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2011 single past Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars

2011 single by Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars

"Mirror"
Lil Wayne staring at a mirror seing a reflection of a younger himself, the words "Lil Wayne Mirror feat. Bruno Mars" are on the top of the image.
Single past Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars
from the album Tha Carter 4 (Deluxe Edition)
Released September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Studio CMR South Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre
  • Hip hop
  • rap ballad
Length 3:48
Label
  • Young Money
  • Cash Money
  • Universal Republic
Songwriter(s)
  • Dwayne Carter, Jr.
  • Peter Hernandez
  • Phillip Lawrence
  • Ramon Owen
Producer(s)
  • REO of the Soundkillers
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Y.U. Mad"
(2011) 		"Mirror"
(2011) 		"Foreign Clouds"
(2011)
Bruno Mars singles chronology
"Marry You"
(2011) 		"Mirror"
(2011) 		"Information technology Will Pelting"
(2011)
Music video
"Mirror" on YouTube

"Mirror" is a song past American rapper Lil Wayne featuring American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. The second bonus track on the deluxe edition of Tha Carter IV (2011), was released to Urban contemporary radio stations as the sixth and final single on September 13, 2011, through Young Money, Greenbacks Money, and Universal Democracy Records. Wayne, Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ramon Owen wrote "Mirror". Owen besides handled production as REO of the Soundkillers, and the Smeezingtons. The song leaked online a few days before the album'south official release in the United States. The track was produced three years earlier its release. Owen, with Mike Caren's assistance, was able to get the track to several rappers, who rejected it. Lil Wayne liked the song after hearing it, however, and his verses were added to Mars'south hook vocals already on the track.

Music critics gave "Mirror" positive reviews praising it for Mars's smooth, ballsy claw and Wayne'due south introspective verses. The hip-hop and rap carol has been compared in its composition to "Lighters" (2011) by Bad Meets Evil featuring Mars and lyrically to Wayne's single "How to Love" (2011) from the same album. Its lyrics describe the downfalls of life, likewise every bit Wayne's upbringing, country of mind, past choices and personal life. "Mirror" debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 17 in the United Kingdom. It also peaked in the top 15 of Denmark, Netherlands, and appeared on charts in Switzerland, and Kingdom of belgium (Flanders). It has been certified three times platinum in the Usa. In Kingdom of denmark, it received ii different certifications, gold for units shipped, and two times platinum for its streaming numbers.

Antoine Fuqua directed the accompanying music video, filmed in November 2011, with visual effects created by GloriaFX. It depicts Wayne throwing cherry, black and white pigment on the walls of a room creating an undefined painting, while Mars sings on summit of a ladder. The video ends with a scene showing a painting of Wayne, toned in red, crucified on a giant treble clef holding a mic in his left manus. Critics complimented its aesthetics. Wayne performed the vocal during his tour in Commonwealth of australia.[1]

Release and production [edit]

"Mirror" was released every bit the album's sixth and final single. Young Money, Cash Coin and Universal Commonwealth Records released the rail to American urban contemporary radio stations, which began adding the rail to their playlists on September xiii, 2011.[2] On November 1, 2011, the unmarried was re-released in the aforementioned format and to rhythmic contemporary stations by Cash Money and Universal Commonwealth Records.[iii] [4] The vocal was made available in the United Kingdom via digital download on Dec 18, 2011.[five]

REO of the Soundkillers produced "Mirror" with co-production by the Smeezingtons. Dwayne Carter, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence and Ramon Owen wrote the song. Michael "Banger" Cadahia and his assistant Edward "Jewfro" Lidow recorded information technology at CMR South Studios in Miami, Florida. The single was mixed at the Record Plant in Los Angeles by Fabian Marascuillo, with Ghazi Hourani every bit the mixing banana. It was mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering.[6]

Background and lawsuit [edit]

Ramon "REO" Owen created the instrumental three years before its inclusion on Tha Carter IV. The producer, Reo" Owen of the Soundkillers, with help of Mike Caren, Atlantic Records A&R, was able to get this recording, which already had Bruno Mars singing the hook, heard by manufacture "heavy-hitters" including rappers Kanye W, Drake, and Nas. They rejected information technology. Lil Wayne liked the track and decided to proceed it. "REO" initially wanted the track to be a part of West's My Cute Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). He to "settle[ed]" for it existence included on Wayne'south Tha Carter Four. He felt lucky it was given the amount of material recorded during the time an anthology is produced. Owen claimed he solitary produced the track with the Smeezingtons as co-writers, nevertheless, the CD's liner notes likewise credit the team every bit co-producers. "REO" agreed that Wayne's verses captured the feeling of the vocal.[7] The track leaked on August 25, 2011.[8]

In late 2014, Ramon "REO" Owen filed a lawsuit against Wayne alleging he had promised him at least $91,000 for his piece of work on the song. According to the lawsuit, Owen never received this payment.[9] On Feb nineteen, 2015, Manhattan Federal Courtroom guess, Katherine B. Forrest, order Wayne to pay Owen $100,000 and Young Money to "manus over" their accounting records, as they failed to respond to the allegations in courtroom, after beingness served with the legal documents in December 2014. During the judgment, Owen stated that he tried to contact Wayne regarding the coin for 11 months prior to the lawsuit. According to court filings, Owen is entitled to $91,841.fifty in royalties.[10] [11]

