- Throw Some D's
Infobox Single |
Name = Throw Some D's
Artist =Rich Boy featuringPolow da Don
from Album = Rich Boy
Released = October 2006
Format =Digital download ,CD single
Genre =Rap /Hip-Hop Dirty South
Length = 4:24
Label =Interscope Records
Writer = M. Richards, R. Crawford, Jamarcus Jones, R. Debarge, G. Williams,C. Gholson
Producer =Drumma Boy ,Qeubo Kuntry &Butta (Co-Produced by "Polow da Don ")
Certification: Platinum
Chronology =Rich Boy singles
Last single = "Get to Poppin" (2005)
This single = "Throw Some D's" (2006)
Next single = "Boy Looka Here " (2007)"Throw Some D's" is the first single off the self-titled album of
rap artistRich Boy , and his most commercially successful song to date. The single was produced byButta ,Drumma Boy AndQeubo Kuntry (J.Benjamin) and co-produced byPolow da Don . Themusic video was released in October 2006 and was in heavy rotation onBET andMTV . Fellow labelmateKeri Hilson can be seen making a cameo. The single charted on theU.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and peaked at number 6, in March 2007. The track saw greater success within theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs andHot Rap Tracks charts, peaking at number 3 and 2 respectively. The song contains samples from the 1979 song "I Call Your Name" by the R&B Group Switch. This song was #37 on "Rolling Stone "'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline ( December 11 ,2007 ). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/10 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved2007-12-21 ] It has been a good success for the rapper, having been certified platinum by the RIAA. [cite web | url =http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS | title = RIAA Certifications Rich Boy]Remixes
* One
remix was produced byLil' Jon and it featuresAndré 3000 , Jim Jones,Nelly ,Murphy Lee , and The Game. Another was produced byTravis Barker .
* There is also another remix that features Rick Ross, The Game, Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana.
* G-Unit memberLloyd Banks released a song called "On My Hip" which also uses the beat of "Throw Some D's".
*Kanye West released a remix of the song, with the term "D's" referring tobreast augmentation surgery as opposed to 20" Inch Rims.
* Papoose released a song called "Got My Ratchet Back" to the beat of "Throw Some D's".
*Lil' Wayne released a song called "Put some keys on that" on "Da Drought 3" mixtape produced by Qeubo Kuntry, one of the producers of the original cut for Syra Inc.
*Hell Rell released a song called "Throw Some Keys" to the beat of "Throw Some D's".
*Soulja Boy sampled the vocals from "Throw Some D's" in his song "Report Card."
*Expensive Taste in collaboration withDJ Skee released a song called "Them OG's" also known as "Them Are G's On That Bitch" to the beat of "Throw Some D's"Charts
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