Here is the full version of T.I’s new single, ‘Castle Walls’, from his upcoming ‘No Mercy’ album. The song features Christina Aguilera and was produced by Alex da Kid. Give it a listen below:
The production on this record was incredible. The thumping beat, the reverb on the background melody and the bass brought Tip’s passionate and honest lyrics to life. Moreover, Aguilera’s voice suited the song quite well (except at the end where she almost took things too far with her usual vocal showboating).
This track certainly has the potential to be a major hit at both Urban and Pop radio, no doubt something that Tip needs to help this album succeed. In fact, it might even be another smash on the level of ‘Life Your Life (Ft. Rihanna)‘. Well done.
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Love it! Need it on Itunes asap!
ITS LIKE TI WANTS ANOTHER ‘LIVE YOUR LIFE”
BUT ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN XTINA AND KERI HILSON JUST AREN’T RIHANNA
WHEN IT COMES TO HOOKS BUT THIS IS STILL A GREAT SONG !!!
Can u ever just give Xtina a compliment without throwing shade!
LOVE IT!!!
I KNEW IT WAS GON BE GOOD JUST AS I SAW THE TITLE..
i like it, Christina sounds great on this track…..is this another “love the way you lie” EM & Rihanna
WOW……This is the s***!!!
OMG!!!!!
THIS SONG IS GOING TO BE A BIG HIT!! REMEMBER MY WORDS
AMAZING! WOW
YES!!! I love it!
OMG she did one run at the and you call that too much….. I swear trent always amazes me with his ignorance. She sound great….
I LOVE IT!!! I CANT WAIT FOR THE ALBUM!!!!
Amazing song! Congratulations Xtina!!!!!!!!
ITs a good slow track
but def not on the level of live your life hook isent catchy n live your life had a catchy hook and was club friendly this is neither
jus a good track top 10 worthy could go to number one but both songs dont need comparisons they tooo diffrent
well done to TI Alex and Christina!!! Great song and beat. the lyrics and xtina’s voice are so emotional!!!! wow. i would buy this song on iTunes.
LMAO!!!!!!!!
Christina Aguilera is the best f*cking vocalist on the planet. Why are the haters so jealous and angry at this? I swear you are all d*mn nuts, haters. Christina haters are CRAZY. Get help managing your anger and bitterness, instead of dissing such epic talent..
Xtina wins and I love this song!!!!!!! The beat is beautiful. 🙂
This song is a SMASH, Christinas voice is gorgeous, and the lyrics are amazing. Well done TI, you knocked it out the park with this one
I wonder how they will mix this for radio? I really like it though. Prob not one for the clubs, but def has longevity whereas Live Your Life and the other club hits feel tired and worn out after a few listens.
Amazing! Christina Aguilera sounds amazing in the song, like always! Good song.
HIT!!!
This song is so amazing, I love it! 🙂
I don’t even know why people feel the need to compare songs with each other. Castle Walls has nothing to do with Live Your Life, they are two seperate/different songs.
Besides, in my opinion, Live Your Life was a slightly annoying-sounding track. LOL!!
“Maaaiiiaaahh eeeehhh, maaaaaiiiahh oooohhh, maaaiiiahh aaaaahhh, mmaaaeee aaahh eeeh oooh, LIVE YOUR LIFE, EH EH EH OH” LOL….
Okay, interesting.
I love it. His lyrics seem a lot more authentic here then “Get Back Up”. I think the verse about where his kids might end up was powerful. I wasn’t sure if I ‘d like TI’s rap with Christina Aguilera’s vocals, but they really work. This is a great song. Wish they would’ve had a video. Maybe she can do some original clips with some of his concert footage. I don’t know.
Sidenote : Christina Aguilera didn’t do too much with her vocals at any point. I forgot I have to ignore any side comments from Trent about Christina, Rihanna, and Trey Songz ,because he has a bias against anything they come out with lol.
Its stunning!
Better than ‘Love the way you lie’ for sure.
HIT
Christina’s voice is…well OUTSTANDING as always.
I would have NEVER pictured them doing a song together. Well done.
XTINAS VOCAL OMG!!!! SUCH A GREAT SONG THIS IS THE S***!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE XTINA SHE IS AMAZING!!
christina is trying to be a RIHANNA!
Christina & T.I. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Trent always doing TOO much on Christina. But, let Mariah do extra whistle runs & it’s no prob. Learn that she’s always gonna do it, it’s her vocal style, nothing new. Get over yourself. Anyway, this is a INSTANT HIT!
