"Castle Walls" is a song by American rapper

Rapping

Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

 T.I.

T.I.

Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

, from his seventh studio album No Mercy. The song features Pop

Pop music

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/R&B

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 singer Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

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, and was produced by Alex da Kid

Alex da Kid

Alexander Grant , better known as Alex da Kid, is a Grammy award winning English music songwriter and hip-hop producer.-Early life:...

.
It was supposed to be the next single following "Get Back Up

Get Back Up (T.I. song)

"Get Back Up" is a song by American rapper T.I.. The song features American singer Chris Brown. "Get Back Up" serves as the first official single off T.I.'s 7th studio album, No Mercy.-Music video:...

" after being confirmed to serve as the second single, but the track "That's All She Wrote

That's All She Wrote

"That's All She Wrote" is a song by T.I. featuring Eminem from T.I.'s seventh studio album No Mercy, which was released on December 7, 2010. It was written by Eminem and T.I., and features two verses from each rapper. The track was produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. The last time T.I...

" which featured Eminem

Eminem

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 was released on January 11, 2011 replaced its spot, and was never released as a single in the end.

Composition

Nadine Cheung, editor of AOL Radio

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, has made the interpretation of the song, saying: "In his latest song "Castle Walls", T.I. tells us that life has treated him well. After eleven months spent in prison by a rapper (musician has been sentenced to imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms and violation of court order - editor.) lyrics take on new meaning, especially the memorable chorus sung by Aguilera".

Critical reception

Becky Bain from Idolator wrote, "Christina Aguilera can feel pretty good because of her film debut in theaters Burlesque

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, however, should feel much more confident thanks to collaboration with rapper T.I. in the beautiful song "Castle Walls". This honest, introspective No Mercy track has the potential to become a huge hit for T.I., on par with Alex Da Kid’s previous smash rap song he produced for Eminem

Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...

 and Rihanna

Rihanna

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, "Love the Way You Lie

Love the Way You Lie

"Love the Way You Lie" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his seventh studio album, Recovery . It was released as the album's second single on August 9, 2010, by Interscope-Geffen-A&M. The song features vocals by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. According to her, its theme...

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Charts

Chart (2010/2011)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	99
Czech Airplay Top 100 IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	27
Russian Airplay Chart Russian Music Charts The Russian Music Charts are Russian music industry standard popularity rankings compiled weekly by 2M and Tophit . Albums and tracks rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through retail data captured electronically each week from Russian music retailers...	13
Slovak Top 100 IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	31
South Korean International Singles	11
Swedish Singles Chart	51
U.S. R&B/Hip Hop Songs	84