"Get Up" is a single by rapper

50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and businessman. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 2000, when he produced ...

, 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 ...

. It was initially released as the official first single from his fourth studio album ''

Before I Self Destruct ''Before I Self Destruct'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released November 9, 2009 on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit Records, Interscope Records and Universal Music Group. The album is his final solo rel ...

'', but it was later replaced by " Baby by Me", thus becoming an outtake from that album, and was only released in digital download on October 7, 2008 via

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, Aftermath and

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Background

The single was first released to 50 Cent's official MySpace page as well as his personal internet community
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Shaheem Reid (October 7, 2008
50 Cent Drops First Before I Self Destruct Track

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.com Accessed October 9, 2008. with it later being released onto his

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though the video has now been taken down from the account and re uploaded to 50 Cent's

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The song was released to

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on October 13, 2008. On October 30, 2008,

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released the explicit version onto their YouTube account.

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shortstop

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used the song as his plate music for much of the 2009 season. America's Best Dance Crew season 3 winners Quest Crew also used the song in their week seven performance as

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music. The song peaked at #44 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Music video

The music video, inspired by the

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film '' I Am Legend'', was released on November 6, 2008. The start of the video is similar to the video for " In Da Club" with a view of the Shady Aftermath Artist Development Center.

Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, and ...

and

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...

appear frozen at the end of the video. Lloyd Banks,

Tony Yayo Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his deb ...

, Spider Loc and

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were featured behind the scenes. The song and video has been viewed over 59 million times on YouTube.

Track listing

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Charts

Certifications

References

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