Project Baby 2

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Project Baby 2
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ReleasedAugust 18, 2017
Genre Hip hop
Length100:22
Label
Producer
Kodak Black chronology
Painting Pictures
(2017)
Project Baby 2
(2017)
Heart Break Kodak
(2018)

Project Baby 2 (also called Project Baby 2: All Grown Up on deluxe version) is the fifth mixtape by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released on August 18, 2017, by Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang and Atlantic. [1] [2] [3] It included guest appearances from rappers XXXTentacion, Offset, John Wicks, JackBoy, Birdman & Lil Wayne.

Contents

Music videos were produced for "Transportin'" and "Roll in Peace" featuring XXXTentacion. Both songs have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Transportin'" peaking at number 46 and "Roll in Peace" peaking at 31.

Background

It was released two months after Kodak was released from jail. The album cover was shot in Pembroke Pines, Florida by photographer Ray Yau. [4] [5]

Critical reception

HotNewHipHop rated the mixtape 79% and described it as "complex and confounding". [6]

Commercial performance

Project Baby 2 debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 50,000 album equivalent units, including 39,000 streaming equivalent units, and 8,000 being from pure sales. [7] On December 4, 2018, the album was certified platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States. [8]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and BMI. [9] [10]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Versatile" Helluva 6:58
2."Change My Ways"
3:59
3."Roll in Peace" (featuring XXXTentacion)3:33
4."6th Sense"
  • Octave
  • Holmes
  • Aubrey Robinson
  • Kevin Richardson
  • Roark Bailey
  • Hector Chaparro
London on da Track3:14
5."Don't Wanna Breathe"
  • Octave
  • Holmes
  • Masamune Kudo
  • London on da Track
  • Rex Kudo
3:16
6."Need a Break"
  • Octave
  • Edgar Ferrera
  • Thomas Klingensmith
4:03
7."First Love"
  • Octave
  • Derek Garcia
Dyryk3:08
8."Unexplainable"2:30
9."My Klik" (featuring JackBoy and John Wicks)
  • Octave
  • Danny Snodgrass
  • Masnick Sainmelus
  • Pierre Delince
3:25
10."Transportin'"
C-Clip Beatz2:49
11."You Do That Shit"
  • Octave
  • Holmes
  • Joshua Cross
  • London on da Track
  • Cassius Jay [a]
2:21
12."Built My Legacy" (featuring Offset)
Murda Beatz3:04
13."Misunderstood"
  • Octave
  • Ferrera
SkipOnDaBeat3:09
14."Pride"
  • Octave
  • Diehl
  • Khaled
  • Kudo
  • Ben Billions
  • Rex Kudo
2:51
15."Up Late"
  • Octave
  • Ryan Vojtesak
  • Kudo
  • Charlie Handsome
  • Rex Kudo
3:29
16."No CoDefendant"
  • Octave
  • Diehl
  • Khaled
  • Garcia
  • Andrea Fisher
  • Czeiner
  • Varvatsoulis
  • Ben Billions
  • Dyryk
  • Nick the Piff
3:31
17."The Recipe"
  • Octave
  • Ferrera
SkipOnDaBeat3:19
18."Still in the Streets"
  • Octave
  • Smith
C-Clip Beatz3:20
19."Me for Me"
  • Octave
  • Chad Thomas
MajorNine3:52
Total length:65:51
Project Baby 2: All Grown Up– Deluxe version (bonus tracks) [11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
20."Codeine Dreaming" (featuring Lil Wayne)
4:23
21."No Meds"4:00
22."Versatile 2"
  • Octave
  • McCurtis
Helluva 9:22
23."Cognitive"
  • Octave
  • Courtney Clayburn
Ness3:13
24."Projects" (featuring Birdman)
  • B HAM
  • C-Clip Beatz
  • Dyryk [a]
3:40
25."Rugrats"
  • Octave
  • Smith
C-Clip Beatz2:59
26."Now Time"
Helluva 3:36
27."About You Without You"
  • Octave
  • Ferrera
SkipOnDaBeat3:19
Total length:100:22

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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