Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)

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“Dangerous”
Single by Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon
from the album Not 4 Sale
Released April 1, 2008
Format Digital download, CD single, 12" single
Recorded 2008
Genre Hip-Hop
Length 4:11
Label Kon Live/Geffen/Black Jays
Writer(s) J. Harrow, A. Thiam
Producer DJ Kemo & hAZEL[1]
Kardinal Offishall singles chronology
"Graveyard Shift"
(2007)
"Dangerous"
(2008)
Akon singles chronology
"I Can't Wait"
(2008)
"Dangerous"
(2008)
"What's Love"
(2008)

"Dangerous" is a hip-hop song by Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon. The song was produced by DJ Kemo and hAZEL. It was released on April 1, 2008, and it's the second single from Kardinal's upcoming album Not 4 Sale. On the week of May 13th on the american itunes store, 'Dangerous' was offered as a free download (Single of the Week).

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[edit] Music video

The music video was shot in Miami, Florida and was released early May. It starts off with a girl passing by Kardinal, Akon and friends as all of them watch her and follow her. It has many scenes starting by coming out of objects such as his glasses, his drinking cup etc. It has scenes in a resturant, a club and the beach.

[edit] Chart performance

After being released to Canadian iTunes the song quickly raced to the top 10 on the Top 100 songs list peaking at number 3. As a result of this it debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 the following week at number 9. The following week it climbed to number 7 where it's current peak stands and fell off that position a week later. On the issue date of May 17, 2008 the song debuted on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart making it his second single to make an apperance on any U.S. chart. The following week the single debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has so far peaked at the 40th position.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 40
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 49
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 81
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Airplay 81
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 43
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 33
Canadian Hot 100 7

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scratch Korner: DJ Kemo - April 1st 2008 HipHopCanada.com. Accessed on May 16, 2008.

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