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Breathe (Fabolous song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Breathe
| cover = Breathe sing.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fabolous
| album = Real Talk
| released = August 31, 2004
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = East Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
| length = 4:28 (album version)
3:32 (radio edit)
| label = Atlantic
| writer = John Jackson, Justin Smith, Roger Hodgson, Richard Davies
| producer = Just Blaze
| prev_title = Badaboom
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Baby
| next_year = 2005
| misc =
}}
"'Breathe'" is the first single of Fabolous' album 'Real Talk.'
Background
The song utilizes a sample of Supertramp's "Crime of the Century", with the latter taking 100 percent of the track's publishing. The single acquired two remixes; one featuring 50 Cent and Mase; another with Noztra. The music video features cameos by The Game, Just Blaze, J. D. Williams, and DJ Clue.
Legacy
It reached #10 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in November 2004.
'Pitchfork Media' named "Breathe" the number nine song of the year for 2004, stating "'Breathe' sounds like the track Fab was always meant to rap over."
The song was also listed by 'Pitchfork Media' as the 288th best song of the 2000s. 'Complex' named it number 60 on best songs of the decade.
The Beastie Boys performed their song "So What'cha Want" over the beat of "Breathe" on 'Late Show with David Letterman' in 2006.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
Category:2004 singles
Category:Fabolous songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Just Blaze
Category:Songs written by Roger Hodgson
Category:Songs written by Rick Davies
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:2004 songs
Category:Gangsta rap songs
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