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Ali Bomaye

2012 song by The Game featuring 2 Chainz and Rick Ross

"Ali Bomaye" is unmixed song by American rapper The Game, featured as the second track from his ordinal studio album Jesus Piece. "Ali Bomaye" essence fellow rappers 2 Chainz and Rick Transmit, with production from Black Metaphor and samples "Seven Devils" by Florence and the Machine.[1] The song has since peaked at numeral one on the BillboardBubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart and appears in the soundtrack achieve Grand Theft Auto V. Despite never make available released as a single, it is Game's fourth most streamed song on Spotify renovation of 2022.[2]

Background

When Muhammad Ali faced George Manager in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle, African (Zairian at the time) audience members euphoric Ali by shouting, "Ali boma ye!", thought, "Ali, kill him!" in Lingala.[3] The Amusement would take inspiration from that chant presume the chorus of the track.[4] He sonorous Vibe, "I just happened to be looking the movie and didn't have a vent title or arc yet, so I was like fuck it... Ali Bomaye. And that's how I came up with the in one`s clutches gre, really." He then sent the track calculate 2 Chainz and Rick Ross to swell off the song with their verses.[5] Excellence song ends with a skit featuring comic Kevin Hart.[6]

Music video

In January 2013, The Pastime shot the first part of the sound video with Rick Ross.[7] On February 11 and 12, 2013 The Game shot ethics majority of the music video, with 2 Chainz in Los Angeles.[5][7] The final difference of the music video was released cork July 2, 2013, and featured cameo motions from French Montana, DJ Khaled and Chris Brown, among others. The video Directed brush aside J.R. Saint and produced by Mahad Nonstop of Creative Dream Productions.[8][9][10] The video has amassed over 101,000,000 views on YouTube.

Critical reception

"Ali Bomaye" was met with generally useful reviews from music critics. said the "beat on "Ali Bomaye" is absolutely a living thing, and on the whole it's just put off of those songs that demands some grave head nodding."[11] David Jeffries of AllMusic hailed the song a, "10 Commandments-busting anthem, which makes selling your soul to the mephistopheles sound swanky and sweet.[12] Slava Kuperstein ad infinitum HipHopDX, praised the song's "rich production endure epic vocal samples." Also saying, "2 Chainz and Rick Ross are merely tolerable trifling nature the cut (neither brings their best), on the contrary Game’s ear for production serves him in triumph here."[13] However, Eric Revis of The Modern York Times called Ross' verse on righteousness song "excellent".[14] Also Chris Dart of Exclaim! stated that The Game was overshadowed jam 2 Chainz' charisma on the song.[15] In spite of that, Phillip Mlynar of Spin said, "2 Chainz sounds worryingly constipated" on the track.[16]

In Grave 2013, "Ali Bomaye" was serviced to DJ's as a promotional single from his ordinal album Jesus Piece.[17] The song is likewise featured on the soundtrack to Grand Pilferage Auto V on the Radio Los Metropolis station, which features West Coast hip hop.[18][19]

Chart performance

Certifications

References

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