''Understand Me'' is the debut EP by

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recording artist

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, released on December 10, 2013 under Diamond Lane Music Group. The EP follows up six months after the release of his ninth

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, ''The Separation''. The eight-track project is a collection of new and previously released material, including " Like Whaaat," "Say That Then" and the title track. The EP features

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from League of Starz, Mars (of production group

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of The Invasion, Yung JR and

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s on the EP came from

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, Bad Lucc (of

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) and Mars. For promotional purposes, Diamond Lane Music Group published a trailer on

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on November 21, 2013. On December 6, 2013, Problem finalized a

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n tour in support of his ''The Separation'' mixtape and the EP. On that same date, ''Understand Me'', was made available to

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via the West Coast rapper's

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page. On December 8, 2013, the title track's Taj TPK and Austin Kelley-directed

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was published on

Track listing

Chart positions

References

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