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JackBoys 2

2025 collaborative compilation album by JackBoys and Travis Scott

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ134286808
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JackBoys 2 is the second collaborative compilation album by American record label Cactus Jack Records, under its JackBoys banner, and its founder, American rapper and singer Travis Scott. It was released through the label alongside Epic Records on July 13, 2025. Aside from label members Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, SoFaygo and Wallie the Sensei, the album also features guest appearances from Playboi Carti, Future, SahBabii, Tyla, Vybz Kartel, GloRilla, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and Kodak Black. Bonus editions additionally feature label member Luxury Tax 50 and Yeat. Fellow American rapper Bun B also provides skits throughout the album. JackBoys 2 serves as the sequel to their first compilation album (2019) and follows Scott's fourth studio album, Utopia (2023).

JackBoys 2 received generally mixed reviews from music critics. It debuted at number one on Billboard 200 chart, in which it earned 232,000 album-equivalent units, of which 160,000 units were pure album sales. The album was supported by six singles: "ILMB" (performed by Wes and Scott), "2000 Excursion" (performed by Scott, Wes, and Toliver), "Dumbo" (performed by Scott), "PBT" (performed by Scott, Tyla, and Vybz Kartel), "No Comments" (performed by Toliver), and "Shyne" (performed by Scott and GloRilla).

Background and release

In March 2017, Scott announced he would be launching his own imprint, under the name of Cactus Jack Records.

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“JackBoys 2” enters the record as 2025 collaborative compilation album by JackBoys and Travis Scott. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what JackBoys, collaborative and compilation can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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