RR’s ’09 Best Singles: #7 Maino “All The Above”
January 6, 2010 @ 11:03 AM EST
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Last summer, Maino became the first rookie since Fabolous to bring a platinum plaque back to Bedford Stuyvesant. In his singature chant, Maino declared, “Take a look, and you can tell that I am destined for greatness”. And with the help of T-Pain and Just Blaze’s boom bap, “All The Above” unexpectedly became a seasonable anthem. Disagree? Hi, hater!
i hope just blaze has some beats like that on R2
Even though they stole it
all i have to say is “so live your life… ayyy ayyy ayyy”
BOOO
I dunno, I never really got into Maino like that. I remember seeing dude on the smack dvds years before he got big and being unimpressed. Surprising to me that cats took to him the way they have. I definitely hated this song. *hater waves back*
Nard & B did that beat not Just..
THIS SONG IS WACK N ANNOYING!!! SOMETHIN’ ABOUT THIS SONG TURNS ME OFF!!!! IT SOUNDS CHEESY!!!! ONE OF JUST BLAZE’S WORST BEATS!!!! N MAINO IS WACK!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!
Maino is the bomb show some respect. Hi Hater is one of the best songs the boy is one of the best out of Brooklyn. You peeps have no idea!
@Chap
Just Blaze produced the track with Nard and B. Actually they sent him the beat with a different, slower hook about drugs. He reworked the piano loop that they already had and added everything else to the track. (drums, strings, synths etc.). And he wrote the hook and got T-pain to be on it. He even sang on it on the bridge. So, he did the bulk of the production, but yeah the main melody sprang from Nard and B.
I think Nard and B sampled the track Journey by Michael Montes, the song used in that Canon football commercial.
Now that that’s cleared up…I don’t think this should have made the list, especially over the Snoop, Drake/Trey, and Jay Elect. It didn’t have the impact of any of the other joints.
It’s a “Live Ya Life” rip-off beat and concept, with a T-Pain hook that also sounds really similar to other things he has done.
What makes this the best of anything?
MUTHA FUCKERS CAN T NEVA RESPECT A BLACK MAN SUCCESS THAT SHIT IS REAL MUSIC AND IF U CANT RESPECT OR RELATE TO THAT SONG YOU A PUSSY!!!! SALUTE TO THE BIG HOMIE (UNSTOPPABLE) KEEP PUSHING AND I SALUTE YOU!!!!! CANT FAIL HOMIE REAL NIGGAS COUNT ON U!! WICH HE NOT GONNA FAIL HE STIVE TO HARD LETS GET IT HOME BLACKFLAGS UP!!!!!!
maino can’t rap, btw this song is not that bad but doesn’t make the list
yeah this is my anthem i love this song. & maino is a real dude. he has been threw so much he deserves all the success he gets!
[…] #7 Maino “All The Above” […]
Much Love & Success to Maino …
Maino has a dream, wheather one thinks its up to their standards or not, (E) for effort! With time he’s style & skills will improve. Give newcomers a break & a chance.
Signed,
Bye Haters