I can imagine how many TayTay fans would've preferred this to be the elected single from the deluxe version and not 'Ours'. Song reached #1 on iTunes for a couple of days, and I can perfectly understand why. Swizzy sings about her usual fairytale and happy endings, and compares her life with that of a film. It's definetely a song worth a hear if you're into Pop/Country music..
Originally intended to be the lead single from the highly acclaimed collaboration album from Kanye West and Jay-Z: Watch The Throne, this song ended as a bonus track on the deluxe version of the album. It held the #2 position on iTunes for almost a week, being held from the top position by Britney's smash, Hold It Against Me, even Kanye tweeted about how his song should be #1 and not Britney's. The song itself, it's basically what both of these rap gods do best: rapping insanely over a hardcore hip-hop beat
"Yeah, I'm about to go H*A*M.
Hard as a mother ****er; let these n*ggas know who I am"
I simply can not understand why this flawless track was left off the standard version from Stronger, I can even picture this as a single, I simply love this song. Kelly's vocals on the chorus and hook are amazing, and this is easily one of my favorite bonus tracks of the year, I placed it #8 because people barely know of its existance, other than KC stans This song needs more exposure!
As a highly awaited album that was Tha Carter IV, many people felt disappointed and thought it simply did not meet their expectations. I must agree with this, as this album is miles away from the Weezy we heard on TC3, but this track is a masterpiece. Mirror is simply the best track overall, and it's a question mark of why they leaved this on the deluxe version of the album, specially considering the feature by Bruno Mars, singer who has enormous single and radio appeal, maybe they were trying to recreate Super Bass's success being a bonus track (the best of 2010). Anyways, this was released as TC4's fifth single, and even if it does not smash, this goes hard, and Bruno on the hook sounds amazing.
"Mirror on the wall, here we are again,
through my rise and fall, you’ve been my only friend.."
I don't visit that much the Femme Fatale thread so I don't know if many agree with me on this, but the deluxe versison tracks are simply amazing! Many artists would like Britney's bonus tracks and leftovers as even potential singles for themselves. HATLM, Scary, Don't Keep Me Waiting, Selfish and this awesome, clubby track is amazing. I can honestly imagine me hearing this at a club and partying hard to Up N Down. Simply flawless Britney, as usual.