Pro Nails

Infobox Single
Name = Pro Nails


Artist = Kid Sister featuring Kanye West
from Album = Koko B. Ware
A-side =
B-side = "Switch Board"
Released = October 17, 2007
April 29, 2008 (reissue)
July 14, 2008 (UK)
Format = 12" vinyl, Digital download
Genre = Alternative Hip-hop, Pop rap, Electronica
Length = 3:29
Label = Fool's Gold
Downtown Records
Writer = Alain Macklovitch, Kanye West, Melissa Young
Producer = A-Trak
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Kid Sister singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Control" (2007)
This single = "Pro Nails" (2007)
Next single = "Beeper" (2008)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Kanye West singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Good Life" (2007)
This single = "Pro Nails" (2007)
Next single = "Flashing Lights" (2008)

"Pro Nails" is the second single by American hip hop artist Kid Sister from her debut album "Koko B. Ware". The song is better known for its remix, which featured a verse delivered by Kanye West. The single was originally released in 2007 and reissued in 2008.

Background and release

Originally a solo track, Kanye West added a guest verse to the song for his 2007 "Can't Tell Me Nothing" mixtape. [ cite web | url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2007/06/kanye_lupe_phar.html | title=Kanye, Lupe, Pharrell collaborate on Thom Yorke track | work=Chicago Tribune | publisher=Tribune Company | date=2007-06-01 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ] West discovered the song through his DJ A-Trak, who had began dating Kid Sister. [ cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=962225&aid=1137103 | title=Biography | work=Billboard.com | publisher=Nielsen Company | author=Stewart Mason | accessdate=2008-05-28 ]

"Pro Nails" was initially released on both 12" vinyl and via the iTunes Store on October 17, 2007. cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1134029 | title=Pro Nails | work=Discogs | publisher=Zink Media, Inc. | date=2007-10 | accessdate=2008-05-29 ] The single featured both the original and remix edits of "Pro Nails" as well as a b-side entitled "Switch Board", produced by Gant-Man. All of Kid Sister's releases were eventually removed from iTunes when she signed a new record deal with Downtown Records in February 2008. In April 2008, a maxi single was released and the song was readded to iTunes as the Super High Shine EP. cite web | url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=278670207&s=143441 | title=Pro Nails: Super High Shine - EP | work=iTunes Store | publisher=Apple Inc. | date=2008-04-29 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ] The single was released in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2008. [ cite web | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2287392,00.html | title=First sight:Kid Sister | work=The Guardian | publisher=Guardian Media Group | author=Alex MacPherson | date=2008-06-27 | accessdate=2008-06-27 ] The Kanye remix was also featured on "Fabric Live 38".

Music Video

The music video, directed by Ruben Fleischer, uses the remix version and features Kanye West as well as a cameo by A-Trak. [ cite web | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46405-kid-sister-shoots-video-with-kanye-west | title=Kid Sister shoots video with Kanye West | work=Pitchfork Media | author=Dave Maher | date=2008-10-17 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ] Following the theme of the song, a majority of the video takes place within a nail salon. Near the end, the scene relocates to an alley and the song transits to it b-side "Switchboard." The video was filmed in October 2007, and premiered on mtvU on December 3. [ cite web | url=http://www.mtvu.com/music/video_premiere/kid_sister/ | title=Video Premiere: Kid Sister | work=mtvU.com | publisher=Viacom | date=2008-12-03 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ]

Track listing

*"Pro Nails" - Single
#"Pro Nails" (Remix feat. Kanye West) – 3:29
#"Pro Nails" (Remix feat. Kanye West) (Clean) – 3:29
#"Pro Nails" – 3:29
#"Pro Nails" (Instrumental) – 3:29
#"Switch Board" – 2:53
#"Switch Board" (Instrumental) – 2:53

*"Pro Nails": Super High Shine - EP
#"Pro Nails" (Remix feat. Kanye West) – 3:29
#"Pro Nails" (Bag Raiders Remix) – 4:42
#"Pro Nails" (Gant-Man's Jackin Remix) – 5:39
#"Pro Nails" (Instrumental) – 3:29
#"Switch Board" – 2:53

Charts

"Pro Nails" spent two nonconsecutive weeks on "Billboard"'s Hot Singles Sales chart in May 2008, cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=353&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Singles+Sales&ci=3096395&cdi=9790598&cid=05%2F31%2F2008 | title=Hot Single Sales May 31 2008 | publisher=Billboard.com | date=2008-05-22 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ] achieving a peak of number twenty-one. cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=353&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Singles+Sales&ci=3095077&cdi=9772415&cid=05%2F17%2F2008 | title=Hot Single Sales May 17 2008 | publisher=Billboard.com | date=2008-05-08 | accessdate=2008-05-28 ]

References

External links

*MySpace|kidsister|Kid Sister
*Youtube|BeCp6nLPQ8Q|Pro Nails