

It made him feel that what was once a trend had become a gimmick. The title is also a reference to the medical term 'D.O.A.' or 'Dead on Arrival'. The song makes a reference to The Notorious B.I.G. song 'You're Nobody ('Till Somebody Kills You)'. Jay-Z sampled a portion of The Notorious B.I.G.'s freestyle 'Wake Up Show Freestyle'. On June 9, R&B artist Trey Songz released an unofficial remix of the song on his blog. Renamed 'Death of Autotune Kellz', it was directed at artist R. Kelly for using the effect on a previous mixtape.

Rappers AZ and Jay Rock have also both recorded remixes. Royce da 5'9' has released two remixes of it, one by himself and one with fellow Slaughterhouse members Joe Budden, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz. Singer Avery Storm has also made a remix using the songs instrumental supporting the death of auto-tune. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have also made a remix to the song featuring all five members. T-Pain stays, old nigga goes.' DJ Webstar was also critical of Jay-Z for the track in an interview with RealTalkNY, saying: “ Rapper The Game released a diss track in response to the song entitled 'I'm So Wavy (Death of Hov)', going at Jay-Z for what Game perceives as him being behind the times in the hip-hop industry, and his stance that Jay-Z being 39 years old means he's too old to stay in the music scene, evidenced with lyrics such as 'D.O.A.? No. #Behind the scenes david garrett viva la vida windows#.#Behind the scenes david garrett viva la vida free#.
