A picture was uploaded by Rap-Up of Lil Wayne portraying a boxer. On January 20, 2011, Lil Wayne announced that there would be a music video for the single in the upcoming spring. He also performed it on 106 & Party Cash Money Young Money New Years. Lil Wayne performed the song on Saturday Night Live and New Year's Eve with Carson Daly. It is the second time the trio (Lil Wayne, Cory Gunz, Bangladesh) have worked together, after 2008's ' A Milli' (though Cory Gunz was not on the final version of that song). He said 'It's a monster,' and 'Hopefully, it shows people where I'm at lyrically.' Mack Maine, president of Young Money and fellow labelmate, called it ' A Milli on steroids.' The track was originally intended for rapper T.I., but the Atlantic records manager who also co-manages Lil Wayne, decided Lil Wayne would be a better fit, reuniting Lil Wayne and producer Bangladesh for the first time since 'A Milli' after the royalty dispute between Bangladesh and Cash Money on that song.

Before the song was officially released, Shade 45's DJ Drama interviewed Lil Wayne and he talked about the single. In the original version of the single, Lil Wayne is absent due to his prison sentence. The track is the first single Lil Wayne recorded following his release from prison on November 4, 2010, though it is the second song on which he has appeared since his prison release, after the final version of Birdman's single ' Fire Flame', on which he had 2 verses.

It made everybody who didn't know Cory Gunz, 'Who is that?' 'Дon't miss the premiere of Lil Wayne's '6 Foot 7 Foot' video at 7:54 p.m.'6 Foot 7 Foot' is the first single off Tha Carter IV. It's like I'm forcing it on you, you got to hear this. 'So, I knew people were going to look at my first record like, 'I want to know what he's talking about on his first record.' And, I gave you the jewel at the end. 'Cause, of course, I've done a bunch of features, and I'm quite sure whoever I did a feature for, as soon as I came home they put it out 'cause it got Wayne on here. because I know that people were waiting to see what I'll say on my first record, my first Lil Wayne record. 'You know, I put Nicki on the right songs, I put Drake on the right songs I picked the right song,' Wayne told MTV News last month about the decision. Wayne and Williams also, of course, included a scene in which the rapper falls into a tub of cold water to wake him up from a dream, a direct nod to 'Inception.'ДЄlthough Wayne had fun with the visuals, he didn't stray from his duties as a businessman with the track or the video, making sure to include new Young Money signee Cory Gunz. Throughout the production, Wayne shot more than 40 scenes and changed outfits upwards of 20 times. 'You know father time and we all know mother nature/ It's all in the family but I am of no relation.' 'Life is a bitch and death is her sister/ Sleep is the cousin, what a f-ing family picture,' Wayne raps on the song as a pair of beauties with contrasting makeup (one represents life, the other death) flash on the screen. The result is a marriage of the two concepts, with Lil Wayne's witty rhymes imparting themselves into the listener's consciousness Г la Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' with their punch lines. You are considered one of the best, and you have to show them why,' ' Hype told Wayne. But sometimes people may think you shoot a video that makes it seem like you go for looks, instead of actually getting these people to understand what you're talking about.

You shoot great videos, don't get me wrong. ' 'I like the little 'Inception' thing, but if I'm going to shoot a video with you, I really want to capitalize on your bars to make people get the stuff you're saying. 'When I got with him he was like, 'It's time for you to shoot a video,' ' Wayne recalled Hype telling him when MTV News visited the video set in Miami.

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