Cross the Border

Cross the Border
"Cross the Border"
Single by Philly's Most Wanted
from the album Get Down or Lay Down
Released October 10, 2000
Format CD
Recorded 2000
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:14
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Al Holly, Joel Witherspoon
Producer The Neptunes
Philly's Most Wanted chronology
"Cross the Border"
(2000)		 "Please Don't Mind"
(2001)

"Cross the Border" was the lead single released from Philly's Most Wanted's debut album, Get Down or Lay Down. The song was produced by The Neptunes.

"Cross the Border" became the duo's most successful single, reaching number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100, while gaining the most success on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, peaking at number three.

The song's lyrics involve the illegal drug trade, specifically, the recruitment of women "with accents" as drug mules to transport "bricks" of drugs into an unnamed airport.

Contents

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "Cross the Border" (Album Version) - 4:25
  2. "Cross the Border" (Clean) - 4:23
  3. "Cross the Border" (Instrumental) - 4:25

B-Side

  1. "Suckas, Pt.2 (For Da’ Gansta’s)" (Album Version) - 4:40
  2. "Suckas, Pt.2 (For Da’ Gansta’s)" (Clean) - 3:56
  3. "Suckas, Pt.2 (For Da’ Gansta’s)" (Instrumental) - 3:53

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 98
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 50
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 3
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 37

Year-End charts

End of year chart (2001) Position
Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1] 7

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles - 2001". http://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA59&dq=the+year+in+music+2001&hl=en&ei=yVuCTvykBeLk0QGJh5yxAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20year%20in%20music%202001&f=false. Retrieved 2011-09-27. 

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