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Project Baby 2

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{{Infobox album

| name = Project Baby 2

| type = studio

| artist = Kodak Black

| cover = ProjectBaby2.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 18, 2017

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Hip-hop

| length = 100:22

| label = {{hlist|Dollaz N Dealz|Sniper Gang|Atlantic}}

| producer = {{hlist|Ben Billions|B HAM|C-Clip Beatz|Cassius Jay|Charlie Handsome|DY|Dyryk|Cubeatz|Frank Dukes|Helluva|Infamous|Leland|London on da Track|MajorNine|Murda Beatz|Ness|Nick da Piff|Plugoz Beatz|Rex Kudo|Schife Karbeen|Skip on da Beat|Taz Taylor|Wheezy}}

| prev_title = Painting Pictures

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Heart Break Kodak

| next_year = 2018

}}

Project Baby 2 (also called Project Baby 2: All Grown Up on deluxe version) is the debut studio album by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released on August 18, 2017, by Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang and Atlantic.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/project-baby-2/id1271395139|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820195359/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/project-baby-2/id1271395139|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2017|title=Project Baby 2 by Kodak Black on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|access-date=August 25, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/08/kodak-black-dropped-project-baby-2/|title=Kodak Black Just Dropped 'Project Baby 2'|website=XXL Mag|access-date=August 25, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/music/2017/08/kodak-black-project-baby-2-stream|title=Kodak Black Shares 'Project Baby 2'|work=PigeonsandPlanes|access-date=August 25, 2017}} It included guest appearances from rappers XXXTentacion, Offset, John Wicks, JackBoy, Birdman, and Lil Wayne.

Music videos were produced for "Transportin'" and "Roll in Peace". Both songs have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Transportin'" peaking at number 46 and "Roll in Peace" peaking at 31.

Background

The album was released two months after Kodak was released from jail. The album cover was shot in Pembroke Pines, Florida, by photographer Ray Yau.{{Cite web|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2017/08/18/kodak-black-project-baby-2-new-mixtape-prison-listen/|title=Kodak Black Shocks Fans & Drops 'Project Baby 2' Mixtape Out Of Nowhere — Listen|last=Norwin|first=Alyssa|website=Hollywood Life|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.44200/title.kodak-black-drops-boost-my-ego-with-future-teases-project-baby-2#|title=Kodak Black Drops "Boost My Ego" With Future & Teases "Project Baby 2"|work=HipHopDX|access-date=August 25, 2017}}

Critical reception

HotNewHipHop rated the album 79% and described it as "complex and confounding".{{Cite news|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kodak-blacks-project-baby-2-review-news.36478.html|title=Kodak Black's "Project Baby 2" (Review)|work=HotNewHipHop|access-date=August 25, 2017}}

Commercial performance

Project Baby 2 debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 50,000 album equivalent units, including 39,000 streaming equivalent units, and 8,000 being from pure sales.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/08/how-much-kodak-black-project-baby-2-sold-first-week/|title=Here's How Much Kodak Black's 'Project Baby 2' Sold First Week|work=XXL|last=Berry|first=Peter A.|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=October 15, 2017}} On December 4, 2018, the album was certified platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?share=19318&t=t|title=Kodak Black - Project Baby 2|website=Recording Industry Association of America}}

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and BMI.{{cite AV media notes|title=Project Baby 2|type=CD liner notes|others=Kodak Black|publisher=Atlantic Records|year=2017|id=65894-5}}{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx|title=BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=July 26, 2018|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 65:51

| title1 = Versatile

| writer1 = {{hlist|Dieuson Octave|Martin McCurtis}}

| extra1 = Helluva

| length1 = 6:58

| title2 = Change My Ways

| writer2 = {{hlist|Octave|Benjamin Diehl|Khaled Khaled|Krystyana Czeiner|Nicholas Varvatsoulis}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Nick the Piff{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Roll in Peace

| note3 = featuring XXXTentacion

| writer3 = {{hlist|Octave|Jahseh Onfroy|London Holmes|Kevin Gomringer|Tim Gomringer}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|London on da Track|Cubeatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3= 3:33

| title4 = 6th Sense

| writer4 = {{hlist|Octave|Holmes|Aubrey Robinson|Kevin Richardson|Roark Bailey|Hector Chaparro}}

| extra4 = London on da Track

| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = Don't Wanna Breathe

| writer5 = {{hlist|Octave|Holmes|Masamune Kudo}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|London on da Track|Rex Kudo}}

| length5 = 3:16

| title6 = Need a Break

| writer6 = {{hlist|Octave|Edgar Ferrera|Thomas Klingensmith}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|SkipOnDaBeat|Leland{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = First Love

| writer7 = {{hlist|Octave|Derek Garcia}}

| extra7 = Dyryk

| length7 = 3:08

| title8 = Unexplainable

| writer8 = {{hlist|Octave|Shane Lindstrom|Adam Feeney}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Frank Dukes}}

