CTV2 (album)

CTV2
Mixtape by
Jaden Smith
ReleasedNovember 18, 2014
Recorded2012–2014[1]
GenreHip hop
Length34:21
LabelSelf-released
Jaden Smith chronology
The Cool Cafe
(2012) 		CTV2
(2014) 		This is the Album
(2015)

CTV2 (full name: The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 2) is the second mixtape by American rapper Jaden Smith. It was released as a free download on November 18, 2014, through his "Jaden Experience" app and was also available on DatPiff.[1][2][3][4] The project is a concept mixtape, written about how Jaden Smith "attempted to turn the hip-hop world upside down".[5] The mixtape is a part of Smith's Cool Tape series which was preceded by The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol. 1 and followed up with The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3.[6][7]

The mixtape was later re-released onto streaming services on December 1, 2016.

  1. ^ a b Lipshutz, Jason (November 18, 2014). "Jaden Smith Releases 'CTV2' Album Through 'Jaden Experience' App". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Cool Tape Vol 2 Mixtape by Jaden Smith". DatPiff. November 18, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Fox, T.S. (November 18, 2014). "Jaden Smith Drops 'CTV2'". Hypebeast. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Frydenlund, Zach (November 17, 2014). "Jaden Smith Just Released His Album Via His New App". Complex. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Mixtape Review: Jaden Smith-The Cool Tape Vol. 2". Coog Radio. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  6. ^ "CTV2". Genius. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ^ "Jaden Smith drops his new mixtape, "Cool Tape Vol. 2"". HotNewHipHop. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-20.