Shooter (song)

"Shooter"
Single by Lil Wayne featuring Robin Thicke
from the album Tha Carter II, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, and Like Father, Like Son
Released	April 9, 2006
Format	12"
Recorded	CMR Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana: 2005
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	4:35
Label	Cash Money, Universal, Star Trak, Interscope
Writer(s)	D. Carter, R. Thicke
Producer(s)	Robin Thicke
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Hustler Musik" (2006) "Shooter" (2006) "Gimme That (Remix)" (2006) Robin Thicke singles chronology "Wanna Love U Girl" (2006) "Shooter" (2006) "Lost Without U" (2006)

"Shooter" is the third single from Lil Wayne's fifth studio album Tha Carter II, and is the second single on Robin Thicke's second studio album The Evolution of Robin Thicke. The song was also featured on the Like Father, Like Son bonus disc. The song samples the electric piano from Vic Juris’ "Horizon Drive," which was also sampled in and is recognizable from Gang Starr's "Mass Appeal." It is a remake of Robin Thicke's "Oh Shooter", from his first album A Beautiful World, which was inspired by Thicke's real-life experience of being caught in a bank robbery when he was 18.^[1]

Music video

Directed by Benny Boom, the video is an interpretation of the 1986 Run-DMC video "Walk This Way", with Thicke and Wayne in neighboring apartments representing R&B and Dirty South respectively. The video shows both artists' different lifestyles as they begin to overlap each other, culminating in both artists performing onstage.

In popular culture

It was featured in the 2008 film Rambo.

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	97

References

1. Reid, Shaheem. "In Thicke’s Corner: Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell". MTV.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.