Throw Some D's

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"Throw Some D's"
Single by Rich Boy featuring Polow da Don
from the album Rich Boy
Released	August 15, 2006
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:23
Label	Interscope Records
Writer(s)	M. Richards, R. Crawford, Jamarcus Jones, R. Debarge, G. Williams, C. Gholson
Producer	Drumma Boy, Qeubo Kuntry, Butta, Polow da Don
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)
Rich Boy singles chronology
"Throw Some D's" (2006) "Boy Looka Here" (2007)

"Throw Some D's" is the first single off the self-titled album of rap artist Rich Boy, and his most commercially successful song to date. The single was produced by Drumma Boy, Qeubo Kuntry, Butta and co-produced by Polow da Don.

The music video was released in October 2006 and was in heavy rotation on BET and MTV. The single charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 6 in March 2007. The track saw greater success within the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot 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.^[1] It has been a good success for the rapper, having been certified platinum by the RIAA.^[2].

[edit] Remixes

• One remix was produced by Lil' Jon and it features André 3000, Jim Jones, Nelly, Murphy Lee, and The Game. Another was produced by Travis Barker.
• There is also another remix that features Rick Ross, The Game, Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana.
• G-Unit member Lloyd 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 to breast augmentation surgery as opposed to Dayton 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" (Hawaii 5.0) 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 Tell 'Em sampled the vocals from "Throw Some D's" in his song "Report Card."
• Expensive Taste in collaboration with DJ 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"
• Hollywood Holt has a song called "Throw A Kit On That Bitch," which uses the same beat but refers to customizing a moped.
• Dub Step artists Parsons released a remix with the same title, it was released on mu-record's compilation album "200"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	11
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	9

[edit] References

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