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Wikipedia article
"'Roger That'" is a hip hop song by rap group Young Money Entertainment released as the third single from their debut collaboration album 'We Are Young Money'. Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Tyga rap on this song. The video was released on March 1, 2010, alongside "Girl I Got You".[http://vimeo.com/9707004 Roger That - Young Money on Vimeo]
The song received generally positive reviews by critics, most of which favored Minaj's contribution to the song over the others. "Roger That" debuted and peaked at number 56 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 1 on the 'Billboard' Rap Songs.
Background
Nicki Minaj stated on her Twitter that all three rappers featured on the song never actually met the song's producer, Phenom. Minaj stated the drum beat was sent to her by Gmail who sent it to Lil Wayne which later led to the song being released on the 'We Are Young Money' LP with all three rappers adding verses.
In the 2010 Sucker Free Summit, Lil Wayne's verse in the song was nominated for the Verse of the Year award along with label-mate Nicki Minaj for her verse in "My Chick Bad".
Critical reception
'XXL' gave Minaj a positive review on the song stating, "On "Roger That," for instance, YM's female MC Nicki Minaj steals the spotlight". 'HipHopDX' also favored Minaj's verse but stated the track would be better without Wayne stating, "Nicki Minaj owns most of the tracks she's present on including 'Roger That' and 'Fuck da Bullshit', two more songs that could've done without Wayne."[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1342/title.young-money-we-are-young-money Young Money - We Are Young Money | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews | HipHop DX] 'Planet Ill' gave the song a negative review stating " 'Roger That' is the final breath for an album that's lifeless by its end." Nathan S. of 'DJ Booth' gave the song a mixed review commenting on Minaj as part of the whole album but predictable in "Roger That" stating, "Nicki Minaj can't be ignored, although over the course of an album her wild style can become oddly predictable (especially on 'Roger That', where she sounds almost bored)."[http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/young-money-we-are-young-money-12200901/ Young Money - We Are Young Money | Album Review, Stream | DJBooth.net]
Music video
The music video was released on March 1, 2010, the day before Lil Wayne was supposed to be sentenced to jail after the second postponing and same day as the premiere of Lil Twist and Lil Chuckee's '"Girl I Got You"'. The video was shot entirely with a green-screen and pays homage to the film 'Sin City' and bases a more adult story of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[http://www.rap-up.com/2010/03/01/video-young-money-roger-that/ Rap-Up.com || Video: Young Money Roger That'] [http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/03/18/young-money-roger-that/ Young Money 'Roger That' - New Song - AOL Radio Blog] The video features Lil Wayne, Tyga & Nicki Minaj and also featured the others artists in Young Money at the time except for Drake and T-Streets.http://music2myears911.blogspot.com/2010/02/third-single-of-we-are-young-money-is.html
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Category:2010 singles
Category:Lil Wayne songs
Category:Songs written by Lil Wayne
Category:Nicki Minaj songs
Category:Songs written by Nicki Minaj
Category:Tyga songs
Category:Cash Money Records singles
Category:Young Money Entertainment singles
Category:Songs written by Tyga
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