Z-Ro’s back like he never left. The Houston veteran has put an end to a very brief musical hiatus with the release of his new album, Codeine.
The LP’s arrival comes just a mere matter of months after Z-Ro supposedly dropped the last album of his career, No Love Boulevard. The new project features 15 tracks with guest appearances by Lil Keke, Jhonni Blaze, Lil Flea and Big Baby Flava.
Check out the stream, cover art and tracklist for Z-Ro’s Codeine below.
(The original version of this article was published on November 21, 2017 and can found below.)
Z-Ro’s decision to step back from music didn’t last very long. After purportedly releasing his “final” album, No Love Boulevard, in June, The Mo City Don has announced a new project titled Codeine. The Screwed Up Click member’s 22nd solo LP is scheduled to drop on December 1.
The upcoming album features 15 tracks with guest appearances by Lil Keke, Lil Flea, Jhonni Blaze and Big Baby Flava. Z-Ro has already released a video for the lead single, “Better Days.”
Check out the cover art and tracklist for Z-Ro’s Codeine below. Pre-order it here.
1. Owe You Niggaz Shit
2. Never Been a Ho
3. So Houston f. Lil Keke & Big Baby Flava
4. My City
5. Smoke Some Weed
6. Wanna C Me Fall
7. Still A Player
8. I’m The Shit f. Jhonni Blaze
9. You Would Too
10. I Don’t Fucc With You
11. Run This Town
12. Stay Down
13. You Ain’t Gotta Worry
14. Hold Up Bitch
15. Better Days f. Lil Flea
This bipolar azz negga gon retire like 6 times now LOL
What?! Mother fucker keep yo mouth shut
Shut the hell up fool and find something better to do with your time, like asking your uncle why he made you play the breathalyzer game in the dark all those times when you were a kid
the mo city don is required in the game
If you’ve been listening to Z RO for at least the last 7 years you would know that he had the drug themed album titles to say that instead of using crack, heroine, cocaine, etc…his albums are your drug fix dummy
Love druga
Only RETARDS like Drug Rap.
Boy u know nothing about zro he a Texas legend he name most of his album title bout drugs go check out his albums and listen to his music first
Naw playa yaw can have that young b.s. trap music. Aint talkin bout shizznit.
Where’s Pete Rock when Z-Ro drops an album named after a drug?
He’s a rap singer. No singing please
!Man can spit. I only disapprove of album titles regarding substances that are killing people. I don’t listen to Wiz Khalifa as much as when he came out, but his stance on lean and ish killing the youth? I respect that. With great power (having an audience) comes an even greater responsibility. But this kind of music is being forced down our throats (not Z-Ro per say) on the radio like it’s cool. They took over the culture and now decide what’s hot and what to feed the public. Ban the radio and leave it to the suburbs. Hip hop was the voice of the underdog. Now it’s being used and abused, taken from us. We have to stay woke.
Z-Ro is on a real level of rap, he doesn’t rap reckless. He songz have purpose. Dont be throwed off by the Title. Listen To B Gizzle And Z-ro Duo Album. Good Stuff.
His album sales prediction: “Z-Ro” lol
Am still trying to find out why radio play these songs, no soul, no message, nothing, you cant even dance to this trash, i do not get it but yet this is what they say is Hip Hop no thanks i will not listen to this trash
Is being a DX “writer” a volunteer position? Or are they from Botswana or some shit? “Can’t live rap alone” as the tagline? Getting “cold dumb retarded” is a hip hop must but y’all knuckle draggers are something else..
Too many water sprinkler hi-hat beats. I dig track 7, 11, 13, and 15. Tracks 1-6 sound the same. Seriously, them shits sound like a water sprinkler. Trap beats suuuuuck
Well trap beats definitely suck when they sound the same and are too repetitive on an lp. But dope spitters can inject new life into those type of beats. That’s one of the biggest problems with the industry these days… Not only are they all going for the same sound, but also end up jockin the same style. It was different before everything got overly-commercialized in the late ’90s… for example, snoop and cube were going for the same sound (g-shit), but had different styles. Wu-tang, Nas, Mob Deep had a similar sound (gritty east coast), but different styles on the mic. These days most artists are similar in almost all aspects… Sure we have the Kendricks & the Coles, Jay-z’s still around.. But those type of talented artists don’t make up the majority in this era.
I’ve heard several talented emcees attempt to rap on trap beats, and it sounds completely inauthentic. I don’t agree that dope spitters can inject new life into trap music. It’s all the same. Too repetitive, too simple, not much creativity, etc…The beat completely takes away from the talented rappers who feel they have to rap on that type of beat to appeal to the new generation. The labels are messing with the culture and the authenticity of the music, and I believe it’s on purpose. Dumbing us down big time.
Regional act like Nipsey Hussle. Nobody out of their state/neighborhood listen to his music.
I’ve never lived in Texas a day in my life, and I love Z-Ro. So wrong.
Wow. Another post deleted. Clowns. I live on the other side of the planet but have listened to all of his albums. Fk what you think you know.
Sorry, we don’t jam that where i’m from and im from the South.
Just means you’re out of the loop. Z-Ro always has been dope.
Z-Ro has been regional for 18 years? I would say that’s better than being major for 2-3 years, Nipsey has been doing his thing for 10 years, so bot these guys are prob making more than some of these new hot rappers that you here on the radio over and over. You may considered them regional but I don’t know, Ro has done songs with Ross, Jay Z Bone thugs, Wayne, Nipse has done stuff with Drake, Kendrick, Snoop. But no matter what you are regional, local, international, as long as you’re making money your doing thing.