Ramona Park Broke My Heart

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Ramona Park Broke My Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2022
Genre West Coast hip hop [1]
Length41:02
Label
Producer
  • Brazzen
  • Coop the Truth
  • DJ Dahi
  • Frano
  • Johnny Juliano
  • Jonas
  • Kenny Beats
  • LBambino
  • LeKen Taylor
  • Mike Hector
  • Mingo
  • Mustard
  • Nami
  • Paul Castelluzzo
  • Reske
  • Saint Mino
  • Tommy Parker
  • Yori
  • Zack Sekoff
Vince Staples chronology
Vince Staples
(2021)
Ramona Park Broke My Heart
(2022)
Dark Times
(2024)
Target exclusive cover
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Ramona Park Broke My Heart track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Beach"
Mingo1:07
2."Aye! (Free the Homies)"
  • Staples
  • Sean Matsukawa
  • Zack Sekoff
  • LeKen Taylor
Taylor3:05
3."DJ Quik"
2:20
4."Magic" (featuring Mustard)
3:46
5."Nameless"
  • Staples
  • Dylan Wiggins
  • Grace Alfaro
Brazzen0:48
6."When Sparks Fly"
  • Staples
  • Shahrooz Raoofi
  • Frano Huett
  • Francesca Bergami
  • Atupele Ndisale
Frano3:47
7."East Point Prayer" (featuring Lil Baby)
3:37
8."Slide"
  • Staples
  • Hebrew Malachai Richardson
  • Taylor
  • Mike Hector
  • Sekoff
  • Hector
  • Sekoff
2:18
9."Papercuts"
  • Staples
  • Natche
  • Paul Castelluzzo
  • DJ Dahi
  • Castelluzzo
3:01
10."Lemonade" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
  • Taylor
  • Yori
  • Joey Ram [a]
  • Matsukawa [a]
2:59
11."Player Ways"
  • Jonas
  • LBambino
  • Saint Mino
3:28
12."Mama's Boy"
  • Staples
  • McGill
  • Teixeira
  • Coop the Truth
  • Nami
2:19
13."Bang That" (featuring Mustard)
2:39
14."The Spirit of Monster Kody"
  • Staples
  • Drerup
  • Thomas Westly Lumpkins
  • Saint Mino
  • Tommy Parker
0:45
15."Rose Street"
  • Staples
  • Drerup
  • Lumpkins
  • Saint Mino
  • Parker
2:33
16."The Blues"
  • Staples
  • Dominguez
Mingo2:22
Total length:41:02

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [30]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [31] 99
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [32] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [33] 193
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [34] 44
US Billboard 200 [35] 21
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [36] 10

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