Pain Is Love 2

Pain Is Love 2
Studio album by
Ja Rule
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2012
Recorded2011
GenreHip hop[1]
Length43:58
Label
Producer
Ja Rule chronology
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(2012) 		Pain Is Love 2
(2012) 		12.Twelve.XII
(TBA)
Singles from PIL2
  1. "Real Life Fantasy"
    Released: December 13, 2011[2]

Pain Is Love 2 (also known under the acronym PIL2) is the seventh studio album by American rapper Ja Rule. It was released on February 28, 2012, by Mpire Music Group and Fontana Distribution. The album was released during Ja Rule's incarceration on charges of gun possession and tax evasion. The album was delayed several times prior to its release.

Production on the album was handled by 7 Aurelius.[3] This is the sequel to his album Pain Is Love (2001). The album debuted at number 197[4] on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 3,200 copies sold in its first week.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HHDX was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Real Life Fantasy - Single by Ja Rule". iTunes. 13 December 2011.
  3. ^ Horowitz, Steven (December 9, 2011). "Ja Rule Delays "Pain Is Love 2" To 2012". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  4. ^ Greene, Andy (December 6, 2013). "Ten Sequel Albums That Didn't Live Up to the Original". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  5. ^ A. Jacobs (March 7, 2012). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/4/2012". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2013.