Before I Disappear Again is the second studio album by American rapper NoCap, released on August 16, 2024, by Atlantic Records.[1] This album features guest appearances from D'Yani, French Montana, Quavo, Rylo Rodriguez, Sleepy Hallow, and SoFaygo, alongside production from Cheese, Dreamlife Beats, FrankGotThePack, Pi'erre Bourne, Selfmade Retro, Str8cash, and Gene "Al Geno" Hixon who mixed and mastered the entirety of the record.[2] The album serves as a follow-up to Crawford's fifth solo mixtape, The Last Bird (2022).[3]
The album was supported by three official singles: "Baby Drake", "Yacht Party", and "Maliboo".
Background
The album's fourteenth cut, "Drown in My Styrofoam" was released almost four years before the album on September 14, 2020, exclusively on YouTube.[4] NoCap first teased the album's tracklist on December 23, 2023, asking his fans if it's "too long".[5] On March 24, 2024, NoCap took to Instagram to share the album's official cover art and announce its release for April 16, 2024.[6] On April 16, despite the album not releasing as planned, NoCap announced the album's tracklist featuring D'Yani, Rylo Rodriguez, Hunxho, Quavo, Sleepy Hallow, and Jessie Reyez.[7] On June 8, 2024, NoCap released a music video of the album's twelfth cut, "Baby Drake" exclusively on YouTube.[8][9] The album's second single, "Yacht Party" was released on July 12, 2024.[10][11] The album's third single "Maliboo" was released on August 2, 2024.[12]
Upon the album's release, on August 16, Crawford appeared in an interview with Uproxx in which he spoke about some of the album's tracks, as well as hinting at the release of a sequel project with Rylo Rodriguez, Rogerville 2.[2] Crawford also spoke about the meaning behind the album's title:[2]
Like you said, I’ve been gone for two, three years working on myself [laughs]. Ain’t no telling when I might have to do that again. Hopefully, I don’t disappear again too soon, but ain’t no telling when I have to go back and work on myself again. Yeah, we artists, but at the same time, we live real life. We’re human, we’re not robots. I just get back in that work mode, sometimes I’m worried about myself. That’s all that’s about really.
