Pro Nails

"Pro Nails" is the second single by American hip hop artist Kid Sister from her debut album Ultraviolet (formerly known as Dream Date). The song is better known for its remix, which features a verse 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.^[1] West discovered the song through A-Trak, who had begun dating Kid Sister.^[2]

"Pro Nails" was initially released on both 12" vinyl and via the iTunes Store on October 17, 2007.^[3] 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.^[4] The single was released in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2008.^[5] The Kanye remix was also featured on Fabric Live 38.

The song samples Project Pat's "Good Googly Moogly" (featuring Juicy J and DJ Paul).

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.^[6] 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 transitions to the b-side "Switchboard." The video was filmed in October 2007, and premiered on mtvU on December 3.^[7]

Track listing

"Pro Nails" - Single^[3]

"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^[4]

"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,^[8] achieving a peak of number twenty-one.^[9]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales^[9]	21

References

↑ "Kanye, Lupe, Pharrell collaborate on Thom Yorke track". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
↑ Stewart Mason. "Biography". Billboard.com. Nielsen Company. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
1 2 "Pro Nails". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. 2007-10. Retrieved 2008-05-29. Check date values in: |date= (help)
1 2 "Pro Nails: Super High Shine - EP". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
↑ Alex MacPherson (2008-06-27). "First sight:Kid Sister". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
↑ Dave Maher (2008-10-17). "Kid Sister shoots video with Kanye West". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
↑ "Video Premiere: Kid Sister". mtvU.com. Viacom. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
↑ "Hot Single Sales May 31, 2008". Billboard.com. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
1 2 "Hot Single Sales May 17, 2008". Billboard.com. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

External links

Kid Sister

Studio albums	Ultraviolet

Mixtapes	Kiss Kiss Kiss DUSK2DAWN: The Diary of Jane Jupiter

Singles	"Control" "Pro Nails" "Get Fresh" "Right Hand Hi" "Daydreaming" "Big N Bad" "Look Out Weekend" "Kiss Kiss Kiss"

Featured singles	"Beeper"

Related articles	Discography A-Trak Downtown Records

Kanye West songs

Discography

The College Dropout	"All Falls Down" "I'll Fly Away" "Jesus Walks" "The New Workout Plan" "Slow Jamz" "Through the Wire"

Late Registration	"Heard 'Em Say" "Touch the Sky" "Gold Digger" "Drive Slow" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "Hey Mama" "Gone"

Graduation	"Good Morning" "Champion" "Stronger" "Good Life" "Can't Tell Me Nothing" "Flashing Lights" "Homecoming" "Big Brother"

808s & Heartbreak	"Welcome to Heartbreak" "Heartless" "Amazing" "Love Lockdown" "Paranoid" "See You in My Nightmares"

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	"Dark Fantasy" "Gorgeous" "Power" "All of the Lights" "Monster" "So Appalled" "Devil in a New Dress" "Runaway" "Hell of a Life" "Blame Game" "Lost in the World" "Who Will Survive in America" "See Me Now"

Watch the Throne	"No Church in the Wild" "Lift Off" "Niggas in Paris" "Otis" "Gotta Have It" "Who Gon Stop Me" "Made in America" "Why I Love You" "H•A•M"

Cruel Summer	"To the World" "Clique" "Mercy" "New God Flow" "Cold" "Don't Like"

Yeezus	"On Sight" "Black Skinhead" "I Am a God" "New Slaves" "Hold My Liquor" "Blood on the Leaves" "Bound 2"

The Life of Pablo	"Father Stretch My Hands" "Famous" "Real Friends" "Wolves" "Fade" "Saint Pablo"

Cruel Winter	"Champions"

Other singles	"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" "Christmas in Harlem" "Only One" "FourFiveSeconds" "All Day"

Featured singles	"Talk About Our Love" "The Food" "I Changed My Mind" "Down and Out" "The Corner" "Go!" "Number One" "Extravaganza" "Number One" "Wouldn't Get Far" "I Still Love H.E.R." "Pro Nails" "Finer Things" "American Boy" "Put On" "Stay Up! (Viagra)" "Swagga like Us" "Go Hard" "Knock You Down" "Beat Goes On" "Kinda Like a Big Deal" "Walkin' on the Moon" "Supernova" "Maybach Music 2" "Make Her Say" "Digital Girl" "Run This Town" "Forever" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Erase Me" "Start It Up" "Hurricane 2.0" "E.T." "Marvin & Chardonnay" "Pride n Joy" "I Wish You Would" "Birthday Song" "Thank You" "I Won" "Blessings" "One Man Can Change the World" "Pop Style" "THat Part" "Friends"

Other songs	"Us Placers" "Deuces (Remix)" "Sanctified"

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