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featuring singer

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, released on November 4, 2002 as the first single from Ja Rule's fourth studio album, '' The Last Temptation'' (2002). The song was produced by

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. Bobby Brown's sung portion is an interpolation of part of the chorus of the

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". The music video, directed by Irv Gotti, for the song features scenes of Ja Rule and Bobby Brown in a helicopter, on a helipad on top of a skyscraper which has the Murder Inc. logo on it, the two artists driving in a Bentley, and the two going to a party. The video premiered on

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'' in 2002.

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{{Authority control 2002 singles 2002 songs Ja Rule songs Def Jam Recordings singles Male vocal duets Songs written by Irv Gotti Songs written by Ja Rule Songs written by Stevie Wonder