Sugar Honey Iced Tea
{{confusion|Sugar Honey Ice & Tea}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{infobox album
| name = Sugar Honey Iced Tea
| type = studio
| artist = Latto
| cover = Latto - Sugar Honey Iced Tea.png
| alt = Latto squatting in high heels and short shorts, carwashing a brightly colored lowrider.
| released = {{Start date|2024|8|9}}
| recorded = 2023–2024
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 62:00
| label = * Streamcut
| producer = * 9am
- Bankroll Got It
- Coupe
- Daoud
- Derrick Milano
- Dougie F
- Dun Deal
- Earl on the Beat
- EJ Stellar
- EvilNanijae
- Go Grizzly
- Inkredibeatz
- Jean-Baptiste
- JetsonMade
- Jonas Jeberg
- Kid Hazel
- Kid Masterpiece
- Oz
- Pooh Beatz
- Ricci Riera
- Saint Mino
- Squat
- the Stereotypes
- Supakaine
- Tommy Parker
| prev_title = 777
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{singles
| name = Sugar Honey Iced Tea
| type = studio
| single1 = Put It on da Floor
| single1date = April 21, 2023
| single2 = Sunday Service
| single2date = February 9, 2024
| single3 = Big Mama
| single3date = June 28, 2024
| single4 = Brokey
| single4date = August 27, 2024https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=342428
| single5 = Blick Sum
| single5date = January 28, 2025https://open.spotify.com/album/3kP4QpDTvR9jCHnlQdsKFV
}}
}}
Sugar Honey Iced Tea is the third studio album by American rapper Latto. It was released through Streamcut and RCA Records on August 9, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Latto shares trailer to announce new album 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' |url=https://www.wmix94.com/2024/07/31/latto-shares-trailer-to-announce-new-album-sugar-honey-iced-tea/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=WMIX |language=en-US}} The album features guest appearances from Young Nudy, Hunxho, Coco Jones, Megan Thee Stallion, Ciara, Mariah the Scientist, Teezo Touchdown, Cardi B, and Flo Milli. It serves as the follow-up to her second studio album, 777 (2022).
The album received generally positive reviews, and tied 777 as her highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200, debuting at number fifteen. It was supported by five singles: "Put It on da Floor", "Sunday Service", "Big Mama", "Brokey", and "Blick Sum".
Promotion
On June 22, 2024, Latto first teased the title of the album, while performing as a headliner at the Birthday Bash ATL 2024.{{Cite web |last=Inman |first=DeMicia |date=2024-06-24 |title=Latto Makes History With Usher, 21 Savage, Summer Walker At Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash 2024 |url=https://www.vibe.com/gallery/birthday-bash-2024-latto-brings-atlantas-biggest-stars-1234888307/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Vibe|language=en-US}} On July 24, she announced the release date of the album with a trailer video inspired by the film, ATL (2006), featuring cameos from fellow Atlanta-native rappers 2 Chainz and T.I.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Aaron |date=2024-07-24 |title=Latto Teased Her Upcoming Album 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' With A Cinematic Trailer Featuring Atlanta Legends 2 Chainz & T.I. |url=https://uproxx.com/music/latto-sugar-honey-iced-tea-trailer-release-date-2-chainz-ti/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Uproxx |language=en}} On July 26, she previewed the tracklist of the album with a picture of her left hand covering a piece of paper showing a possible tracklist with only a few songs revealed, one of which is the previously released single, "Big Mama".{{Cite web |last=Andriyashchuk |first=Yuriy |date=2024-07-26 |title=Latto previews tracklist for "Sugar Honey Iced Tea" album |url=https://hip-hopvibe.com/news/latto-previews-tracklist-for-sugar-honey-iced-tea-album/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Hip-Hop Vibe |language=en}} She revealed the cover art of the album on July 30.{{Cite web |title=Latto Unveils 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' Album Cover - That Grape Juice |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2024/07/latto-unveils-sugar-honey-iced-tea-album-cover/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=That Grape Juice}} She shared the full tracklist on August 7.{{Cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Elaina |date=2024-08-08 |title=Latto Reveals 21-Song 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' Tracklist |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/8/latto-sugar-honey-iced-tea-tracklist |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Hypebeast}}
=Singles=
