CTV2 (album)

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CTV2
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Mixtape by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2014
Recorded2012–2014 [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length34:21
Label Self-released
Jaden Smith chronology
The Cool Cafe
(2012)
CTV2
(2014)
This is the Album
(2015)

CTV2 (full name: The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 2) is the second mixtape by American rapper Jaden Smith. It was released as a free download on November 18, 2014, through his "Jaden Experience" app and was also available on DatPiff. [1] [2] [3] [4] The project is a concept mixtape, written about how Jaden Smith "attempted to turn the hip-hop world upside down". [5] The mixtape is a part of Smith's Cool Tape series which was preceded by The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1 and followed up with The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 . [6] [7]

The mixtape was later re-released onto streaming services on December 1, 2016.

Track listing

Credits adapted from YouTube. [8]

No.TitleLength
1."Fire" (featuring Christian Rich)2:13
2."Keep Ya Love" (featuring Willow Smith)2:35
3."Zoned"3:40
4."Let It Breathe" (featuring Willow Smith)10:33
5."Young & Reckless"2:43
6."Electric" (featuring Willow Smith)3:41
7."PCH" (featuring Willow Smith)5:51
8."Symba"3:05

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