I Love It Here

I Love It Here
I Love It Here
Studio album by Nasty C
Released	15 September 2023
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Def Jam; Universal Music South Africa;
Producer	Nasty C (also exec.); Waytoolost; Dylan Fine; Maxonproduction; Show N Prove; Christer; DJ Khalil; Tom Goss; Off & Out; Elaye Slattery; Maestro The Baker; Kurtis Mckenzie; Kid Hazel; Splited Stupid; LB808; The Elementz; Joe Reeves; Lekaa Beats; Tiggi; C. Gutta; Luke S. Crowder; JustDan; Donnie Katana; TBS; Ties; Select Play Music; Sammy Soso; Kevin Boakye; Sk8 Miles; Jeid; Holy; Serhiy Vereshchak;
Nasty C chronology

I Love It Here is the fourth studio album by South African recording artist and record producer Nasty C,^[1] it was released on 15 September 2023 through Def Jam (a division of UMG) and Universal Music South Africa.^[2] It features guest appearances from Tellaman, Maglera Doe Boy, 25K, Anica, Manana, and American rapper Benny the Butcher.^[3]

Background and promotion

The album features background vocals and poem from Nasty C's girlfriend and baby mama Sammie Heavens as the intro of the project.^[4]

Track listing

*I Love It Here* track listing^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"She's Gone & The End" (Sammie Heavens^[a])	Dylan Fine Kevin Boakye Ebenezer Maxwell Luca Urbaniak Mathias Thalhofer Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Nasty C Waytoolost Dylan Fine Maxonproduction Kevin Boakye	3:08
2.	"Endless"	Tom Goss Ellis Taylor Khalil Abdul-Rahman Christer Kobedi Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Show N Prove DJ Khalil Christer Tom Goss	3:00
3.	"Crazy Crazy"	Elaye Slattery Mikael Haataje Samuel Haataje Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Off & Out Elaye Slattery	2:32
4.	"Release Me"	Eddie Jones Khalil Abdul-Rahman Gerald Harris George Kerr Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	DJ Khalil	2:44
5.	"Fuck That"	Khalil Abdul-Rahman Irmin Schmidt Jaki Liebezeit Michael Karoli Holger Czukay Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Nasty C DJ Khalil	2:30
6.	"Broken Mirrages" ( JStar^[a] Ndumiso Manana^[a] )	Kurtis Mckenzie Khalil Abdul-Rahman Ikeoluwa Oladigbolu Ndumiso Manana Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Maestro The Baker Kurtis Mckenzie DJ Khalil	3:01
7.	"Prosper in Peace (with Benny the Butcher)"	Ebenezer Maxwell Ahmar Bailey Luke Beasley Murenets Nikita Jeremie Pennick Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Kid Hazel Splited Stupid LB808	3:32
8.	"Sunset Walks (featuring Tellaman)" (Sounka^[a])	Joe Reeves Keven Wolfsohn Paul Bogumil Goller Thelumusa Samuel Owen Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	The Elementz Joe Reeves	3:05
9.	"This Time (featuring Ami Faku)"	Ami Faku Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo Babatope Olalekan Bello	Lekaa Beats	3:09
10.	"I Love You"	Luke S. Crowder Calvin Lamar Tarvin Darwin C. Quinn Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Tiggi Nasty C C. Gutta Luke S. Crowder	3:44
11.	"No More"	Daniil Letiagin Deonte Moore Louis Delacour Janko Nilovic Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	JustDan Donnie Katana	3:01
12.	"RIP"	Ikeoluwa Oluwatobi Oladigbolu Hrayr Azaryan Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Nasty C TBS Ties	1:35
13.	"Know Yourself"	Christer Kobedi Thelumusa Samuel Owen Thulasizwe Dlamini Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Nasty C Christer Select Play Music	3:48
14.	"See Me Now (featuring Manana)"	Samuel Awuku Ndumiso Manana James Mwanza Cole Ostrin Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Sammy Soso	2:37
15.	"Temptations (featuring Manana)"	Keven Wolfsohn Ndumiso Manana Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	The Elementz	3:12
16.	"Kill the Noise (featuring Anica and Maglera Doe Boy)"	Anica De Oliveira Tokelo Moyakhe Miguel Alejandro Salcedo Latouche Eric Omar Rascon Rivera Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Sk8 Miles Jeid	3:16
17.	"Pops" ( Nikki Grier^[a] Jaden Grey^[a] Ashly Williams^[a] )	Thelumusa Samuel Owen Thulasizwe Dlamini Khalil Abdul-Rahman Christer Kobedi Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Select Play Music Christer	3:48
18.	"Hard Choice (featuring 25K)"	Serhiy Vereshchak Lehlohonolo Molefe Jordan Fultan Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	Holy Serhiy Vereshchak	3:43
19.	"Dear Oliver"	Keven Wolfsohn Paul Bogumil Goller James Mccants Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo	The Elementz	3:17

Note

^{^[a]} signifies background vocals.

