"Hi Hater" is a song by American rapper Maino, released as his commercial debut single and the

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from his debut album, '' If Tomorrow Comes...'' (2009). The song is featured in the video game '' Midnight Club: Los Angeles''.

Background

The song was co-produced by Mista Raja and Maino. The song primarily samples hip hop legend Jimmy Spicer's hit song, "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)".

Music video

The

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for the song was directed by Dan the Man and mostly takes place in Bed-Stuy,

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, which is Maino's hometown.

Charts

Remix

A remix of "Hi Hater" was released in June 2008, featuring

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s from fellow American rappers

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, T.I., Plies, Jadakiss and

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. The remix was included on Maino's fourth

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''Maino is the Future'', which was hosted by

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and released in October 2008.

Music video

The music video for the remix, directed by Mazik Saevitz, was released September 11, 2008. It was shot at Cinema World Studios in Brooklyn, where American recording artists Lil Wayne, Mýa, Big Kuntry King,

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and Red Cafe, all showed up to make

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s. The set up of the video begins with T.I. parodying P. Diddy's appearance in the " Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)" music video, when he says "Hatas, Come out and play" while knocking two coke bottles together, which in turned parodied '' The Warriors''. The video features the artist in front of a white background, rapping there verses. At the end of each of the verses, The artists' hand prints appear on screen in different colors, Maino's purple at the end of the video, T.I.'s orange,

's dark green, Plies's yellow, and Jadakiss's blue.

does not use his hand, but uses the hand of one of the video girls, the last hand print is pink.Maino: "Hi Hater" Remix (Video)
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References

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