- Grew Up a Screw Up
Infobox Single
Name = Grew Up a Screw Up
Artist =Ludacris featuringYoung Jeezy
from Album =Release Therapy
Released = September 2006
Format =Digital download ,CD single
Recorded = 2006
Genre =Rap
Length = 4:00
Label =Disturbing tha Peace /Def Jam
Writer =Ludacris ,Young Jeezy
Producer = DJ Nasty & LVM
Certification =
Chronology =Ludacris singles
Last single = "Money Maker "
(2006)
This single = "Grew Up a Screw Up"
(2006)
Next single = "Runaway Love"
(2007)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Young Jeezy singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Say I "
(2006)
This single = "Grew Up a Screw Up"
(2006)
Next single = "I Luv It "
(2006)"Grew Up a Screw Up" is the second single off of
Ludacris ' "Release Therapy ". The song featuresYoung Jeezy , who Ludacris was previously thought to have beef with and a sample of the lateThe Notorious B.I.G. who sings the hook "I grew up a fucking screw up.". Curiously, in the video, Young Jeezy raps a verse different from the one which appeared on the Release Therapy Disc. The video premiered onBET 's106 & Park as a New Joint on FridayOctober 13 2006 . The video has already been released on MTV Jams. The video featuresSlick Pulla and Bloodraw (from CTE). The video debuted onBET 's106 & Park 10 days (excluding weekends) after its premiere at number 9 on WednesdayOctober 25 2006 . The video is currently in rotation onMTV2 . It was produced byDJ Nasty &LVM .ong Information
"Give Up a Screw Up" is one of the "Release" songs off the album
Release Therapy , whose lead single wasMoney Maker . The song describes how Ludacris grew up in a bad environment. He says that he knew he had to do something in his life to be successful. The chorus samples aNotorious B.I.G. verse fromTupac 's 1995 song, "Runnin' (From tha Police) " (itself sampled and released as "Runnin' (Dying to Live) " on the 2003 album "Tupac Resurrection "). Ludacris does the first and third verse.Young Jeezy does the second verse where he also raps about how he grew up and how he dropped out of school at grade 8. On the Release Therapy version, Young Jeezy raps and references songs and artists fromDisturbing tha Peace , Ludacris' record label. In Jeezy's rap he makes references toField Mob ,Shawnna 's "Gettin' Some ", and Ludacris' "Pimpin' All Over the World".Video
The music video's concept is not as complex as other videos featuring Ludacris. It is shot outdoors, where Ludacris and
Young Jeezy rap. Behind them is a screen that shows videos and pictures of the places where they grew up. It was directed byChaka Zulu and premiered onBET 's106 & Park onOctober 13 ,2006 .Remix
A remix of the song has surfaced, which includes an additional verse from
Young Jeezy and New Orleans rapper,Lil Wayne .
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