Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1

“New traditions!!” began an April 2021 tweet from Saweetie, accompanied by her signature snowflake emoji. “Every summer I’m sharing my platform and dropping a fly-ass playlist featuring artists who are up next. This is season 1.” On her seven-song Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1, Saweetie has elected to share her platform with up-and-comers Bbyafricka, Kendra Jae, Loui, Lourdiz and one of the most revered voices in contemporary LA street rap, Drakeo the Ruler. The guest voices are wholly complementary to the Icy Gang president, helping Saweetie deliver a roughly 20-minute set that would work in just about any pool party playlist. With vibes as disparate as the sexed-up summer fling “Back Seat”, the bewitching but menacing “Baby Mama Coochie” and the Miami-bass-inspired “Sweat Check”, the Santa Clara, California, MC’s voice is really the tie that binds; Saweetie seemingly handpicked her collaborators based on how their music works in the warmer months. “It’s gonna become a tradition,” Saweetie tells Apple Music of the project. “As long as I’m living I’m gonna pop off summer the right way with this Pretty Summer Playlist, and I’m a summer baby anyway; the summer has always been my season.” Below, the MC takes us through Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1 track by track, detailing how all of its collaborations came to be. “Risky” feat. Drakeo the Ruler “I was listening to Drakeo in college. He been around for a while and I been a fan of his music for a minute. I’ve never really tapped in with another LA rapper, so I wanted to get in with him. When I created the concept I was like, it’s ’bout to be the summertime, people ’bout to be out here acting crazy, so what is that feeling you get when you about to wild out? It’s risky.” Bbyafricka feat. Saweetie, “Baby Mama Coochie” “I was following Bbyafricka on Twitter and I thought her tweets were funny. One day she kept tweeting the same line over and over again, it was like ‘Baby mama coochie, I ain’t even gotta’—somethin