@JJ girl bye. Why would Christina LOWER her standards? She’s a MULTI-TALENTED LEGEND, why would she try to be a rihanna?
@dave what? hahaha christina is a mess trashy girl! who cheated to be with a lesbo and her assistant! YUCK! multi talented? really? she has only voice but the prob now she cant hit high notes anymore, shes good in studio not in live anymore! shes a copycat! shes trying way too hard to be rihanna! no wonder shes listening to rihannas album!
At least Mariah sounds good when she hit high notes (whistle) . Christina can only SHOUT, SCREAM and YELL.
I’m not digging the song, and I also don’t think TI and Christina meshed well. Perhaps if this was Alicia Keys.
Christina sounded good on the track, but this song doesn’t sound like a track made for TI. I find it a bit odd.
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amazing beautiful song christina voice is just amazing an t.i. Lyrics is on point and when he talk about hes kids omg
Why would Christina want to be Rihanna when she’s sold way more then her? That was so random, lol.
And stanning for Mariah is great but she can’t go as far as she used to either. They are great artists in their own rights without being compared. Mariah Carey is a legend she doesn’t need to be brought up in Christina Aguilera’s post with TI to be remembered/respected/appreciated.
I really love it. Christina’s verses sounds beautiful and T.I does great also, this needs to be a hit
no way this is not a hit record. not urban enough!
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It’s okay.
@JJ bury yourself alive. If anything Trashy, it’s Rihanna. & She is MULTI-TALENTED. She singing, come’s up with her vocal arrangements, STILL CAN HIT HIGH NOTES (Clearly by her recent live performances), Comes up with concepts for her tours & albums, writes, dance (occasionally), & acts. So please… get a life.
great song, but the first chorus sounds the best.
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hmmm…its so nice and emotional and yet TI brings a roughness to it…really raw and emotional,,,,,christina’s bridge is really lyrically stellar……….
but i guess it needs to be cut short and edited….too long for radio release,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This song is just OK and it honestly has absolutely nothing on Live Your Life. I don’t think T.I. will ever be able to surpass that song, also this song will not smash, it’s cute but it’s just not that great. I didn’t hear any pver singing, Trent. Can someone please give this KWEEN Trent some d***, he is clearly craving for it.
AMAZING!
Love Xtina and love T.I!
HIIIT!!
AWESOME collab.
THx!
i love this!! good jooooooobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
TRENT SHUT UP SHE DID A ADLIB BIG DEAL I QUESS SINCE U CANT EVEN DO ONE HOW IT MAKES U MAD SHE CAN SO ONE EFFORTLESSLY.
How is christina trying to be rihanna? they asked her to sing the hook the producer is a person she knows and works with why wouldnt she do it? come on people!
@sundaynews because christina is copycat!
@dave oh yes christina is very trashy cheater! multi talented ??? hahah keep on dreaming! christina cannot hit high notes anymore… her voice is ugly now just like her attitude!
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY ANY RIHANNA FAN WOULD DISLIKE XTINA……SHE HAS SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT SHE ADMIRES RIHANNA AND HER SON “LOVES” HER…..
BUT ANYWAY
The Songs a Grower…..not to fond of it at the moment, didnt get me at first listen.
Trent when did Rihanna and T.I. do a song called Life Your Life im just curious and its a smash why havent i heard it. but anyway this song is good but it feels like another version of Love The Way You Lie but thats b/c of Alex Da Kings lack of versatility.
kayy you all need to shut up.
1. christina did not cheat with a lesbian.
2. her voice is facking amazing, she could take over all of the new artists that all have fake voices full out auto tuning.
3. she is not trashy, ugly, and does not have a bad attitude.
4. she can sing (yes, she can still hit the high notes…), act, and dance.
let me know when your favorites can do all of that in 10 years of their career and still be around and relevant
It’s okay. It’ll have to grow on me a little more.
But come on Trent, Live Your Life>>>>>>>>Castle Walls.
CW is nowhere near the level of LYL, IMO.
Dead @ a Janet jackson fan criticizing Xtina’s perfect vocals. Just dead at the irony of this
Who are these people?
Wow some haters on here, why not just say you like or don’t like…. I love Rhianna but she will NEVER be on the same level as Christina with her success, Rhianna has her own success that us as fans are very proud of, just like those fans of Christina….. calling her trashy is immature considering NONE of you ARE her and NONE of you know the real truth, NOONE knows the truth behind her and Jordys breakup cept for them theirselves…. Lawd MUSIC people not critics of someones personal character! Jeeeez.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!!!
