"My Homies Still" | |||||||||||
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Single by Lil Wayne featuring Big Sean | |||||||||||
from the album I Am Not a Human Being II | |||||||||||
Released | June 5, 2012 | ||||||||||
Format | Digital download | ||||||||||
Recorded | 2011 | ||||||||||
Genre | Hip hop | ||||||||||
Length |
4:07 (Single version) 3:51 (Album version) |
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Label | Young Money, Cash Money, Republic | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Streetrunner, Raymond Diaz, Mike Aiello | ||||||||||
Producer(s) | Streetrunner, Sarom | ||||||||||
Lil Wayne singles chronology | |||||||||||
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4:07 (Single version)
"My Homies Still" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Lil Wayne featuring fellow American rapper Big Sean, released on June 5, 2012, as a standalone single. It was also included on the deluxe version of his tenth studio album I Am Not a Human Being II (2013). The song was produced by Streetrunner and Sarom. It reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix featuring Young Jeezy appears on Wayne's Dedication 4 mixtape.
In an interview with hip-hop magazine Complex on January 25, 2012, Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman revealed that Lil Wayne had finished recording material for an album titled I Am Not a Human Being II. The album would serve as a sequel to I Am Not a Human Being (2010), an album released whilst Wayne was serving a prison sentence for illegal possession of a weapon. Later, Wayne revealed to MTV that he had taken great care whilst recording the music for I Am Not a Human Being II and paid greater attention to quality control than he had whilst putting together the original I Am Not a Human Being, admitting he had "rushed" the recording of the latter in order to complete it before beginning his jail sentence. The first single from I Am Not a Human Being II, "My Homies Still", was premiered online on June 1, 2012:Universal Republic Records sent the song to digital retailers on June 5, 2012, and solicited the song to rhythmic contemporary radio stations on June 12, 2012.
On May 23, 2012, American rapper Pusha T released a song titled "Exodus 23:1" (featuring singer and producer The-Dream), in which several of his lyrics appear to contain insults aimed at Wayne – igniting a feud between the two rappers. Two days later, Wayne premiered a song titled "Goulish" online, in which several of his lyrics directly insult Pusha T, including the song's opening line "Fuck Pusha T and everybody that love him". As both Pusha T and Big Sean are signed to the same record label – Kanye West's GOOD Music – members of the media speculated whether that, by association, Wayne was intending to insult Sean as well. The media also speculated that "My Homies Still" must have been recorded before the feud began, a belief which was later confirmed to be true by Young Money Entertainment president Mack Maine. Despite the feud, Maine confirmed that he would not delete Sean's vocals from the song, feeling that to do so would detract from the song's quality. In a later interview with Complex, Sean stated that he remained friends with both Pusha T and Wayne, and expressed his desire for the feud to end, calling it pointless and "weak".