'03 Bonnie & Clyde
2002 song by American rapper Jay-Z / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"'03 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song recorded by American rapper Jay-Z, released on October 10, 2002 as the lead single from his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Composed by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Darryl Harper, Ricky Rouse and Tyrone Wrice, and featuring Jay-Z's then-girlfriend, now wife, American singer Beyoncé, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" sampled its beat from Tupac Shakur's 1996 song "Me and My Girlfriend" (released under Shakur's pseudonym Makaveli), paraphrasing its chorus, as well as Prince's 1987 song "If I Was Your Girlfriend". The song's instrumentation is based on programmed drums, bass instruments, and a flamenco guitar. The song is inspired by the crime film Bonnie and Clyde.
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Single by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé | ||||
from the album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse | ||||
Released | October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10) | |||
Recorded | August 2002 | |||
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Length | 3:25 | |||
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Producer(s) | Kanye West | |||
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"'03 Bonnie & Clyde" on YouTube | ||||
"'03 Bonnie & Clyde" was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics, who complimented the combination of Jay-Z's and Knowles' musical styles, their collaboration and the song's production. The single reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jay-Z's second top ten single and Knowles' first as a solo artist. It charted at number one in Switzerland, number two in the United Kingdom and peaked in the top twenty in other European territories. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
The accompanying music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Jay-Z and Knowles playing a modern-day version of the 1930s bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, and was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" spawned a feud with American recording artist Toni Braxton, who had also sampled "Me and My Girlfriend" in her 2002 song "Me & My Boyfriend". Toni accused West and Jay-Z of stealing the idea of using the song as a sample (which both men later denied) even though Mariah Carey sampled the same song by Tupac years before on her 1999 album Rainbow in her song How Much featuring Usher. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" was performed by Jay-Z and Knowles on several television shows and was later included on the set list of their concert performances and tours, most notably on their co-headlining On the Run and On the Run II tours.[1]