I Can Transform Ya
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| Single by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Graffiti | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | September 29, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 3:49 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Jive | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Swizz Beatz | |||||||||||||||||||||
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"I Can Transform Ya" is a song by American singer Chris Brown from his third album Graffiti. The song features vocals from Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz. The artists co-wrote the song with Lonny Bereal, Trayce Green, and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, with Beatz producing the track. The song was released as the lead single from Graffiti on September 29, 2009, and was Brown's first official release since his altercation with former girlfriend, Barbadian singer Rihanna. Originally known simply as "Transformer", it is an electro-composed song infused with hip hop, crunk and "industrial" R&B musical genres, while making use of robotic tones. It is lyrically about introducing someone to a life of luxury.
"I Can Transform Ya" received mostly positive reviews, noting the song's club feel and catchiness. The song peaked the highest in New Zealand, at number seven, and was also certified Platinum in the country. It peaked in the top twenty of the United States, at twenty-one in Australia and Ireland. The song also charted in the top thirty in the United Kingdom, becoming a top ten hit on the UK R&B Chart. The dance-heavy accompanying music video, coined a "shiny, sexy, throwback" features choreography with hooded ninjas, and makes puns on the Transformers series.
The song was originally titled "Transformer" according to producer and featured guest Swizz Beatz in a September 2009 interview with MTV News. The song was set to be the first real record that Brown had released since his altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna at the beginning of the year. Another song "Changed Man", an "apologetic ode to Rihanna" written by Brown, and several other tracks were leaked but Jive Records said the material was old. Swizz Beatz said that Brown had recorded "60 or 70" songs for the album, and that "He's got something to prove." Beatz also commented on Lil Wayne's contribution to the song, saying, ""The Wayne part is just nothing to talk about, He really showed his ass on this one. It's probably the best feature verse since the 'It's Me [Bitches]' remix. He really went in on the 'Transformer' joint." It was originally supposed released on September 30, 2009, but Brown stated on his Twitter that the song would be released a day early on September 29, 2009.
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