Peso (song) explained

Peso
Cover:	ASAPRockyPeso.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	ASAP Rocky
Album:	Live. Love. ASAP
Released:	July 21, 2011^[1]
Recorded:	2011
Length:	2:50
Producer:	ASAP Ty Beats
Chronology:	ASAP Rocky
Next Title:	Hands on the Wheel
Next Year:	2012

"Peso" is the debut single by American rapper ASAP Rocky. Produced by his ASAP Mob cohort, ASAP Ty Beats, it was released through ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, and RCA Records as the lead single from his critically acclaimed breakout mixtape Live. Love. ASAP (2011). The song contains a sample of The S.O.S. Band's"No One's Gonna Love You", from their 1984 album Just the Way You Like It.^[2]

Music video

On December 13, 2011, the music video, directed by Abteen Bagheri, premiered on MTV2.^[3] After more than 17 million views on YouTube, A$AP Rocky was invited to tour as the opening act for Drake.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peso - Single by ASAP Rocky. 31 October 2011 . itunes.
2. Web site: ASAP Rocky's Peso sample of The S.O.S. Band's No One's Gonna Love You. WhoSampled.
3. Web site: Peso - ASAP Rocky. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110121210/http://www.mtv.com/videos/aap-rocky/714232/peso.jhtml. dead. January 10, 2012. MTV2.
4. Rodriguez, Jayson. "ROCKY'S ROAD." Billboard: The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, vol. 125, no. 3, 2013., pp. 32-33
5. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=a$ap rocky|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} ASAP Rocky - Chart History]. Billboard.