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Tramar Dillard born September 17 1979 In Miami Florida Better Known By His Stage Name Flo Rida Is An American Rapper And Hip Hopper Signed To Poe Boy Entertainment. He Began His Rap/hip Hop Career Touring With 2 Live Crew And Was Then Featured On DJ Khaled's Album "We The Best" In 2006. He Released His Debut Album Mail On Sunday In 2008 And It's Lead Single Low Featuring T-Pain Held A Run Of 10 Weeks At #1 On The Billboard Hot 100. In 2009 He Released His Second Album R.O.O.T.S And Its First Single Right Round Featuring Ke$ha Was #1 For Six Weeks. Flo Rida's First Single From His Fourth Album Only One Rida Part 2 Is "Good Feeling." A Reworking Of Etta James' 1961 Tune "Something's Got A Hold On Me " The Song Was Released To ITunes On August 29th 2011. Good Feeling Songfacts . Dillard Was Born In The 187th Street Projects Of Carol City Florida. His Single Mother Raised Him And His Seven Sisters Some Of Whom Sang In A Local Gospel Group. As A Teenager Dillard Worked With Local Rap Group 2 Live Crew And Formed His Own Amateur Group With Some Friends Called The Groundhoggz. His Work With 2 Live Crew Member Fresh Kid Ice Attracted Attention Of DeVante Swing A Member Of The Band Jodeci. However He Was Rejected By Several Of The Major Labels So He Sought Many Other Jobs Outside Of Music. After Graduating From High School In 1998 He Studied International Business Management At The University Of Nevada Las Vegas For Two Years And Attended Barry University For Two Months. He Returned To Florida To Continue Pursuing His Music Career After Receiving A Phone Call From A Representative Of The Independent Label Poe Boy Entertainment. Dillard Signed With Poe Boy In 2006 And As Flo Rida He Began Affiliating With Other Florida Rappers Such As Rick Ross Trina T-Pain And Trick Daddy. A Promotional Street Single Entitled "Birthday" Featuring Rick Ross Was His First Significant Release. He Made His Debut Guest Appearance With The Song "Bitch I'm From Dade County" On DJ Khaled's Album We The Best Which Featured Trick Daddy Trina Rick Ross Brisco C-Ride And Dre. Music Career Rehearsing For The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards In Toronto. Flo Rida Received Worldwide Acclaim And Popularity With The Chart-Topping Success Of His First Single "Low" Featuring T-Pain. It Was His First Official Single From His Debut Album Mail On Sunday And The Soundtrack To The Movie Step Up 2 The Streets. "Low" Reached #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. "Elevator" Featuring Timbaland "In The Ayer" Featuring Will.I.Am And "Roll" Featuring Sean Kingston Followed And All Charted On The Hot 100 And Other Charts. After The Success Of Mail On Sunday Flo Rida Made Guest Performances On Other R&B Rap And Pop Singles Including "Move Shake Drop" By DJ Laz "We Break The Dawn" By Michelle Williams The Remix Of "4 Minutes" By Madonna "Running Back" By Australian R&B Singer Jessica Mauboy "Feel It" By DJ Felli Fel And The Remix Of "Speedin'" By Rick Ross. During The Summer Of 2008 He Did Live Performances On The Fox Dance Competition Program So You Think You Can Dance In The US 7 And 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards In Canada. He Appeared On The Albums We Global By DJ Khaled Gutta By Ace Hood And The Fame By Lady Gaga Among Others. R.O.O.T.S. 2009 According To Billboard Magazine Flo Rida Began Recording His Sophomore Nine Months After Mail On Sunday. The Album Is Titled R.O.O.T.S. And Was Released On March 31 2009. The First Single "Right Round" Was Released For Airplay In January Of 2009. "Right Round" Jumped From Number 58 To The Top Spot In One Week In Late February. It The Song Broke A Record For The Most Digital One Week Sales In The U.S. With 636 000 Beating The Previous Record He Had Set Himself With "Low". The Second Official Single Was "Sugar" Which Featured R&B Singer Wynter Gordon. The Song Reached At #5 On The Billboard Hot 100. Other Singles Were "Jump" Featuring Nelly Furtado The Promotional Single For The Animated Film G-Force And "Be On You" Featuring Ne-Yo Which Reached #19 On The Hot 100. The Only One 2010 Flo Rida Announced On Twitter In March 2010 That His Next Album Would Be Titled The Only One. The Buzz Single "Zoosk Girl" Featuring T-Pain Was Leaked Online On March 28. J-Rock Produced "Zoosk Girl". "Club Can't Handle Me" Is Confirmed To Be The First Official Single. It Will Also Be The From The Soundtrack For Step Up 3-D. Flo Rida Also Made A Guest Appearance On IYiYi A Song By Australian Pop/R&B Artist Cody Simpson. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
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"Right Round" Is Flo Rida's First Single From His Second Studio Album R.O.O.T.S. The Song Was Released For Airplay On January 20 2009 And Reached Number One In The United States Canada Australia Ireland And The UK. It Is Heavily Based Around Dead Or Alive's 1985 Single "You Spin Me Round Like A Record ". Flo Rida's A&R At Atlantic Records Brought The Beat For "Right Round" To Flo Rida's Attention. They Went To The Studio To Experiment And Matched The Song To The "You Spin Me Round Like A Record " Theme. DJ And Audio Mixer Dr. Luke Provided The Dead Or Alive Sample. He Produced The Track And Flo Rida Recorded His Vocals Onto It. Following The Release Of The Album Mixed Reviews Came To The Song. Allmusic While Calling The Song A "horribly Infectious Single Created By Producer Doctor Luke" Chose It As A Track Pick For The Album. HipHopDx Criticized The Feature Guest Ke$ha But Praised The Song "The Lead Single “Right Round” Features Newcomer Ke$ha And While The Sample Works Perfectly A Simple Substitution Of Keri Hilson Would Have Given This Song More Leverage." Meanwhile In The UK Noted Urban Writer Pete Lewis Of 'Blues & Soul' Stated "Flo Rida Finally Proves He's No One-Trick-Pony With The Uptempo Track 'Right Round' Effectively Relying On A Familiar Euro-Dance Sample To Bring The Party". However Alex Fletcher Of Digital Spy Gave The Song Two Stars Out Of Five And Wrote "It's Pretty Difficult To Ruin A Pop Classic But Flo Rida Gives It A Pretty Good Stab Here". Fletcher Described The Song As "an Unpleasant Affair That's Only Saved From The Trashcan By Its Sample" And Concluded That The "fuzzy Synths Electro Beats And Infectious Chorus Hook Sung By Ke$ha Are Almost Enough To Fool The Casual Listener Into Enjoying Themselves. But Sadly It's Never Too Long Before Flo Rida Turns Up Again To Spoil Things". "Right Round" Debuted At Number 74 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Peaked At Number 1 The Week Ending February 28 2009 Selling 636 000 Digital Copies In Its First Week Just One Week Prior Eminem's Crack A Bottle With 467 000 Sold. This Was The Biggest First-Week Sales In Digital History Even Breaking The Previous Record Flo Rida Had Set With "Low" In December 2007. In Its Second Week The Song Sold An Additional 460 000 Downloads The Third Highest One-Week Total Ever Topping The One Million Mark In Paid Downloads In Just Two Weeks And Becoming The Fastest Million-Selling Download Ever In The US. The Song Also Became The Fastest 2 Million-Selling Download Ever Topping The 2 Million Mark In Just 5 Weeks Of Release. After Eleven Weeks The Song Topped The 3 Million Mark Becoming The Fastest 3 Million-Selling Download Ever Breaking His Own Record Set In February 2008 When "Low" Hit The 3 Million Mark In 17 Weeks. Flo Rida Is Only The Fourth Lead Artist To Have Two Songs Reach The 3 Million Download Mark. "Right Round" Held The #1 Spot On The Billboard 100 For 6 Consecutive Weeks Before Being Succeeded By "Poker Face" By Lady Gaga. In Canada It Debuted At Number 75 On The Canadian Hot 100 And Rose To Number 47 The Next Week And Number One The Week After For Being The "Airplay Gainer". It Was Beaten Off The Number-One Position By The Black Eyed Peas' Single "Boom Boom Pow" From April 18 Until April 25 When It Regained The Top Spot On The Chart. The Song Entered The UK Singles Chart At #1 On 8 March 2009 On Downloads Alone Holding Off Strong Competition From The Comic Relief 2009 Single "Just Can't Get Enough" By The Saturdays Something Which Flo Rida Later Apologised For Feeling Guilty For Beating A Charity Single To The Top Spot. It Is Flo Rida's Most Successful Single In The UK To Date After "Low" Peaked At #2 Just Under A Year Prior. "Right Round" Also Spent Five Consecutive Weeks At #1 On The UK R&B Chart And Two Consecutive Weeks On The Download Chart Causing It To Stay Atop The Hit40uk Chart The Week It Got Knocked Of The UK Singles Chart #1 Spot. The Song Debuted At Number 4 On The Irish Singles Chart Purely From Downloads Alone And Rose To Number 2 The Next Week. In Australia The Song Debuted At Number One Based On Downloads Alone. This Is Flo Rida's Second Australian Number-One Single After "Low" In 2008. It Is The First Single To Debut At The Number One Spot Since Kylie Minogue's "2 Hearts" In November 2007. "Right Round" Became A Hit Internationally Reaching The Top Ten In New Zealand Switzerland Denmark Austria Belgium Norway Finland Japan Israel Spain France Germany And Luxembourg. On ITunes In Italy It Was The First Hip Hop Song To Reach The Top Ten Since Snoop Dogg's Sensual Seduction.
