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Summertime '06 is the debut studio double album by American rapper Vince Staples. It was released on June 30, 2015, by Def Jam Recordings, ARTium Recordings and Blacksmith Records. The album was primarily produced by No I.D., alongside a variety of high-profile record producers, including DJ Dahi, Clams Casino, Brian Kidd, Christian Rich and Mikky Ekko. The album was supported by three singles: "Señorita", "Get Paid" and "Norf Norf".

Summertime '06 received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the album's production and Staples' lyricism. The album debuted at number 39 on the Billboard 200, selling 13,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Staples revealed that he was working on the album, and he said that it would be serving as a follow-up to Hell Can Wait (2014). He also said that this album will be touching a subject on these events about what have happened throughout his life during the summer of 2006 at the age of 13 and going forward. On June 8, 2015, Staples released the album's official artwork via Instagram, where he wrote:

"Love will tear us apart. Nov 30th, 2005 was the beginning of the loss. The following summer multiplied it. Beaten paths, crowded with the hopeless. Same song every day, listening to the words of a dead man destroyed by his own mind and body. Why? Because at the end of the day we're all dead anyway. At least where I come from. Love tore us all apart. Love for self, love for separation, love for the little we all had, love for each other, where we came from. Jabari, Chris, Shard, Tom, Richy, Tyson, Tony, Shelly, Phil, Marcel, Brandon, Steve, Jaron, Tay. Too many to name, too much to forget. Some lost to prison, some lost to Forest Lawn, some turned snitch. Some still here but it will never be the same. Bandanas, Stealing Levis and Nike Sb's. Derringers and Sidekicks. Its crazy how little you notice and how greatly those things impact. Summer of 2006, the beginning of the end of everything I thought I knew. Youth was stolen from my city that Summer and Im left alone to tell the story. This might not make sense but that's because none of it does, we're stuck. Love tore us all apart. Summertime '06, June 30th."

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