Stranger than Fiction (mixtape)

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Stranger Than Fiction
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ReleasedJuly 16, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length43:27
Label Bread Winners' Association, Atlantic
Producer
Kevin Gates chronology
The Luca Brasi Story
(2013)
Stranger Than Fiction
(2013)
By Any Means
(2014)

Stranger Than Fiction is the tenth mixtape by the American rapper Kevin Gates. It was published on July 16, 2013. [1] [2] [3] The release peaked at number 37 on the US Billboard 200, [4] selling 8,000 copies in the first week. [5] The album was a contractual obligation with Breadwinners Records, after Gates had signed with Atlantic Records earlier in the year. [6]

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Commercial Performance

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Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."4 Legs and a Biscuit"
  • LXG
  • Sarah J
2:25
2."Get Em" David D.A. Doman 3:31
3."MYB" (featuring Starlito)David D.A. Damon3:41
4."White Tan"
  • KB
  • Mike Maven
  • RBS
2:39
5."4:30am"REO2:46
6."Die Bout It" Luney Tunez 4:30
7."Strokin'" Dun Deal 3:01
8."Thinking with My Dick" (featuring Juicy J) Arthur McArthur 2:45
9."Tiger"Dun Deal3:11
10."Smiling Faces" The Featherstones 2:26
11."Careful"Supaman, RBS2:36
12."Money Magnet"
3:06
13."Don't Know What to Call It"
  • DJ Spinz
  • Dun Deal
3:35
14."Satellites (HPG Remix)" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) 3:14
Total length:43:27

Mixtape release

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No.TitleProducer(s)Length
9."Change On Me" (featuring Percy Keith & Mista Cain)Ric & Thadeus4:47
10."Tiger"Dun Deal3:11
11."Smiling Faces"The Featherstones2:26
12."Patrick Swazy" (featuring Dreco)Izze The Producer3:49
13."Snake Nigga" (featuring Migos)Mercy3:42
14."Careful"Supaman, RBS2:36
15."Money Magnet"DJ Spinz, Dun Deal3:06
16."Don't Know What to Call It"DJ Spinz, Dun Deal3:35
17."Angels"Go Grizzly2:41
Total length:58:26

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