High Price
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| "High Price" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ciara featuring Ludacris | |
| from the album Fantasy Ride | |
| Released | May 3, 2009 |
| Recorded | 2008 |
| Genre | R&B, Crunk |
| Length | 4:02 |
| Label | LaFace, Jive |
| Songwriter(s) | Christopher Bridges, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart |
| Producer(s) | Tricky Stewart, The-Dream |
"High Price" is a song by American recording artist Ciara from her third studio album, Fantasy Ride (2009). Featuring rapper Ludacris, it was written by Ludacris, Terius Nash, and Christopher Stewart, and was produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart. Ciara had planned to release the song as the album's lead single in June 2008 and fought for its release but Jive Records decided to go with "Go Girl", which was released in September 2008.[1]
"High Price" is a crunk-influenced R&B song, with booming, low-end, creature-feature synths, which features Ciara singing in operatic soprano.[2] Macpherson of The Guardian magazine commented that the song sees the singer "combining outraged soprano braggadocio with thunderous crunk baselines.".[3] Lyrically, the song is an "ode to acquisitiveness"[4] and a "dramatic, swaggering celebration of flashiness"[5]
