NLE Choppa Breaks Down “Walk Em Down” Feat. Roddy Ricch | Song Stories

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NLE Choppa and Roddy Ricch collaborate on the song 'Walk Em Down', reflecting personal experiences and paying homage to Tay-K. The music video directed by Christian Sutton features visual effects. Climate change is impacting coral reefs, with bleaching due to rising sea temperatures. Conservation efforts are crucial for ecosystem protection and recovery.

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NLE Choppa and Roddy Ricch collaborate on the song 'Walk Em Down'.

00:23

Choppa explains the term's origin and highlights their strong working relationship.

Choppa's lyrics are based on personal experiences, while Roddy Ricch's verse pays homage to Tay-K.

The collaboration effortlessly came together, with Choppa praising Roddy's creative approach to music.

The music video, directed by Christian Sutton, features elaborate visual effects.

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Impact of climate change on coral reefs and conservation efforts.

03:16

Rising sea temperatures cause bleaching phenomenon in coral reefs.

Conservation efforts are essential to protect coral reefs and promote their recovery.

00:03JACQUES: Two of hip-hop’s fastest rising stars, NLE Choppa and Roddy Ricch come together

00:07for “Walk Em Down.”

00:13NLE CHOPPA: “Walk Em Down” is a term, that I'm not going to describe the real term. I mean people can use you know context clues and shit.

00:23JACQUES: NLE Choppa spoke to Genius News exclusively to break down the CashMoneyAP produced cut.

00:28The two have a strong relationship.

00:29NLE CHOPPA: I got over probably 70 to 100 songs with CashMoney AP tag on there.

00:36We was going so crazy with each other the label had to separate us a little bit. You gotta get in with some different producers now.

00:42JACQUES: On the song, Choppa references Atlanta rapper Yung Joc’s 2006 hit single, “It’s Goin’ Down.”

00:47NLE CHOPPA: Thats just a hood ass classic, ‘Meet me in the club, it’s going down.'

00:53That’s a down south hit for sho.

01:11NLE CHOPPA: Everything that go in my songs is like, what I been through. No cap, just straight what I been through.

01:19JACQUES: On his verse, Roddy Ricch references

01:21Tay-K’s 2017 track, “The Race,” adding to the hundreds of shout outs of the incarcerated

01:26rap star - something Genius covered in the past.

01:31JACQUES: Choppa told us the collab came together pretty easily.

01:33NLE CHOPPA: I just asked him, I was like ‘Do you wanna go ahead and put a verse on it?

01:38Shit you fuck with this?

01:39And he ran put a verse on it the same night.

01:43So shit. When he got done with the song we knew it was a hit.

01:47JACQUES: He also said that he’s a big fan of the way Roddy makes music.

01:49NLE CHOPPA: He make sure he uses a lot of the beat. He use his voice on it.

01:53NLE CHOPPA: Like, dude creative.

01:55JACQUES: That lines up with what producers 30 Roc & Dat Boi Squeeze told Genius about

01:59Roddy’s contribution to the beat for his smash hit, “The Box.”

02:0230 Rock: So like, ‘cause it came on it was number two it was loud as hell.

02:06Ee-err!

02:07I don’t know if it was our studio speakers, I don’t know what it was.

02:09But that shit said, “ee-err!”

02:10I looked at him and was like, “Aight, where is he going with this?”

02:14As the beat dropped and his flow came in, and the “ee-err” blended in perfect, I

02:19was like okay cool.

02:20JACQUES: The music video is directed by Christian Sutton, who Genius profiled for Young Thug’s

02:25“Hot” back in 2019.

02:26And just like “Hot,” “Walk Em Down” was full of special effects.

02:29SUTTON: Doing some really cool camera movements, I have a motion capture rig here.

02:32I have an awesome laser system I have some different lights and I’m doing things like

02:37day to night transitions.

02:39So basically trying to combine a lot of practical visual effects along with VFX that we do in

02:43post.

02:44JACQUES: The track is supposed to be on Choppa’s upcoming debut album, ‘Top Shotta.’

02:47NLE CHOPPA: Getting the best out of my first album.

02:49Trying to make sure everything is perfect. You know?

02:51Trying to make sure everything is right.

02:53JACQUES: And with everything going on right now, staying in the house is making much it easier

02:57to perfect his album and get some much needed R&R.

03:00NLE CHOPPA: I’m looking at this time as a time for rest too.

03:03Cause I was working real real hard, but now you have no choice but to get some rest.

03:09JACQUES: Fans are excited for Ricch & Choppa’s collab and it’s done millions of views since

03:13it’s release.

03:14JACQUES: If you’d like to find out more about “Walk Em Down” check out the song

03:16page on Genius.com.

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