Ready is a song by American rapper

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, released as a single on January 17, 2013. The song features American singer

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and was produced by The Runners and

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. The song has since peaked at number 93 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

The song "Ready was recorded by Fabolous and singer

in early 2012, over a year before its eventual release. Fabolous explained this was due to Chris Brown's altercation with former girlfriend

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, he explained that he did not want the record to get caught up in the negativity of the situation. On January 15, 2013, Fabolous announced that the first official single from ''Loso's Way 2'' would be "Ready". He described the song as a great radio record that can be very successful. Fabolous would say that he picked Chris Brown to do the hook because he thought he would be the best for the record.

Music video

On March 9, 2013, Fabolous and Chris Brown were in

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shooting the first part of the video and the second part of the video would be shot in the

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. The music video was filmed by TAJ. On March 26 the first trailer was released featuring a cameo from

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and on April 8 the second trailer featuring scenes shot in the Dominican Republic was released. The music video labeled a

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premiered on

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's ''

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'' on April 10, 2013. It features a cameo from

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as Fabolous' love interest.

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References

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