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Crop Circle 2
Crop Circle 2
Studio album by Nines
Released	28 April 2023
Length	43:13
Label	Zino; Warner;
Producer	Beat Butcha; Benji Benji; Danny Got That Juice; EY; Flo; GX; Jacob Manson; Jerome Williams; Karlos; Mansur Brown; Michelin Shin; Monro; Monte Booker; R14 Beats; Show N Prove; Sokari; Swifta;
Nines chronology
Singles from Crop Circle 2
	"Tony Soprano 2"; Released: 20 April 2023;

Crop Circle 2 is the fourth studio album by English rapper Nines, released on 28 April 2023 by Zino and Warner Records. It features guest appearances from Skrapz, J Styles and Fatz of Ice City Boyz, Wretch 32, M Huncho, Potter Payper, Clavish, Nafe Smallz, Kojey Radical and Tiggs da Author.^[2] The album, which shares its name with a 2020 film made by Nines following his 2018 album Crop Circle,^[3] was preceded by the lead single "Tony Soprano 2".^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10^[4]
Evening Standard	^[1]
Financial Times	^[5]
Mic Cheque	7.5/10^[6]

Reviewing the album for Clash, Shanté Collier-McDermott felt that Crop Circle 2 "establishes Nines as the authentic talent fans love him for. He's grounded, able to casually flex his accomplishments, and this project signs off with him basking in a different lifestyle". She ultimately found that the album is "circular in nature" and "fuelled by continuation", with its "rolling instrumentals and narration encompassing an earlier era of his artistry in a fine-tuned way".^[4] David Smyth of the Evening Standard wrote that Nines's "deadpan, unshowy delivery makes his words entirely believable and all the more startling", and that his "smooth production that foregrounds melody brings him closer to pop than his lyrics ought to allow".^[1] Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times opined that the album "resembles The Godfather Part II, a tale of trying to go straight", with Nines "present[ing] himself as getting too old for the criminal life rather than atoning for it". Hunter-Tilney concluded that "Nines and his producers have done an impressive job here".^[5]

Year-end lists

Select year-end rankings of *Crop Circle 2*
Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Complex UK	Complex UK's Best Albums of 2023	6	^[7]

Commercial performance

Crop Circle 2 placed at number three on the midweek UK Albums Chart dated 1 May 2023,^[8] debuting at number two on the final chart published on 5 May 2023.^[9]

Track listing

*Crop Circle 2* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Courtney Freckleton Ellis Taylor	Show N Prove	2:12
2.	"Highly Blessed" (featuring Wretch 32 and Skrapz)	Freckleton Jermaine Scott Christopher Kyei Jerome Williams	Jerome Williams	3:25
3.	"Favela" (featuring J Styles)	Freckleton Jordan Lindsay Ayo Simpson Taylor	Flyo	2:21
4.	"Calendar" (with Aisa)	Freckleton Taylor Jacob Manson Beyoncé Knowles Robert Williams Nija Charles Ozan Yildirim Robert Waller Scott Storch Andrew Franklin Austin Schindler Ella Howell Eyobed Getachew	Show N Prove Jacob Manson	3:14
5.	"Nothing Like Me" (featuring M Huncho)	Freckleton Mujtaba Khan Eyobed Getachew Paul Oseh Mansur Brown	E.Y. Karlos Mansur Brown	2:26
6.	"Weedman" (featuring Lylo Gold)	Freckleton Lylo Gold Ahmanti Booker	Monte Booker	2:28
7.	"Tony Soprano 2"	Freckleton Swifta Benjamin Miller	Swifta Benji Miller	3:50
8.	"What's Beef" (featuring Potter Payper)	Freckleton Jamel Bousbaa R14 Beats	R14 Beats TN Apo	2:48
9.	"Different League" (featuring Clavish and Nafe Smallz)	Freckleton Cian Wright Nathan Adams Donovan Hardie	PabloMCR	4:07
10.	"Wrist Watch / Prayed for This"	Freckleton Oseh Gregory Matta Michelin Shin Wayne Henderson Willie Harris	Karlos	2:37
11.	"F**k the Worl" (featuring Kojey Radical and Tiggs da Author)	Freckleton Kwadwo Amponsah Adam Simon Taylor Eliot Dubock	Show N Prove Beat Butcha	2:31
12.	"Line of Fire Pt. 6" (featuring Fatz, J Styles, Little Torment and Streetz)	Freckleton Taylor Oseh	Show N Prove Karlos	4:35
13.	"Letter to Hydro Interlude"	Freckleton Taylor	Show N Prove	1:43
14.	"Hear Me Out"	Freckleton Dan Cordero Darrin Chandler Bob James Dinky Bingham Ewart Dewgarde Kenyatta Blake Michael Bivins Ronnie Devoe Walter Dewgarde Silky Gottfried Nortey Jeffery Dyson	DannyGotThatJuice Prod GX	2:17
15.	"Outro"	Freckleton Rachel Moulden Monro Sorai	Monro Sorai	2:39
Total length:				43:13