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Tramar Dillard born September 17 1979 In Miami Florida Better Known By His Stage Name Flo Rida Is An American Rapper And Hip Hopper Signed To Poe Boy Entertainment. He Began His Rap/hip Hop Career Touring With 2 Live Crew And Was Then Featured On DJ Khaled's Album "We The Best" In 2006. He Released His Debut Album Mail On Sunday In 2008 And It's Lead Single Low Featuring T-Pain Held A Run Of 10 Weeks At #1 On The Billboard Hot 100. In 2009 He Released His Second Album R.O.O.T.S And Its First Single Right Round Featuring Ke$ha Was #1 For Six Weeks. Flo Rida's First Single From His Fourth Album Only One Rida Part 2 Is "Good Feeling." A Reworking Of Etta James' 1961 Tune "Something's Got A Hold On Me " The Song Was Released To ITunes On August 29th 2011. Good Feeling Songfacts . Dillard Was Born In The 187th Street Projects Of Carol City Florida. His Single Mother Raised Him And His Seven Sisters Some Of Whom Sang In A Local Gospel Group. As A Teenager Dillard Worked With Local Rap Group 2 Live Crew And Formed His Own Amateur Group With Some Friends Called The Groundhoggz. His Work With 2 Live Crew Member Fresh Kid Ice Attracted Attention Of DeVante Swing A Member Of The Band Jodeci. However He Was Rejected By Several Of The Major Labels So He Sought Many Other Jobs Outside Of Music. After Graduating From High School In 1998 He Studied International Business Management At The University Of Nevada Las Vegas For Two Years And Attended Barry University For Two Months. He Returned To Florida To Continue Pursuing His Music Career After Receiving A Phone Call From A Representative Of The Independent Label Poe Boy Entertainment. Dillard Signed With Poe Boy In 2006 And As Flo Rida He Began Affiliating With Other Florida Rappers Such As Rick Ross Trina T-Pain And Trick Daddy. A Promotional Street Single Entitled "Birthday" Featuring Rick Ross Was His First Significant Release. He Made His Debut Guest Appearance With The Song "Bitch I'm From Dade County" On DJ Khaled's Album We The Best Which Featured Trick Daddy Trina Rick Ross Brisco C-Ride And Dre. Music Career Rehearsing For The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards In Toronto. Flo Rida Received Worldwide Acclaim And Popularity With The Chart-Topping Success Of His First Single "Low" Featuring T-Pain. It Was His First Official Single From His Debut Album Mail On Sunday And The Soundtrack To The Movie Step Up 2 The Streets. "Low" Reached #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. "Elevator" Featuring Timbaland "In The Ayer" Featuring Will.I.Am And "Roll" Featuring Sean Kingston Followed And All Charted On The Hot 100 And Other Charts. After The Success Of Mail On Sunday Flo Rida Made Guest Performances On Other R&B Rap And Pop Singles Including "Move Shake Drop" By DJ Laz "We Break The Dawn" By Michelle Williams The Remix Of "4 Minutes" By Madonna "Running Back" By Australian R&B Singer Jessica Mauboy "Feel It" By DJ Felli Fel And The Remix Of "Speedin'" By Rick Ross. During The Summer Of 2008 He Did Live Performances On The Fox Dance Competition Program So You Think You Can Dance In The US 7 And 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards In Canada. He Appeared On The Albums We Global By DJ Khaled Gutta By Ace Hood And The Fame By Lady Gaga Among Others. R.O.O.T.S. 2009 According To Billboard Magazine Flo Rida Began Recording His Sophomore Nine Months After Mail On Sunday. The Album Is Titled R.O.O.T.S. And Was Released On March 31 2009. The First Single "Right Round" Was Released For Airplay In January Of 2009. "Right Round" Jumped From Number 58 To The Top Spot In One Week In Late February. It The Song Broke A Record For The Most Digital One Week Sales In The U.S. With 636 000 Beating The Previous Record He Had Set Himself With "Low". The Second Official Single Was "Sugar" Which Featured R&B Singer Wynter Gordon. The Song Reached At #5 On The Billboard Hot 100. Other Singles Were "Jump" Featuring Nelly Furtado The Promotional Single For The Animated Film G-Force And "Be On You" Featuring Ne-Yo Which Reached #19 On The Hot 100.
