"Baby" is the second single from

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LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...

's 13th album ''

Exit 13 ''Exit 13'' is the twelfth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J. It was released on September 9, 2008, on the record label Def Jam Recordings. This would be his last album release with the label. Production This album is the first LL Cool J ...

''. It features

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, who co-wrote and produced the song alongside

Tricky Stewart Christopher Alan "Tricky" Stewart (born January 4, 1974) is an American record producer, record executive, songwriter, and music publisher. In a career spanning over 30 years, Stewart has won 5 Grammys and is responsible for over 50 million rec ...

Music video

The music video, directed by

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, premiered on

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on July 11, 2008. In the video, they are at a party. LL spots a girl, and throughout the video, it shows him and the girl in a car and a store. They stand back to back during The-Dream's verse.

Responses and samples

Rapper

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released a skit entitled "Not Your Baby". His song "Answer Machine 3", on his ''Mixtape Messiah 4'' album, sampled "Baby"'s instrumental.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release

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started a type of Countdown to Exit 13. The first release was Baby featuring The-Dream and the second release was the rock remix of "Baby" featuring

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

Rock Remix

The rock remix of "Baby" featuring

is the official remix of the song, and the remix is in the album as the 8th track. The song was released on August 19, 2008 as an 'exclusive single' on iTunes. The cover is slightly different from the Baby single, because it was a darker look.

References

External links

LL Cool J - "Baby" music video
2008 singles 2008 songs LL Cool J songs The-Dream songs Def Jam Recordings singles Music videos directed by Benny Boom Song recordings produced by Tricky Stewart Songs written by LL Cool J Songs written by The-Dream Songs written by 50 Cent Songs written by Tricky Stewart Song recordings produced by The-Dream {{2000s-R&B-song-stub