03 Bonnie & Clyde: История песни Jay-Z и Beyoncé

2002 song by American rapper Jay Z

"03 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song recorded by American rapper Jay Z, released on October 10, 2002 as the lead single from his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Composed by Jay Z, Kanye West, Prince, Tupac Shakur, Darryl Harper, Ricky Rouse and Tyrone Wrice, and featuring Jay Z's then girlfriend, now wife, American singer Beyoncé Knowles, "03 Bonnie & Clyde" sampled its beat from Shakur's 1996 song "Me and My Girlfriend", paraphrasing its chorus, and was inspired by the crime film Bonnie and Clyde. The instrumentation is based on programmed drums, bass instruments, and a flamenco guitar. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics, who complimented the combination of Jay Z's and Knowles' musical styles, their collaboration and the song's production. The single reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jay Z's second top ten single and Knowles' first as a solo artist. It charted at number one in Switzerland, number two in the United Kingdom and peaked in the top twenty in other European territories. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The accompanying music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Jay Z and Knowles playing a modern day version of the 1930s bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, and was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" spawned a feud with American recording artist Toni Braxton, who had also sampled "Me and My Girlfriend" in her 2002 song "Me & My Boyfriend"; she accused West and Jay Z of stealing the idea of using the song as a sample, which both men later denied. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was performed by Jay Z and Knowles on several television shows and was later included on the set list of their concert performances and tours, most notably on their co headlining On the Run and On the Run II tours.

"03 Bonnie & Clyde" marked the first collaboration between rapper Jay Z and R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. While listening to Shakur's The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, producer Kanye West suggested that American rapper Tupac Shakur's song "Me and My Girlfriend" would make a good sample to use on Jay Z's duet with Knowles. West told MTV News that Jay Z had asked him on the telephone for a duet for him and Knowles: "We got this joint, it has to be the best beat you ever made." "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was released on October 10, 2002, as the lead single from Jay Z's album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse. Knowles later included the song as a bonus track on international editions of her 2003 debut solo album Dangerously in Love. In 2003, Now That's What I Call Music! included "03 Bonnie & Clyde" as the opening track of the 12th volume of the US release and the fifteenth track of the 54th volume of the UK release. Their relationship was not publicized until Jay Z featured on Knowles' songs "Crazy In Love" (2003) and "Déjà Vu" (2006). as Jay Z and Beyoncé proclaim themselves as the current version of the criminal duo. Ethan Brown of New York magazine noted that its patina of flamenco guitar was reminiscent of that in Jay Z's 2001 collaboration with R. Kelly on "Fiesta." John Bush from AllMusic included the song as a highlight on the album, further describing it as "a slick R&B crossover with Beyoncé Knowles". Marc L. Hill of PopMatters viewed it as the "obligatory radio song" of the album. Awarding the song a rating of eight out of ten possible points, Dele Fadele of NME complimented it as "a cool duet" between Jay Z and Beyoncé. John Robinson of the same publication wrote that as the couple describe their life, it is not all "Lexus and sipping Cris". He added, "A similarly relaxed production makes for a behind the diamante net curtains classic". Erik Parker, music editor of Vibe magazine, was divided on the song's sample, writing that it was "tasteless but well executed", and complimented West's production as "impeccable". Margena A. Christian of Jet magazine praised Jay Z's and Beyoncé's collaboration, favoring the former's "dropping lyrics" and the latter's "cooing silky vocals". Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote that though it was unclear at the time whether the couple were together or not, they created good music together. Taylor praised the song's ability to showcase what each artist does best: Jay Z "spitting" verses of praise, and Beyoncé's sweets coos and hooks. Rap Up credited "03 Bonnie & Clyde" for giving Beyoncé a "little street credit". The staff members of Vibe magazine placed the song at number two on a list of the best Bonnie and Clyde inspired songs. Popjustice listed "03 Bonnie & Clyde" at number 66 on its list of the best singles of 2003. It was nominated for the Best Collaboration at the 2003 BET Awards, but lost to Snoop Dogg's song "Beautiful". In a 2013 list of Jay Z's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits, "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was ranked at number 6. Elijah Watson and Erika Ramirez of Billboard magazine noted that the song proved the couple was "unstoppable from jump".

"03 Bonnie & Clyde" reached the top ten on music charts in six European countries. It peaked at number six on the Norway Singles Chart and on the Danish Singles Chart, number eight on the Italian Singles Chart, In Canada, the song peaked at number four and became Jay Z's highest charting single until it was surpassed by his 2009 Alicia Keys assisted song "Empire State of Mind", which peaked at number three. In the United Kingdom, "03 Bonnie & Clyde" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at number four on the New Zealand Singles Chart, his highest charting single in that territory. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" broke into the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 at number four; it became the highest charting single that references the famous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. It also becamse his highest charting single in the U. S. at the time. Following the performance of "03 Bonnie & Clyde" on Saturday Night Live (SNL) on November 2, 2002, its radio audience increased by 12%, allowing the song to advance into the top ten of the US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, at number seven. This gave Jay Z his 12th top 10 single, tying him with rapper P. Diddy, who had the same number of top 10 singles on that chart. and Johnathon Schaech and Lance Reddick appear in the video as police officers Loosely based on the American 1993 romance crime film True Romance, which stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette as two lovers on the run from cocaine dealers, The music video for "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. In the official top 20 countdown of Jay Z music videos, MTV UK listed the clip at number 10.

On October 8, 2002, Toni Braxton and her team released a statement claiming that Jay Z's song "03 Bonnie & Clyde" had stolen Braxton's idea to sample the 1996 Tupac Shakur song "Me and My Girlfriend". Later, on November 21, 2002, they appeared on MTV's TRL for Spankin' New Music Week where they also performed the song. In 2009, Beyoncé performed an abbreviated version of "03 Bonnie & Clyde" during her I Am Yours revue, held at the Encore Las Vegas Theatre in July and August. The song was later included on the 2009 live album I Am Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas which was chronicling the revue. In August 2011, Beyoncé performed "03 Bonnie & Clyde" again during her revue 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé and included the song on the DVD Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 released in November 2011. During the concerts, Beyoncé announced the song by saying, "It's 2002 I started to feel a little lonely till one day ". "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was included on Jay Z's live album Live in Brooklyn released on October 11, 2012, after he performed the song during eight shows in Brooklyn. In 2013, Jay Z included the song on the set list of his Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour. "03 Bonnie & Clyde" was part of the set list of Beyoncé and Jay Z's co headlining On the Run Tour (2014) where the shows were opened with the performance of the song. A black and white video was shown on the screen accompanied by sirens as the duo appeared onstage surrounded by smoke. They started performing the song with Beyoncé wearing a see through fishnet mask and Jay Z wearing black sunglasses, a star speckled shirt, black jacket and gold chains. The song was in line with the show's overall criminalistic theme.