Till I Die
| Till I Die | |
|---|---|
| Chris Brown featuring Big Sean & Wiz Khalifa | |
| publication | April 13, 2012 |
| length | 3:57 |
| Genre (s) | Hip-Hop , Contemporary R&B |
| Author (s) | Chris Brown , Nathaniel "Danja" Hills , Marcella Araica, Sean Anderson , Cameron Jabril Thomaz |
| Publisher (s) | RCA Records |
| album | Fortune |
Till I Die is a song by US R&B singer Chris Brown together with US rappers Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa and the third single from Brown's fifth studio album Fortune . It was released on April 13, 2012.
Background and composition
Till I Die was written by Chris Brown, Sean Anderson , Cameron Thomaz, Jr. , Nathaniel Hills and Marcella Araica and released on RCA Records , with Nathaniel Hills also producing it. The single was mixed by Jaycen Joshua and Trehy Harris.
The song is mostly about taking drugs and partying. Till I Die contains sadomasochistic allusions like Now knock that pussy out / Yeah it's just a lil 'cat nap . Chris Brown himself said about the single that the lyrics were written very colloquially and deal with everyday life.
Till I Die is a very strong from the Dirty South -influenced rap - and Contemporary R & B -Song. According to Lewis Corner from Digital Spy , some of the synthesizer elements and the intro also come from dubstep . The song was mainly recorded in Los Angeles.
Music video
The video for Till I Die was released in downtown Los Angeles on May 30, 2012. It shows an office where Brown is before he then meets Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa in the elevator and they are then chauffeured to a party in the Pontiac Parisienne by Snoop Dogg . At the party they meet their buddies and get drunk, so Chris Brown kicks around. In addition to the latter, guests include rappers Method Man , Redman and actor Jamie Kennedy . The video for Till I Die currently has around 8 million clicks across Europe on YouTube .
success
reception
The song got positive reviews. For example, Hazel Robinzon said:
"Track three has excellent collaborations - Till I Die is full of militant stomp, Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa, dedicated to getting high and being a doofus as a lifestyle."
In addition, the song was compared very often with its predecessor Look at Me Now .
Negative criticism was less common. For example, Maura Johnson said that the lyrics show that Brown is still a bad guy, just forgave 
.
Commercial win
In the US Bubbling Under Charts, Till I Die was able to climb to number 1, while it only reached number 68 in the Hot Digital Songs .
| Annual charts USA (2012) | Chart placements |
|---|---|
| Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 1 |
| Hot digital songs | 68 |
| Hot R&B / hip-hop songs | 12 |
| Hot Rap Songs | Rap Songs | 15th |
Remarks
- The lines “I don't need no key to start my car bitch / I just push a button” refer to the lines “No keys / Push to start” from Wiz Khalifa's song Black and Yellow .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Text and explanations by Chris Brown on rapgenius.com
- ^ Announcement of the song at digitalspy.co.uk
- ↑ cf. the video
- ↑ Video information on Till I Die on YouTube.com
- ↑ Review of the album at California Literary Review
- ↑ Criticism on Villagevoice ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Chris Brown Album & Song Chart History: Digital Songs . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
