Kingshango
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I liked the song from the start.
Big Pimpin Wasn't Good Until It Was Shoved Down Our Throats
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You could argue it was the 2nd single. Despite "Jigga My nikka" & "Girl's Best Friend" being listed as the first 2 singles on Wikipedia, "Jigga My nikka" was actually released as single off of
the Ruff Ryders compilation album Ryde or Die Vol. 1. "Girl's Best Friend" was released as single off the "Blue Steak" soundtrack. In fact both of those tracks are hidden tracks on the the Vol. 3 album.
"Things That U Do" which is listed as the 4th single looks like it ended up being pulled as single because It wasn't heavily promoted, released as a CD single, or had a music video shot for it.
Wikipedia doesn't even list "Anything" as a single even though there's a music video for it:&
a CD single was released for it:
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Honestly, I'd question anyone who didn't like that song before the video came out. That Arabic-sounding beat is fukking bananas! I still think it's one of Timbaland's top 10 all-time beats.
I thought I was in ancient Egypt surrounded by hoes or something. Same year The Mummy came out right? How could you NOT like that song at first listen?
Fortunate Lee
Superstar
did you forget that he was coming off a 4x plat album and a grammy win for vol 2???
blackestofpanthers
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Bun b has said that for years on multiple outlets, the first time you heard it was on the combat jack show?
You could argue it was the 2nd single. Despite "Jigga My nikka" & "Girl's Best Friend" being listed as the first 2 singles on Wikipedia, "Jigga My nikka" was actually released as single off of
the Ruff Ryders compilation album Ryde or Die Vol. 1. "Girl's Best Friend" was released as single off the "Blue Steak" soundtrack. In fact both of those tracks are hidden tracks on the the Vol. 3 album.
"Things That U Do" which is listed as the 4th single looks like it ended up being pulled as single because It wasn't heavily promoted, released as a CD single, or had a music video shot for it.
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a CD single was released for it:
Good point...but "Anything" wasn't on that album, for some odd reason it was put on Beanie Sigel's first album
What does that have to do with the song being trash and then being transformed into one of his biggest hits
I don't know....I was heavy into DMX then and I just thought that shyt wasn't gully enough and just overall corny...and I think it had something to do with the placement on the album I didn't like that it came after Watch Me it just didn't sound right...and I thought it was weird that he grabbed Juvenile and UGK for features when I was on some "fukk anything that come from the south" shyt
Good point...but "Anything" wasn't on that album, for some odd reason it was put on Beanie Sigel's first album
It was on the UK/Europe version of the album. It was supposed to be also on the U.S. edition of the album but due to heavy bootlegging of the promotional copy, Jay-Z went back and changed the US track listing at the eleventh hour.
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Fortunate Lee
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nobody was forcing anything when it came to jay back then, he was hot and everything he touched was a hit.
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fukk outta here his first number one song was Empire State of Mind
Fortunate Lee
Superstar
fukk outta here his first number one song was Empire State of Mind
sooo??
big pimpin was hot from the start and that video made it even more popular, can't nobody tell me anything else . i was right there
Someone Leo Dicapriod this nikkas bytch to this song 