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Give It 2 You

"Give It 2 You"
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Single by Da Brat
from the album Funkdafied
Released October 17, 1994 (single)
May 9, 1995 (radio)
Format CD
Recorded 1994
Genre G-funk
Length 3:13
Label So So Def Recordings
Writer(s) Jermaine Dupri, Shawntae Harris
Producer(s) Jermaine Dupri
Da Brat chronology
"Fa All Y'all"
(1994)
"Give It 2 You"
(1994)
"Sittin' on Top of the World"
(1996)

"Give It 2 You" was the third and final single released from Da Brat's debut album, Funkdafied.

Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal, Jr., who used a sample of the Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long", "Give It 2 You" was the final single from Da Brat's platinum-certified album Funkdafied after "Funkdafied" (#6 US) and "Fa All Y'all" (#37 US). It was released in October 1994 and became her third consecutive top 40 hit, peaking at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and her second to earn a RIAA certification, reaching gold status on June 14, 1996 for sales of 500,000 copies. The song's promotional music video featured appearances from Jermaine Dupri, MC Lyte, The Notorious B.I.G., Sean "Puffy" Combs, Mary J. Blige, Keith Murray, Goodie Mob, Too Short, T-Boz and Bill Bellamy, among others.

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman premiered on BET, MTV & VH1 in 1995.


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