Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe

"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
Single by Kendrick Lamar
from the album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Released	March 18, 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	5:10
Label	Top Dawg; Aftermath; Interscope;
Songwriter(s)	Kendrick Duckworth; Mark Spears; Robin Braun; Vindahl Friis; Lykke Schmidt;
Producer(s)	Sounwave
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
Remix cover
	Cover for remix version featuring Jay-Z
Jay-Z singles chronology
Emeli Sandé singles chronology
Music video
	"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" on YouTube

"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"

A 20-second sample of "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.

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"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" (edited for radio as "Trick, Don't Kill My Vibe" or simply "Don't Kill My Vibe"), is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his major-label debut studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). The song, produced by frequent collaborator Sounwave of Top Dawg Entertainment in-house production team Digi+Phonics, heavily samples "Tiden Flyver", by Danish electronic group Boom Clap Bachelors. It was originally intended to be a collaboration with American singer Lady Gaga, but her contributions were ultimately excluded from the final recording due to timing issues. A remix of "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" featuring American rapper Jay-Z was sent to radio as the album's fifth single on March 21, 2013, with the original version and another remix featuring British singer Emeli Sandé later being released.

The song's music video, directed by The Lil Homie and OG Mike Mihail, notably ends with an abrupt cut to a black title screen reading "Death to Molly", intended to be a criticism by Lamar of glorification of the drug MDMA in contemporary hip hop music. "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" peaked at number 32 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart, also reaching the top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.