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Wikipedia article
"'Down 4 U'" is the lead single from Murder Inc. Records' compilation album 'Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.' The song features rapped verses from Ja Rule, Charli Baltimore, and Vita while Ashanti provides the chorus and sung vocals. The song is a remix as well as its music video being the sequel of Ja Rule's 2002 single, "Down Ass Bitch".
Background
"Down 4 U" became a hit on the US 'Billboard' charts during mid-2002, reaching number six on the Hot 100 chart on the week of August 17, 2002, and number three on both the R&B and rap charts. The Irv Gotti-produced song interpolates Roger Troutman's 1987 hit, "I Want to Be Your Man", for which he and his brother Larry Troutman were given writing credits. The associated music video showed the artists performing the song on a beach with cameos by Irv Gotti, Eric Roberts, Clarence Williams III, Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston and other members of the Inc.
In addition to appearing on 'Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.', the song also appeared on 'The Source' magazine's compilation 'The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 6' and as a bonus track on Ja Rule's 2002 album, 'The Last Temptation'. The song was performed live by Ja Rule and Ashanti at VH1's 6th Annual Hip Hop Honors that honored Def Jam Recordings.
Track listings
'US promo CD'
# "Down 4 U" (top 40 edit)
# "Down 4 U" (radio edit)
# "Down 4 U" (instrumental)
# "Down 4 U" (call out research hook)
'UK 12-inch single'
:A1. "Down 4 U" (radio edit) 5:16
:A2. "Down 4 U" (D'n'D vocal mix) 5:30
:B1. "Down 4 U" (D'n'D Conemelt mix) 5:47
'UK CD single'
# "Down 4 U" (radio edit) 5:16
# "Down 4 U" (D'n'D vocal mix) 5:30
# "Down 4 U" (D'n'D Conemelt mix) 5:47
# "Down 4 U" (video)
'UK cassette single'
# "Down 4 U" (radio edit)
# "Down 4 U" (D'n'D vocal mix)
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes.
'Studios'
* Recorded at the Crackhouse (New York City)
* Mixed at Right Track Studios (New York City)
* Mastered at Sony Music Studios (London, England)
'Personnel'
* Jeffrey Atkins writing
* Irving Lorenzo writing
* Ashanti Douglas writing
* Tiffany Lane writing
* L. Rayner writing
* Larry Troutman writing ("I Want to Be Your Man")
* Roger Troutman writing ("I Want to Be Your Man")
* Irv Gotti writing (as Irving Lorenzo), production
* 7 Aurelius writing, production
* Milwaukee Buck recording, mixing
* Terry "Murda Mac" Herbert recording assistant
* Naweed "Dirty" Ahmed mastering engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
Category:2001 songs
Category:2002 singles
Category:Ashanti (singer) songs
Category:Def Jam Recordings singles
Category:Ja Rule songs
Category:Songs written by Ashanti (singer)
Category:Songs written by Channel 7 (musician)
Category:Songs written by Irv Gotti
Category:Songs written by Ja Rule
Category:Songs written by Larry Troutman
Category:Songs written by Roger Troutman
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