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| Released | July 2, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 65:50 | |||
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Mixtape, Vol. 2 (also titled as Mixtape, Vol. 2: Hosted by DJ Dirty Rico) is a remix album released on July 2, 2013, by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. [1] [2] The album was compiled and remixed by DJ Dirty Rico. The album follows-up with the 2012 album Mixtape, Vol. 1 . [3] [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lock It" | 4:59 |
| 2. | "What It Do" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Work That Thang" | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Pieces of Me" | 2:10 |
| 5. | "Guy Sample Joint" | 1:32 |
| 6. | "Overnight Scenario" | 2:18 |
| 7. | "Work the Walls" | 0:41 |
| 8. | "Work the Walls [Live]" | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Stevie Wonder Intro" | 0:15 |
| 10. | "Yes, Come On" | 2:26 |
| 11. | "Loveable" | 2:00 |
| 12. | "Rock This Party [Rub Mix]" | 1:50 |
| 13. | "Rock This Party" | 3:08 |
| 14. | "Body Snatchers" | 3:03 |
| 15. | "Go Down Baby" | 2:47 |
| 16. | "Wickedest Band Alive" | 0:47 |
| 17. | "Camay All Over" | 0:42 |
| 18. | "I'm Straight" | 0:37 |
| 19. | "Must Be Like That" | 1:12 |
| 20. | "Wickedest Band Alive revisited" | 0:21 |
| 21. | "King of the Go-Go Beat" | 2:52 |
| 22. | "The Hop" | 1:04 |
| 23. | "The Hop [Live]" | 2:24 |
| 24. | "Dirty Rico Interlude" | 1:04 |
| 25. | "Guess Who's Back" | 3:03 |
| 26. | "Rico Introduces Killa Cal" | 0:07 |
| 27. | "My Car" | 2:48 |
| 28. | "Where They At?" | 2:15 |
| 29. | "Get Your Freak On" | 1:24 |
| 30. | "Take Me Out to the Go-Go" | 1:21 |
| 31. | "Freaky Deak" | 0:47 |
| 32. | "Party With Me" | 1:47 |
| 33. | "What Nigga What" | 2:31 |
| 34. | "Rico's Exit" | 0:23 |
| 35. | "NoiseMaker Nation" | 0:17 |
| Total length: | 65:50 | |
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