In the second verse of “COKODRILO,” Lil Supa’ places himself in Buenos Aires recording with Jonas Sanche. The reference has a history beyond the session: speaking to Billboard Argentina, the Venezuelan rapper remembered Argentina as one of the first countries rap took him to, having never previously travelled outside Venezuela. The song, produced by Cookin Soul with cuts by DJ Mad Pee, receives another YouTube upload after appearing as a bonus track on ANIMAL in 2025. Supa told Billboard that cities including Buenos Aires, Madrid, Bogotá and New York had left their mark on him, with local expressions finding their way into his writing. “COKODRILO” moves between Spanish, English and a brief passage in French, placing clothes, champagne and travel alongside the business of making and performing music. Its references to Teddy Santis and Cartier sit beside the mention of a recording session. That mixture belongs to an album Supa conceived as a reconnection with his earlier musical instincts. In a Rolling Stone interview, he described working with producer and engineer Sanabria by listening to beats, deciding which ones caught his attention and developing ideas from there. His reference point was the teenager who had fallen for English language rap from the middle of the 1990s. Mad Pee’s involvement reaches back into Supa’s catalogue: the DJ identifies himself as a founder of Madzilla alongside Lou Fresco, Supa’s other recording identity, and his archive preserves their Uanteik material. “COKODRILO” brings that earlier collaborator into a song whose writing also reflects the international life Supa described in his interviews.
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