Stay Schemin'

"Stay Schemin'"
Single by Rick Ross featuring Drake and French Montana
from the album Rich Forever
Released April 17, 2012[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:28
Label Maybach Music Group, Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Beat Bully
Rick Ross singles chronology
"Why"
(2012)		 "Stay Schemin'"
(2012)		 "Lemme See"
(2012)

"Why"
(2012)		 "Stay Schemin'"
(2012)		 "Lemme See"
(2012)
Drake singles chronology
"Take Care"
(2012) Take Care2012		 "Stay Schemin'"
(2012) Stay Schemin'2012		 "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"
(2012) HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)2012
French Montana singles chronology
"Shot Caller"
(2012) Shot Caller2012		 "Stay Schemin'"
(2012) Stay Schemin'2012		 "Pop That"
(2012) Pop That2012

"Stay Schemin'" is a single by American rapper Rick Ross featuring Drake and French Montana. It was released on his 2012 mixtape Rich Forever. The track was released as a digital download from iTunes on April 17, 2012. The chorus of the song, sung by French Montana, interpolates an unreleased Nas song titled "Day Dreamin, Stay Schemin," which covers the Kurtis Blow song, "Daydreamin'", with new lyrics.

Music video

The video for the song was released on January 6, 2012.[2] The video features Rick Ross cruising through Miami in a Phantom and Maybach alongside Drake and French Montana. Meek Mill and DJ Khaled also make appearances. The video was directed by Spiff TV for Maybach Films.[3]

Critical reception

"Stay Schemin'" was met with positive reviews. Complex praised "Stay Schemin'" stating, " We've already listed "Stay Schemin'" as the best song of the year, so you already know how we feel about it—but a lot of the song's impact had to do with Drake's incredible verse. In fact it just might be the best he's ever spit." Complex went on to name the song #3 on their list of the best songs of 2012[4] and the guest appearance of Drake the best feature of 2012.[5] XXL named it one of the top five hip hop songs of 2012.[6]

Remixes

Many rappers have recorded remixes or freestyles over the instrumental of the song including Common,[7] Joell Ortiz,[8] Joe Budden,[9] Meek Mill,[10] Gunplay,[11] Chamillionaire,[12] LoLa Monroe,[13] Lil Twist,[14] Tyga[15] and ASAP Rocky.[16]

Charts

The song debuted in the top 60 of the Billboard Hot 100 at position 58. In its second week the song dropped to position 80 and fell off the chart the following week.[17]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 58
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 40
US Rap Songs 20

References

  1. ↑ "Stay Schemin' (feat. Drake & French Montana) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rick Ross Ft Drake & French Montana - Stay Scheming (OFFICIAL VIDEO 2012)". Youtube.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rick Ross – Stay Schemin’ ft. Drake & French Montana [Audio/Video]". http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2012/01/rick-ross-stay-schemin-ft-drake-french-montana-audio-video/. Retrieved May 29, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-50-best-songs-of-2012/rick-ross-stay-schemin
  5. ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-25-best-guest-verses-of-2012/drake-stay-schemin
  6. ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/01/xxl-lists-best-hip-hop-songs-albums-last-40-years-xxl-issue-152/4/
  7. ↑ "Common - Stay Schemin(Drake Diss)". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  8. ↑ "Joell Ortiz - Stay Schemin Freestyle". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  9. ↑ "Joe Budden - Stay Schemin (Freestyle)". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  10. ↑ "Meek Mill - Stay Schemin (Freestyle) [Radio Rip]". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  11. ↑ "GUNPLAY - STAY SCHEMIN FREESTYLE". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  12. ↑ "Chamillionaire - Stay Schemin Freestyle". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  13. ↑ "Lola Monroe- Stay Schemin' Freestyle". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  14. ↑ "Lil Twist - Stay Schemin [Freestyle] 2012". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  15. ↑ "Stay Schemin - Tyga Freestyle". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  16. ↑ "ASAP Rocky - Stay Schemin' Freestyle". https://www.youtube.com/. External link in |work= (help)
  17. ↑ "Issue Date: Saturday May 12, 2012". acharts.us. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Week of May 05, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
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