"Crush on You" | ||||
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Single by Lil' Kim featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil Cease | ||||
from the album Hard Core | ||||
Released | June 10, 1997 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, R&B, Dirty rap | |||
Length | 4:32 | |||
Label | Atlantic Records/Queen Bee Entertainment | |||
Songwriter(s) | K. Jones, M. Betha, C. Wallace, C. Giles, Jeff Lorber | |||
Producer(s) | Andraeo "Fanatic" Heard | |||
Lil' Kim singles chronology | ||||
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"Crush on You" is a single by Lil' Kim from her debut album and features fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Lil' Cease & The Notorious B.I.G.. It peaked at number 23 in the UK Singles Chart and number 1 on the US Rap Chart. The original album version had Lil' Cease rapping alone, while the single version featured him with Lil' Kim. Luther Campbell, Aaliyah and Sheek Louch of The LOX are featured in the music video. The song contains a sample of Jeff Lorber Fusion's "Rain Dance" from their 1979 album Water Sign.
The song was meant to be a duet between Kim and Lil' Cease from the beginning, but after filming the video for her debut single "No Time", This resulted in the album version of the song featuring just Lil' Cease. The single version, retitled as a remix, features Kim.
The "Crush on You" (Remix) was never featured on the "Crush on You" single, it was only featured on the "Not Tonight" single.
The chorus rapped by Notorious B.I.G. (He's a slut, He's a hoe, He's a freak, got a different girl everyday of the week) was sampled in 2006 song "So What" by Field Mob and Ciara. In 2013, Ariana Grande also sampled "Rain Dance" for her song "Right There" featuring Big Sean, which appears on her debut album Yours Truly. The song reached 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.