"Conceited (There's Something About Remy)", simply known as "Conceited", is the second

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from

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's debut solo studio album '' There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story''. Produced by

Scott Storch Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots. Early life Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and Phila ...

, the song contains a

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of "

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" by

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. The song was also featured in the 2011 documentary, ''Black Lifestyle in Japan'', where she was praised for having a "stylish" look and recognized as one of the most frequently listened to hip-hop musicians in

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Background

"Conceited" was written by

and

, credited as Scott Storch and Remeinise Mackie respectively. The song contains samples of "

" by

and "

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" by

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. The writers of these two songs, Fred Fairbass,

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, Rob Manzoli, Poli Paul,

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, and

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, receive songwriting credits for "Conceited" as a result.

Chart performance

Conceited peaked at #71 on Billboard Radio Songs chart, #17 on Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, #24 on Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts, #7 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Recurrents chart and #4 on Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Music video

The

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premiered on January 7, 2006 on VH1 and was directed by Scott Franklin. The video opens with Smith laying on her mattress in her penthouse, being fanned and assisted by shirtless men and women. Later, she walks upstairs into her closet getting dressed for an event. Fellow Terror Squad member

Fat Joe Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper from New York City. He began his music career as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a sol ...

makes a cameo in the video.

Track listings and formats

;12-inch single # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Clean) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Instrumental) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Dirty) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Acappella) — 3:24 ;US 12" vinyl # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Clean) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Instrumental) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Dirty) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Acappella) — 3:24 ;12-inch promo single # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Clean) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Instrumental) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Dirty) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Acappella) — 3:24 ;CD single # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Clean) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Dirty) — 3:41 # "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)" (Instrumental) — 3:41

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* 2005 songs 2005 singles Remy Ma songs Number-one singles in the United States Song recordings produced by Scott Storch Songs with feminist themes Songs written by Scott Storch Songs written by Remy Ma SRC Records singles {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub