"Money in the Bank" is a hip hop single from

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's debut album ''

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'', featuring

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. The video has cameo appearances including

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, T-Pain,

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, Princess of

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and Ike Dirty.

Background

Originally appeared on Young Buck's Mixtape, ''Case Dismissed!'' XXL, as well as other media outlets, have mistakenly credited

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as the producer of this song, most likely because he appears in the video and the beat sounds like a typical Lil' Jon beat. Also the beat is similar to a slower version of Lil' Jon's " Get Low." MTV/MTV2 has aired a

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episode for this single. The single version of the song features the famous "I'm rich bitch!" quote from

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in the intro and outro. This is not heard on the album version and the music video. In 2009 R&B singer

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recorded the 'answer back' version. This version was released via her

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"Because I Love It - Volume 1". The answer back was later merged with the original to create a remix. The song is featured in the game soundtrack for the wrestling video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, in conjunction to the

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featured in the game. It had been rumored that

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would use the song as the official theme for their Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View in July 2010, but it has been confirmed that the theme used was "Money" by

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Track listing

; U.S. EP # "Money in the Bank (radio edit)" # "Money in the Bank (album version)" # "Money in the Bank (instrumental)"

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References

Lil Scrappy songs Young Buck songs 2006 singles Songs written by Young Buck 2006 songs Songs written by 50 Cent G-Unit Records singles Crunk songs {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub