Ghanaian rapper Essumann brings AratheJay and Kojo Trap onto “Too Many Nights II,” a late-night record built for headphones and solitary drives.
This sequel picks up where the original “Too Many Nights” left off, pushing the concept further into sleepless hustle and the emotional weight ambition drags along with it. Essumann leads the first half with his trademark textured voice, controlled breath, and that unmistakable vulnerability he brings whenever the beat slows down. He moves easily between conversational verses and a hook that sticks the moment it lands.
Then Kojo Trap comes through and grounds the whole thing in something grittier. His fast rhyme schemes and punchy delivery pull the record back down to street level, giving the melody and warmth from the first two verses a harder edge to balance against. That contrast between AratheJay’s smoothness and Kojo Trap’s grit is what makes this collaboration work – three completely different vocal personalities all serving the same sleepless, restless mood.
On the “Ghetto Therapy PT II” tape, “Too Many Nights II” sits as one of the most fully realized collaborations – proof that Essumann knows exactly which voices to pull in when a concept needs more than one perspective to land properly.
Stream “Too Many Nights II” and tell us – AratheJay’s warmth or Kojo Trap’s grit: which side of this record hits you harder?
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