Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna]

T.I. | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Paper Trail [Explicit]

Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic
• Copyright: 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
• Duration: 5:38 minutes
• Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop/Gangsta & Hardcore, Rap & Hip-Hop/Pop Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop/Southern Rap
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• ASIN: B001GLHBIG
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #590 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)
  • #2 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Numa Numa Hey, October 26, 2008

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Westley (Stuck in my head) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna] (MP3 Download)

T.I. scored his second #1 single of his career with this hot new song. "Live Your Life" gets its hook from an unusual source - the hit single "Dragostea din tei" by Moldovan pop group O-Zone. You've probably never heard of O-Zone, but you've heard this song. It's also sometimes known as the "Numa Numa Song" and was featured in that internet video with the rather rotund European kid singing the lyrics - Mai-ia-hii/ Mai-ia-huu/ Mai-ia-ha/ Mai-ia-haha. Ah, now you probably remember it.

It's a bizarre sample for a rap single, but T.I. and producer Just Blaze are talented enough to blend it seamlessly into the song without making it seem like too much of a novelty. Of course, another savvy decision was to have diva-of-the-moment Rihanna sing the numa numa opening and then incorporate the same rhythm later in the song; she seems to have the midas touch lately. Every element just really works together in this song that promises to be around until well after the winter holidays.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Living the Positive Life, January 12, 2009

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Amaranth "music fan" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna] (MP3 Download)

"Life your life (feat. Rihanna)" is TI's surprisingly fun rap song. Most hip-hop has a negative message. This song, however, is about living life to the fullest and being grateful. It's not about scoring hot chicks,having boatloads of bling, or knocking off one's enemies with one's posse. TI,who's currently serving house arrest, offers up a song that's hip, with it, and for the genre,excellent. "Live you life" has a Caribbean beat, thanks to Rihanna's smooth take on the infamous "Numa Numa" song. THAT'S daring! Who would've imagined the Caribbean diva yodeling the same tune as the plump Eastern European kid? "Live your life" has a rhythm,a beat,a positive message. Now go live yo life!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WHAT?!? A Rap Song With A Positive Message, Not Done By Will Smith?, November 23, 2008

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Flap Jackson "Sky Is Burning, But At Least We... (State Road, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna] (MP3 Download)

When I first listened to this song, I was totally shocked and perplexed. Not only was Rihannna doing a decent rendition of 'Numa Numa,' but T.I. starts off the song with the line of "be thankful for what you got." WHAT?!? He's not wanting more money, more girls, more bling and more hollering? Nope, he's telling people to be thankful for what they got, and criticizing people who just keep wanting more and more. A positive message with strangely few cuss words, and a Rihanna isn't half-bad, it's a good rap song for Thanksgiving, but not much more beyond that. It might be just me, but it's not exactly something I'd want to hear every other song, a week from now. Its beat isn't that great, and makes the shelf-life here rather short. But for a mainstream rap song, it isn't half-bad.