Having spent the majority of the early part of his career behind the control board and not the mic, Kid Ink crafting his production skills working with multi-platinum artists like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sean Kingston as well Yung Berg and Nipsey Hussle. Production came natural for Kid Ink, "I started making the beats because I already had several artists trying the rap thing out, so I thought I would be more useful supplying the production." But sitting behind the board was not enough for Kid Ink. Just a few short years ago, Kid Ink picked up the mic and a new contender in the Hip-Hop game was born.
Honing his skills as a songwriter creating hooks for his beats, Kid Ink stepped up his lyrical repertoire with full length and completed songs.
2010 was a breakout year in the young rapper’s career. Teaming up with world-renowned DJ ill Will and DJ Rockstar’s newly formed Tha Alumni Music Group; Kid Ink became more focused in his grind and began working on the underground hit, Crash Landing Mixtape. His hard work paid off and the music industry began to take notice. Within 10 days of its release, Crash Landing garnered critical acclaim, a position at the top of Datpiff.com’s ‘Top Mixtapes of the Week’ section and amassed an astonishing 50 thousand downloads.
After Crash Landings’ debut, national and international request to perform rolled in. Kid Ink has toured the states with stops in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, Kansas City and Buffalo; and internationally in Toronto, Canada, Zurich, Switzerland, Melbourne, Australia and Krasnador, Russia.
Solidifying himself as a real MC, Kid Ink garnered career-defining features from Hip-Hop and R&B stars including Young Money's Gudda Gudda, Roscoe Dash, Sterling Simms, Bei Maejor, Meek Mill and many more. Kid Ink’s uncompromising work ethic would not allow him to rest on his more than impressive laurels; there needed to be a ‘visual’ movement to showcase his innovative style and unique persona.
Lensed by Director Alex Nazari, Kid Ink released an astounding 8 cutting-edge music videos in 2010 alone. Tearing the Net to shreds, to date his now 26 released videos have garnered a very impressive 50 plus million views.
2011 continued to be phenomenal for the young MC. Having released his (free to the public) sophomore album Daydreamer on June 21st via the internet, the lyrical juggernaut accumulated over 150 thousand downloads in its first week. Fans went ballistic over the album that featured all original production from the likes of The Runners, Lex Luger, Jahlil Beats, Cardiak & Tha Bizness as well as major features from the Cory Gunz, Meek Mill, Ray J, Sean Kingston, Dorrough, Bei Maejor and more.
Bucking the norm of waiting for a major label deal to kick off his career, the rapper has taken his fate in to his own hands and crafted an internet campaign that rivals many of the acts resting high on the Billboard charts. With videos under his belt including Internet sensations “Lowkey Poppin,” “Please” and “Cali Dreamin,’” Kid Ink is definitely rockin’ to his own beat.
Kid Ink continued his 2011 tear by releasing “Wheels Up,” yet another all original Mixtape on October 10th to an overwhelming response. Once again outdoing the numbers his previous project accumulated. Following the release of “Wheels Up,” Ink has been on a mini “Wheels Up” tour including stops in the Bay Area, Denmark, New York, Boston, Toronto, Denver & Chicago to name a few, performing to packed crowds of 600-2,000.
Ink started 2012 red hot as the first single “Time Of Your Life” off his debut album “Up & Away” was picked up in early January by radio & the first week this song was released on iTunes it sold a staggering 20k copies. “Time Of Your Life” peaked at #32 on the Rythmic Radio Charts with 750+ spins a week and has reached an audience of over 100 million selling 160k + singles Independently. In addition, the official video for “Time Of Your Life” has reached over 12 million views on Youtube and was added to regular rotation on MTV Jams and MTV2. Following the success of “Time Of Your Life” and the follow up single “Drippin,” Ink launched his Indie album “Up & Away” in June to commercial success with 20k albums sold the 1st week in the US reaching top 20 on Billboard charts (All Albums) and #2 that week in Hip-Hop/Rap. Immediately following the success of “Up & Away” Ink toured the US, selling out shows throughout the Country including 6 Summer Jam concerts, followed by a headlining “Up & Away” UK Tour that included 25 shows in 35 days – selling out 18 of the shows. “Up & Away” has sold well over 50k albums to date (US) & over 70k worldwide.
