"Back to the Crib" is a song by American rapper

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, intended as the second single for his unreleased third album '' Born to Lose, Built to Win''. It features American singer-songwriter

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in their second collaboration since Chris Brown's " Run It!" in 2005. The song was produced by

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Background

After Chris Brown's publicised abuse case with singer

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president L.A. Reid wanted

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to sing the chorus instead of Chris however Santana stuck with the chorus done by Chris Brown.

Music video

The music video directed by Clifton Bell was released December 14, 2009. Trav, Red Cafe,

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, and

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appeared in the video. Popular models including his future wife Kimbella Vanderhee and Rosa Acosta also made appearances in the video.

Charts

References

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