Ahead of My Time

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Ahead of My Time
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 6, 2010
Recorded2007–2010
Genre Hip hop, Southern hip hop
Length78:50.03
Label Clover G
Lil' Flip chronology
Underground Legend 2
(2009)
Ahead of My Time
(2010)
The Black Dr. Kevorian
(2013)
Singles from Ahead of My Time
  1. "Heartbreaker"
    Released: December 1, 2009

Ahead of My Time is the fourth independent album and seventh overall studio album by rapper Lil' Flip, released on July 6, 2010. [1]

Contents

Promotion

The first single from the album is "Heartbreaker", which features Eeden & Sean Thomas. [2]

Videos

A video was released for "50 in My Pinkyrang" on July 17, 2010. [3]

Another video was released for "Heartbreaker" on August 6, 2010. [4]

Background

Ahead of My Time was originally set to be released as early as 2007, but was pushed back many times, and was finally released on July 6, 2010.

Lil' Flip released two "album-before-the-album's" in 2009 to help promote the release of Ahead of My Time.

The two albums were: Respect Me [5] and Underground Legend 2 . [6]

Sales

Despite the extra promotion the album sold only 205 copies the first week it was available. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Long Live da King"Dwayne Gilbert4:44
2."48 Laws of Power" (featuring David Crayton)Oscar White4:00
3."Flyboy Status"Sean Thomas Thornton3:49
4."U R the 1" (featuring Big Hollis)Big Hollis3:56
5."H-Town State of Mind"Dwayne Gilbert4:33
6."Shawty Wanna Roll" (featuring Jay Townsend)J Silva4:53
7."The Flip Gate$ Story"Sean Thomas Thornton3:46
8."I'm Fresh"J Silva2:14
9."Krazy" (featuring Poosty Lee & Bionik)Sandy Wiley3:35
10."Heartbreaker" (featuring Sean Thomas & Eden)Peter Johan Frutiger3:26
11."U Don't Know Me Like Dat" (featuring Jay Townsend)Bass Heavy4:11
12."50 in My Pinkyrang" (featuring Chamillionaire & Gudda Gudda)Essay Potna4:24
13."I Like...."Sean Thomas Thornton2:47
14."Da Trill Is Back!!!"Kino4:35
15."Keep Dem Hataz Away" (featuring A-Dub)A-Dub2:32
16."U See It, Pt. 2"Dwayne Gilbert4:00
17."Not 4 Sale" (featuring David Crayton)Kino4:00
18."She Like My Swagger" (featuring Bobby Moon)JStarz3:59
19."My Family Tree"J Silva & P Silva3:34
20."I Just Wanna"JStarz5:52

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