| length8 = 2:30

| title9 = My Klik

| note9 = featuring JackBoy and John Wicks

| writer9 = {{hlist|Octave|Danny Snodgrass|Masnick Sainmelus|Pierre Delince}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Taz Taylor|PlugOz Beatz{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 3:25

| title10 = Transportin'

| writer10 = {{hlist|Octave|Jermaine Smith|Isaac Hayes}}

| extra10 = C-Clip Beatz

| length10 = 2:49

| title11 = You Do That Shit

| writer11 = {{hlist|Octave|Holmes|Joshua Cross}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|London on da Track|Cassius Jay{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 2:21

| title12 = Built My Legacy

| note12 = featuring Offset

| writer12 = {{hlist|Octave|Kiari Cephus|Lindstrom}}

| extra12 = Murda Beatz

| length12 = 3:04

| title13 = Misunderstood

| writer13 = {{hlist|Octave|Ferrera}}

| extra13 = SkipOnDaBeat

| length13 = 3:09

| title14 = Pride

| writer14 = {{hlist|Octave|Diehl|Khaled|Kudo}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Rex Kudo}}

| length14 = 2:51

| title15 = Up Late

| writer15 = {{hlist|Octave|Ryan Vojtesak|Kudo}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Charlie Handsome|Rex Kudo}}

| length15 = 3:29

| title16 = No CoDefendant

| writer16 = {{hlist|Octave|Diehl|Khaled|Garcia|Andrea Fisher|Czeiner|Varvatsoulis}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Dyryk|Nick the Piff}}

| length16 = 3:31

| title17 = The Recipe

| writer17 = {{hlist|Octave|Ferrera}}

| extra17 = SkipOnDaBeat

| length17 = 3:19

| title18 = Still in the Streets

| writer18 = {{hlist|Octave|Smith}}

| extra18 = C-Clip Beatz

| length18 = 3:20

| title19 = Me for Me

| writer19 = {{hlist|Octave|Chad Thomas}}

| extra19 = MajorNine

| length19 = 3:52

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Project Baby 2: All Grown Up {{nobold|– Deluxe version (bonus tracks)}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/project-baby-2-all-grown-up-deluxe/1315146539|title=Project Baby 2: All Grown Up (Deluxe) by Kodak Black|date=18 August 2017|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=November 23, 2017}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 100:22

| title20 = Codeine Dreaming

| note20 = featuring Lil Wayne

| writer20 = {{hlist|Octave|Diehl|Marco Rodriguez-Diaz|Ian Lewis|Dwayne Carter Jr.}}

| extra20 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Infamous|Schife Karbeen}}

| length20 = 4:23

| title21 = No Meds

| writer21 = {{hlist|Octave|Wesley Glass|Dwan Avery}}

| extra21 = {{hlist|Wheezy|DY|}}

| length21 = 4:00

| title22 = Versatile 2

| writer22 = {{hlist|Octave|McCurtis}}

| extra22 = Helluva

| length22 = 9:22

| title23 = Cognitive

| writer23 = {{hlist|Octave|Courtney Clayburn}}

| extra23 = Ness

| length23 = 3:13

| title24 = Projects

| note24 = featuring Birdman

| writer24 = {{hlist|Octave|Bryan Williams|Smith|Garcia}}

| extra24 = {{hlist|B HAM|C-Clip Beatz|Dyryk{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length24 = 3:40

| title25 = Rugrats

| writer25 = {{hlist|Octave|Smith}}

| extra25 = C-Clip Beatz

| length25 = 2:59

| title26 = Now Time

| writer26 = {{hlist|Octave|McCurtis}}

| extra26 = Helluva

| length26 = 3:36

| title27 = About You Without You

| writer27 = {{hlist|Octave|Ferrera}}

| extra27 = SkipOnDaBeat

| length27 = 3:19

}}

Notes

  • {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an uncredited co-producer

Sample credits

  • "Transportin'" contains a sample from "Hung Up On My Baby", written and performed by Isaac Hayes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Technical

  • Dyryk – recording {{small|(all tracks)}}
  • Lu Diaz – mixing {{small|(all tracks)}}
  • Chris Athens – mastering {{small|(all tracks)}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|25|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7942129/brand-new-first-number-1-album-billboard-200-chart-science-fiction|title=Brand New Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Science Fiction'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=August 27, 2017|access-date=August 28, 2017}}

| 2

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 29, 2017}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2017}}

| 118

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 25, 2020}}

| 39

scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2018}}

| 43

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 25, 2020}}

| 29

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Kodak Black|title=Project Baby 2|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear= 2017|certyear=2018|accessdate=December 4, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

References

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Category:2017 mixtape albums

Category:Kodak Black albums

Category:Albums produced by Cubeatz

Category:Albums produced by Frank Dukes

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Category:Atlantic Records mixtape albums