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Time for another pop quiz – is Maino (a.) a soldier, (b.) a rider, or (c.) a ghetto survivor? As Shock G would say, “The answer is ‘d:’ All [of] The Above.” Though the Brooklyn emcee came off as a straight-up cynic on his last Booth feature, this new single sees Maino donning his rose-colored glasses to forecast a brighter tomorrow over an expansive beat by Just Blaze and Nard & B. The optimistic subject matter coupled with T-Pain‘s anthemic chorus make it seem as though the rapper’s angling for an uplifting crossover hit in the vein of T.I.‘s Best of the Booth award-winning Live Your Life, but will Maino’s motivational rhymes prove as crowd-pleasing as Tip’s? It’s too early to tell, but All The Above is definitely a catchy second single from the up-and-coming emcee, whose debut studio album, If Tomorrow Comes…, is set to hit stores and online retailers May 19th.
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 t-pain makes every song a hit, even though it may not be that great of a song.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Maino did INCREDIBLE on this,, Pain didnt MAKE this song, but i sure as hell wouldn't listen to it if he wouldnt have been on the hook, this IMO is Pain's best hook work, Richard, this does resemble Live Your Life, and im sure alot of people will agree, and i also pretty sure this will rise in the charts, Production is FIREEE, BANGERR!! I haven't heard Maino go like this, so ill MOSDEF be on the lookout now..
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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T-pain did his thing on this track. He always makes raw choruses and outshines his artist who made the song. This man is on every song lately. Maino decent on this track, but a lot of his lyrics are average things that rappers say all the time. This song would be garbage without Pain. Good Work.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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So I see Maino continuing the mainstream route after Hi Hater with getting T-Pain. Can't hate, the man is on his grind. Like this one mucho, beat flows nice with Maino. Typical Pain chorus nothing too special.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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I like this production by just Blaze. Teddy does his thang on the hook but the second half of it just sounds too lazy, but I guess catchy is what they were goin for there. Maino keeps it real on here, but he doesn't say anything original and his flow is boring. The production and hook push it into rotation for me, and I can see it bein thrown into rotation on the radio for the same reason...
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Maino & Atlantic asked for "Live Your Life" Part 2, Just Blaze delivered. Job done.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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I'm a sucker for a beat with a violin. I feel the beat so much more. This doesn't eclipse my F.O.A.T which is Won't Let You Down, but I gotta say this will be one of my favorite songs for a little while.
Other than "Be Me" which also featured a violin, I haven't liked many other Maino songs, but have been hoping he put out another production like it. Finally. |
| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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The production sounded off the chains from get go. I can definitely here to the "Live Your Life" resemblance. T-Pain definitely snapped on this hook. The mix is uber crispy too. Maino came nice here, but it sounded like Rick Ross ghost wrote the flows (what y'all think?) I mean, I know he probably didn't, but don't it sound like that Rick Ross flow cadence. I actually would like the song much more if it WAS our favorite new former C.O. But I can't front. This is hot. I hope it takes over radio and gives Maino some household name success, cuz I don't care what nobody says, he doesn't have that yet.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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pretty good, especially for maino........if it were luda instead of maino, this would be an easy 5.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Maino was good on this, though i was a little dissapointed with the T-Pain hook, i guess they cant all be bangers The beat was ok, but didnt really do anything for me, in rotation, barely
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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I don’t like Maino’s “I deserve to be rich cuz I am poor” talk… that’s bs! Show some unmatched talent first. Just Blaze deserves to be rich! Lol Start bringing better lyrics and then we’ll talk about that… good delivery nonetheless.
Vocals were pop-esque by T-Pain but it turned out to be fresh cuz his hooks have been all the same lately. |
| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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This definitely reminds me of "Live Your Life," but I think T.I. was better. This song is aight though. Sick production on this track and it's good to finally hear a good T-Pain hook again. His last few hooks that I have heard weren't that good in my opinion. Maino is ok on here, but I agree with FredRico, that line is BS.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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I kept thinking I was hearing Akon in there at first. LOL. For real, it did it's job. I was groovin'.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Maino is playing it smart and stayin wit the trend - Pt.2 wit certified banger hook by Teddy as always .....
Just like everyone else said ... TP can be featured with anyone on any beat, and still make it work..... If this does well at the Radio expect that release date to stick.... The chorus is what takes this record to a new level,... yall agree on dat rite??? |
| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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The anthem-like feel is becoming increasingly more popular these days (thanks, President Obama). Honestly, I would be shocked if this didn't do extremely well at radio.
The only downside to the track, for Maino, is that is proves how reliant he must be on assistance from Pain to make a true hit record. Sidebar: I wonder how Beanie Sigel and R. Kelly feel about the usage of "All The Above" as a song title? Hmm.... [calling Beans] 
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Maino and T-Pain made this a hit not just one. This track is hot though. They both did there thing.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Banger.
