''Ransom 2'' is the debut

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by American record producer

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. It is the sequel to his 2014 mixtape ''Ransom and'' was released on March 24, 2017. The album features

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s by

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, YG,

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, Chief Keef, and others.

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

. On January 15, 2016, Mike Will announced on his

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account that he would be releasing a song the next day. The following day, "Al Sharpton", featuring American rapper

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was released. 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

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, and also have him host the tape. 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. On November 15, 2016,

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released her own remix of the Mike Will-produced song " Black Beatles" via her

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titled " Black Barbies", which was also released commercially. The song peaked at number 65 on the

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and was also awarded the 49th spot on

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editor Rob Sheffield's 50 best songs of the year. 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.

Singles

The first single from the project, " Nothing Is Promised", with Barbadian singer

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, was released on June 3, 2016. The song peaked at number 75 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 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

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Track listing

Album credits adapted from album's liner notes. Notes * signifies an additional producer * 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

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* "Burnin" contains a sample from "Marijuana", written by Richell Bonner and Devon Wheatley and performed by

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Personnel

Performers *

– featured artist *

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– featured artist * 21 Savage – featured artist * YG – featured artist *

– featured artist * Fortune – featured artist *

– featured artist *

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– featured artist * Andrea – featured artist *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * Eearz – featured artist * Trouble – featured artist *

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– featured artist *

– featured artist * HoodyBaby – featured artist * Chief Keef – featured artist *

– featured artist Technical * Gregg Rominiecki – recording engineer * Maximilian – recording engineer *

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– mixing engineer * Dave Kutch – mastering engineer * Matheis "Staffa" Carter – recording engineer * Steve Hybicki – mixing engineer , recording engineer * Cyrus "Nois" Taghipour – recording engineer * Mark "Mrii" Rudd – recording engineer *

– recording engineer * Randy Lanphear – recording engineer * Jay Sremm – recording engineer * Sean Payne – recording engineer * Matt Schaeffer – recording engineer * Seth Firkins – recording engineer * Desmond Barner – recording engineer * BJ Burton – mixing engineer * Finis "KY" White – recording engineer * Mike Larson – recording engineer * 30 Roc – recording engineer * Shawty Fresh – recording engineer * Stephen McDowell – recording engineer * Jeff Edwards – recording engineer * Brandon Wood – recording engineer * Marcos – recording engineer * Jasiah "Spydasmix" Posey – assistance mixing engineer Production *

– producer * Marz – producer * Resource – additional producer , producer * DJ Fu – producer * S1 – producer * Micah Weston – producer * 30 Roc – producer * Ez Elpee – producer * Ducko McFli – producer * GT – producer * Pluss – producer * Kuk Harrell – vocal producer Managerial *

– executive producer * Steve "The Sauce" Hybicki – executive producer * The Eardrummers – executive producer * DJ Mormile – management * Jeremey "Migo The Plug" Ellis – management * Vinny Kumar – legal * Aubrey "Aubz" Potter – A&R * Asheton "Pluss" Hogan – A&R * Joey "F1JO" Antney – A&R, marketing * Rashad "Shoddy" Brown – A&R * Brian "Bwrightous" Wright – marketing, creative director *

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– creative director, photography * Markeidric Walker – art & design * Irwan Awalludin – art & design * Manny Smith – A&R * Gabrielle Graham – A&R coordinator * Nicole Bilzerian – marketing * Archie Davis – marketing * Alicia Graham – A&R admin * Kam Sangha – production * Michelle An – creative * Mark Bridges – creative * Gary Kelly – revenue * Tracy Kies – business affairs * Todd "The Big Dance" Douglas – business affairs * Ray Alba – publicity * Aura Harewood – digital marketing

Charts

References

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