Summer in the Winter

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Summer in the Winter
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Mixtape by
ReleasedDecember 25, 2015 (2015-12-25)
Recorded2015
Genre Hip hop
Length36:55
Label RCA
Producer
Kid Ink chronology
Full Speed
(2015)
Summer in the Winter
(2015)
RSS2
(2016)
Singles from Summer in the Winter
  1. "Promise"
    Released: December 24, 2015

Summer in the Winter is a commercial mixtape [1] by American rapper Kid Ink, released on Christmas Day, 2015 by RCA Records. It was produced largely by DJ Mustard, who acted as executive producer; additional producers on the mixtape include D.A. Doman, Twice as Nice, K.E. on the Track, and The Featherstones, among others. Released the following day of his single "Promise", guest performers on the project include Fetty Wap (who performs on the song), Akon, Omarion, Bia, and Starrah. [2]

Contents

Commercial performance

Summer in the Winter debuted at number 50 on the US Billboard 200, with 16,000 equivalent album units (selling 11,000 in pure sales). [3]

Singles

"Promise" served as the lead single from the project. It was released on December 24, 2015, along the promotional single "Blowin' Swishers Pt.2".

Track listing

Credits were adapted from Tidal. [4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bunny Ranch"
  • DJ Mustard
  • Twice as Nice
2:48
2."Real Recognize"
  • Collins
  • McFarlane
  • Audino
  • Hughes
DJ Mustard3:18
3."Promise" (featuring Fetty Wap)
DJ Mustard3:44
4."Rewind" (featuring Akon)
DJ Mustard4:00
5."Blowin' Swishers Pt. 2" (featuring Starrah)
3:02
6."Same Day"
  • Collins
  • McFarlane
  • Holt
  • Zihirr Mitchell
DJ Mustard3:02
7."Bank"
D.A. Got That Dope 3:49
8."Summer in the Winter" (featuring Omarion)
DJ Mustard3:07
9."Good Idea" (featuring Bia) The Featherstones 3:16
10."That's on You"
  • Collins
  • Rohaim
  • McFarlane
  • Audino
  • Hughes
DJ Mustard3:30
11."Time Out"
  • Collins
  • Rohaim
  • McFarlane
  • Audino
  • Hughes
DJ Mustard3:19

Notes

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [5] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 93
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 73
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [8] 50
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [9] 10
US Billboard 200 [10] 50
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] 10

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
WorldwideDecember 25, 2015 RCA [12]

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