"Love This Life" | ||||
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Single by T.I. | ||||
Released | April 3, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:54 | |||
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Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | 1500 or Nothin' | |||
T.I. singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love This Life" on YouTube |
"Love This Life" is a song by the American hip hop recording artist T.I., released on April 3, 2012, as the intended first single from his eighth studio album, Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (2012). The song was produced by production team 1500 or Nothin', [1] and was eventually included on the album as an iTunes bonus track. Certain critics noted its thematic similarity to his previous 2008 single, " Whatever You Like", although many deemed it inferior, and some characterized it as misogynistic. [2]
The music video was premiered on June 14, 2012, on 106 & Park. The video was shot in Sydney, Australia.
The hip hop song's hook contains 'layered' singing vocals by T.I., very similar to " That's All She Wrote", a previous single released by T.I. featuring fellow rapper Eminem, also known for often using layered singing vocals. [3] [4] T.I. told XXL that the song speaks to women, "but from a man’s perspective". He described the song's concept saying, "People who find themselves in a situation where the woman might say she wants to part ways with the man, but the man [is] like, 'Let’s be sensible about this. You gonna leave all this? And go where?'" [5] While T.I. incorporates references to cars, shoes and jewelry, he also expresses the desire to have an understanding relationship. [1] [4]
Markman compared T.I.'s delivery to that on "Whatever You Like", only "much darker". [6] [7] [8] Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush called it "a great rap ballad that could make the toughest neighborhood thug want to buy candy and flowers for his girlfriend." [9]
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 81 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 39 |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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United States | April 3, 2012 [12] | Digital download | Grand Hustle, Atlantic |
"Love This Life" | ||||
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Single by T.I. | ||||
Released | April 3, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:54 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | 1500 or Nothin' | |||
T.I. singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love This Life" on YouTube |
"Love This Life" is a song by the American hip hop recording artist T.I., released on April 3, 2012, as the intended first single from his eighth studio album, Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (2012). The song was produced by production team 1500 or Nothin', [1] and was eventually included on the album as an iTunes bonus track. Certain critics noted its thematic similarity to his previous 2008 single, " Whatever You Like", although many deemed it inferior, and some characterized it as misogynistic. [2]
The music video was premiered on June 14, 2012, on 106 & Park. The video was shot in Sydney, Australia.
The hip hop song's hook contains 'layered' singing vocals by T.I., very similar to " That's All She Wrote", a previous single released by T.I. featuring fellow rapper Eminem, also known for often using layered singing vocals. [3] [4] T.I. told XXL that the song speaks to women, "but from a man’s perspective". He described the song's concept saying, "People who find themselves in a situation where the woman might say she wants to part ways with the man, but the man [is] like, 'Let’s be sensible about this. You gonna leave all this? And go where?'" [5] While T.I. incorporates references to cars, shoes and jewelry, he also expresses the desire to have an understanding relationship. [1] [4]
Markman compared T.I.'s delivery to that on "Whatever You Like", only "much darker". [6] [7] [8] Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush called it "a great rap ballad that could make the toughest neighborhood thug want to buy candy and flowers for his girlfriend." [9]
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 81 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 39 |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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United States | April 3, 2012 [12] | Digital download | Grand Hustle, Atlantic |