What I Need

Infobox Single
Name = What I Need


Artist = Ray J
from Album = Raydiation
Released = 2005
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2005
Genre = R&B
Length = 3:46 (Album Version)
4:51 (Smokin Trees version)
4:19 (Smokin' Smokin' Weed version)
Label = Sanctuary/Knockout
Writers = Willie Ray Norwood Jr.
Niggaracci
Shorty Mack
Nate Dogg
Slim Thug
Producer = Darkchild
Director = Shorty Mack, Ray J
Certification = -
Last single = "One Wish"
(2005)
This single = "What I Need"
(2006)
Next single = "Sexy Can I"
(2008)

"What I Need" is the second single released off Raydiation and became his least successful single on the billboard chart only peaking number 54 on the R&B Chart. The remix version with West Coast rappers Nate Dogg, Shorty Mack, Slim Thug and Snoop Dogg became even more popular being watched more than 200,000 times on YouTube. It's called "Smokin Weed" and produced by Ray J for Knockout Entertainment and was expected to be released as "Smokin' Smokin' Weed" which featured Ray J, Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg only, on "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment" by Snoop Dogg.

Music video

The video for "What I Need" was directed by Little X and is black and white.

The video for "Smokin Trees" was directed by Ray J and Shorty Mack. It has no plot and seems like a homevideo. The video features Snoop Dogg, Shorty Mack, Ray J, Nate Dogg, Slim Thug, a woman and a lot of smoke. The video had no airplay in TV and was released to the internet only.