Who’s ready to enter Big Mama’s house? After scoring a pair of Grammy nominations off the strength of her monster hit “Big Energy” and topping the Billboard Hot 100 with her Jung Kook collab “Seven,” Latto has finally dropped off her third studio album, Sugar Honey Iced Tea.
A lush, 17-track ode to her hometown of Atlanta, GA, Sugar Honey Iced Tea finds Latto working at the height of her powers — and setting the stage for the most exciting and impressive phase of her career yet. To assist her on this journey, Latto called on a slew of collaborators that range from Atlanta OGs to the artists pushing the city — and the South in general — forward. Ciara, Coco Jones, Hunxho, Young Nudy, Teezo Touchdown, Megan Thee Stallion and Mariah the Scientist all appear on the record, as do Cardi B and Flo Milli by way of the “Put It On Da Floor” and “Sunday Service” remixes, respectively, which are are tacked onto the end of LP as bonus tracks.
Although “Put It On Da Floor Again” (No. 13) and “Sunday Service” (No. 100) gifted Latto a pair of cultural moments that doubled as Hot 100 hits, the Sugar Honey Iced Tea era kicked off in earnest with the release of “Big Mama,” which has since reached No. 29 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. She performed the track in a BET Awards medley (June 30) that included “Sunday Service” and a teaser of Sugar Honey Iced Tea closer “S/O to Me.” That same weekend also birthed Latto’s recent Billboard cover story, in which she describes her new album as “something that just felt Southern.”
“I feel like what I’m doing has not been done before,” she gushed. “[Aesthetically], I’ve been pulling from Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and Lil’ Kim. [Musically], I’ve been pulling from Kelis, but obviously with a Southern hip-hop twist. They have very feminine energy, but masculine in the sense of confidence.”
From the rowdy “Blick Sum” to the evocative “Prized Possession,” here are all 17 tracks on Sugar Honey Iced Tea ranked.
