King's Dead
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"King's Dead" is a song by American rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and Future with English singer James Blake, from the soundtrack album of the Marvel Studios superhero film Black Panther and Jay Rock's third studio album Redemption. The version featured on Redemption did not feature Blake, only contained Lamar for the hook and contains multiple differences to the original one.
It was released by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records on January 11, 2018, as both the soundtrack's second single and as the lead single from Redemption. The song is Jay Rock's first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, along with "Bubblin" by Anderson .Paak, won Best Rap Performance, and was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
Reception
Briana Younger of Pitchfork gave the song a positive review, calling the song "fun and swaggering".
Music video
The music video for the song was released to Rock's Vevo channel on YouTube on February 15, 2018. It was directed by Dave Free and Jack Begert.
Remixes
On March 8, 2018, American rappers Joey Badass and XXXTentacion released a remix of the song.
Personnel
Credits adapted from digital booklet.[bettersourceneeded]
Performers
- Jay Rock – vocals
- Kendrick Lamar – vocals
- Future – vocals
- James Blake – vocals
Technical
- Matt Schaeffer – record engineering, mix engineering
- Mike Bozzi – master engineering
- Eric Manco – record engineering
Production
- Kendrick Lamar – production
- Teddy Walton – production
- Sounwave – additional production
- 30 Roc – uncredited co-production
- Twon Beatz – uncredited co-production
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australia (ARIA) 58 Canada Hot 100 (Billboard) 23 Greece (IFPI Greece) 28 Ireland (IRMA) 51 Netherlands (Single Tip) 6 New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ) 4 Portugal (AFP) 64 Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) 1 UK Singles (Official Charts) 50 UK Hip Hop/R&B (Official Charts) 25 US Billboard Hot 100 21 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 13 US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard) 33 | Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 97 US Billboard Hot 100 79 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 41 |
| Australia (ARIA) | 58 |
| Canada Hot 100 (Billboard) | 23 |
| Greece (IFPI Greece) | 28 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 51 |
| Netherlands (Single Tip) | 6 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ) | 4 |
| Portugal (AFP) | 64 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) | 1 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts) | 50 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (Official Charts) | 25 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 13 |
| US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard) | 33 |
| Chart (2018) | Position |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 97 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 79 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 41 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada) | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) | Gold | 45,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV) | Gold | 25,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Gold | 400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
| ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | January 11, 2018 | Digital downloadstreaming | Top DawgAftermathInterscope | |
| United States | January 30, 2018 | Rhythmic contemporary |
Notes
- ^[a] signifies an uncredited co-producer
External links
- onYouTube