Not feeling Maino's part too much. Pain killed it though. Still have it goin hard in the trunk in the coming weeks though. |
| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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this shits dope
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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this song dope funky fresh jee!!! t pain owned up LOL
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Wow I like this.but I think Maino flows like Rick Ross..anyway this song is great,T Pain did his job very well..
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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sounds like grand hustle
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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t-pain kills this track the hook and the beat are real hot and maino's flow fits in the mix perfect this track is overall nice
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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maino you the man, tpain always a good chorus, nice track
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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This track is real hot T-Pain sounds really good on this track. Like the concept of the song too. To me it seems like he is saying you can look at me hate on me and judge me but I have made it.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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I like...it sort of sounds like T.I. and Rihanna's "Live your life" but I would say it's in rotation tho...
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Any half decent artist can have a hit on his hands with a T-Pain hook and good beat. Maino is a little better then half decent and has a sure hit with this. Production is great... Very similar to Live Your Life, actually it would be interesting to here T-Pain on Live Your Life... Anywayz, All The Above, Banger 4sheezi
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Yay! This is such good singing and rapping
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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dope track. live ur life part 2
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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yupp this one is good!
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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this track got the same vibe as in "Livin You Life" by T.I. & Rihanna
nice joint |
| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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hmmm dis is sum imspirational ish n gotta good tune to it- this is definitely a banger
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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beat is amazing and so is every verse and the chorus is tight. i like dis a lot. t pains verse at the end was pretty tight
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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T Pain was actually a good pick for this song. I like it the production is really good, but it does remind me of "Live Your Life" This has the potential to be really successful song. It will be in my rotation.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Ha, I notice the Live Your Life feel in here. Just Blaze ALWAYS delivers something special, especially on these type of tracks. T-Pain did great too!
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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I guess this is kind of a fun song....a little bit "much", but it's got a vibe to it.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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Also forgot to mention that Maino did a great job on this.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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This is a solid effort from Maino here. Although I gotta say that the Live your life comparisons were right on point.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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P.S. Teddy you killed this track! Hats off!! ; )
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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songs bin so weak thank god something sick. Love it
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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@ BDF44 - "Hats Off"... "T-Pain"... funny.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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Maino brings alot of energy in his flow.
The production is ok. It sounds like "Whatever you Like" or something else I just heard lately. But it still sounds good. T-Pain sounds good on this track. Almost like he's really singing. Really matches well with this production. |
| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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Just read Kayleb and richards comments. "Live Your Life" that's exactly what it sounds like.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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this track is just aight to me,don't see why its rated so high to be honest..its rotation status at best,and ya'll know that this track won't be played much by any of ya'll,stop frontin'
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2009 |
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wow, I loved Live your life, but I like this a bit better. Everything was good; tpain, maino, production.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2009 |
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banger
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| Posted on Feb 01, 2009 |
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hit banger , good beat , perfect lyrics , great verse by t-pain , which should i choose.. all the above
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2009 |
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crazy hook but maino gets dumb boring but hot trak
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2009 |
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great song by maino ft pain
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2009 |
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This Is The Best From In Just Blaze Did Wonderful Nice Job
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2009 |
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2009 |
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Anthem type boi.... banger!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2009 |
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defo'z LOVE this song, T-pain always brings out the good songs, he should come to NZ!!!!!!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2009 |
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BETTER THEN "LIVE YOUR LIFE" BY TI. AND RAINA ..... ABOUT TIME MAINO GETS SOME PROPS .... EVER SINCE HI HATA I'VE BEEN DIGGIN THIS DUDE .... BUT PPL JUST BE PUTTIN HIM DOWN FOR NO REASON .... HOPEFULLY THIS CANGES SOME OF THE THICK SKULLS OUT THERE
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2009 |
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I DJ at a Gentleman's club and this is a perfect song to add to regular rotation. After heraing it here and playing it at the club it became an instant hit and a regular request. HOTT!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2009 |
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if maino did use the same flow for every song this would be hot.
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2009 |
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Maino is sick on this, Pain is really good too, this is definitely a great song
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2009 |
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This track comes hard, The chorus is easily singable when all @*#$! up! this beat is the one i'm bangin when Im going out right now! keep it hard (live your life pt. 2)
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2009 |
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The song is damm good. its got the rite flow, and the rite feat artist. Teddy makes every song... well except some of his own.. the auto-tune is wat give this song the upliftin feel. maino is too g to make this feel fluffy. but the lyrics r tight! its a 4.5
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2009 |
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Great song. however maino sort of sounds like Jeezy. And its always good to hear T-pain.
