King Kong (Gorilla Zoe album)

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King Kong
Gorilla Zoe King Kong.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 2011
Recorded2009-2011
Genre Hip hop
Length53:44
Label
Producer
Gorilla Zoe chronology
Don't Feed da Animals
(2009)
King Kong
(2011)

King Kong is the third studio album by American rapper Gorilla Zoe, released on June 14, 2011. The album debuted at #56 on the Billboard 200 with 10,300 copies in its first week out. [1]

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Track listing

No.TitleProducerLength
1."King Kong" Drumma Boy 4:03
2."I Do It"Wille "Chuck" Shivers, Saleem "Lazyboi" Asad3:50
3."Crazy" (featuring Gucci Mane) Sonny Digital, Jesse "Corparal" Wilson (co)4:06
4."Nasty" (featuring Yo Gotti)Sonny Digital3:08
5."At All" (featuring Ray Dinero)Sonny Digital3:24
6."What's Goin On"Sonny Digital3:47
7."Party Over Here"Drumma Boy3:47
8."Your Bitch"Sonny Digital3:34
9."My Shawty"Sonny Digital3:20
10."Twisted" (featuring Lil Jon) DJ Montay 2:57
11."Turn Me On"Church Boi; DJ Affect, Chris Hamer (co)4:22
12."Main Thing"Nick Balding; Calvo da Gr8 (co)3:27
13."It's Over"DJ Spinz3:25
14."I'm Not Perfect"Demarco, ID Labs4:08
15."Get Off Me (Bonus Track)" Zaytoven 3:36

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