"#1" is a song recorded by American
rapper Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal ...
. It was released on August 29, 2001 as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2001 film ''
Training Day''. It was also included on Nelly's second studio album ''
Nellyville'' (2002)''.'' The song was most known for igniting the feud between Nelly and
KRS-One
Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from New York City. He rose to prominence as part of ...
, for which KRS-One perceived it as a diss for being too similar to "I'm Still #1" by his group,
Boogie Down Productions.
Music video
The music video for the song features
Joe Perry of
Aerosmith
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on
guitar. The plot of the video closely follows ''
Training Day'' with Nelly playing a dual role as both
Ethan Hawke and
Denzel Washington
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's characters of a rookie cop and a corrupt veteran cop.
Remix
The official remix features the group
Clipse
Clipse, also known as The Clipse, is an American hip hop duo, chiefly active from 1994 to 2010. It consists of brothers Gene "No Malice" and Terrence "Pusha T" Thornton. Pusha T was known as Terrar during the group's early years, while No Mal ...
and Postaboy, and the song is on Nelly's remix album, ''
Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention''.
Track listing
US Promo
*1 #1
adio Version Adio may refer to:
Business
*Adio (company), the former skateboard footwear and apparel company
Music Songs
* "Adio" (song), a song by Montenegrin recording artist Knez that represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
*"Adio", a 19 ...
3:19
*2 #1
nstrumental4:08
*3 #1
nstrumental With #1 Chorus4:07
US Vinyl, 12", Promo
*A1 #1
lbum Version4:23
*A2 #1
nstrumental4:08
*B1 #1
nstrumental With #1 Chorus4:07
*B2 #1
adio Version Adio may refer to:
Business
*Adio (company), the former skateboard footwear and apparel company
Music Songs
* "Adio" (song), a song by Montenegrin recording artist Knez that represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
*"Adio", a 19 ...
3:19
Charts
References
Nelly songs
2001 songs
2001 singles
Songs written for films
Songs written by Nelly
Universal Records singles
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