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Live Your Life [Featuring Rihanna]

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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.

"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!

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.

Some of T.I.s best work, if you like him, than you will love this CD.

i love the song, don't get me wrong, but it constantly repeats the line "just living my life" or something similair to that. it has good taste and goes great with todays music. its totally 09.

I've sworn off radio, so this was a genuine surprise when I heard it in the process of just listening to the album. Being a bit of a dork the "numa numa" chorus caught my attention and Just Blaze's production is fat and catchy and pushes the song over the edge. It survives multiple replays thanks to TI's rock solid verses that are positive but not outrageously optimistic.

This song has is great! I cannot stand T.I. most of the time- but this song had me wanting it without even knowing who sings it. Plus it does have a positive message which seems to be rare these days.

Is a joke. This song is awful, just like the rest of his discography. Horrible mainstream poppy rap for braindead morons who listen to whatever the media tells them to listen to.

It was almost a song with a positive message. Then T.I. started writing about his ghetto experiences.

Get with the main stream, nobody cares about "cats getting paid today", or how you "thought you paved some way". This is america in 2009, people pave their own way.

Does Rihanna need to release 38 singles a year? And do 37 of them really need to have some kind of 'aaa, aaaa, aaaaa' hook to them? Seriously, her songs sound like she's learning her phonics (ella ella ella aaaa aaaaa aaaaa) vs. actually singing.

This song sounds cobbled together from 2-3 individual songs from the beginning, and like most Rihanna songs, overproduced to hide her rather thin vocal abilities.

Message of the song is fine, but please get someone who isn't totally and completely overexposed and oversaturated to sing it next time.