"Put It on da Floor" was released as the album's lead single on April 21, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Alex |title=Latto Challenges Her Opps To 'Put It On Da Floor' With Her New Single |url=https://uproxx.com/music/latto-put-it-on-da-floor/ |website=Uproxx |access-date=4 June 2023 |date=April 21, 2023}} The official remix, titled "Put It on da Floor Again", featuring American rapper Cardi B, was released on June 1.{{Cite web |last=Mock |first=Ben |date=2024-02-17 |title=Latto & Cardi B Go Platinum With "Put It On Da Floor Again" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/764933-latto-cardi-b-put-it-on-da-floor-again-platinum-music-news |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} The remix peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine |title=Latto Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/latto/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 21, 2024}} "Sunday Service" was released the album's second single on February 9, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2024-02-09 |title=Latto Takes Skeptics to Church on New Single 'Sunday Service' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/latto-sunday-service-single-1234964955/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} The official remix of the song, featuring American rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli, was released on June 7.{{cite web |last1=Castro |first1=Danilo |title=Latto, Megan Thee Stallion And Flo Milli Give Us "Sunday Service (Remix)" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/812697-latto-megan-thee-stallion-glorilla-sunday-service-remix-hip-hop-news |website=HotNewHipHop |access-date=9 June 2024 |date=June 7, 2024}} The song peaked at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album's third single, titled "Big Mama", was released on June 28.{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Elaina |title=Latto Switches It Up on "Big Mama" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/6/latto-big-mama-single-music-video-stream |website=Hypebeast |access-date=6 August 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}} The song peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Brokey" was released as the fourth single from the album on August 27, 2024 and peaked at 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Blick Sum" was released as the album's fifth single on January 28, 2025; the single version features Playboi Carti.
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Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 72/100{{Cite web |title= Sugar Honey Iced Tea by Latto |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sugar-honey-iced-tea/latto |website=Metacritic |access-date=2024-09-13}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = Clash
| rev2score = 7/10{{Cite magazine|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=August 9, 2024|title=Latto – Sugar Honey Iced Tea {{!}} Reviews|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/latto-sugar-honey-iced-tea/|access-date=August 10, 2024|magazine=Clash|language=en-US}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev3score = 6.1/10{{Cite web|last=Medithi|first=Vivian|date=August 14, 2024|title=Sugar Honey Iced Tea|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/latto-sugar-honey-iced-tea/|website=Pitchfork}}
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite magazine|title=Latto's 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' Is a Cinematic Ride Through the South|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lattos-sugar-honey-iced-tea-review-1235077382/|date=August 9, 2024|access-date=August 9, 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Conteh|first=Mankaprr|language=en-US|archive-date=August 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810030455/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lattos-sugar-honey-iced-tea-review-1235077382/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}
}}
{{Metacritic album prose|Sugar Honey Iced Tea|positive|72|5}}
Writing for Clash in a positive review, Robin Murray stated that "Sugar Honey Iced Tea paints in the finer details", describing the project as "a work of complexity that – when it clicks into place – might be her most potent release yet". Rolling Stone{{'}}s Mankaprr Conteh wrote that the album is "a careful ode to her Atlanta roots and life in the south broadly". Conteh praised how Latto's "top-notch bars flow through super smooth sequencing". Concluding her review, Conteh stated that "Latto shows she's more than a sex symbol" and that she's "charismatic, dexterous, and long prepared". On the other hand, Vivian Medithi of Pitchfork wrote that Latto's "Southern charm gets lost in an abundance of anonymous beats". AllMusic's review stated that the Latto was "stepping up significantly from the sometimes personality-light commercial sounds of her earlier work" on the album.{{Citation |title=Sugar Honey Iced Tea - Latto {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sugar-honey-iced-tea-mw0004349655 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=AllMusic|language=en}}
