You Don't Know (Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Cashis song)

"You Don't Know" is the first single of the compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It features Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and former Shady Records artist, Cashis.

Music video

The video appeared on MTV's Sucker Free, and BET's 106 & Park as a "New Joint", on November 7, 2006. The video reached number 1 on MTV's Total Request Live. Tony Yayo, The Alchemist, Young Buck, D12, Bobby Creekwater, Obie Trice, Mobb Deep, Trick Trick, Dr.Dre & Stat Quo all have cameo appearances. Obie Trice appeared as a helicopter coordinator carrying Lloyd Banks.

The video is prison themed with each of the four featured artists portraying highly dangerous criminals. All four are wearing prison outfits and are significantly covered in chains and cuffs, and all four are transported in separate vehicles to a heavily guarded arena. 50 Cent is transported in maximum security prison plane, Cashis in a train, Lloyd Banks in a helicopter and Eminem is transported in a heavy security transfer truck.

The video seems to reference movies such as The Silence of the Lambs with Eminem being restrained in a similar trolley and muzzle to that of Hannibal Lecter's. Eminem also imitates Hannibal Lecter's trademark lip-licking motion to Jodie Foster when, in the beginning of the video, Eminem is visited at his cell by an FBI Agent who looks similar to Foster's character in The Silence of the Lambs. Also, the video also seems to show references to the movie Con Air when the prisoners get transported by airplane.

Anachronisms

• At around (ETA) 2:53 to 2:55 Obie Trice is portrayed wearing and listening to White, signature Red, high-performance brand of audio headphones, Beats by Dr. Dre which were not released until July 2008, approximately two years later after the music video was officially released.

Chart positions

"You Don't Know" was released in the UK on December 11, 2006 and the single contained a free sticker. The sticker's inclusion disqualified it from appearing in the charts in that country. In 2007 "You Don't Know" managed to chart from download sales alone, peaking at number 32.

"You Don't Know" debuted (and peaked^[1]) at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest debut for a single on this chart for 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Cashis. It was Eminem's fifth highest debut, after "We Made You", at number 9, "Forever", with Drake, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne, at number 8, "Love the Way You Lie", with Rihanna, at number 2, and "Not Afraid", which became the sixteenth overall and second rap song to debut at number 1. The song is featured in the WWE film The Condemned. This song is also used by the Boston Celtics for their player introductions at the TD Garden. And it was on the CSI: Miami episode "Internal Affairs".

Track listing

CD single / Digital download

Chart performance

References

External links

• "You Don't Know" Official music video on YouTube