Kaytraminé
Kaytraminé is the debut album by the duo of the same name, consisting of American rapper Aminé and Haitian-Canadian record producer Kaytranada. It was released on May 19, 2023, by CLBN, Kaytranada, and Venice Music, and features guest musicians Big Sean, Amaarae, Snoop Dogg, Freddie Gibbs, and Pharrell Williams.

Background 
The first connection between the duo came when Aminé released an unofficial remix of Kaytranada's song "At All" in 2014. Kaytranada produced three songs from Aminé's 2015 mixtape Calling Brio. Kaytranada also produced the Rejjie Snow album Dear Annie, which included the Aminé-featuring song "Egyptian Luvr".

Recording 
The duo rented a house in Malibu, California, in 2021, where they recorded together nonstop for two weeks. Kaytranada composed instrumentals during the daytime and Aminé wrote lyrics to them at night. Kaytranada took several months to find samples for the album, including pieces from Bollywood films.

Release 
On April 4, 2023, both artists shared a teaser video to social media in which Kaytranada remixed the two's names together into their combined duo name and Aminé danced along. The posts were captioned "Kaytraminé by Kaytraminé, coming soon". On April 7, they released the album's lead single, "4eva" featuring Pharrell Williams, along with announcing a release date of May 12. On May 9, they released the album's cover art and track listing and announced the album's new release date on May 19. The second single, "Rebuke", was released May 15. The album was released on May 19 by CLBN, Kaytranada, and Venice Music.

Style 
The album took inspiration from sources including jazz pianist Bob James and rapper Don Toliver.

Live 
On April 14, 2023, Kaytranada had a set at Coachella 2023. During that set, he brought out Aminé as a guest, where the duo performed the live debut of "4eva".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians 
 Aminé – vocals
 Freddie Gibbs – vocals (2)
 Pharrell Williams – vocals (3)
 Big Sean – vocals (5)
 Amaarae – vocals (7)
 Snoop Dogg – vocals (10)

Technical 
 Kaytranada – producer
 Aminé – producer (5)
 Pharrell Williams – producer (3)
 David Nakaji – mixing engineer
 Lauren D'Elia – mastering engineer, recording engineer (3-11)
 Emmanuel Gallegos – recording engineer
 Rafa Alvarez – recording engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
 Aleksei Savchenko – recording engineer (1, 2, 4, 7, 11)
 Tom Kahre – recording engineer (5)
 Travis Shaggy Marshall – recording engineer (10)

Charts

References 

2023 debut albums
Kaytranada albums
Aminé (rapper) albums
Albums produced by Kaytranada
Collaborative albums