| "I'll Still Kill" | |||||||||||
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| Single by 50 Cent featuring Akon | |||||||||||
| from the album Curtis | |||||||||||
| Released | November 6, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD Single, Digital Download, 12" | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Gangsta rap | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:43 | ||||||||||
| Label | Aftermath, Interscope, Shady, G-Unit | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Curtis Jackson, Aliaune Thiam, Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Brooks Honeycutt | ||||||||||
| Producer | DJ Khalil | ||||||||||
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"I'll Still Kill" (edited title "I Still Will" to avoid using a violent title[1]) is the fifth single from 50 Cent's third album Curtis. It features Senegalese-American hip hop singer Akon.[2] The single hit airwaves on November 6, 2007, officially.[3]
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Both 50 Cent and Akon spoke highly of the collaboration, in which 50 Cent exclaimed,
This collaboration, it's perfect. Akon's tones, vocally what he did on the chorus and the last portion of the record, it's great.[1]
Akon shared more of the same thoughts,
Shortly after the song was completed, we met face to face, gave each other a pound, gave each other a hug, like, 'Nigga, we got a hit.' Now we're gonna do more records for both our upcoming albums. We'll swap out. Whoever's album it feel right on, that's where we gonna put it.[4]
50 Cent has since been seen working with Akon in his studio for his upcoming 5th studio album "The Return Of The Heartless Monster".
Though the single was expected to be a hit, it had only peaked at #95 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #52 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, probably due to it being release months after the album already release, as well as the video being banned from BET and MTV.
Snippets of Akon's vocals are sampled by DJ Premier in "Ain't Nuttin Changed" for Blaq Poet.
The music video was directed by Jessy Terrero, who commented on the video shoot.[1] He said:
It's pretty hectic, but I have a great relationship with both guys. This is big — it's like 'Bourne Supremacy' meets 'Unleashed.' I threw out an idea and 50 enjoyed it.[2][1]
The video is based around 50 Cent who has to "handle himself in a world of trained killers".[1] In an interview with MTV, Akon commented on the video and said:
| “ | It's not an environment for pretty women. This is on some assassination-type action.[1] | ” |
The video premiered via BET on November 12, 2007.[5] According to 50 Cent on his Shade 45 Interview on December 9, 2007, it was banned on the network. He criticized BET for showing American Gangster and The Wire, but not his video.[6]
In the music video, the song is edited more than the original, with Akon saying "I still will kill" is changed to "I still will chill", and some of the more violent words being replaced with different words.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 95 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 52 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 79 |
| French Singles Chart | 28 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 14 |
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