"Ok, You're Right" is the first promotional single by rapper

50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...

from his fourth album, ''

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''. It also appears as the first promo single for his mixtape ''

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'', the song is also featured on

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's mixtape ''The Swine Flu''.

Background

The song was produced and mixed by

Dr. Dre Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of ...

when 50 Cent was in Detroit with

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and

. The clean version of the single was leaked by

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on May 18, 2009. In a couple of hours, the official version of the song was released on 50 Cent's official internet community ''Thisis50.com''.

Music video

The music video was released on July 1, 2009, through 50 Cent's Thisis50.com. There was a countdown clock made by Thisis50.com two days before the released date of the music video. A contest was made by Hot 97 and Thisis50.com, the winners of the contest would have a cameo in the music video. Hot 97 and Thisis50.com team up again for a behind-the-scenes video hosted by Hot97 radio personalities

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and

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from "The Cipha/Rosenberg Experience". The music video was inspired by Philips Cinema 21:9's film Carousel, which was awarded the Cannes- Lion 2009 GRAND PRIX. It was directed by Dan The Man and Chris "Broadway" Romero, and portrays 50 Cent as a clown robber as it depicts an adaptation of the frozen frame shot of a robbery and shootout. This is similar to the opening scene of the 2008 summer blockbuster film ''

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''. The video also contain promotional advertisement from ''

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'', a 139-second advertisement directed by Berg for

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, won the Film Grand Prix at the

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, the most prestigious award in the advertising industry. There were several cameo in the video

G-Unit G-Unit (short for Guerilla-Unit). was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released ...

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and

, professional basketball player Tim Thomas and former ''

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'' artist Serius Jones. The music video on

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has received over 30 million views as of April 2024.50 Cent - OK, You're Right (Official Music Video)

Remix

There have been four remixes to the song, one by Maino, one by Cassidy, third by Brooklyn rapper

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, and the fourth one by

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called "Okay You're Dead".

Track listing

;Digital single

Charts position

References

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