and earning “Best of 2022” distinction from UPROXX, The FADER, and more, 2 SLIZZY 2 SEXY combined the sample-heavy sound of the Bronx with the hard-hitting dance beats from New Jersey to change the face of the NYC drill scene. The album, and its even bigger and nastier Deluxe edition, was a sterling document of what Chow and Cash call “sexy drill,” a lighter take on the sub-genre’s sound that relocates the subject matter from the block to the bedroom. 2 SLIZZY 2 SEXY highlight “Vacant” was recently named the 73rd Best East Coast Rap Song of All Time by Rolling Stone. Chow recently reconnected with Cash on the sexy drill anthem “Rump,” and joined Wolfacejoeyy and Cash on the Pitchfork-approved “Weekend.”
Now striking out on his own, Chow Lee is on a mission to become the next King of New York. The “sexy drill” pioneer took his show overseas this summer, with performances at Rolling Loud Portugal, Rolling Loud Rotterdam, and Rolling Loud Germany, before he shut it down at Rolling Loud Miami during his own set and a guest appearance with Coi Leray. The NYC scenester has popped up at several events around the city, and made an appearance on “Sexy Besties,” the first-ever single on On The Radar Records.
Stay tuned for Hours After The Club (Deluxe), coming soon.
Watch “Chow Lee’s Life”: https://youtu.be/0MByBzmfvYA
Stream Hours After The Club: https://music.empi.re/hoursaftertheclub
Hours After The Club tracklist:
- YUP!
- u deserve it
- fix up
- jatty
- on behalf of the association w/ Cash Cobain
- drais
- duh!
- adultery
- too jaded to care
- blick in the party
- not detox friendly
- no hesi
- SUPERSEXXXYSUMMER
- pamper!
- full service ft. Cash Cobain & Lonny Love
- diss track maybe
- chow lee’s life
- p.s. distant lover
Chow Lee performs at Rolling Loud Portugal (credit: Rolling Loud/@miguel_estrela)
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“Chow Lee’s Life”: https://youtu.be/0MByBzmfvYA
Hours After The Club: https://music.empi.re/hoursaftertheclub
“YUP!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWzRIW65eDY
“SUPERSEXXXYSUMMER”: https://music.empi.re/supersexxxysummer
“no hesi”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQcgrvDuIk8
“pamper!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHGXZ4xVdxY