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August Alsina
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- Album
- This Thing Called Life
- Released
- 2015
- Genres
- R&B
- Length
- 3:29
- Tempo
- 80 BPM
- Label
- Def Jam Recordings
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About this song
The text presents the track as a 2014 release from August Alsina, described as a newly fresh R&B artist that year. It is framed as a soulful take on his view of current hip-hop.
What it's about
The song draws on the singer's past, referencing drug dealers and dope boys in flashy cars. It also recalls growing up alongside the death of the rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Samples “Big Poppa by The Notorious B.I.G.” and “Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty By Nature”.
- Written by August Alsina, Knucklehead, Bobby Keyz, Robert Glasper, The Notorious B.I.G. and Treach.
- Produced by Knucklehead.
- Recorded at TreeSound Studios.