About this song
- Two months after releasing his star-studded first "Featuring Ty Dolla $ign" single “Ego Death,” Ty Dolla $ign recruits another superstar on “Expensive,” the Nicki Minaj-assisted second single from his upcoming album. “Expensive” focuses on the purchases that Ty Dolla makes to satisfy his significant other, while Nicki raps from the opposite perspective and makes it clear that she expects to be spoiled by her partner. Ty Dolla $ign first played a short snippet of Nicki Minaj’s vocals on Instagram Live on March 3, 2020, before revealing the hook and the beginning of Nicki’s verse on April 13, 2020. A leak of the song included a verse from California rapper G-Eazy. "'Me and Nicki been working since back when we first worked. When we did the beat for “Expensive,” and the song of course, she was the first person I thought of. I’m like, “This needs Nicki. I need her frequency on here.” She hit me back right away. She knocked a verse out, killed it. One of my favorite verses that I’ve heard from her recently. You know, thank you [Nicki]. Straight up, and congrats on the baby.'" —Ty Dolla $ign via Genius' “For The Record” On the charting week of September 12, 2020, this song debuted at the 83rd spot on the Billboard charts. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
