Soon after вЂњSuper BassвЂќ blew up, Young Money re-released Pink Friday so that all future pressings of the album would feature its biggest hit. It quickly became the albumвЂ™s first top 10 hit and one of the biggest songs of 2011, a huge crossover smash that eclipsed the success of all the other Pink Friday singles. Months after the albumвЂ™s release, those critics were vindicated when a grassroots surge of support for one of those bonus tracks, вЂњSuper Bass,вЂќ led to it being released as an official single. And while the album sold steadily and its initial single releases dominated urban radio, reviews were mixed, with some noting that the deluxe editionвЂ™s bonus tracks were better than much of the album proper. In late 2010, the labelвЂ™s third superstar rapper, Nicki Minaj, released her debut Pink Friday. ItвЂ™s tempting to speculate that Young Money is deliberately trying to engineer a bonus track hit, and itвЂ™s pretty clear why it would be interested in doing so. (LetвЂ™s face it-nobody gets in the studio with Bruno Mars these days without an eye on landing a major pop hit.) But itвЂ™s also the first single released from Tha Carter IV, which came out in August, and it was its highest-charting track back when pretty much every song from the album popped up on the Hot 100 the week after it arrived on iTunes. вЂњMirrorвЂќ has had a more gradual rise its video only premiered a few weeks ago, and it was sent to radio in November.

radio station two weeks before Take CareвЂs November release date and shot a video for the song later that month. In DrakeвЂ™s case, вЂњThe MottoвЂќ was earmarked as a hit even before the album was released he premiered it on an L.A. If you go into one of the few stores still selling CDs today, though, odds are that the versions of Tha Carter IV and Take Care in the racks wonвЂ™t include those current hits.ДrakeвЂ™s and WeezyвЂ™s hits arenвЂ™t from recent expanded reissues, but from deluxe editions available on the albumsвЂ™ original release dates last year. And WayneвЂ™s own вЂњMirror,вЂќ featuring Bruno Mars, is WeezyвЂ™s highest current solo entry on the Hot 100, at No. DrakeвЂ™s вЂњThe Motto,вЂќ which features Wayne, currently tops the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and is at No. But a look at the singles charts reveals something odd: the biggest current hits off both albums arenвЂ™t available on every copy of the album, but are instead bonus tracks from their deluxe editions. Superstar pals and Young Money labelmates Lil Wayne and Drake released two of the biggest albums of 2011- Tha Carter IV and Take Care-and both are still spinning off hits well into 2012.

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