After the immediate sales success of “Up & Away,” Ink found himself in a bidding war with all the major labels. Ink decided to cap off his career defining 2012 with another Mixtape in November of 2012 titled “Rocketshipshawty” which has done well over 600k downloads online, followed by 6 videos off the project. Starting off the New Year in 2012 Ink decided to sign a major label deal with RCA Records. On January 3rd, 2013 Ink announced his signing and launched his debut Major Label single “Bad Ass” feat MMG heavyweights Wale & Meek Mill.
His Internet game is just as tight as his rap game. His website, www.kidinkmusic.com gets between 90,000 and 150,000 hits a month, his Facebook page has over a 500,000 Likes, his Twitter game is continually growing with 300k plus Followers, Instagram over 260k follows and via HotNewHipHop.com Kid Ink has a staggering 13 million + digital downloads.
Blackout feat Meek Mill
Kid Ink Lyrics
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I see you with your friends and your ass out
Just left stage, 'bout to cash out
One more drink and I'ma pass out
Can't nobody see me? It's a blackout
Blackout, blackout can't nobody see me?
Blackout, blackout
If you getting money, pull your cash out
I said I'm turned up, maxed out
New money, but I just pulled a stash out
Huh, couldn't see me in a glass house
And my bitch way better than my last spouse
Hey, so tell me what you wanna do
Big bank take little bank
I'm Chase and bitch you are WAMU
I'm on some other shit
So can you please get off my stool?
I am the man up in this bitch, I do it big
Give me my room
Or I could give the business
But this right here is none of y'all
Nobody could fuck with me
It must be the nuin y'all
Watch me throw it up
Throw it up 'cause I can't stomach y'all
I'm 'bout to take your bitch nigga and
This is how I cum in her
Ayy girl
I see you with your friends and your ass out
Just left stage, 'bout to cash out
One more drink and I'ma pass out
Can't nobody see me? It's a blackout
Blackout, blackout can't nobody see me?
Blackout, blackout
If you getting money, pull your cash out
Diamonds in my chain, Whoopi Goldberg
Black as shit
Black Breitling all on my wrist
Bitch I'm Bernie Macking it
Get some GEICO for that ho
Before it be a accident
'Cause I be shitting on these niggas
Like I took a laxative i break a bitch down
Like I break a brick down
Chopper with a drum, ho eighty six rounds
I could make it rain and
Make a hater sit down
And I ain't tryna save no chick
I'm tryna make a bitch drown
And I be swimming all in that money
Diving all in that paper
Black phantom with no tint
Styling all on them haters
Your team versus my team
Cavaliers versus Lakers
I make a movie all on your bitch, scream
"Free tip" I take her
Ayy girl
I see you with your friends and your ass out
Just left stage, 'bout to cash out
One more drink and I'ma pass out
Can't nobody see me? It's a blackout
Blackout, blackout can't nobody see me?
Blackout, blackout
If you getting money, pull your cash out
In Kid Ink's song Blackout, featuring Meek Mill, the lyrics begin with the singer noticing a girl at a party with her friends, and her "ass out." The singer indicates that he is about to leave the stage and cash out, and take one more drink before passing out. The chorus repeats the lines "can't nobody see me" as a way to emphasize the theme of the song, which is that he is completely free and unconstrained, and can't be touched by any negative force.
Then, Meek Mill's verse begins, and he asserts that he is turned up, maxed out, and boasts about his wealth. He compares himself and the girl he's addressing to two banks, with him being Chase, and the girl as a lesser known bank, Washington Mutual (WAMU). He explains that he is so wealthy that he couldn't even be seen in a glass house, and lays out his unique status as the dominant figure in the party.
The last verse repeats the chorus and describes Kid Ink's desire to make a girl drown in pleasure, as well as his disregard for wealth. He describes himself swimming in money and being unstoppable. He's living life the way he wants to, throwing up his arms in the air as if he can't stomach the people who doubt him. In general, the song is about enjoying everything that life has to offer, and living life on your own terms without any limitations.
