Snitch (song)

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"Snitch"
Obie Trice Snitch single cover.jpg
Single by Obie Trice featuring Akon
from the album Second Round's on Me
ReleasedMarch 26, 2006 (2006-03-26)
Recorded2005
Genre
Length4:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Akon
Obie Trice singles chronology
"Wanna Know"
(2005)
"Snitch"
(2006)
"Cry Now"
(2006)
Akon singles chronology
"Pot of Gold"
(2005)
"Snitch"
(2006)
"I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)"
(2006)

"Snitch" is a song by American rapper Obie Trice, released as the first single from his second studio album Second Round's on Me (2006). The song features guest vocals from American singer Akon, who also produced the song and helped to write it along with Trice.

Contents

Critical reception

"Snitch" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Henry Adaso of About.com called "Snitch" a "potent single" and complimented the musical growth shown by Trice on the song, noted that it "signal[s] Trice's transition from the cartoonish Slim Shady accomplice that once underwhelmed... to a sole survivor." [1] However, in his review for Stylus Magazine, Jonathan Bradley called "Snitch" "an enjoyable but inessential track": he also felt it to be unoriginal, writing that it "sounds like every other Akon guest appearance on the market" and that Trice was "poorly served by hooking up with the hot guests of the moment". [2]

Track listing

Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM [3]
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Snitch" (clean)3:58
2."Snitch" (dirty)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:58
3."Snitch" (instrumental)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:59
4."Snitch" (acappella)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:58
Total length:15:53
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Snitch" (clean)3:58
2."Snitch" (dirty)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:58
3."Snitch" (instrumental)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:59
4."Snitch" (acappella)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:58
Total length:15:53
CD [4]
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Snitch" (clean)3:58
2."Snitch" (instrumental)
  • Trice
  • Thiam
  • Akon
3:59
Total length:7:57

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 39
France (SNEP) [6] 58
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 37
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 44
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard) [10] 11

Radio and release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United States [11] [12] March 28, 2006 Digital download Interscope Records
April 17, 2006 Urban contemporary radio
United Kingdom [13] [14] July 1, 2006Digital EP
September 4, 2006Digital download

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