"Mind of a Stoner" | ||||
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Single by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Wiz Khalifa | ||||
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Released | June 23, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 2:49 | |||
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"Mind of a Stoner" is a song by American rapper Machine Gun Kelly. [1] [2] It was released on June 23, 2013, for digital download by Bad Boy and Interscope. [3] The song features guest vocals from American rapper Wiz Khalifa. [4]
MGK announced the mixtape on January 28, 2013. [5] On February 18, 2013, Kelly revealed the mixtape's title to be "Black Flag", along with the cover art. Black Flag was released on June 23, 2013, with "Mind of a Stoner" enlisted as the fifth track on the project. [6] The song was officially recognized as the fifth single on February 10, 2014. [7]
The music video was released February 11, 2014. [8] It was directed by Charlie Zwick, and features cameos from Kid Ink, and Danielle Fishel, whom he acknowledges as Topanga. [9] The video's concept shows Kelly speaking of his problems and personal troubles, walking up to a bus stop where Khalifa offers Kelly weed, and the rest of the video sees Kelly smoking his problems away. [10] as of 2024 the music video had attained over 190 million views, making it one of Baker's most popular.
Year | Organization | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Ohio Hip Hop Awards | Best National Music Video | Won | [11] |
Best National Collaboration | Won |
American singer Cassie Ventura, known simply as Cassie, has released one studio album, one mixtape, thirteen singles and eleven music videos. She recorded her first song, "Kiss Me", with Ryan Leslie for her mother's birthday in February 2005. Leslie then signed Ventura to his NextSelection imprint, writing and producing her first single, "Me & U", that same year. The song soon went viral after made available on her MySpace page and became a club hit in Germany. In the meantime, Diddy partnered with Leslie to release Ventura's self-titled debut album Cassie in August 2006, through Bad Boy and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and charted within the top forty in the UK Albums Chart, where it later received a Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry. "Me & U" peaked in the top ten of several countries, including number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent seven weeks atop the US Airplay chart, being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America selling over one million digital downloads. The follow-up "Long Way 2 Go" was the final single of the album and despite less successful in the US, it went on to peak within the top forty of various other countries.
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