Stolen Youth (mixtape)

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Stolen Youth
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Mixtape by
ReleasedJune 20, 2013
Recorded2012–13
Genre Hip hop
Label
Producer
  • Larry Fisherman (also exec.)
  • Vince Staples (exec.)
Vince Staples chronology
Winter in Prague
(2012)
Stolen Youth
(2013)
Shyne Coldchain II
(2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"3:00
2."Fantoms" (featuring Joey Fatts)
2:33
3."Heaven" (featuring Hardo and Mac Miller)
  • Staples
  • McCormick
  • Joseph Barnett
4:24
4."Guns & Roses"
  • Staples
  • McCormick
3:13
5."Back Sellin' Crack" (featuring Schoolboy Q)
4:51
6."Stuck In My Ways"
  • Staples
  • McCormick
2:23
7."Killin' Y'all" (featuring Ab-Soul)
2:51
8."Thought About You"
  • Staples
  • McCormick
3:02
9."Sleep" (featuring Dash, Ab-Soul, and Mac Miller)
3:57
10."Outro"
  • Staples
  • McCormick
3:32

Notes

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