"Sittin' Sidewayz" is a song by American rapper

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, released as the first

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from his album ''

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''. It features rapper

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and was produced by Salih Williams. The single's music video had cameo appearances by

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and

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. The song samples a line by Big Pokey from his verse on

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's "June 27th". The song is featured prominently in the

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video game '' Def Jam: Icon'' (a video game in which Paul Wall appears as himself providing his own voice and likeness and is a playable character in) and also made appearances in the games ''

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'' and '' Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix''. It is also featured in the 2006 theatrical film '' Grandma's Boy''. The song was originally supposed to use the instrumental to Mike Jones' 2005 single "

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", and appears on 2005's ''Paul Wall Mixtape'' using this instrumental. It was later changed to an original instrumental produced by Michael Watts for the single and album version.

Other versions

Months later,

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and

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made a remix to "Sittin' Sidewayz" with permission. Later on, a Latin remix was also made by Stunta,

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and

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under permission but did not include Big Pokey in it. In 2010,

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also released a freestyle to the song.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Music video for the song
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