"Slime You Out" is a song by Canadian rapper

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featuring American singer-songwriter

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. It was released through

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and

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as the lead single from Drake's eighth studio album, ''

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'', on September 15, 2023 to mixed reviews. The R&B song was produced by Drake himself and Noel Cadastre and co-produced by 40, Bnyx, and Dalton Tennant, and written by the five alongside SZA, Chris Powell, and Grant Lapointe, due to the song sampling "Just Ask Me" by the Soul Superbs. It debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Drake's twelfth and SZA's second number-one single on the chart.

Background

Both artists were first linked together in the lyrics of " Mr. Right Now" (2020), when Drake revealed that he had dated her back in 2008. SZA initially responded by unfollowing the rapper on

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. However, she later confirmed that they indeed dated back in 2009 and that it was "all love all peace". In December 2022, she once again confirmed that they have had always been "cool" with each other. On September 14, 2023, Drake and SZA shared a single cover of

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covered in

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at the

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on their social media, alluding to a collaboration. However, the posts did not contain any further information besides the artists tagging each other. Berry voiced out her disappointment in Drake on Instagram, stating that when she was asked by the rapper's team to give him permission to use her picture as a single cover, she refused. The single was eventually announced on September 15, without the cover.

Reception

"Slime You Out" received mainly mixed reviews from critics, with SZA's feature receiving praise and the lyrics receiving criticism. ''

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''s Kyle Denis ranks the track at #15 out of the 23 songs on Drake's ''

''. In his review of the song, he stated that the track is "far from the worst offering on ''For All the Dogs''." He noted that "there are at least some real stakes and tension," however, "it’s still miles away from the surefire stunner that a SZA-Drake duet should be, but it’s not a complete waste of space." American radio host Charlamagne tha God said on his podcast “Drake put out a song last Friday and nobody cared” as well as “Well, it's Drake and SZA. People’s curiosity is going to make them go stream the record and of course, radio is going to play the hell out of it.” Drake responded calling Charlamagne an “off brand

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”. Charlamagne later joked his hate for the song was planned after it hit number one “I told y’all yesterday that Drake and I plan these things every time he drops certain records. He wants me to hate on them because all noise is great noise nowadays. And I told y’all the play but nobody believes me ’cause I'm lying. But you should believe me even when I'm lying.” Fans also had problems with the lyrics, accusing the singer of "treating women like slaves".

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References

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