Commercial performance
In the United States, Sugar Honey Iced Tea debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, marking her highest peak on the chart with 29,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite magazine| last=Anderson | first=Trevor | title=Latto's 'Tea' Bags a No. 1 Debut on Top Rap Albums Chart | magazine=Billboard | date=August 21, 2024 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/latto-sugar-honey-iced-tea-number-1-top-rap-albums-chart-1235758147/ | access-date=August 30, 2024}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Sugar Honey Iced Tea track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Georgia Peach
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Alyssa Stephens|Jocelyn A. Donald|Randall Hammers}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Darryl Clemons|Miranda Ferguson|Tommy Lumpkins|Kevin Price|Detral Treadwell}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz|Tommy Parker}}
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = Big Mama
| lyrics2 = Stephens
| music2 = {{hlist|Elliott Archer|Edward Cooper III|Duane Ewell|Jeff Franzel|Edmond Harrison|Ozan Yildirim}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Coupe|Oz|Kid Masterpiece|Go Grizzly{{ref|a|[a]}}|Pooh Beatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = Blick Sum
| lyrics3 = Stephens
| music3 = {{hlist|Ahmar Bailey|Ariyana Gandia|Ricci Riera}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|EvilNanijae|Kid Hazel|Riera}}
| length3 = 3:11
| title4 = Settle Down
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Stephens|Donald}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Clemons|Tahj Morgan|Price}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|JetsonMade|Pooh Beatz}}
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = Shrimp & Grits
| note5 = featuring Young Nudy
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Stephens|Quantavious T. Thomas}}
| music5 = {{hlist|Clemons|Price}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length5 = 2:44
| title6 = There She Go
| lyrics6 = Stephens
| music6 = {{hlist|Ernest Adams|Clemons|Mike Jones|Price|Salih Williams}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|EJ Stellar|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length6 = 2:41
| title7 = Brokey
| lyrics7 = Stephens
| music7 = {{hlist|Stephens|Cooper}}
| extra7 = Coupe
| length7 = 3:37
| title8 = Mimi Interlude
| lyrics8 = Stephens
| music8 = {{hlist|Stephens|Lumpkins}}
| extra8 = Parker
| length8 = 0:38
| title9 = H&M
| lyrics9 = Stephens
| music9 = {{hlist|Derrick Gray|Hammers|Jonas Jeberg|Dazmiere Johnson}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Derrick Milano|Jeberg|Supakaine}}
| length9 = 2:26
| title10 = Copper Cove
| note10 = featuring Hunxho
| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Stephens|Ibrahim Dodo}}
| music10 = {{hlist|Clemons|Price}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Ear Candy
| note11 = featuring Coco Jones
| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Stephens|Kasey Sims|Courtney Jones}}
| music11 = {{hlist|Clemons|David Cunningham|Price|Atia Boggs}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Dun Deal|Go Grizzly|Inkredibeatz|Pooh Beatz}}
| length11 = 3:15
| title12 = Liquor
| lyrics12 = Stephens
| music12 = {{hlist|Stephens|Isaac Bynum|Clemons|Hammers|Jean-Baptiste Kouame|Price}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Earl on the Beat|Go Grizzly|Jean-Baptiste|Supakaine}}
| length12 = 3:03
| title13 = Squeeze
| note13 = featuring Megan Thee Stallion
| lyrics13 = {{hlist|Stephens|Kameron Glasper|Hammers|Megan Pete}}
| music13 = {{hlist|Jeff Baranowski|Luke Milano|Jeremy Reeves|Ray Romulus|Jonathan Yip}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|9am|The Stereotypes}}
| length13 = 2:44
| title14 = Good 2 You
| note14 = featuring Ciara
| lyrics14 = {{hlist|Stephens|Donald|Hammers|Ciara Harris}}
| music14 = {{hlist|André Benjamin|Luther Campbell|Clemons|David Hobbs|Price|Fletcher Redd|Mark Ross|K. Sims|Christopher Wongwon}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length14 = 3:09
| title15 = Look What You Did
| note15 = featuring Mariah the Scientist
| lyrics15 = {{hlist|Stephens|Mariah Buckles|Donald}}
| music15 = {{hlist|Daoud Anthony|Clemons|Boggs|Price}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Daoud|Go Grizzly|Inkredibeatz|Pooh Beatz}}
| length15 = 2:58
| title16 = Prized Possession
| note16 = featuring Teezo Touchdown
| lyrics16 = {{hlist|Stephens|Aaron Thomas}}
| music16 = {{hlist|Anthony|Clemons|Douglas Ford|Price|Yildirim}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Daoud|Dougie F|Go Grizzly|Oz|Pooh Beatz|Andrew Keller{{ref|v|[v]}}}}