Line by Line Meaning
Ayy girl
Hey girl
I see you with your friends and your ass out
I notice you and your friends with your revealing clothing
Just left stage, 'bout to cash out
I just finished performing and I'm about to get paid
One more drink and I'ma pass out
If I have another drink, I'm going to get drunk and pass out
Can't nobody see me? It's a blackout
I'm so drunk that I feel invisible. I'm blackout drunk
Blackout, blackout can't nobody see me?
I'm repeating that I'm blackout drunk and no one can see me
If you getting money, pull your cash out
If you're making money, take it out in cash
I said I'm turned up, maxed out
I'm very drunk and at my limit
New money, but I just pulled a stash out
I have a lot of money, and I just took some of it out of my hiding spot
Couldn't see me in a glass house
I'm wealthy, and I'm not afraid of people seeing how much money I have
And my bitch way better than my last spouse
My current girlfriend is much better than my ex-wife
So tell me what you wanna do
What do you want to do with me?
Big bank take little bank
The person with more money wins
I'm Chase and bitch you are WAMU
I have more money than you. I'm Chase Bank and you're a smaller bank like WAMU
I'm on some other shit
I'm doing my own thing
So can you please get off my stool?
Can you please stop bothering me?
I am the man up in this bitch, I do it big
I'm in charge here, and I do things extravagantly
Give me my room
Leave me alone
Or I could give the business
Or I could treat you badly
But this right here is none of y'all
This is not your business
Nobody could fuck with me
There's no one who can compete with me
It must be the nuin y'all
It must be new to you all
Watch me throw it up
Watch me throw my money in the air
Throw it up 'cause I can't stomach y'all
I can't stand you all, so I'm throwing my money
I'm 'bout to take your bitch nigga and
I'm about to steal your girlfriend and
This is how I cum in her
This is how I have sex with her
Diamonds in my chain, Whoopi Goldberg
There are diamonds in my chain, like the famous actress Whoopi Goldberg
Black as shit
My skin color is very dark
Black Breitling all on my wrist
I'm wearing a black Breitling watch on my wrist
Bitch I'm Bernie Macking it
I'm acting like Bernie Mac, a famous comedian
Get some GEICO for that ho
The girl you're with needs car insurance, put some GEICO on her
Before it be a accident
Before there's a problem or issue
'Cause I be shitting on these niggas
I'm doing better than everyone else
Like I took a laxative
I'm doing so well that it's like I took a laxative
I break a bitch down
I'm good at breaking down girls
Like I break a brick down
I'm good at breaking down drugs
Chopper with a drum, ho eighty six rounds
I have a gun with a drum magazine, which can hold 86 rounds
I could make it rain and
I can throw a lot of money in the air and
Make a hater sit down
Make my enemies jealous and intimidated
And I ain't tryna save no chick
I'm not trying to rescue or save any girls
I'm tryna make a bitch drown
I'm trying to make a girl so overwhelmed with pleasure that she feels like she's drowning
And I be swimming all in that money
I'm swimming in all of my wealth
Diving all in that paper
I'm diving into my money
Black phantom with no tint
I'm riding in a black Rolls-Royce Phantom without tinted windows
Styling all on them haters
I'm showing off for the people who dislike me
Your team versus my team
Your group compared to my group
Cavaliers versus Lakers
A comparison between two basketball teams
I make a movie all on your bitch, scream
I have a lot of sex with your girlfriend, and she screams a lot
"Free tip" I take her
I'll take your girlfriend, and it won't cost you anything
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meek mill and kid ink= best duo ever
Lane Campbell
Beat is sick
Shawn Freshley
this goes hard!
Waqas Ahmed
@MrCubano3311 Can't believe this song isn't blown, so underrated.
Christopher Totten
Meek killed this song
James Baxter
The three dislikes are Lil wayne, 50 cent, and Drake.
mayur padhiyar
lex luger delivers again
Pjay S
DAAAAAAAAAAMN !
Simao Abilionaire
why is wiz khalifa gonna dislike it?
Landon Waisner
Who still bumping in 2021?😈