2011Released
4:08

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about 6 Foot 7 Foot. By Songfacts®.

This is the first single from Lil Wayne's ninth studio album, Tha Carter IV. It premiered via Funkmaster Flex on December 14, 2010. The song was produced by Bangladesh, who helmed Wayne's 2008 smash "A Milli," and revolves around a tweaked vocal sample culled from Harry Belfonte's 1956 calypso classic "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)."

Bangladesh originally earmarked the beat for T.I. He told Bet.com: "I was actually sending the beat to Gee [Roberson, Atlantic Records executive] for T.I.. I mean, not that I think T.I. would sound good on the beat, they were just looking for a single and somebody said, 'Man, send that to Gee; T.I. needs something.'"

However, Roberson, who co-manages Lil Wayne, saw the beat as potential Carter IV material, despite Bangladesh having fallen out with Weezy's label over money he claimed was owed him. "I already dealt with T.I., I know how T.I. is. I knew he wouldn't really be rocking this beat right there, so I sent it anyway," Bangladesh said. "And Gee just hit back talking about Wayne: 'Man, Wayne'll kill this, Wayne'll kill this,' so I had to really see if I wanted to do it or not, but they've been communicating, they've been reaching out."

Bangladesh told MTV News how he ended up reuniting with Lil Wayne: "It's kind of similar [to how we worked together for 'A Milli']," said the Atlanta-based producer. "I had 'A Milli,' knowing that the actual track was actually important. I had opportunities to sell it, but until I got it to Wayne at that time, who I wanted to get it to, I couldn't sell it to anybody else. This time, I knew this beat was great like that, too. And I hadn't really thought of sending it to him. I sent it to Gee Roberson, and he works closely with Wayne and played it for him. That's how it happened, really."

Top Listeners

No top listeners in this time frame.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of 6 Foot 7 Foot.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
79BPM

Album

The album 6 Foot 7 Foot is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released 6 Foot 7 Foot.
CM/Republic
© 2011 Cash Money Records Inc.
℗ 2011 Cash Money Records Inc.

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.8MArtists
73.5MSongs
12.3MAlbums
6.3KGenres
2.5MLabels
493KPlaylists