| Gold Mouf | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Lute |
| Cover: | Lute-GoldMouf.jpeg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | October 4, 2021 |
| Recorded: | 2019–2021 |
| Length: | 43:23 |
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| Prev Title: | West 1996 Pt. 2 |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
Gold Mouf is the second studio album by American rapper Lute. It was released on October 4, 2021, by Dreamville Records and Interscope Records.[1] The album includes guest appearances from labelmates JID, Cozz, and Ari Lennox, in addition to Little Brother, Saba, Westside Boogie, BJ the Chicago Kid, Blakk Soul, and Devn.[2] The album was executive produced by rapper and manager Big Pooh, and sequenced by rapper Phonte.[3]
The title of the album, Gold Mouf, is the name of Lute's alter ego. He first unveiled the moniker on the song "Under the Sun".[4] In an interview with XXL in 2019, Lute spoke on what he was working on saying:
On February 4, 2020, he released the single "GED (Gettin Every Dolla)", which he performed at the halftime show for the Charlotte Hornets on March 7, 2020.[5] [6] On July 6, 2020 he released the single "Life" along with a music video.[7] On May 31, 2021, Lute released the third single, "Myself" featuring Devn.[8] The music video was later released on August 16.[9]
On March 23, 2020, Lute released a mini-series on YouTube titled Gold Mouf Chronicles. The series consists of six episodes directed and edited by Alexander Hall.[10] On August 2, 2021, Lute released another series called Gold Mouf Monday's, where he revealed information about the album each Monday leading up to the release date.[11]