Not feeling it–TI must be desperate for a hit to go so pop with Aguilera (who hasnt really had a legit hit in some years) and Aguilera is singing like shes bored. TI needs to go back to the drawing board and Christina just needs to go away she wants to be this generations Mariah and it is not happening.
So T.I. sold out too, huh? Oh well… Smash? No! This song will do well on pop, however, on urban… not so much.
This is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING. Perfect to help No Mercy. Now I just hope that Christina’s 5th album sounds like this.
I think Christina makes her best music when it’s extremely personal. An R&B version of Stripped would be AMAZING.
I agree with @AmazingLee because LYL is MILES better than this song. CW is amazing, but LYL was just pure perfection, and I liked that LYL wasn’t so crossover.
This song is great, but it seems like T.I. and Christina are both desperate for a hit.
@Dion-ish
I don’t like Christina’s personality, but I love her music.
I LOVE THE SONG! it didn’t disappoint
But it won’t be bigger than LYL. LYL was more upbeat, but i think this song will do well for the winter season however.
It sounds cute at 1st but I skipped through the rest. I expected it to be way worse than it was though actually what with Strain-Tina on it & all. Thank You T.I for telling her to put a lid on all that hollering she & her Fans mistake for Singing.
Anyway LYL >>> Far Better.
Thank You T.I for telling her to put a lid on all that hollering she & her Fans often mistake for Singing.
I also doubt this will be a Hit either, Semi-Hit at best.
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I reallly am proud of Christina though. Linda Perry once said that it’s uncomfortable for her to not go for the big notes (seems backwards, right? LOL) and that she has a hard time just singing naturally at and at a normal note. However, I like that she’s pushing herself to do that (case-and-point, Bionic, Burlesque [that’s basically her 5th album], this song).
@ILoveXtina
Could not agree more. Did you like Bionic? Out of curiousity, what’s your favorite album by her?
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wth trent this song rapes…… tina is great as always
Christina sounds great here…, the beat is really emotive and coupled with the subtle full voice delivery this is a great look for her. I know chart positions are important but a couple of albums in the wilderness (albeit featuring introspective Eminem’s ‘Stan’-like/or Brandy’s ‘Afrodesiac’-esque quality music) wouldn’t hurt Christina at this point…, she’s talented enough to mix it up and comeback repeatedly but she needs something more interesting than empowerment i.e. s** or personal i.e. ‘domestic abuse’ to sing about…, Bionic was a good album and had many themes but nothing as bleakly interesting as the lyrics of the bridge in this song…, I love Christina but sometimes she sounds contrived and doesn’t always get under the skin of the material (choosing to slip in a few grace notes where more often following through with less would have completely nailed it)…, here she sounded totally invested in the emotional intention and I felt the truth of it but more so it was great to hear her on something akin to hiphop-style observation.
SHE IS THE QUEEN, THIS SONG IS ANOTHER WORLDWIDE SMASH.
& TRENT TALKIN BOUT XTINA, WHEN COWRIAH PUTS 10 RECYCLED WHISTLES AT THE END OF EVEERY SONG, NO MAAM.
LMAO AT SOMEBODY COMPARING RIHANNA TO KERI HILSON OR CHRISTINA AGUILERA. I JUST SPIT UP MY DRINK. RIHANNA IS MORE ON CIARA AND CASSIE LEVEL. BUT NO KERI HILSON OR XTINA
@JJ: By your comment, Christina copy Rihanna thing. How is that? Because she do duet? & that’s the ‘copycat’ you meant? elaborate please, & stick to the topic.
“Why would Christina want to be Rihanna when she’s
sold way moresings way better than her?”Fixed. Anyway, it’s an amazing song. Really personal & beautiful.
This song is hot. can’t wait to start requesting it on the radio. Waiting for the video.
Nice Track! Great collabo!!! I love x-tina voice!!
Christina has a soulful powerful voice, she sings softly in some of her songs and she can also belt out. She said a couple of times that she respects and likes Rihanna. She has done a duet with Nelly in 2004 and with so many others. This isn’t the first time she’s done a duet. No need to hate, just appreciate.
Definitely An Amazing Song Xtina And T.I.
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Real Songs Like This!
I did like Bionic (especially the ballads, & the Deluxe edition tracks)
My fav album would be Back to Basics, i love Stripped, but i could get into B2B way more. She sounds so natural on it.
^ that was too RihannaForever
@ILoveXtina
LOL I was gonna say the SAME thing! I don’t know why I always ask stans what their favorite albums are…anyways, I agree. Bionic was really poorly promoted, I think, but it had some great ballads and I really liked a few upbeat songs (like “Elastic Love” and “Prima Donna”). B2B was amazing to me, and her voice sounded great. I liked Stripped, too, but I think that her weakest album, overall, was her first.
