"Money Showers" is a song recorded by American rappers

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. It was released on November 11, 2016, as the third single from their collaborative album, ''

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''. The song, produced by Cool & Dre, features guest vocals from American singer Ty Dolla Sign. It samples Ralph Tresvant's 1991 R&B hit "

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" & Bobby Brown's 1988 single

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. The music video for the song premiered on January 12, 2017, via

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Release and composition

The song premiered on November 10, 2016, and the next day was released for digital download as a single on

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. "Money Showers" is the third single from Fat Joe and Remy Ma's collaborative album, ''

'', which was released on February 17, 2017. "Money Showers" is hip hop and R&B track. In an interview with ''Billboard'' magazine, Remy Ma explained the song's meaning; "'Money Showers' to me means being bestowed with an unlimited amount of everything; an excess of everything whether materialistic, emotional, sexual -- like total ecstasy". While talking about working with Ty Dolla Sign, Fat Joe said:

Critical reception

Jessie Morris from '' Complex'' wrote; "The song if fueled by a very smooth, R&B beat that makes it feel like the trio is channeling their old school sound. As always, Ma's hard-hitting bars provide the perfect offset to Joe's verses while Ty Dolla Sign polishes the whole thing from the background with some incredibly silky ad-libs." Emmanuel C.M. of '' XXL'' wrote that the song "sounds like it’s going to find its way on the charts too". ''

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'' praised Ty Dolla Sign's vocals saying that he "lays down some smooth melodies".

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wrote; "TY$ delivers a fire hook as usual, while Fat Joe and Remy Ma do what they do on the verse side of things."

Music video

The

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for "Money Showers" premiered on January 12, 2017, via streaming service

. It was uploaded to Fat Joe's

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channel on January 15, 2017. The Eif Rivera-directed video was filmed in Miami and was inspired by 1998 comedy/drama film, ''

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''. Actor Anthony Johnson, who appeared in the movie, also makes a

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in the video.

Live performances

On February 17, 2017, Fat Joe, Remy Ma and Ty Dolla $ign performed "Money $howers" on ''

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''. Joe and Ma performed the song with Sevyn Streeter (who sang Ty's verse) on '' The Wendy Williams Show'' on March 3, 2017.

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* * {{authority control 2016 songs 2016 singles Fat Joe songs Remy Ma songs Ty Dolla Sign songs Songs written by Remy Ma Songs written by Fat Joe Empire Distribution singles