What You Know
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| "What You Know" | ||
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| Single by T.I. | ||
| from the album King | ||
| Released | February 28, 2006 (U.S.) | |
| Format | Digital download | |
| Genre | Hip hop/Southern rap | |
| Length | 4:33 | |
| Label | Grand Hustle/Atlantic | |
| Writer(s) | T.I., Aldrin Davis, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Lee Hutson | |
| Producer(s) | DJ Toomp | |
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| T.I. singles chronology | ||
| "Front Back" (2005) |
"What You Know" (2006) |
"Why You Wanna" (2006) |
"What You Know" is a Hip-hop song by Southern rap artist T.I., and the second single from his 2006 album King. The song has also been used in promotion of the film ATL, in which T.I. stars. It has garnered a 5-star rating from Pitchfork Media.[1] The song is peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and it also topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It utilizes a replay of Roberta Flack's version of The Impressions "Gone Away". The track "What You Know" was rumored to be a beef song to southern rapper Lil' Flip. According to the last verse when he says "You say you want to squash it, what you still talkin shit for" and "Video or not,dawg, I'll bust until the glock stop" referring to the videotape that T.I. supposedly has of a fight between him and Flip. The song is produced by DJ Toomp from Zone Boy Productions and Wonder. The drums were done by DJ Toomp while the actual music composition was done by Wonder. Wonder apparently tried to sample the Roberta Flack song, Gone Away, but decided to do a replay instead.
It was performed at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and it gained two nominations.
What You Know was recently nominated for "Best Rap Solo Performance" and "Best Rap Song" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
[edit] Remixes
- What you know (Juelz Santana & Papoose)
- What you know (DJ Gooch Remix)
| Preceded by "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single April 22, 2006 |
Succeeded by "It's Goin' Down" by Yung Joc |
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