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Single by Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring Ty Dolla Sign | ||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Plata O Plomo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Released | November 11, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Length | 3:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | Cool & Dre | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Money Showers" is a song recorded by American rappers Fat Joe and Remy Ma. It was released on November 11, 2016, as the third single from their collaborative album, Plata O Plomo (2017). The song, produced by Cool & Dre, features guest vocals from American singer Ty Dolla Sign. It samples Ralph Tresvant's 1991 R&B hit "Do What I Gotta Do".
The song premiered on November 10, 2016, and the next day was released for digital download as a single on iTunes. "Money Showers" is the third single from Fat Joe and Remy Ma's collaborative album, Plata O Plomo.
"Money Showers" is hip hop and R&B track. In an interview with Billboard magazine, Remy Ma explained the song's meaning; "'Money Showers' to me means being bestowed with an unlimited amount of everything; an excess of everything whether materialistic, emotional, sexual -- like total ecstasy". While talking about working with Ty Dolla Sign, Fat Joe said:
Jessie Morris from Complex wrote; "The song if fueled by a very smooth, R&B beat that makes it feel like the trio is channeling their old school sound. As always, Ma's hard-hitting bars provide the perfect offset to Joe's verses while Ty Dolla Sign polishes the whole thing from the background with some incredibly silky ad-libs." Emmanuel C.M. of XXL wrote that the song "sounds like it’s going to find it’s way on the charts too".Rap-Up praised Ty Dolla Sign's vocals saying that he "lays down some smooth melodies".OnSMASH wrote; "TY$ delivers a fire hook as usual, while Fat Joe and Remy Ma do what they do on the verse side of things."
The music video for "Money Showers" premiered on January 12, 2017, via streaming service Tidal. It was uploaded to Fat Joe's Vevo channel on January 15, 2017. The Eif Rivera-directed video was filmed in Miami and was inspired by 1998 comedy/drama film, The Players Club. Actor Anthony Johnson, who appeared in the movie, also makes a cameo appearance in the video.