{"id":482855,"date":"2019-02-28T20:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=801821"},"modified":"2019-02-28T20:08:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:08:47","slug":"2-chainz-enlists-kendrick-lamar-ariana-grande-for-rap-or-go-to-the-league-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/2-chainz-enlists-kendrick-lamar-ariana-grande-for-rap-or-go-to-the-league-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Chainz Enlists Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande for \u2018Rap or Go to the League\u2019 LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/10100513cr.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/2-chainz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_2-chainz\" data-tag=\"2-chainz\">2 Chainz<\/a> has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming album, <em>Rap or Go to the League<\/em>. The set \u2013 for which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-lebron-james-new-album-rap-or-go-to-the-league-796388\/\">Lebron James served as A&amp;R<\/a> via the rapper\u2019s label Def Jam \u2013 will be released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The follow-up LP to 2017\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/2-chainz-explains-why-pretty-girls-like-trap-music-talks-his-bucket-list-and-benihana-193850\/\"><em>Pretty Girls Like Trap Music<\/em><\/a>, his forthcoming fifth studio album features collaborations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kendrick-lamar\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kendrick-lamar\" data-tag=\"kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a>, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Ty Dolla $ign, Chance the Rapper, Kodak Black, E-40 and Marsha Ambrosius, who all appear on the 14-track album.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement, the upcoming LP \u201cchallenges the notion that the only way out of the inner city is either to become a rapper or a ball player\u2026 [the album] flips that trope on its head, celebrating black excellence and focusing on the power of education and entrepreneurship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In between his two full-length offerings, 2 Chainz released a pair of EPs last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hear-2-chainzs-surprise-new-ep-the-play-dont-care-who-makes-it-199452\/\"><em>The Play Don\u2019t Care Who Makes It<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-hot-wings-girls-best-friend-ty-dolla-sign-757407\/\"><em>Hot Wings Are a Girl\u2019s Best Friend<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Chainz\u2019s <em>Rap or Go to the League<\/em> Track List<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cForgiven\u201d featuring Marsha Ambrosius<br \/>2. \u201cThreat 2 Society\u201d<br \/>3. \u201cMoney in the Way\u201d<br \/>4. \u201cStatute of Limitations\u201d<br \/>5. \u201cHigh Top Versace\u201d featuring Young Thug<br \/>6. \u201cWhip\u201d featuring Travis Scott<br \/>7. \u201cNCAA\u201d<br \/>8. \u201cMomma I hit a Lick\u201d featuring Kendrick Lamar<br \/>9. \u201cRule the World\u201d featuring Ariana Grande<br \/>10. \u201cGirl\u2019s Best Friend\u201d featuring Ty Dolla $ign<br \/>11. \u201c2 Dollar Bill\u201d featuring Lil Wayne and E-40<br \/>12. \u201cI Said Me\u201d<br \/>13. \u201cI\u2019m Not Crazy, Life Is\u201d featuring Chance the Rapper and Kodak Black<br \/>14. \u201cSam\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-rap-or-go-to-the-league-album-track-list-kendrick-lamar-ariana-grande-801821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Chainz has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming album, Rap or Go to the League. The set \u2013 for which Lebron James served as A&amp;R via the rapper\u2019s label Def Jam \u2013 will be released on Friday. The follow-up LP to 2017\u2019s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, his forthcoming fifth studio album features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 18:37:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}