Flo Milli "Never Lose Me" Sample & Meaning

The two-minute single that became the biggest hit of the Alabama rapper's career.

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"Never Lose Me" is about Flo Milli doing whatever it takes to keep a successful man from leaving. Released November 30, 2023, the two-minute single became the biggest hit of her career.


Stream "Never Lose Me": flomilli.lnk.to/neverloseme

What is "Never Lose Me" about?


Flo Milli usually raps from a position of total control. Here she flips it and plays someone who knows what she has and intends to hold on to it. The hook is soft and sung, which is a large part of why it travelled.


What does "Never Lose Me" sample?


Producer Gerreaux built the beat on the instrumental of "Ron Artest" by Babyface Ray and 42 Dugg, which itself samples "Anata Ga Iru Jinsei" by Jin Kirigaya.


How big was the song?


It appeared in more than 135,000 TikTok clips and spent four weeks at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50. It peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, her first entry on that chart, and is certified platinum in the United States.


The video and the remixes


Boni Mata and Leff directed the video, released December 18, 2023. Remixes followed with Lil Yachty and Bryson Tiller, then SZA and Cardi B in March 2024.


Why did "Never Lose Me" blow up on TikTok?


The song was moving before it was even out. A snippet caught on in the fall of 2023 and piled up more than 100,000 TikTok posts in under two months, so by the time the full track landed on November 30 the audience was already waiting. It debuted at No. 84 on the Hot 100 and kept climbing from there.


Who is Flo Milli?


Flo Milli, born Tamia Carter in Mobile, Alabama, broke out as a teenager with "Beef FloMix," a 2018 freestyle that went viral on TikTok, and followed it with "In the Party," now certified platinum. She signed with RCA and '94 Sounds at the end of 2019, released her debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here?, in July 2020, and picked up Best New Artist nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards and the BET Awards.


How did Fine Ho, Stay do?


Her second album, Fine Ho, Stay, arrived March 15, 2024, with the SZA and Cardi B remix of "Never Lose Me" released alongside it. Gunna, Anycia and Monaleo also appear, and the album reached No. 54 on the Billboard 200. That spring she hit the road as a special guest on Gunna's Bittersweet Tour, and in October 2024 she teamed up with Megan Thee Stallion on "Roc Steady."


Quick answers


What album is "Never Lose Me" on? Fine Ho, Stay (2024).


Who is on the remix? SZA and Cardi B on one version, Lil Yachty and Bryson Tiller on others.


Who produced it? Gerreaux.

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