Pump It Up (Joe Budden song)
2003 single by Joe Budden
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"Pump It Up" is a song by American rapper Joe Budden. It was released on March 24, 2003, as the lead single from his self-titled debut album (2003) and the soundtrack for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). The song peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 in the United Kingdom.
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| Single by Joe Budden | ||||
| from the album Joe Budden and 2 Fast 2 Furious | ||||
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| Released | March 24, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop[1] | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
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| Producer | Just Blaze | |||
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| "Pump It Up" on YouTube | ||||
Produced by Just Blaze, the beat was originally turned down by Beanie Sigel, Freeway and Jay-Z before Budden used it.[2] It contains a sample from "Soul Vibrations" as performed by Kool & the Gang and "The Payback" as performed by James Brown. The song was nominated for the Best Male Rap Solo Performance award at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.
Music video
The music video for "Pump It Up" was partially inspired by the 2002 film, The Ring,[citation needed] and begins with three women (one of them played by video model Liza Rivera) putting a videotape containing "Pump It Up" into a VCR player. Joe Budden then appears on the television screen and eventually walks out of it, when the video cuts to him performing the song to a large crowd in a park. The music video features cameos from DJ Envy, DJ Clue, Just Blaze, Webb & Nitty, Skane Dolla, and Dub-B. The video was premiered on April 11, 2003.
Remix
The official remix is a mash-up of two beef freestyles by Jay-Z and Budden against the other person. Jay-Z's freestyle of the song is included in the deluxe edition of his compilation album, The Hits Collection, Volume One (2010).
On December 12, 2015, during a guest appearance on an episode of Abstract Radio, a Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music hosted by rapper Q-Tip, Just Blaze debuted some exclusive unreleased music, which included an unreleased official remix of the song with a verse by the rapper Busta Rhymes.[3]
Track listings
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US 12-inch single[4]
European CD single[5]
UK 12-inch single[6]
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UK CD single[7]
UK cassette single[8]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[23] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | March 24, 2003 | Def Jam Recordings | [24] | |
| United Kingdom | July 7, 2003 |
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