Lil Poppa Releases “Sprite On The Nightstand”
CMG signee and Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa shares his newest single. “Sprite On The Nightstand” a long-anticipated fan-favorite that has quickly become one of his most popular unreleased tracks. Today Poppa officially delivers the record alongside an official visualizer. “Sprite On The Nightstand” captures the tension and tenderness of complicated relationships. It’s the vulnerable melodic lane that his listeners have grown to love him for. Watch/listen to the single below:
“Sprite On The Nightstand” arrives after his latest project, ALMOST NORMAL AGAIN. Checking in at 16 tracks, the project is an expressive mosaic of life lessons — instructive hardships at the intersection of things you can change and things you can’t. The thrill of the wins and the sobriety of the losses. Tracks like “Start Trippin (Shawty Fine)” evoke the W’s. Cruising over a medieval strings and pummeling 808s, Poppa turns in a barrage of flexes that are simultaneously raw and matter-of-fact: “Told the bitch I got it, so it ain’t trickin’/As long as the house got a stove and a kitchen.”
MORE ABOUT LIL POPPA
Melodic and piercingly personal, Lil Poppa turned pain into purpose. Since emerging with singles like “Purple Hearts” in 2018, the 25-year-old has swirled unfiltered emotionality with wounded melodies for songs that heal himself, his city, and his fans. It’s a mission that’s made him one of the most potent voices in the Sunshine State, and it’s only continued on Almost Normal Again, a cathartic new album filled with love, lessons, and level ups. Unsparing, yet vulnerable, his latest finds transformation in trauma — reflection in recovery. Motivated by dreams to escape the chaos so many of his friends couldn’t, Poppa began recording songs in earnest in the mid-2010s, releasing projects like Life After Desi and Evergreen Wildchild in 2017. The mixtapes earned him local attention, it was 2018’s “Purple Hearts” that marked his arrival. The track, which detailed the aftermath of a shooting that left three of his friends dead, crystallized the power of his melodic storytelling. It also earned cosigns from artists like Polo G, who soon connected with him for 2019’s “Eternal Living.” By 2022, it also earned him a record deal with Interscope and subsequently, a deal with Yo Gotti and CMG.. Through it all, projects like Evergreen Wildchild 2 (2020), Blessed, I Guess (2021), Half Man Half Vamp (2023) and Wee Are Who We Are (2024) reinforced both his fan base and his belief in himself. In a career that already stretches nearly a decade, Poppa has shown that he can shift between emotions and themes with ease. But his most powerful songs are threaded by a sense of personal reckoning. His latest effort, Almost Normal Again, lives in both nostalgia and a hopeful future. “It’s a mindset thing. Once you decide you’re doing it for the people that are no longer here, you use the pain for motivation,” he says. “And then you’re unstoppable.”