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2009 |
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2009 |
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They definitely are going to succeed by imitating Live Your Life. The whole production and the melody of T-Pain's vocals are similar. Maino been gettin a little better he actually decent..no lie. But to tell you the truth the song is only getting rated high cuz of the dope production and the amazing hook by T-Pain. Production alone is 3 but damn i wish Kanye was on this
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2009 |
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CLassic song, great beat def gonna be on the readio Callin it...
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2009 |
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Wow... Tremendous Starts...
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| Posted on Feb 11, 2009 |
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hope his album follows suit
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| Posted on Feb 11, 2009 |
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t-pain is a beast. strait up. i love the chorus, its the type of song that u like a lot when you first hear it, but it STILL manages to grow on you (somehow)...and maino also kills it, don't get me wrong, but if t-pain wasnt on this track, i wouldn't listen to it. i wanted to give this a 4.5 but we dont have halves, so i rounded up. hope you enjoy this track as much as i did!
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| Posted on Feb 14, 2009 |
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| Posted on Feb 16, 2009 |
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This reminds me exactly of Live Your Life.
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| Posted on Feb 17, 2009 |
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WOW that hook is VIRAL
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| Posted on Feb 20, 2009 |
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one of t-pains best hooks ever
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| Posted on Feb 20, 2009 |
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i aint heard one this good in a while dog. maino killed the verses and t-pain killed the vocals. excellent.
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| Posted on Feb 25, 2009 |
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INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2009 |
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this is my new favorite song now.
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| Posted on Feb 27, 2009 |
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everytime i listen to this i love it even more. The hook is solid like no other!!! If t-pain wasnt in this hook im sorry maino but id give it in rotation but na u came through and its a banger!
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| Posted on Mar 04, 2009 |
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| Posted on Mar 05, 2009 |
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song is great
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| Posted on Mar 06, 2009 |
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T-Pain does it again!!!!
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| Posted on Mar 07, 2009 |
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its hot
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2009 |
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love it.
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2009 |
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The versus our solid, Tpain kills it as well. Hot for Sure!
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2009 |
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nicee tune
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2009 |
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I wish I had the technical acumen to leave a constructive comment, but I lack it. I can hear it though,this is incredible.
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| Posted on Mar 13, 2009 |
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Great Song when you first hear it you think you have heard it before................ still a great song
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| Posted on Mar 16, 2009 |
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agree with 'All The Above'. perfection
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| Posted on Mar 16, 2009 |
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great song
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| Posted on Mar 16, 2009 |
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This song was tight. It's not a "crunk" song but instead a slow song. First time I listened to it I started thinking back on not so great things I did in the past. Five stars for sure!!
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| Posted on Mar 17, 2009 |
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Good track.
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| Posted on Mar 19, 2009 |
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Just Blaze and T-Pain one a track!!! I rated it wit a 5 - before listenin!! .. I got to admit that MAINO is almost in the same class wit the other two guys.. looking forward to hear some other tracks o him!!
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| Posted on Mar 21, 2009 |
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| Posted on Mar 23, 2009 |
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Holy s**t!!! I love this song!! Nothing wrong with it!! Straight classic!! The production is sick, Maino and Pain murder it, and best of all, the message is a real message. Love it!! CLASSIC!!
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| Posted on Mar 23, 2009 |
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thi5 5ong i5 tha 5hit
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| Posted on Mar 30, 2009 |
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still banging this shit i dont give a @*#$! this song is def my song of the year so far get it bang it have fun wid the homiez waaaaaa
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| Posted on Apr 03, 2009 |
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i love this song (just blaze) its on myspace page...
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| Posted on Apr 06, 2009 |
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great song great tune good choice of backup and the rapping doesnt ruin it
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| Posted on Apr 07, 2009 |
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I love this track, I've been listenting to it now for a couple of months on and off and I still haven't gotten sick of it...Just Blaze definitely brings it and for me it has an even more infectious catchiness that Live Your Life.
While Maino relies heavily here on T-Pain's incredible hook (sounds good with no Auto Tune)and Blaze's anthemic (and almost perfect) production, I still think he manages to shine in his own way. While I don't know how much radio play this track has garnered south of the boarder (I'm in Van city) I haven't heard it much here. Could be a lack of push from the label as Maino isn't really a household name. I'm loving most of his stuff these days, he deserves a spot at the table as far as I'm concerned. This is definitely his best work to date...putting "Hi Hater" to shame in my books...definite BANGER!! |
| Posted on Apr 08, 2009 |
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Man im feelin this ish right herr!
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| Posted on Apr 11, 2009 |
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GREAT song
even tho im getting sick of T-PAIN and autotune |
| Posted on Apr 17, 2009 |
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I sick of that fake thug, r & b, rap scenario all day on the radio
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| Posted on Apr 19, 2009 |
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