Harlem: Diary of a Summer is the second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by rapper Jim Jones

Jim Jones (rapper)

Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...

. The album was released on August 23, 2005 in the United States

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Chart and sales performance

The album was released in three configurations including a DualDisc version which features the entire new album in LPCM Stereo, a brand-new Jim Jones documentary plus uncensored versions of some of his biggest videos. Additional Explicit/Edited versions of the album are also available.

The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200

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 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week of release, making it the rapper's highest-peaking album to date.

Singles

The first single from Harlem: Diary of a Summer is "Baby Girl

Baby Girl (Jim Jones song)

"Baby Girl" is the lead single off rapper Jim Jones' second studio Harlem: Diary of a Summer. It features Max B and is produced by Zukhan-Bey for Zukhan Music/BMI.-Music video:...

". The single didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, but it did manage to peak at #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The follow-up single, "Summer Wit Miami", peaked at #78 on the same chart.

Track listing

1. "My Diary"
2. "Zeke "
3. "G's Up"
4. "J.I.M.M.Y."
5. "What Is This"
6. "Honey Dip"
7. "Ride 'Wit Me"
8. "Penitentiary Chances"
9. "We Just Ballin'"
10. "What You Been Drankin On?"
11. "Harlem
    Harlem
    Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
    
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12. "Confront Ya Babe"
13. "Summer wit Miami"
14. "I'm in Love with a Thug"
15. "Tupac Joint"
16. "Baby Girl
    Baby Girl (Jim Jones song)
    "Baby Girl" is the lead single off rapper Jim Jones' second studio Harlem: Diary of a Summer. It features Max B and is produced by Zukhan-Bey for Zukhan Music/BMI.-Music video:...
    
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Chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Top Rap Albums	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...
2005	Harlem: Diary of a Summer	#5	#1	#1	#1