''PLAN A'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper

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. It was released through

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and

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on September 20, 2024. The album contains a sole guest appearance from

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. It serves as the follow-up to his previous album, '' Tec'' (2023).

Singles

The lead two singles to the album "Number 2" and "Never Last" were released simultaneously on May 3, 2024, alongside a music video the same day. "Number 2" charted at 45 on the

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charts and number 18 on the

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chart. "Never Last" also charted on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart at number 29 respectively. The third single, "Taste" was released August 9, 2024, and charted at 31 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart. The fourth and final single " Bad Time" was released August 20, 2024 and charted number 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 17 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart.

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''Plan A'' debuted at number nine on ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 42,000

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s in its first week. This became Lil Tecca's fourth top ten album.

Track listing

Deluxe editions These were available exclusively through Tecca's website for a limited time.

Personnel

– vocals (all tracks),

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(tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9–17) * Tom Norris – mastering, mixing * Edgard Herrera – mixing (track 4), engineering (3, 4, 7, 8) * Victor "Prod" Agbugba – engineering (tracks 1, 14) * Derek "206" Anderson – engineering (track 4) * Patrick "MixedByTheBest" Rosario – engineering (track 18) * Taz Taylor –

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(tracks 1, 2, 7, 8) * Rio Leyva – programming (tracks 1, 7, 8) *

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– programming (track 1) * Census – programming (track 2) * Chef9thegod – programming (track 2) * Noah Mejia – programming (track 2) * Scizzie – programming (track 7) * 1keep – programming (track 8) * Venny – programming (track 8) * Rhegan Coursey – additional vocals (track 7)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Lil Tecca 2024 albums Lil Tecca albums Albums produced by Taz Taylor (record producer) Republic Records albums