To Love and Die

Album: Souled Out (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This proclamation of happy love and devotion finds Aiko teaming up with the Chicago Hip-Hop collective Cocaine 80s, which features frequent Justin Timberlake collaborator James Fauntleroy as lead singer.
  • No I.D. handles the dark and melodic production. The Chicago producer founded Cocaine 80s in 2011.
  • The song samples 50 Cent's cut "Many Men (Wish Death)," from the rapper's 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

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