''Paranoia 2'' is a thirteenth mixtape by American rapper

Dave East David Lawrence Brewster Jr. (born June 3, 1988), known professionally as Dave East, is an American rapper. East began his career in 2010, and gained attention in 2014 for his eighth mixtape, ''Black Rose''. Its release caught the attention of fe ...

. It was released on January 16, 2018, by

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and From the Dirt. The Mixtape features guest appearances from

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, Bino Rideaux, Matt Patterson and

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. This Mixtape is a sequel to Paranoia: A True Story and serves as the second prelude towards Dave East's debut studio album.

Background

On September 27, 2017, Dave East announced the sequel to Paranoia: A True Story, just a month after its release. The EP was originally set to be released before Halloween, however the date was pushed back. On January 2, 2018, East revealed the EP's artwork and release date via

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and

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. On January 15, 2018, the EP's tracklist was revealed.

Promotion

Tour

On January 1, 2018, Dave East announced an official headlining concert tour to further promote the album titled ''Paranoia 2 Tour''. The tour began on January 16, 2018, in

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Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. Notes * signifies a co- producer * signifies an additional producer * signifies an uncredited co-producer * "Talk to Big" features additional vocals from Crystal Caines * "Corey" features additional vocals from Jonnell Payton * "Regular Harlem Shit" features vocals from Jerette Hampton and Marcus DeWitt, Jr. * "Violent" features additional vocals from Justeen Dominguez

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. Performers *

– primary artist *

– featured artist * Pimp Pimp P – featured artist *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * Bino Rideaux – featured artist * Matt Patterson – featured artist *

– featured artist Technical * Victor Wainstein – recording engineer * Fabian Marasciullo – mixer * McCoy Socalgargoyle – assistant mixer * Jeff "Ramzy" Ramirez – recording engineer * Mike Kuz – recording engineer , mixer * Johann Chavez – recording engineer * William Sullivan – recording engineer * Lorenzo Rosado – recording engineer * Jeremy "Tha Jerm" Gonzalez – recording engineer * Fabian Rubio – recording engineer * Isaiah Brown – recording engineer * William "Bilz" Dougan – assistant recording engineer Production * V Don – producer * MP Williams – additional producer * Joe Joe Beats – producer , co-producer * Reazy Renegade – producer * Humbeats – producer *

Cardiak Carl McCormick (born June 26, 1988), professionally known as Cardiak, is an American record producer. He began producing music in 2008. He has produced music for numerous artists, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Ryan Leslie, Rick Ross, ...

– producer *

DJ Khalil Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1974), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and disc jockey, DJ from Los Angeles. The son of National Basketball Association, NBA player Walt Hazzard, he signed with rapp ...

– co-producer * Illmind – producer * CritaCal – uncredited co-producer * Triple A – producer * Buda & Grandz – producer * Citoonthebeat – producer * DaSanchize – uncredited co-producer * Rico Suave – producer * Dinero Gotti – producer *

Beat Butcha Eliot Dubock, best known as Beat Butcha, is an English record producer, disc jockey and songwriter best known for his production work for SZA, The Carters, Brent Faiyaz, Dreamville, Banks, $uicideboy$, Tyler, the Creator, and various members of ...

– additional producer * Street Symphony – producer * Kangaroo – producer

Charts

References

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