Limerick [edit]

"Mirror" is a hip-hop and rap ballad[5] [12] composed in the key of F Pocket-size, fix at a tempo of 80 beats per minute. The melody spans the tonal range of C4 to D♭5, while the music follows the chord progression of Fm-Eastward-Cm–E♭–Db.[13] Its instrumental has been described as "an eerie wail in the background and a smothered kick-and snare-drum pattern".[7] This is noticeable due to its tripped-downwards production and melancholy harmonies, echoing and somber beats.[five] [14] [xv] Rap-Upward noted the resemblance between the structure of "Mirror" and "Lighters" (2011) by Bad Meets Evil, which besides features Bruno Mars.[15]

In the rail, Mars shows his emo-angst past singing: "Through my rise and fall/ You've been my merely friend" and Wayne gets "cogitating" on his verses "Looking at me now I can meet my by/Damn, I expect just like my f—king dad/Light it up, that's smoke in mirrors/I even look good in the cleaved mirror."[5] [7] [xiv] Wayne non only shows his "warped, troubled mind" merely also his softer side by rapping about his father.[fifteen] [16] [17] Overall, Wayne reflects on his past choices and his life.[18] Various publications affirmed that Lil Wayne took inspiration from Michael Jackson in one of his verses: "And no message whatever clearer, so I'1000 starting with the "Human being in the Mirror" (1987).[15] [17] Idolator's Becky Bain found similarities between Wayne's single "How to Dear" (2011) from the same album for its "introspective, sad and sweet" lyrics.[17]

Disquisitional reception [edit]

The vocal received positive reviews from most music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song four stars out of five. He constitute that "The final consequence is much like the heartthrob himself; dear-torn, moody and destined to be popular."[5] Billboard 's Joe DeAndrea commented that the runway was non only among Lil Wayne's best fabric, and plant the vocals on the hook provided by Mars are quite "smoothen".[19] Another Billboard critic, Maria Sherman, praised Mars'south hook, calling it "cinematic".[20] Omar Burgess of HipHopDX praised Wayne for "pushing the envelope" describing "Mirror" as a concept track.[21] Conversely, brookencool of Complex included the track on his list of The 10 Worst Lil Wayne Songs. He felt Wayne's and Mars'due south vocals sounded "forced and pieced together", and deemed the collaboration ineffective. Moreover, the critic found the song's cogitating lyrics about Wayne's past and his mistakes shallow compared to Wayne's "All By Myself".[xviii]

Commercial performance [edit]

In the Us, "Mirror" debuted at its tiptop of number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number six on the Hot Digital Songs chart, with 149,000 copies sold in its first week. It coincided with the release of Wayne's anthology Tha Carter Four.[22] The single peaked at numbers 22 and 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, respectively.[23] [24] The Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA) certified it three times platinum.[25] "Mirror" peaked at number 46 on the Canadian Hot 100.[26] In Commonwealth of australia, the vocal peaked at number 26, while information technology peaked at number 12 on the Australia Urban single charts.[27] [28] The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) certified "Mirror" two times platinum with 140,000 copies.[29]

In Europe, "Mirror" debuted at number 12 on the Danish charts, spending 10 weeks at that place.[30] IFPI Denmark certified it twice Platinum due to its streaming numbers being equivalent to 200,000 copies and it was certified Gilded for selling over 15,000 copies.[31] [32] The recording debuted at number 47 on February eighteen, 2012. It eventually reached its peak at number 11 on Apr 7, 2012.[33] In the United Kingdom, the vocal debuted at 91 on the chart and peaked at number 17.[34] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the song gilded.[35] On the Dutch Height twoscore charts, "Mirror" peaked at number 12.[36] The song managed to peak at number xiii and xv respectively in Slovakia and Switzerland.[37] [38]

Music video [edit]

Filming for the music video took place in Nov 2011, directed past Antoine Fuqua.[39] GloriaFX created the visual effects. The company was responsible for the painting and the appearance and disappearance effects among others.[40] Vevo released a teaser of the music video on YouTube on Jan 27, 2012. The full-length video premiering on Vevo's official website on January 31, 2012.[41] [xx]

The video begins with a shirtless Wayne continuing in a room, while a camera shows diverse close-ups of his intricate tattoos.[12] [20] Equally the chorus begins, Wayne is shown painting the room ruby-red and blackness as Mars sings the chorus, while seated on the superlative of a ladder.[12] [20] [42] Wayne is likewise shown throwing carmine paint on the wall to create an unformed moving picture.[20] The rest of the video focuses on Wayne blasting ruddy, black and white paint all over the room.[12] [twenty] It is finally revealed that the painting is of Wayne himself crucified on a treble clef belongings a mic in his left hand. The rather convoluted groundwork includes a confront, clouds and lightning, all toned in magnificent reddish.[12] [42] [43] Wayne and Mars stare at the masterpiece as the video comes to an end.[42]

Gregory Adams of Exclaim! complimented Wayne's final painting and called the rapper's video a "bizarre fine art world exploration".[12] Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound said that the final scene made the "Mona Lisa look like Dogs Playing Poker."[42]

Personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tha Carter Four (Deluxe Edition).[six]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

See also [edit]

  • Crucifixion in the arts

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