The Only One 2010 Flo Rida Announced On Twitter In March 2010 That His Next Album Would Be Titled The Only One. The Buzz Single "Zoosk Girl" Featuring T-Pain Was Leaked Online On March 28. J-Rock Produced "Zoosk Girl". "Club Can't Handle Me" Is Confirmed To Be The First Official Single. It Will Also Be The From The Soundtrack For Step Up 3-D. Flo Rida Also Made A Guest Appearance On IYiYi A Song By Australian Pop/R&B Artist Cody Simpson. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
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"Right Round" is Flo Rida's first single from his second studio album, R.O.O.T.S. The song was released for airplay on January 20, 2009, and reached number one in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the UK. It is heavily based around Dead or Alive's 1985 single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".
Flo Rida's A&R at Atlantic Records brought the beat for "Right Round" to Flo Rida's attention. They went to the studio to experiment, and matched the song to the "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" theme. DJ and audio mixer Dr. Luke provided the Dead or Alive sample. He produced the track and Flo Rida recorded his vocals onto it.
Following the release of the album, mixed reviews came to the song. Allmusic, while calling the song a "horribly infectious single created by producer Doctor Luke", chose it as a track pick for the album. HipHopDx criticized the feature guest, Ke$ha, but praised the song, "The lead single “Right Round” features newcomer Ke$ha, and while the sample works perfectly, a simple substitution of Keri Hilson would have given this song more leverage."
Meanwhile, in the UK noted urban writer Pete Lewis of 'Blues & Soul' stated "Flo Rida finally proves he's no one-trick-pony, with the uptempo track 'Right Round' effectively relying on a familiar Euro-dance sample to bring the party".
However Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy gave the song two stars out of five and wrote, "It's pretty difficult to ruin a pop classic, but Flo Rida gives it a pretty good stab here". Fletcher described the song as "an unpleasant affair that's only saved from the trashcan by its sample", and concluded that the "fuzzy synths, electro beats and infectious chorus hook sung by Ke$ha are almost enough to fool the casual listener into enjoying themselves. But sadly it's never too long before Flo Rida turns up again to spoil things".
"Right Round" debuted at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 1 the week ending February 28, 2009, selling 636,000 digital copies in its first week just one week prior Eminem's Crack A Bottle with 467,000 sold. This was the biggest first-week sales in digital history, even breaking the previous record Flo Rida had set with "Low" in December 2007. In its second week, the song sold an additional 460,000 downloads, the third highest one-week total ever, topping the one million mark in paid downloads in just two weeks and becoming the fastest million-selling download ever in the US. The song also became the fastest 2 million-selling download ever, topping the 2 million mark in just 5 weeks of release. After eleven weeks, the song topped the 3 million mark, becoming the fastest 3 million-selling download ever, breaking his own record, set in February, 2008 when "Low" hit the 3 million mark in 17 weeks. Flo Rida is only the fourth lead artist to have two songs reach the 3 million download mark. "Right Round" held the #1 spot on the Billboard 100 for 6 consecutive weeks before being succeeded by "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga.
In Canada, it debuted at number 75 on the Canadian Hot 100 and rose to number 47 the next week, and number one the week after, for being the "Airplay Gainer". It was beaten off the number-one position by the Black Eyed Peas' single "Boom Boom Pow", from April 18 until April 25, when it regained the top spot on the chart.
The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #1 on 8 March 2009 on downloads alone, holding off strong competition from the Comic Relief 2009 single "Just Can't Get Enough" by The Saturdays, something which Flo Rida later apologised for, feeling guilty for beating a charity single to the top spot. It is Flo Rida's most successful single in the UK to date, after "Low" peaked at #2 just under a year prior. "Right Round" also spent five consecutive weeks at #1 on the UK R&B Chart and two consecutive weeks on the download chart causing it to stay atop the hit40uk chart the week it got knocked of the UK singles chart #1 spot.
The song debuted at number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart, purely from downloads alone, and rose to number 2 the next week.
In Australia, the song debuted at number one based on downloads alone. This is Flo Rida's second Australian number-one single after "Low" in 2008. It is the first single to debut at the number one spot since Kylie Minogue's "2 Hearts" in November 2007.
"Right Round" became a hit internationally, reaching the top ten in New Zealand, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Japan, Israel, Spain, France, Germany, and Luxembourg. On iTunes in Italy, it was the first Hip Hop song to reach the top ten since Snoop Dogg's Sensual Seduction. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.