3500

"3500" is a song by the American rapper Travis Scott featuring fellow American rappers Future and 2 Chainz, from the former's debut studio album, Rodeo (2015¹). It was released as the album's lead single on June 8, 2015, following several teasers earlier in the month. Both rappers wrote the track alongside Allen Ritter, Mano, Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, and Zaytoven, who produced it with Scott. The song was originally made during a session with Kanye West, who wanted to release it as a single for his album, The Life of Pablo (2016), before giving it to Scott. Musically, "3500" is a dark trap song with themes of drug use and being "real", with the title referencing a New York Post headline about American media personality Kim Kardashian. "3500" received positive reviews from music critics upon release, with most praising the production and each rapper's performance, and it has since been cited as one of Scott's best songs. Commercially, it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts at numbers 82 and 25, respectively. Scott has since performed the single at live shows, with certain performances receiving either praise or criticism from media outlets due to Scott's actions during them.

"3500" is a song by the American rapper Travis Scott featuring fellow American rappers Future and 2 Chainz, from the former's debut studio album, Rodeo (2015). It was released as the album's lead single on June 8, 2015, following several teasers earlier in the month. Both rappers wrote the track alongside Allen Ritter, Mano, Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, and Zaytoven, who produced it with Scott. The song was originally made during a session with Kanye West, who wanted to release it as a single for his album, The Life of Pablo (2016), before giving it to Scott. Musically, "3500" is a dark trap song with themes of drug use and being "real", with the title referencing a New York Post headline about American media personality Kim Kardashian. "3500" received positive reviews from music critics upon release, with most praising the production and each rapper's performance, and it has since been cited as one of Scott's best songs. Commercially, it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts at numbers 82 and 25, respectively. Scott has since performed the single at live shows, with certain performances receiving either praise or criticism from media outlets due to Scott's actions during them.

Release and reception

On June 5, 2015, Scott announced the song's title, featured artists, three of its producers, and the single's cover art on his Instagram account. The art was shot by Nabil Elderkin, and the version used in Scott's post stylized 2 Chainz's name as "II Chainz", which was likely changed due to it reading similar to "11 Chainz". He then posted an emoji designed by Corey Damon Black of the song's title, stylized the same as the "100" emoji, and claimed an app featuring it would release alongside the single. Two days later, Scott premiered the song live at Hot97's Summer Jam 2015 festival without 2 Chainz's verse, and confirmed that it would be released the following day in a post-event interview. It was subsequently released as Rodeo lead single on June 8 through Epic Records and Grand Hustle Records as a digital download on iTunes. "3500" received positive reviews from music critics. HotNewHipHop Angus Walker dubbed it a "banger" and praised the credited producers as the best "production lineup" of any track released that year, excluding West's 2015 single "All Day", which also featured production from Scott, Dean, and Ritter. In a retrospective review for the same website, Alexander Cole noted the "amazing production" by Metro Boomin and felt each rapper "brings their best" during their verses, with 2 Chainz's being the most memorable one. Zach Frydenlund of Complex put "3500" 20th on the publication's list of Scott's best songs, giving praise to the refrain and both guest verses, especially 2 Chainz's. Billboard critic Ashley Iasimone placed it on a similar list in 2017.

Commercial performance

"3500" debuted at number 82 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week of June 27, 2015, with 43,000 copies sold in its first week. On January 11, 2017, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 digital copies in the United States, and later went platinum in the country on August 28, 2024, for selling over 1,000,000 copies.

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