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"Lil Wayne's 'Rebirth' a Strong Argument for Creative Abortion | Movie Reviews | Music Reviews". CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Birdman makes a cameo in the video around the end. The video ends with both artists in the boxing ring with Wayne shouting the final lyrics. Lil Wayne makes a wardrobe change during his second verse and during Minaj's verse they are both in a boxing arena with a large crowd performing. During the chorus Minaj sings into the camera wearing a wig that is split in half of blonde hair and green hair with pink hair underneath in the back. The video features Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj living out a high school fantasy where Minaj plays Wayne's Barbie love interest. The entire video was shot in front of a green-screen. The video premiered on May 29 of Memorial Day weekend along with videos of other singles from the Rebirth album including "Da Da Da", "Runnin' " with Shanell, and "Get a Life". A sneak peek of the video was shown on May 26, 2010. The video was shot by director David Rousseau on February 6, 2010, where Lil Wayne spent 48 hours shooting a variety of music videos for multiple songs. Entertainment Weekly felt the song wasn't suited for Wayne stating "Wayne turns his efforts to blink-182-style pop-punk bounce ('Get a Life,' 'Knockout') and Prince-ly funk fervor ('I'll Die for You'), neither of which suits him much better." The New York Times called the song a parody stating "The songs might have been better as parodies than as imitations, although 'Knockout' - a Coldplay homage backing a raunchy lyric - comes close to being both." Rolling Stone stated that the only reason the album was given a generous review is because of this track (along with others) although there is an overly heavy use of auto-tune. That’s a good analogy for the record as a whole." Culture Bully called it the worst track of the album, along with "The Price is Wrong", and added "'Knockout' stands as one of the best examples as to why vocoderized pop punk should not exist." AllHipHop stated that the song "possesses a fair balance of rock influenced music, but not offensive to his core base." Consequence of Sound commented that Minaj did a passable job and called the song a "tween rock anthem". Behind the Hype gave the song a negative review, stating " 'Knockout' sounds like it's set to an old Blink-182 drumbeat and guitar riff, but without any of the fun. The song received generally negative reviews by critics. This song also marks Minaj's first appearance on the chart.Īs of October 2010 the song sold 519,000 digital copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. The song debuted at forty-four on the US Billboard Hot 100 due to strong digital sales with the album's release. It features Nicki Minaj rapping near the end of the song and singing the chorus. " Knockout" is a song by Lil Wayne from his album Rebirth. Single by Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj "Church" featuring Hoodbaby, Euro and Gudda Guddaġ5.2010 single by Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj "Knockout" Lil Wayne's No Ceilings 3 Mixtape Tracklistĩ. Listen to Lil Wayne's No Ceilings 3 mixtape below. Wayne followed up with the second edition in November of 2015. That tape was finally released on streaming services over the summer. The first No Ceilings mixtape came out in 2009, and is considered one of the best mixtapes of the last two decades. The rapper was also recently hit with federal firearms charges. NC3 comes as a much-needed distraction for Lil Wayne, who has been catching heat for his association with President Trump.