Background
"Transparency" was originally a Chris Brown song featuring 2 Chainz,that was supposed to be included on his tenth studio album Breezy (2022),and sampled Michael Jackson's 1982 song "The Lady In My Life". [4] However,the song wasn't released,with Brown stating in 2022:"We couldn't clear the sample and we felt it took away from the song if that music wasn't there",unofficially releasing a solo version of it on his Instagram account. [4]
The track was later taken by 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne for their 2023 collaborative studio album Welcome 2 Collegrove ,enlisting Fridayy,Hitmaka,Mike Dean,Paul Cabbin and Tarik Beats to rearrange its instrumental,and Usher to perform the song's chorus.
Critical reception
Slant commented the song saying that it's "a repurposing of a previously leaked Chris Brown song. It’s supposedly a somewhat serious song about integrity,but the two rappers groaningly take the titular concept literally,making cracks about,among other things,see-through garments". [5] HipHopDX stated that the song "feel[s] dated and slapdash",adding that it "rips lyrics from the chorus of a 2021 Chris Brown song of the same name,sounds like a lazy reach for radio play". [6]
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