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Ransom 2

2017 studio album by Mike Will Made It

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.

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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]

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Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a vocal producer
  • "Gucci on My" features additional vocals from Reese Laflare and Kamaiyah
  • "Outro" features additional vocals by Tyrina Lee

Sample credits

  • "On the Come Up" contains an interpolation from "Night of The Flying Horses", written and performed by Osvaldo Golijov
  • "Burnin" contains a sample from "Marijuana", written by Richell Bonner and Devon Wheatley and performed by Richie Spice

Personnel

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