The third and final instalment of the Craven N series

Produced by Nicholas Craven
Executive Produced by Nicholas Craven
Photography by Guillaume Landry
Tracks 1-3 & 5-8 Mixed by Parks
Track 4 Mixed by Zeroh
Track 9 Mixed by Nicholas Craven
Mastered by Nicholas Craven
Art Direction by Nicholas Craven
Jacket by JH Design

Nicholas Craven - Opulence (Feat. Stove God Cook$)

Built for Cuban Links

God's Favorite

Cuban on Cuban

Permanent Ink

It Hit Different

SAMY

Alphabet Highway

Dr. Demento

Hommage

Concrete Connie

(Intro)
Why they hate but they don’t even know me?
Walk my pace do this shit by lonely
Call the Glock and Kay Shaq and Kobe
Sit back and relax imma smoke on the dodi

They so fake they so motherfucking phone
Grinding hard like my first name is Tony 
Imma take what they owe me
Most accomplished but don’t gotta trophy

(Verse)
Had my dick in her mouth bet you kissing the hoe
I’m just dicking her down and you hitting her phone 
Put some kids through her throat you still can’t leave her alone
Still got them videos saved in my camera roll

Yeah I swear they some hoes
Best believe that that they gon feel me say he gon kill me im just like lmao
I’m not the type just to play cause when they see my face yeah they turn into grey like a ghost

Ain’t some shit I just say it hold weight hoe wait bc I just may do the most 
I’m in they face with the shit you a basic lil bitch tickin time but I’m waiting to blow

I told they ass that I get this shit straight off the wake up 
No Mabeline baby we cannot make up 
Tell his bitch ass need to go get his weight up 
I can’t beef w nobody that be at them gay clubs

Don’t wanna turn you on but the chop may bust
So many dead presidents man fuck a pay cut
Stay steady shinin I see why they hate us 
Glock 29 w the beam rip his face up 
Keep playin w me send some shots and I don’t need a chaser 
Boy you so sweet now or later
Imma just fuck on that lil bitty bitch he gon chase her

Say they gon kill me I’ll wait till that day come 
Please try to run up I’ll do you crazy 
Boy you a faggot must be off the acid I forgive yo ass for hallucinating 

Get him gone like some magic this bitch steady naggin I had to go get me a new replacement 
I’m like fuck the subtraction I stay steady adding she say marry me I can do it baby 

Better not speak on me stay off the coke lil bro 
Turn this shit to Swiss cheese this ain’t no provolone 
Call the chopper Medusa turn his ass to stone
Ion want yo bitch I swear I just want the dome 

She a freaky lil bitch way she slurp up the bone 
Say that she want my kids but I swear I’m like no 
You would think I touched down the way I’m in my zone
You can’t fuck w me I know you already know

LMAO

Reaper On Fig (Prod.AyoDroop)

Don't Eat the Fruit

Venice Beach (feat. Benny the Butcher)

WHO MADE THE SUNSHINE

Frank Murphy (feat. Stove God Cooks, Flee Lord, Estee Nack, Elcamino & Smoke DZA)

Preferring a literate style over simple hooks or radio-friendly fodder, Detroit rapper Boldy James delivers sharply focused rhymes that describe drug deals in acute detail. Some of his best-received work, including 2013's My 1st Chemistry Set and 2020's The Price of Tea in China, has been produced by the Alchemist, whose minimalist production befits Boldy's cold, unflinching narratives. 2020's Manger on McNichols, a jazzy collaboration with Sterling Toles, represented a new height in his artistry. He followed it with the Griselda-issued The Versace Tape and further Alchemist productions such as 2021's Super Tecmo Bo. A prolific 2022 included efforts with Nicholas Craven (Fair Exchange No Robbery) and Cuns (Be That as It May). The Conductor Williams-produced Across the Tracks appeared in 2024, followed by The Bricktionary and 2025's Permanent Ink.

Born in Atlanta but raised in Detroit, where his parents were originally from, James Clay Jones III established Boldy James as his stage name in tribute to his friend Boldy, who was murdered. The cousin of rapper/producer and Cool Kids member Chuck Inglish, Boldy made appearances on Cool Kids mixtapes before releasing his first tape, Trapper's Alley: Pros and Cons, in 2011. Consignment: Favor for a Favor, The Redi-Rock Mixtape followed in 2012, and the EP Grand Quarters preceded My 1st Chemistry Set, Boldy's Alchemist-produced studio debut, issued by Decon in 2013.

Boldy became one of the first signees to Nas' Mass Appeal Records in 2014. His output for the label included the 2015 mixtape Trapper's Alley 2: Risk vs. Reward, 2017 EP The Art of Rock Climbing, and 2017 mixtape House of Blues. He went independent with 2018's Live at the Roxy (Tabs & Caps), then linked back up with the Alchemist for 2019's Boldface EP and 2020's full-length The Price of Tea in China. Soon after the album was released, Buffalo-based Griselda Records announced that they had signed Boldy. Following Manger on McNichols, a jazzy and long-gestating LP made with producer Sterling Toles, Boldy released his Griselda debut, The Versace Tape. He capped off an especially prolific period with Real Bad Boldy, his fourth full-length project of 2020, self-issued by album collaborator Real Bad Man. 

Two albums with the Alchemist, Bo Jackson and Super Tecmo Bo, were released in 2021. Numerous Boldy albums appeared in 2022: Killing Nothing, a second effort with Real Bad Man, appeared in May, followed in September by Fair Exchange No Robbery, with Nicholas Craven. Mr. Ten08, with Futurewave, was released in November, and the year closed with a collaboration with Cuns titled Be That as It May. In 2023, Boldy released Indiana Jones with RichGains, followed by the EP Prisoner of Circumstance with ChanHays. Penalty of Leadership, another collaboration with Craven, appeared in early 2024. Also that January, he worked with Conductor Williams, producing the full-length Across the Tracks. He returned in November with The Bricktionary, and he kicked off 2025 with Permanent Ink, albums that underlined his knack for marrying moody grooves with indelible lyrical portraits of urban life. ~ Paul Simpson & David Jeffries, Rovi

It Hit Different

Boldy James

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