Lotus Flower Bomb

"Lotus Flower Bomb"
Single by Wale featuring Miguel
from the album Ambition
Released October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)
Format digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre Hip hop, R&B
Length 3:33
Label Maybach Music Group, Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Olubowale Akintimehin, Miguel Pimentel
Producer Jerrin Howard
Wale singles chronology
"That Way"
(2011)
"Lotus Flower Bomb"
(2011)
Miguel singles chronology
"Girls Like You"
(2011)
"Lotus Flower Bomb"
(2011)
Music video
"Lotus Flower Bomb" on YouTube

"Lotus Flower Bomb" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Wale, released as the lead single off his second studio album Ambition. The song was officially released on October 11, 2011 through Maybach Music Group and Warner Bros. The song, featuring R&B singer Miguel, was produced by Jerrin Howard.

Contents

Background

Wale released "Lotus Flower Bomb" on October 11, 2011, a few weeks before the release of his highly anticipated sophomore studio album "Ambition".[1]

Remixes

Rapper Nelly did a remix to "Lotus Flower Bomb", which appeared on his 2011 mixtape O.E.MO.

Music video

The music video shot in Atlanta, Georgia was directed by Taj. The video depicts a scene of Poetic Justice (film), where Wale is a mailman who is trying to charm the beauty salon owner played by Bre Scullark from America's Next Top Model.

Chart performance

"Lotus Flower Bomb" charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on the week of October 18, 2011 at number eighty-seven.[2] The song has peaked at #38 on the Hot 100 making it Wale's biggest hit as a lead artist.

Charts

Chart (2011-12) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 38
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1
US Billboard Rap Songs 5

Release information

Country Date Format Label Ref
United States October 11, 2011 Digital download Maybach Music Group [3]

References