Famous (Tinchy Stryder song)
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"Famous" is a song by Tinchy Stryder
, which appears as the 3rd track on his third solo studio album
, Third Strike
. It was also included on Stryder's fourth extended play
(EP), III EP
. The song was written and produced by Australian producer Israel Cruz.
, and was uploaded to Tinchy Stryder's official YouTube
channel on Thursday, 11 November 2010, at a total length of four minutes and eight seconds.
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...
, which appears as the 3rd track on his third solo studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, Third Strike
Third Strike (album)
Third Strike is the third solo studio album from Ghanaian British recording artist Tinchy Stryder, and his second studio album with Universal Island Records. It was released in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2010...
. It was also included on Stryder's fourth extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(EP), III EP
III EP (extended play)
III EP is the fourth and final of 4 extended plays by Ghanaian British recording artist Tinchy Stryder. It was released on 27 September 2010 by Takeover Entertainment as a free downloadable EP prior to the release of Stryder's third solo studio album, Third Strike, which was released on November...
. The song was written and produced by Australian producer Israel Cruz.
Music video
A music video was made for the song by director Kwasi Danquah III (Tinchy Stryder) and UK director Luke Monaghan, who also was one of the three directors of the video for Stryder's 2011 hit single SpaceshipSpaceship (Tinchy Stryder song)
-Critical reception:Lewis Corner of Digital Spy Blog gave the song a positive review stating:It's been a rocky few months for Tinchy Stryder. After catapulting to the upper echelons of the charts with his debut LP and its subsequent spinoff singles, the pint-sized rapper suffered a textbook case of...
, and was uploaded to Tinchy Stryder's official YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channel on Thursday, 11 November 2010, at a total length of four minutes and eight seconds.
Synopsis
The video was filmed in a Jet Center, and finds Stryder chopping out his rhymes and boasting, over "harsh lurching beats and heavy riffs, about "how people are jealous of him because he's famous", a line which he bellows at every opportunity, whilst the film camera is closely fixed on his every movement throughout the length of the video.External links
- Famous - Lyrics. MetroLyricsMetroLyricsMetroLyrics is a lyrics-dedicated website, founded in 2002. It is the highest trafficked lyrics website in the world, with 48 million+ unique users per month and 125+ million page views per month, and is the 3rd largest music site in the US and Globally...