Lil Boat 2 was teased and previewed for almost 6 months before its release date was announced by Lil Yachty via Twitter and Instagram. The captions on both were, respectively: “Lil Boat 2. March 9th.” and “March 9th. #lilboat2.”. Yachty released the official tracklist for the project on March 5, 2018 through Twitter: The album is the sequel to Lil Yachty’s debut mixtape, Lil Boat, which sparked his career as a Soundcloud rapper at only 18 years old. The sequel released exactly 2 years after the original (March 9th, 2016). Both albums are titled after Lil Yachty’s alter-ego, Lil Boat. The differences between the two characters are explained in the Genius News video, “Lil Yachty Vs. Lil Boat On ‘Teenage Emotions.‘” The tracks titles have stylistic variations in which the all-caps songs are rapping and bass-heavy while the lowercase tracks are melodic, R&B tracks. However, these variations were not initially reflected on all streaming services until a few days after the tape released. For example, they were immediately shown on Spotify but not reflected on Apple Music.