This Ain't No Mixtape

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This Ain't No Mixtape
Thisaintnomixtapefrontcover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)(Digital)
June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28)(Physical)
Recorded2008–09
Genre Hip hop
Length70:20
Label Amalgam Digital
Producer Monsta Beatz
Curren$y chronology
This Ain't No Mixtape
(2009)
Jet Files
(2009)
Singles from This Ain't No Mixtape
  1. "Elevator Musik"
    Released: September 14, 2009
  2. "16 Switches"
    Released: September 14, 2009

This Ain't No Mixtape is the debut studio album by American rapper Curren$y. [1] It was released digitally on April 21, 2009, [2] while it was released physically on June 28, 2011, by Amalgam Digital. [3] The entire album was produced by Monsta Beatz. Following the release, Curren$y has released a series of highly touted mixtapes. For the hence of the album's title, along with the album cover has taken its inspiration from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).

Track listing

This Ain't No Mixtape
No.TitleLength
1."The Briefing"4:08
2."Get It Ya Self" (featuring Dee Low and Jean LePhare)3:32
3."Blown Away" (featuring Dee Low and Jean LePhare)4:28
4."Scared of Monstas"2:58
5."Elevator Musik"3:09
6."On My Plane" (featuring Dee Low and Jean LePhare)3:04
7."16 Switches"3:04
8."The Jets Son" (featuring Dee Low and Jean LePhare)4:03
9."LOL" (featuring Trademark da Skydiver, Dee Low, and Jean LePhare)3:49
10."Sail On" (featuring Young Chris)3:45
11."Got It"3:26
12."Power Button"3:23
13."Up Here" (featuring Young Roddy)4:27
14."Cook Up" (featuring Bun B and Dee Low)4:23
15."Food 4 Thought" (featuring Mickey Factz and Amanda Diva)4:07
16."Galaxy" (featuring Dee Low, Jean LePhare, and Whodinsky)4:26
17."Look Up at the Jets" (Amalgam Digital bonus track)3:17
18."Top of the Money" (Amalgam Digital bonus track)2:47
19."Something Like" (featuring Street Wiz and Fiend) (Amalgam Digital bonus Track)4:13

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  2. Archived April 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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