Cigarette Boats

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Cigarette Boats
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EP by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Hip hop
Length14:25
Label Jet Life Recordings
Producer Harry Fraud
Curren$y chronology
The Stoned Immaculate
(2012)
Cigarette Boats
(2012)
Priest Andretti
(2012)

Cigarette Boats is an EP by American rapper Curren$y and producer Harry Fraud. It was released for online download on July 10, 2012. [1] XXL named it the "2012 EP of the Year." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Leaving The Dock"3:03
2."WOH" (featuring Styles P)3:01
3."Biscayne Bay"2:08
4."Mirrors" (featuring Smoke DZA)3:04
5."Sixty-Seven Turbo Jet"3:19

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References

  1. Markman, Rob (July 10, 2012). "Cigarette Boats EP With Curren$y 'Phenomenal,' Harry Fraud Says". MTV. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. Diep, Eric (11 March 2013). "Watch Curren$y Accept His XXL Award for "2012 EP Of The Year"". XXL. Retrieved 17 March 2013.