| "Roger That" | ||||
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| Single byYoung Money | ||||
| from the albumWe Are Young Money | ||||
| Released | March 23, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
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| Producer | Phenom | |||
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"Roger That" is a song by American record label and hip hop collectiveYoung Money, released as the third single from their debut collaboration albumWe Are Young Money. It is performed by Young Money founderLil Wayne, as well as label newcomersNicki Minaj andTyga. The video was released on March 1, 2010, alongside "Girl I Got You".[1]
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 theBillboard Hot 100, number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 6 on theBillboard Rap Songs.
Nicki Minaj stated on her Twitter that all three rappers featured on the song never actually met the song's producer, Phenom.[2] Minaj stated the drum beat was sent to her byGmail who sent it to Lil Wayne which later led to the song being released on theWe 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".
XXL gave Minaj a positive review on the song stating, "On 'Roger That', for instance, YM's female MC Nicki Minaj steals the spotlight".[3]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."[4]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. ofDJ 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)."[5]
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 ofLil Twist and Lil Chuckee's"Girl I Got You". The video was shot entirely with agreen-screen and pays homage to the filmSin City and bases a more adult story ofWho Framed Roger Rabbit.
Directed byDavid Rousseau andAdam Rush.
[6][7] The video features Lil Wayne, Tyga & Nicki Minaj and also featured the others artists in Young Money at the time except forDrake and T-Streets.[8]
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