MC4 (mixtape)

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MC4 (abbreviation for Mac & Cheese 4) is the twenty first mixtape by American rapper French Montana. MC4 was originally intended to be the second studio album. It was set to be released on October 14, 2016, by Coke Boys Records, Maybach Music Group, Bad Boy Records and Epic Records. However, the album's release was canceled after Target unofficially released the album on CD on its original release date, August 19, 2016, two months before the album was set to release, which was managed to leak, its its entirety online, plus some "sample clearance issues" on tracks such as "I'm Heated" and 2 Times". Subsequently, the album was heavily bootlegged. It is the fourth installment in the "Mac & Cheese" series, and was intended to be released as an album originally. However on November 5th 2016, French Montana announced that it will be released as a mixtape instead and it premiered on Drake's Beats 1 Radio Show, OVO Sound Radio later that night.

The album features guest appearances from Kanye West, Miguel, Drake, Jeezy, ASAP Rocky, Kodak Black, Nas, Chinx, Beanie Sigel, Jadakiss, Max B and Styles P. The album's production was handled by The Mekanics, Harry Fraud, Sauce Lord Rich, Detail, DJ Khalil, The Superiors and The Alchemist, among others.

Background

On November 9, 2013, French Montana unveiled the cover art for MC4. On January 8, 2014, in an interview with Rolling Stone, he announced that his second album would be dropping sometime in 2014. On June 29, 2014, in an interview with MTV News at the 2014's BET Awards, French revealed that his second album would be dropping in November 2014, also stated that Kanye West, will.i.am, along with his fellow Coke Boys members Lil Durk and Chinx would be appearing on his second album. On December 8, 2014, French announced that he and record producer Harry Fraud would be releasing French's first EP, titled Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer, on December 16, 2014, which would be a prequel or a prelude for the upcoming album MC4. On December 19, 2014, French released Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer with Harry Fraud, containing 7 seven tracks. On May 8, 2015, French released his nineteenth mixtape, Casino Life 2. On October 26, 2015, French and Fetty Wap released their collaborative mixtape, Coke Zoo. In 2015, French announced that his second album was pushed back for the unexpected release sometime in 2016. On February 19, 2016, French released his twentieth mixtape, Wave Gods.

Unofficial release and album leak

The album was set to be released on August 19, 2016, however, French tweeted a couple days before the original release that the album was pushed back for "sample clearance issues". However, the album was leaked in its entirety on August 19, 2016, on its original release date and two months before its new release date, due to Target unofficially releasing the album on CD despite the push back, which some people managed to get ahold of the album and release it on the internet as a leak, which was heavily bootlegged. Later on August 24, 2016, the CEO of French's main label, Epic Records, L.A. Reid, later stated that French's statement that he posted on Twitter was false, and the album was delayed because of the lack of hype for it, and Reid wanted to add hype by pushing it back.

Cancellation

French cancelled the project on October 6, 2016 because of the unofficial Target release, the album's leak and some "sample clearance issues" on tracks like "I'm Heated" and "2 Times". However, he also mentioned that a couple of the songs on the album will appear on his next mixtape. Despite the cancellation, the album has re-appeared on the iTunes Store for purchase as previously scheduled, but was again removed hours later.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ready / Intro"	Karim Kharbouch Michael Hernandez Rico Evans	The Mekanics	3:47
2.	"Play Yaself"	Kharbouch Rory Quigley	Harry Fraud	4:28
3.	"No Shopping" (featuring Drake)	Kharbouch Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Shane Lindstrom Aubrey Graham	Murda Beatz Cubeatz	3:47
4.	"2 Times"	Kharbouch Jamaal Henry Calvin Price	Maaly Raw CritaCal	3:50
5.	"Everytime" (featuring Jeezy)	Kharbouch Earl Hood Eric Goudy II Jay Jenkins	Earl and E	2:30
6.	"Said N Done" (featuring ASAP Rocky)	Kharbouch Hood Goudy II Johnnie Frierson Mary Cross Rakim Mayers	Earl and E	3:05
7.	"I'm Heated"	Kharbouch Sidney Swift Steven Bolden Noel Fisher	Swift Sauce Lord Rich Detail	3:36
8.	"Lockjaw" (featuring Kodak Black)	Kharbouch Benjamin Diehl Dieuson Octave Khaled Khaled	Ben Billions	3:42
9.	"Check Come"	Kharbouch Swift Fisher	Swift Detail	4:02
10.	"Brick Road"	Kharbouch Quigley	Harry Fraud	2:51
11.	"XPlicit" (featuring Miguel)	Kharbouch Diehl Danny Schofield Andrew Coleman Brandon Hollemon Ahmad Balshe Miguel Pimentel	Ben Billions Danny Boy Styles The ANMLS Bizzy	3:40
12.	"Figure It Out" (featuring Kanye West and Nas)	Kharbouch Erik Alcock Khalil Abdul-Rahman Kanye West Nasir Jones	DJ Khalil Rick Steel	4:01
13.	"Have Mercy" (featuring Beanie Sigel, Jadakiss and Styles P)	Kharbouch Khaled Dwight Grant Jason Phillips David Styles Felix Bennett Huford Brown Robert Lyn Roy Donat Leroy Sibbles Mary Brockert Donald Shaw Fitzroy Simpson Lloyd Ferguson Jamieson Brown Roderick Harvey Earl Lynch Danny McKenzie George Scarlett Wendy Stewart Allen McGrier Ray Fraser	iLLA DJ Khaled	6:03
14.	"Chinx & Max / Paid For" (featuring Max B and Chinx)	Kharbouch Alcock Quigley Lome Milan Daniel Mama Sidney Reynolds Javon Reynolds Charly Wingate Lionel Pickens	The Superiors The Alchemist LJ Milan Rick Steel Harry Fraud Masar	9:06
Total length:				58:28