React (Erick Sermon song)
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| "React" | ||||
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| Single by Erick Sermon featuring Redman | ||||
| from the album React | ||||
| Released | December 9, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Label | J | |||
| Songwriters | Erick Sermon, Reggie Noble | |||
| Producer | Just Blaze | |||
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"React" is the lead single from Erick Sermon's fifth studio album, React. The song was produced by Just Blaze and featured Sermon's fellow Def Squad member Redman. The song appears on the soundtrack to the 2003 film, Honey, and in the 2003 video game, NBA Street Vol. 2.
"React" became Sermon's second and last top-40 hit, reaching No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song's hook sampled Meena Kapoor's vocals on "Chandi Ka Badan" from the soundtrack for the Bollywood film Taj Mahal. The sample, attributed to "an Arabic chick" in the hook, translates to "If someone wants to commit suicide, what can you do?", to which Sermon responds "Whatever she said, then I'm that". The use of the sample drew criticism from the south-Asian community in New York.[1]
