Show Me What You Got

Infobox Single
Name = Show Me What You Got


Artist = Jay-Z
from Album = Kingdom Come
Released = October 2006
Format = CD single, Digital download, 12" single
Genre = East Coast hip hop, Funk
Length = 3:44
Label = Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam
Writer = Boxley, Jay-zSteve McEwanM./PateJ./RidenhourC./E. SadlerLL COOL JAY
Producer = Just Blaze
Last single = "Déjà Vu"
(2006)
This single = "Show Me What You Got"
(2006)
Next single = "Upgrade U"
(2006)

"Show Me What You Got" is a single by rap artist and Def Jam president Jay-Z.

ong info

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 Lafayette Afro Rock Band and from Johnny Pate's "Shaft In Africa". The voice sample yelling "Show 'em what ya 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 U.K 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 Fresno Grizzlies, the Minor League affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, play an instrumental version of the song on the PA when the opposing team's starting lineup is being introduced.

Music video

The music video debuted on MTV and BET on October 16, 2006. It is a homage to several famous scenes from James Bond films of the past including:

*Scenes of a car race in Monaco - "GoldenEye"
*Scenes of a boat chase - "The World Is Not Enough"
*Scene of party in a large cave - "You Only Live Twice"
*Scene of a high stakes card game with Jarah Mariano - "Casino Royale"

The music video features Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. racing a Pagani Zonda S and a Ferrari F430 Spider, respectively, around Monaco, with some of the turns being the same ones used for the Monaco Grand Prix. The video was featured during the "Lexus Halftime Show" during Monday Night Football on ESPN.

A second version similar to the official video was made as a Budweiser commercial.

The video's theme of Jay-Z being "James Bond" was later used in an advertisement by Budweiser. In it, Jay-Z competes in a holographic football video game against Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. This commercial is an homage to "Never Say Never Again" (an unauthorised James Bond film), where Bond went head-to-head against Maximillian Largo in a video game at the Casino Royale. The ad debuted during Super Bowl XLI

Remixes

Although no official remix has been made, several "Show Me What You Got" versions have been released by many artists.
*Lil Wayne has released a version of the track, which can easily mistaken as a diss track against Jay-Z himself.
*Brooklyn rapper AZ has released a version of the track.
*A remix featuring a new beat and vocals was made by CHOPS and has received radio airplay.
*Clinton Sparks ( Diddy's official DJ ), has also released a remix with a verse from Diddy. The remix can be downloaded from Clinton Spark's official [http://www.clintonsparks.com website] .
*"We Gon' Make It", song 2 (produced by K-Def) from the "Press Play" also uses the main sample in very much the same way over the chorus, and could therefore be mistaken as a version or remix of the Just Blaze produced track.
*The Game has a remix of this song, in which he disses Lloyd Banks.
*Chamillionaire has released a remix of this song on his mixtape Mixtape Messiah 2.
*Young Dayton rapper "Jola" released his own remix, entitled "All U Got."
*Southern Miami rapper Trina has her own version whck can be heard on her Rockstarr Mixtape
*R&B singer Amerie has also contributed her own version which can be heard on her Because I Love It Vol. 1 Mixtape.
*Erlangen's Eins A released a Version of the track called "Meister aller Klassen" on their Mixtape "Wenn der Kuchen spricht, haben die Kruemel Pause".
*Sniper released his own version of the track on his mixtape "The Scope's On You Vol. 1" hosted by DJ Green Lantern.

Track listing

UK - CD

# "Show Me What You Got"
# "Can't Knock The Hustle" (featuring Beyoncé)

UK - Vinyl

# "Show Me What You Got" (edited)
# "Show Me What You Got" (explicit)
# "Show Me What You Got" (instrumental)

Charts

References

* [http://www.rocafella.com/News.aspx?item=102655&sectionid=137# Roc-A-Fella News]
* [http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=5233 Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got" (Produced by Just Blaze) - XXL]
* [http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003224032 Jay-Z Sets Date For 'Kingdom' As Single Blows Up - Billboard.com]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13350034/ Jay-Z launches Cristal bubbly boycott - MSNBC]