Schoolboy Q spends “Cooties,” the eighth track on his sixth studio album, Blue Lips, marveling at the dimensions of the box he’s put himself in. “I know the feeling of being trapped from all the things that you built,” he yelps before ping-ponging between the spoils and troubles of the last 13 years. He’s working through trauma while dealing with haters; relishing the “house on the hill” where his daughters play soccer and he puffs ganja in the vestibule, but also worrying about school shootings and memories of betrayal. These are the nightmares of the outside world for Black folks folding into the creature comforts afforded by his rap stardom, and the paranoia and pride fight for space in the staggered elegance of Q’s delivery over scuzzy bass and drum slaps. As a whole, Blue Lips viciously prods at this sweet spot between comfort and anguish.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Funny Guy 2:38 | 73 |
| 2 | Pop 3:16 feat. Rico Nasty | 80 |
| 3 | THank god 4 me 2:57 | 83 |
| 4 | Blueslides 3:55 | 86 |
| 5 | Yeern 101 2:20 | 85 |
| 6 | Love Birds 3:55 feat. Devin Malik, Lance Skiiiwalker | 79 |
| 7 | Movie 1:53 feat. AzChike | 71 |
| 8 | Cooties 2:52 | 76 |
| 9 | oHio 4:51 feat. Freddie Gibbs | 82 |
| 10 | Foux 4:41 feat. Ab-Soul | 81 |
| 11 | First 4:05 | 77 |
| 12 | Nunu 2:46 | 75 |
| 13 | Back n Love 3:50 feat. Devin Malik | 78 |
| 14 | Lost Times 2:53 feat. Jozzy | 80 |
| 15 | Germany 86' 2:06 | 76 |
| 16 | Time killers 2:37 | 75 |
| 17 | Pig feet 3:15 feat. Childish Major | 83 |
| 18 | Smile 1:11 |