"Make Me Better" | ||||
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Single by Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo | ||||
from the album From Nothin' to Somethin' | ||||
Released | June 9, 2007 (global) | |||
Format |
CD single (global) Digital download (global) Vinyl single (North America) |
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Recorded | 2007; Brooklyn, New York, United States and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
Genre | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, R&B | |||
Length | 4:13 | |||
Label | Desert Storm, Def Jam | |||
Writer(s) | John Jackson, Timothy Mosley, Shaffer Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Timbaland | |||
Fabolous singles chronology | ||||
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"Make Me Better" is the third single from Fabolous' album From Nothin' to Somethin'. The song features Ne-Yo on the hook and is produced by Timbaland.
Timbaland is quoted as saying that:
The strings are sampled from Sherine's "Al Sa'ban Aleh". A similar sample was used both by the RZA on Raekwon's 1995 track "Rainy Dayz" and by Funkmaster Flex for the Busta Rhymes freestyle on The Mix Tape, Vol. 1. The track finds Fab in a very familiar mode, talking to the ladies. As for the lyrics, Fab and Ne-Yo tell ladies they are forces to be reckoned with on their own — but with their ladies upgrading them, they're that much better.
The full song was leaked to the internet on April 9, 2007.
The beat was originally created for rapper Eve and featured Timbaland over a song called "Nothing to Say" and she passed for unknown reasons.
A video was released on May 23, 2007. You may watch it here. Roselyn Sánchez appears as Fabolous's love interest in the video. This video was premiered on BET on May 25, 2007. This video also includes the rapper Red Cafe and a guest star Dwight Freeney as a person who is challenged by a drunken man.
On the issue date of June 9, 2007 the single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96 and has peaked at number 8. The single has spent 14 weeks at number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Rap Tracks. This is a record for 2006 and 2007 on this chart.