It’s crazy to me that Christina now is that Christina. She’s done so much as an artist LOL. I hope she does an R&B album for her 5th.
@sundaynews They already shot a video, it’s the new single for the album. If whoever is working on the marketing for the album is smart, they’ll release it BEFORE the album comes out, because Tip needs the buzz a smash single bad for his album to push some decent units this time around
THE KING OF THE SOUTH + THE VOICE = GLOBAL SMASH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg i love this song! okay normally i don’t like rapping but Xtina’s voice is amazing! And no complaining about over5singing on this track. This is way better than LTWYL because RiRi can’t sing, no matter how hard she tries. Hit, hit, hit
XTINA IS BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT VOICE CANT BE DENIED
She just did a lil bit and your overreacting trentshitface
love xtina hate trent 🙂 how u doin dickhead
thats why rihanna stans are the most trashiest “fans” of them all slating any artist that comes there way…christina, beyonce heck even chris brown. Why the need to compare castle walls to life your life seriously they are 2 different type of sound! You rihanna stans are proper haters and should be ashamed of yourself…embarrassing!
I’ve always loved T.I. and I always will no matter what he does
The song is good and
I can’t believe the rihtards had the nerve to talk ish about xtina I swear they are brain dead
this is a good song….a tad long, but no one can deny that they both killed it.
OMG, This will be a HIT!!! Go Xtina and T.I!!!
Rihanna couldn’t sing like Christina if her life depended on it, shut up. Christina would be downgrading if she was trying to be like Rihanna.
LOVE IT.. COMPARISONS TO RHIANNA ARE SO SILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@RihannaForever
Yess or Electro-R&B (sorta like this song) would be so perfect for her. I love R&B but i hope she doesn’t abandon the sound she had on Bionic (Elastic Love, My Girls, Birds of Prey). Bionic was definitely poorly promoted; of course ppl are going to say “she’s been on every show” but that was only for a week & then she just disappeared.
I KNOW her next album is going to have great material; it’s been a pretty bad year for her (it’s bitter sweet now because she has something to sing about lol), & hopefully she’ll choose her words more wisely. I think words & phrases taken out of context really hurt the sales.
What’s your fav RihRih album?
Such a good song. I luv it. BTW, i dont think Bionic is the weak album. It’s good in a different way.
@ILoveXtina
I agree. She isn’t too arrogant but she can be sometimes and I think Bionic has grounded her a bit. An electro-R&B album would be great but Bionic did have a sound which I hope is represented on the next album.
I do see the next record being very personal, though.
My favorite Ri album would probably have to be either Rated R or Loud. Her first two albums were great but GGGB was amazing to me. Its production, promotion, image, vocals – impeccable. As for Rated R, I loved how personal and heartfelt it was. I also loved how edgy it was and what a risk it was to release. Loud is an album I love too though because it’s like a better executed version of her first 2 albums.
I really like each album more than the last, though. I like Loud the most because it doesn’t have any fillers, but Rated R and GGGB come close.
sam i’ll suck your c*** til it falls off.. this song is hot. all you new generation rhitards dont know real talent any f****** more. this world is slowly dieing… its tv, music, and teens are just dummer then ever. newhoo…
i love anything with Ms Aguilera but this song is out of this world. y are looking down on christina when she’s got God’s given talent: the voice. she keeps us entertained at all times but we are too scared to admit to it that AINT NO OTHER CHRISTINA.there maybe lady gaga and them but christina does not give up remember when she did tilt ya head with nelly it was a good song but people said that she killed the originality of the song.what is it that we want FLASHING POP STARS,MAN STEALERS,LIARS because when it comes to Ms Aguilera what you see is what you get. thank God for Christina Maria Aguilera thank you very much.
OMFG!!!
THIS SONG IS EFFING GOOD!
I HAVE TO SAY XTINA HAS A VERY POWERFULL VOCALS AND T.I. IS JUST GREAT.
EXPECT IT AT #1 IN BILLBOARD..Ö
GOOD JOB!!
this song is a big hit man and it amayzing your album dont stay for more then 2weeks at the shop here in south africa
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This song is awesome. Christina put this song on a whole different level her vocals are perfect as always. And is also like to know how christina copies anyone of these girls being mentioned here, she was out doing her thing before all of them and is still here. And christin.a has collaborated w many artists all wanting that out of this world voice on their tracks, listen to the song she did w diddy tell me, she sounds amazing in that too.