Just Right for Me

"Just Right for Me" is a song by American singer Monica, featuring guest vocals from rapper Lil Wayne. It was written by Monica and Lil Wayne along with Jozzy and Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones for her seventh studio album Code Red (2015), while production was helmed by the latter. The song contains a sample of the 1968 song "Much Better Off" by American vocal group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Due to the inclusion of the sample, its writers Warren "Pete" Moore and Smokey Robinson are also credited as songwriters.^[1]

The song was released as Code Red's first and only single in May 2015.^[2] "Just Right for Me" received generally positive reviews from music critics but was less successful on the charts, reaching number 18 on the US BillboardR&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and number twelve on the Adult R&B Songs chart, becoming Monica's fourth top twenty entry but also her lowest-charting lead single yet.^[3] An accompanying music video for "Just Right for Me" was directed by The Rite Brothers and filmed at Lil Wayne's private skatepark in Miami in late 2015.

Upon its premiere, Vibe remarked that "the rambunctious club track starts out with a stellar verse from Weezy – and Monica’s buttery vocals bring it all home".^[4]Fuse found that "Monica sounds bulletproof as she belts about fully accepting a loved one" on the track.^[5] Matthew Trammell from The Fader felt that "Just Right For Me" recalls "the summertime spunk of "So Gone" with the earnestness that buoyed her debut album, Miss Thang. The Polow Da Don-produced single loops up a warm soul sample, and Lil Wayne holds the door open."^[2]Essence writer Gia Peppers declared the "hard-hitting, hip hop fused song [a] sure to be a summer hit."^[6]

"Just Right for Me" se estrenó mundialmente en el programa Lift Off de la estación de radio Power 106 de Los Ángeles el 18 de mayo de 2015. ^{[ 4 ]} Alcanzó el puesto número 12 en la lista US Adult R&B Songs , convirtiéndose en el cuarto sencillo de Monica en llegar al top veinte, mientras que también llegó al número 18 en la lista R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay . ^{[ 3 ]} En 2016, Monica lanzó la versión remix original de la canción en su cuenta de SoundCloud con un verso adicional del rapero 2 Chainz . ^{[ 7 ]}

El video musical de "Just Right for Me" fue filmado por The Rite Brothers, compuesto por el director Colin Quinn y el primer asistente de dirección Sam Green. ^{[ 8 ]} Filmado principalmente en el skatepark privado de Lil Wayne en el barrio de Wynwood de Miami , se estrenó el 5 de noviembre de 2015. ^{[ 8 ]} Al comentar sobre su lanzamiento, Monica declaró: "Estoy muy orgullosa del video de 'Just Right for Me' porque muestra mi amor por la música R&B y el amor de Tunechi por el skateboarding de una manera divertida, cruda y auténtica". ^{[ 8 ]}

Monica interpretó por primera vez "Just Right for Me" en la transmisión inaugural de los Premios NBPA a los Jugadores , que se emitió en BET el 19 de julio de 2015. Interpretó la canción por segunda vez en The Wendy Williams Show junto con " Don't Take It Personal " el 17 de diciembre de 2015.

Créditos adaptados de las notas del álbum Code Red . ^{[ 1 ]}