Shutterbugg
| Shutterbugg | |
|---|---|
| Big Boi feat. Cutty | |
| publication | June 17, 2010 |
| length | 3:34 minutes |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , rap |
| text | Antwan André Patton, Scott Storch, Ricardo Lewis, Christopher Carmouche, Nellee Hooper, Beresford Romeo, Caron Wheeler, Simon Law, David Frank, Mic Murphy |
| music | Scott Storch , Big Boi |
| Label | Def Jam Recordings |
| Award (s) | nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (2011) |
| album | Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty |
Shutterbugg is a song by the American rapper Big Boi and Cutty. It was first released on June 17, 2010 as the first single from his debut solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty . The song is included on the official soundtrack for NBA 2K11 and was nominated for the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group .
background
Big Boi told MTV News that he was about to finish his song Sumthin's Gotta Give when Lenny Kravitz told him Scott Storch wanted to meet him. As Sumthin's Gotta Give was ready, took Storch them off and played in his studio a song in the "lautesten volume" which Big Boi had ever heard, whereupon the latter with "Boy, give it to me." ( German "Boy, give me that. ") responded. Then he went to Atlanta and finished the song.
The song uses samples from The Systems You Are in My System and Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) from Soul II Soul .
reception
Charts
The song reached number 31 in the UK Top 75, and had a place there for a total of four weeks. In addition, you could spend a week at number 19 of the US Heatseekers songs , in the R & B / Hip-Hop songs there was the highest ranking place 60. You stayed in the top 100 for four weeks.
criticism
Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media had the opinion that the real "hero" of the song would be Scott Storch, who had never produced anything so hard. Andy Pareti of noripcord.com said Shutterbugg would be a perfect fit in clubs and named it one of the best two songs on his album alongside General Patton . Vodicka gift of tinymixtapes.com titled Shutterbugg among other things because of hard beats as one of aufhetzendsten songs he heard in years and suggested that it should be heard everywhere. PopMatters voted Shutterbugg at number seven of the best songs of 2010, and Rolling Stone at number 14.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shutterbugg - Single. In: iTunes . June 17, 2010, accessed September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ NBA 2K11 soundtrack list. (No longer available online.) Nbagames.de , archived from the original on May 2, 2013 ; Retrieved September 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Free Britney: Grammy Awards 2011: Full List of Nominations. In: thehollywoodgossip.com. December 2, 2010, accessed September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Shutterbugg by Big Boi. In: Songfacts. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Sample from The System "You Are in My System" in Big Boi feat. Cutty "Shutterbugg" WhoSampled.com
- ↑ Sample from Soul II Soul "Back to Life" in Big Boi feat. Cutty "Shutterbugg" WhoSampled.com
- ↑ Chart sources: UK US
- ↑ Tom Breihan: "Shutterbugg". In: Pitchfork. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
- ^ Andy Pareti: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. noripcord.com , accessed September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Gabe Vodicka: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. tinymixtapes.com , accessed September 24, 2012 .
- ^ The 60 Best Songs of 2010. In: PopMatters. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
- ↑ Big Boi feat. Cutty, "Shutterbugg". In: Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
