The Lil Wayne tune impressed by Martin Lawrence

Lil Wayne writes about varied topics and is impressed by a number of individuals. The Louisiana emcee has launched over 13 studio albums and 29 mixtapes. Nonetheless, in 2009, on his mixtape No Ceilings, the lyricist (actual identify Dwayne Carter) unusually had a observe impressed by Martin Lawrence. 

Entitled ‘I’m Single’, the beat was produced by Noah “40” Shebib and Omen. It was formally launched on iTunes on Might 11, 2010. The observe, which debuted at quantity 82 on the Billboard 100, had accompanying visuals and, in an interview with MTV Information, the videographer DJ Scoob Doo defined how the observe and video were inspired by Martin Lawrence.

Elaborating, the DJ unveiled, “[Wayne’s girl was mad that] he didn’t make it home in time. He stayed out all night. That’s the idea I got with the song – it brought me back to watching the film A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. Me growing up watching Martin [Lawrence], it was epic, it was a funny movie.”

He continued, “I loved the cinematography in it. [Writing the script for the video], that was me being a fan of that movie and good music and putting it together.” The visuals additionally had some cameos.

The video stars the fashions Tammy Torres as Weezy’s girlfriend and Natasha Salimi as his spouse. Torres had appeared beforehand in Carter’s ‘Mrs. Officer’ video, in addition to the visuals for Busta Rhyme’s ‘Arab Money.’

In an interview with MTV, Salimi spoke about her expertise taking pictures the video, jovially declaring, “It was fun because I got to act a little crazy, stabbing the cake and throwing stuff. Scoob was telling me to try and act as natural as possible and think about if I had something like that that happened in the past.” 

She continued, “I tried to really put myself in the position of the role I was playing. Everything was laid-back, it was cool. Scoob is a great director. It went by quick. We came up with it as we were acting. I was like, ‘Wait, why don’t I act like I’m stabbing the poster then stab the cake?’”

You possibly can take heed to the tune impressed by Martin Lawrence within the video under.