"Show Me What You Got" | ||||
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Single by Jay-Z | ||||
from the album Kingdom Come | ||||
Released | October 30, 2006 | |||
Format | CD single, Digital download, 12" single | |||
Genre | East Coast hip hop, jazz rap | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |||
Writer(s) | Shawn Carter, Justin Smith, James Boxley, Eric Sadler, Michael McEwan, Carlton Ridenhour, Johnny Pate | |||
Producer(s) | Just Blaze | |||
Jay-Z singles chronology | ||||
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"Show Me What You Got" is a single by rap artist Jay-Z from his album Kingdom Come.
It is the first single from his "comeback" album Kingdom Come. It was produced by Just Blaze.
The song samples "Show 'Em Whatcha Got" by Public Enemy. The saxophone loop heard prominently throughout the track is sampled from "Darkest Light" by Michael McEwan, of the Lafayette Afro Rock Band and from Johnny Pate's "Shaft In Africa". The same saxophone loop had also featured in Wreckx-n-Effect's 1992 song "Rump Shaker". The voice sample yelling "Show 'em whatcha got" is Flava Flav's from the aforementioned Public Enemy track. In addition to the samples, live instrumentation was performed on the track by a collective of artists known as 1500 or Nothin'.
It was leaked onto the Internet October 6, 2006, and as a result released officially by Roc-A-Fella Records. The single was released in the UK on December 4, 2006. The single debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart which is one of 2006's biggest debuts on that chart. The Billboard Hot 100 chart took the song in at number 90 in its first week, and the song has since peaked at #8.
The music video (directed by F. Gary Gray), debuted on MTV and BET in late October, 2006. It is a homage to several famous scenes from James Bond films of the past including: