Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)

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"Lollipop"
Song
"Lollipop"
Song

"Lollipop" is the first single from Lil Wayne's sixth studio album, Tha Carter III.[1] The track features the late R&B artist Static Major and is produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin.[1] It was mixed by Fabian Marasciullo. The song was released digitally on March 13 2008. The song also features the style Auto-Tune singing effect which Lil Wayne has been experimenting with on various released tracks.[2] Blender described the track as "chopped up and layered over itself in a dense, alien collage. It actually de-naturalizes the vocoder gimmick, which is as common as high-hats nowadays".[2] Some critics reflected the song's background music from the theme song of the motion picture, 28 Weeks Later. The song is Lil Wayne's most successful to date, so far spending 5 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] Static Major died two weeks before the release of the song.[2]

Song structure

"Lollipop" is a mid-temp hip-hop song written in D Minor. The song featuring a heavy 808-led bassline throughout the song and synthesized beeps or "blips" to create the basic melody. The chorus features light synth strings, and the vocals are at the forefront of the production. In the breakdown verse with Static Major, the percussion switches from the an 808 bassline (sine wave) to regular 808 kick drums, and on various parts of the song it relies on pitched up 808 snares to create snare roll transitions.[citation needed]

Tracklisting[4]

  1. "A Milli" (Clean)
  2. "A Milli" (Explicit)
  3. "A Milli" (Instrumental)
  4. "A Milli" (Acapella)
  5. "Lollipop" (Clean)
  6. "Lollipop" (Explicit)
  7. "Lollipop" (Instrumental)
  8. "Lollipop" (Acapella)

Music video

The music video was directed by Gil Green in Las Vegas.[5][6] The director's cut was leaked on the internet. The video premiered via BET's Access Granted on March 12 2008. The song in the video features an electric guitar on the background of the chorus, whereas the original version does not. The video also was featured on MTV's TRL on March 17 2008. It has peaked #1 on TRL. Many people have uploaded the video onto YouTube, and all together, the video has been viewed over 30 million times. The video features the Maloof brothers playing poker. The Maloofs, among many things, are the owners of the NBA's Sacramento Kings. The video was filmed at the Maloof's multi-million dollar mansion in the Southern Highlands Golf Club, as well as many resorts in Las Vegas, NV. Cameos include Birdman, Brisco, Jim Jonsin, Mack 10, Tyga, Deelishis and Glasses Malone. The end of the video features a dedication to Static Major, who died two weeks prior to the single's release.

Remix

The official remix features Kanye West and Static Major[7]. The constants held over from the original version are Static Major's chorus and bridge, as well as Producer Jim Jonsin's beat. Kanye West raps the first verse and Lil Wayne raps two all new verses complete with "reeeemix baby" ad libs throughout. Both rappers use the voice vocoder throughout their verses. The song was released online to music stores on May 20th. It has even surpassed the spot of the original version on the iTunes top songs.

Chart performance

"Lollipop" jumped 76 spots from number 85 to 9 on the March 28 2008 issue of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lil' Wayne's his highest charting single as a lead artist, along with being his first top ten hit on the chart as a lead artist. His previous highest chart position as a lead artist was with "Go DJ", which peaked at #14 in 2004. The following week it reached a new peak of #7 on the Hot 100. The single reached a new peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 17, 2008, making it his highest charting single as both a lead artist or as a featured performer.[8] (Lil Wayne was a featured artist for Destiny's Child's #3 (Hot 100) hit, "Soldier".) For the week of May 3, 2008, "Lollipop" reached the #1 spot on the Hot 100, his first #1 on the chart. The same week, it was #1 on TRL. It has also become Wayne's first number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the Hot Rap Tracks chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it is the first rap song to reach #1 since Ludacris' "Money Maker" in 2006. After one week, it slipped away from #1 on the Hot 100, but after a three-week rest the song returned, making it the song with the longest break in between peaking the Hot 100 since Usher's "U Got It Bad." [9]

The week after the release, Wayne earned the biggest add week that a hip-hop artist received at Rhythm Crossover and the biggest for any artist at Urban Radio, including Beyoncé and Mariah Carey. The song became the #1 most added and greatest gainer at both radio formats with a total of 138 adds.[10] "Lollipop" has become a crossover hit on mainstream radio, as it became his first top 40 hit as a lead artist, entering at #36, and has so far peaked at #5. [11] It is also his first top ten on the Pop 100, where it has reached #2. Z100 added "Lollipop" as of April 17, 2008, making it his first add on the station as a solo artist. It returned to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time on the 22 of May 2008.

The song has become a top ten success in Canada, so far peaking at #10 as of May 29, 2008, and his most successful song in the UK as well, where it has reached #26 on downloads alone. It also reached #5 on the New Zealand charts and rose to #3 the next week. On the United World Chart it has reached #6.

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 10[12]
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[13] 3
Dutch Singles Chart 2
Irish Singles Chart 28
Polish Singles Chart 55
Swedish Singles Chart 41
UK Singles Chart 26[14]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1[15]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 1[16]
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1[17]
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 1[18]
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 2[19]
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 1[20]
United World Chart 6[21]
Euro 200 178

References

  1. ^ a b New Music: Lil Wayne F/ Static - 'Lollipop'. Rap-Up (March 11 2008). Accessed March 12 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Jonah Weiner (February 22 2008). Exclusive: Previewing Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. Blender. Accessed February 23 2008.
  3. ^ Lil Wayne Continues Hot 100 Dominance. Billboard (June 12 2008). Accessed June 13 2008.
  4. ^ A Milli CD Promo Tracklisting
  5. ^ Mariel Concepion (February 2 2008). Lil Wayne: New Album 'Will Stick With You Forever'. Billboard. Accessed February 2 2008.
  6. ^ Andreas Hale (February 2 2008). Lil Wayne Speaks Since Arrest. HipHopDX. Accessed February 2 2008.
  7. ^ Lollipop Remix
  8. ^ Billboard Hot 100 Music Charts -Most Trusted Music Charts in the Industry
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ DJBooth.net - "Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” Makes Radio History" - March 27, 2008
  11. ^ Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts
  12. ^ [Lollipop]. Billboard. Accessed March 27 2008.
  13. ^ RIANZ
  14. ^ The Official UK Charts Company
  15. ^ [Lollipop]. Billboard. Accessed March 27 2008.
  16. ^ [2] Billboard. Accessed May 7 2008.
  17. ^ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles& f=Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs]. Billboard. Accessed April 10 2008.
  18. ^ [3]. Billboard. Accessed April 3 2008.
  19. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Pop+100pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles Billboard. Accessed April 3 2008.
  20. ^ [4]. HitPredictor.. Accessed May 102008.
  21. ^ [5]. aCharts.us.. Accessed June 07 2008.
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
(first run)
May 3 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
May 10 2008 - June 7 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
(second run)
May 31 2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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