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Released | August 18, 2017 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 100:22 | |||
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Singles from Project Baby 2 | ||||
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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.
The mixtape was supported by the singles "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.
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]
HotNewHipHop rated the mixtape 79% and described it as "complex and confounding". [6]
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]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and BMI. [9] [10]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Versatile" | Helluva | 6:58 | |
2. | "Change My Ways" |
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| 3:59 |
3. | "Roll in Peace" (featuring XXXTentacion) | 3:33 | ||
4. | "6th Sense" |
| London on da Track | 3:14 |
5. | "Don't Wanna Breathe" |
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| 3:16 |
6. | "Need a Break" |
| 4:03 | |
7. | "First Love" |
| Dyryk | 3:08 |
8. | "Unexplainable" |
| 2:30 | |
9. | "My Klik" (featuring JackBoy and John Wicks) |
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| 3:25 |
10. | "Transportin'" |
| C-Clip Beatz | 2:49 |
11. | "You Do That Shit" |
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| 2:21 |
12. | "Built My Legacy" (featuring Offset) |
| Murda Beatz | 3:04 |
13. | "Misunderstood" |
| SkipOnDaBeat | 3:09 |
14. | "Pride" |
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| 2:51 |
15. | "Up Late" |
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| 3:29 |
16. | "No CoDefendant" |
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| 3:31 |
17. | "The Recipe" |
| SkipOnDaBeat | 3:19 |
18. | "Still in the Streets" |
| C-Clip Beatz | 3:20 |
19. | "Me for Me" |
| MajorNine | 3:52 |
Total length: | 65:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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20. | "Codeine Dreaming" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
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| 4:23 |
21. | "No Meds" |
| 4:00 | |
22. | "Versatile 2" |
| Helluva | 9:22 |
23. | "Cognitive" |
| Ness | 3:13 |
24. | "Projects" (featuring Birdman) |
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| 3:40 |
25. | "Rugrats" |
| C-Clip Beatz | 2:59 |
26. | "Now Time" |
| Helluva | 3:36 |
27. | "About You Without You" |
| SkipOnDaBeat | 3:19 |
Total length: | 100:22 |
Notes
Sample credits
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]
Technical
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [19] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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