Personnel

Credits for I Love It Here, are adapted from AllMusic.^[6]

25k - Primary Artist
Ahmar Bailey - Composer
Amanda Faku - Composer
Ami Faku - Primary Artist
Andziso Ngobeni - Guitar
Anica De Oliveira - Composer
Anica Kiana - Composer, Primary Artist
Ashly Williams - Vocals (Background)
Babatope Olalekan Bello - Composer
Benny the Butcher - Primary Artist
C Gutta - Producer
Calvin Tarvin - Composer
Christer - Composer, Producer, Programmer
Cole Ostrin - Composer
Daniil Letiagin - Composer
Darwin Quinn - Composer
Deonte Moore - Composer
DJ Khalil - Producer, Programmer
Donnie Katana - Producer
Drew Corria - A&R
Dylan Fine - Composer, Producer
Ebenezer Maxwell - Composer, Recording
Eddie Jones - Composer
Elaye - Producer
vElaye Slattery - Composer
Ellis Taylor - Composer
George Kerr - Composer
Gerald Harris - Composer
Holger Czukay - Composer
Holy - Producer
Hrayr Azaryan - Composer
Ikeoluwa Tobi Oladigbolu - Composer
Irmin Schmidt - Composer
Jaden Gray - Vocals (Background)
Jaki Liebezeit - Composer
James McCants - Composer
James Mwanza - Composer
Janko Nilovic - Composer
Jeidi - Producer
Jeremie Pennick - Composer
Joe Reeves - Composer, Producer
Jordan Fulton - Composer
Jstar - Vocals (Background)
JustDan Beats - Producer
Kevin Boakye - Composer, Producer
Keven Wolfsohn - Composer
Khalil Abdul-Rahman - Composer
Kid Hazel - Producer
Kurtis Mckenzie - Composer, Drums, Producer
Lb808 - Producer
Lehlohonolo Molefe - Composer
Lekaa Beats - Producer
Liza Corsey - A&R
Louis Delacour - Composer
Luca Urbaniak - Composer
Luke Beasley gComposer
Luke Crowder - Composer, Producer
Maestro The Baker - Producer
Maglera Doe Boy - Primary Artist
Mathias Thalhofer - Composer
Matti Mikael Haataja - Composer
Maxon (DE) - Producer
Manana - Primary Artist, Composer, Vocals (Background)
Michael Karolina - Composer
Miguel Alejandro Salcedo Latouche - Composer
Mike Manitshana - Mixing
Murenets Nikita - Composer
Nasty C - Primary Artist, Producer, Rap, Composer, Programmer, Recording
Nikki Grier - Vocals (Background)
Off&Out - Producer
Omar Rivera - Composer
Paul Bogumil Goller - Composer, Recording
Sammie Heavens - Vocals (Background)
Sammy Soso - Producer, Composer, Programmer
Select Play Music - Producer
Serhiy Vereshchak - Composer, Producer
Show N Prove - Producer
Simo Samuel Haataja - Composer
Sk8miles - Producer
Sounka - Vocals (Background)
Splited Stupid - Producer
Steve "B" Baughman - Mastering Engineer
Tellaman - Primary Artist
The Element'z - Producer
The Muse - Violin
Thelumusa Owen - Composer, Recording
Thulasizwe Dlamini - Composer
Ties - Producer
Tiggi - Producer
Tokelo Moyakhe - Composer
Tom Goss - Composer, Producer
TSB - Producer
Waytoolost - Producer

Promotion

To further promote the album, Nasty C announced his upcoming I Love it Here Tour, to commence on October 18, Paris, France.^[7]

Accolades

Industry Awards

I Love it Here received two nominations for Best Produced Album, and Best Hip Hop Album at the 30th ceremony of South African Music Awards.

Awards and nominations for *I Love it Here*
Organization	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
South African Music Awards	2024	Best Hip Hop Album	Pending	^[8]
South African Music Awards	2024	Best Produced Album	Pending	^[8]

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)	Ref.
Worldwide	15 September 2023	Digital download Streaming	Def Jam	Standard	^[6]

References

^ "The Best New Hip-Hop This Week". UPROXX. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Schube, Will (15 September 2023). "Nasty C Shares New Album 'I Love It Here'". uDiscover Music. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Keteyi, Oluthando (15 September 2023). "Nasty C's 'best album yet' is finally here". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "WATCH | MTV announces Nasty C's 'I Love it Here' doccie airing soon". TimesLIVE. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "I Love It Here by Nasty C". 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "I Love It Here - Nasty C | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "Nasty C announces I Love It Here international tour". Bona Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^ Keteyi, Oluthando (26 September 2024). "Tyla's reign continue as she leads SAMA Awards nominations". Independent Online. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

External links

I Love It Here playlist on YouTube

[1] "The Best New Hip-Hop This Week". UPROXX. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[2] Schube, Will (15 September 2023). "Nasty C Shares New Album 'I Love It Here'". uDiscover Music. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[3] Keteyi, Oluthando (15 September 2023). "Nasty C's 'best album yet' is finally here". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[4] "WATCH | MTV announces Nasty C's 'I Love it Here' doccie airing soon". TimesLIVE. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[5] "I Love It Here by Nasty C". 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[AllMusic-6] "I Love It Here - Nasty C | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[7] "Nasty C announces I Love It Here international tour". Bona Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[8] Keteyi, Oluthando (26 September 2024). "Tyla's reign continue as she leads SAMA Awards nominations". Independent Online. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

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Discography
Studio albums	Bad Hair (2016) Strings and Bling (2018) Zulu Man with Some Power (2020) I Love It Here (2023)
Singles	"Hell Naw" "Wuz Dat?" "Lemons (Lemonade)"
Film and television	Blood & Water