| length16 = 3:41
| title17 = S/O to Me
| lyrics17 = Stephens
| music17 = {{hlist|Stephens|Cooper|Daniel Esguerra|Mino Drerup}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Coupe|Saint Mino}}
| length17 = 4:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Sugar Honey Iced Tea bonus tracks
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title18 = Put It on da Floor
| lyrics18 = {{hlist|Stephens|Hammers}}
| music18 = {{hlist|Born Immaculate|Clemons|John Norris III|Price|Julius Rivera III|Richard Sims|Broderick Thompson-Smith|Carlos Walker}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz|Squat}}
| length18 = 3:02
| title19 = Put It on da Floor Again
| note19 = featuring Cardi B
| lyrics19 = {{hlist|Stephens|Belcalis Almanzar|Hammers}}
| music19 = {{hlist|Born Immaculate|Clemons|Norris|Price|R. Sims|Thompson-Smith|Walker}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Go Grizzly|Squat|Pooh Beatz}}
| length19 = 3:05
| title20 = Sunday Service
| lyrics20 = {{hlist|Stephens|Hammers}}
| music20 = {{hlist|Joel Banks|Taylor Banks|Clemons|Price}}
| extra20 = {{hlist|Bankroll Got It|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length20 = 2:46
| title21 = Sunday Service
| note21 = remix featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli
| lyrics21 = {{hlist|Stephens|Hammers|Pete|Tamia Carter}}
| music21 = {{hlist|J. Banks|T. Banks|Clemons|Hammers|Price}}
| extra21 = {{hlist|Bankroll Got It|Go Grizzly|Pooh Beatz}}
| length21 = 3:27
| total_length = 62:00
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Sugar Honey Iced Tea CD edition and digital reissue
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title18 = Chicken Grease
| lyrics18 = Stephens
| music18 = {{hlist|Aldrin Davis|Clifford Harris|Steven Dingle|Thomas Heinz Kessler}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Romani|Explosive}}
| length18 = 2:41
| total_length = 64:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Sugar Honey Iced Tea 2025 digital special edition
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title18 = Chicken Grease
| lyrics18 = Stephens
| music18 = {{hlist|Davis|Harris|Dingle|Kessler}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Romani|Explosive}}
| length18 = 2:41
| title23 = Blick Sum
| note23 = featuring Playboi Carti
| lyrics23 = Stephens
| music23 = {{hlist|Bailey|Gandia|Riera|Jordan Carter}}
| extra23 = {{hlist|EvilNanijae|Kid Hazel|Riera}}
| length23 = 3:12
| total_length = 67:53
}}
= Notes =
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
- {{sup|{{note|v|[v]}}}} signifies a vocal producer
- All tracks listed as bonus tracks on Sugar Honey Iced Tea are listed under a second disk on digital services.
Personnel
=Disc 1=
Musicians
- Latto – vocals
- The Stereotypes – programming (track 13)
- Jeremy Reeves – background vocals, bass
- Jonathan Yip – background vocals, synthesizer
- Ray Romulus – background vocals, percussion
- Ray Charles McCullough II
- 3onawav – background vocals (track 13)
- Kameron Glasper – background vocals (track 13)
- Jeff Baranowski – drums (track 13)
- Luke Milano – keyboards (track 13)
- Saint Mino – keyboards (track 17)
- Julius – vocals (track 17)
Technical
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Ben Hogarth – mixing, engineering
- Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (track 13)
- Kyle Kashiwagi – engineering (track 13)
- Ronald "RD" Estrada – engineering (track 13)
- Shawn "Source" Jarrett – engineering (track 13)
- Andrew Keller – vocal engineering (track 16)
=Disc 2=
- Latto – vocals
- Sage Skolfield – mastering, mixing (1, 2)
- Jaycen Joshua – mastering, mixing (3)
- Joe LaPorta – mastering (track 4)
- Ben Hogarth – mixing (track 4), engineering (1–3)
- Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (track 4)
- Javier Valverde – engineering (tracks 3, 4)
- Mike Seaberg – engineering (tracks 3, 4)
- Shawn "Source" Jarrett – engineering (track 4)
- Chris Bhikoo – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Christopher Weaver – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Dominique "Cookisdope" Cook – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Maysin Sexton – engineering assistance (track 4)
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Sugar Honey Iced Tea ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Latto|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=Latto|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ Year-end chart performance for Sugar Honey Iced Tea ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position |
scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 1, 2025}}
| 80 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Latto|title=Sugar Honey Iced Tea|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=March 7, 2025}}
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