Ransom 2

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Ransom 2
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ReleasedMarch 24, 2017
Recorded2014–17
Genre
Length60:16
Label
Producer
Mike Will Made It chronology
Ransom
(2014)
Ransom 2
(2017)
Gotti Made-It
(2017)
Singles from Ransom 2
  1. "Nothing Is Promised"
    Released: June 3, 2016
  2. "Gucci On My"
    Released: March 3, 2017
  3. "Perfect Pint"
    Released: May 30, 2017 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork 6.9/10 [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]

Ransom 2 is the debut studio album by American record producer Mike Will Made It. It is the sequel to his 2014 mixtape Ransom, and was released on March 24, 2017. [6] The album features guest appearances by Kendrick Lamar, Rae Sremmurd, Big Sean, Lil Wayne, YG, Pharrell Williams, 2 Chainz, Young Thug, Chief Keef, and others.

Contents

Background

On January 4, 2016, Mike Will Made It revealed the cover art for the project while also releasing the first song from the mixtape, titled "By Chance", featuring artists Rae Sremmurd. [7] On January 15, 2016, Mike Will announced on his Twitter account that he would be releasing a song the next day. The following day, "Al Sharpton", featuring American rapper Future was released. [8] On January 23, 2016, Mike Will took to Twitter once again to announce to his fans that Ransom 2 would be dropping the following Friday on January 29. However come Friday, Mike Will then announced that he had delayed the project in order to obtain a guest feature from long time collaborator Gucci Mane, and also have him host the tape. [9] At that point, Gucci Mane was still serving a three-month prison sentence and the police wouldn't allow him to host the mixtape. This meant working with Gucci Mane wouldn't be possible until he was released from prison on May 26, 2016. [10]

On November 15, 2016, Nicki Minaj released her own remix of the Mike Will-produced song "Black Beatles" via her SoundCloud titled "Black Barbies", which was also released commercially. The song peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also awarded the 49th spot on Rolling Stone editor Rob Sheffield's 50 best songs of the year. [11] [12]

On February 22, 2017, Mike Will revealed on his Twitter account that he was working on finalizing the album before announcing the release date although he teased it would be released in March 2017. Doing so, he also partially revealed the track listing with the previously released songs being absent from it. [13] [14]

Singles

The first single from the project, "Nothing Is Promised", with Barbadian singer Rihanna, was released on June 3, 2016. The song peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 [15] On March 3, 2017 Mike Will released the second official single from the project titled "Gucci On My". The song features guest appearances from 21 Savage, YG and Migos. [16]

Track listing

Album credits adapted from album's liner notes. [17]

Ransom 2 [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."On the Come Up" (featuring Big Sean)
3:55
2."W Y O (What You On)" (featuring Young Thug)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Resource
4:22
3."Hasselhoff" (featuring Lil Yachty)
Mike Will Made It2:10
4."Gucci On My" (featuring 21 Savage, YG and Migos)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Resource
4:34
5."Oh Hi Hater (Hiatus)" (featuring Fortune)
  • Williams II
  • Darrie Williams
Mike Will Made It3:05
6."Perfect Pint" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane and Rae Sremmurd)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • DJ Fu
4:00
7."Razzle Dazzle" (featuring Future)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Marz
  • S1
3:36
8."Bars of Soap" (featuring Swae Lee)
  • Williams II
  • K. Brown
Mike Will Made It4:19
9."Burnin" (featuring Andrea)
  • Williams II
  • Andrea Lanier
  • Micah Smith
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Micah Weston
2:13
10."Y'all Ain't Ready" (featuring 2 Chainz)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Marz
3:42
11."Aries (YuGo)" (featuring Pharrell and Station Wagon P)
Mike Will Made It4:31
12."Emotions Unlocked" (featuring Eearz)
  • Williams II
  • Christopher Lee
  • Samuel Gloade
  • Lamont Porter
  • Mike Will Made It
  • 30 Roc
  • Ez Elpee
3:59
13."Big God" (featuring Trouble and Problem)
4:11
14."Faith" (featuring Lil Wayne and HoodyBaby)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • GT
4:44
15."Come Down" (featuring Chief Keef and Rae Sremmurd)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • Pluss
3:38
16."Outro"Williams IIMike Will Made It0:27
17."Nothing Is Promised" (with Rihanna)
2:50
Total length:60:16

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [18] 77
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 152
US Billboard 200 [20] 24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [21] 15

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