We Made It
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We Made It is the first single from Busta Rhymes's eigth studio album Blessed, featuring Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. The song was produced by Cool & Dre with additional production by Mike Shinoda and Timbaland. It features a sample of Michael Jackson's Thriller. The song was released on April 29th. The track debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 charts at #65[2]. The song was used by TNT during the 2008 NBA Playoffs and is the theme song for the NBA Western Conference on TNT.
Music video
The music video premiered all day on BET on Tuesday, April 29, the same day as the video for his second single, "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em). The video also premiered for 24 hours only on Yahoo! Music at 7:30pm EST on Tuesday, April 29. That same day, "We Made It" went to radio stations worldwide. The video also features cameo appearances from Styles of Beyond, Bishop Lamont, Carlos Boozer, and Lamar Odom. Chris Robinson directed the video.
Track listing
- "We Made It" (Clean)
- "We Made It" (Explicit)
- "We Made It" (Instrumental)
Inspiration
Busta says that the inspiration for this song was from what happened to T.I. after the BET awards.
"The record was inspired by the situation that transpired with T.I. right after the BET Hip-Hop Awards. My legal situations were current, and his legal situations were current, and Akon had his, you know, history of legal situations in the past ... We wanted people to — as bad as things might look for us sometimes — just know that it ain't over until you say it's over at the end of the day. 'Cause nobody can really dictate what the outcome of your destiny, what your life is going to end up becoming, unless you let it happen that way."
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 37[4] |
| Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | 40[5] |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 65[6] |
| Billboard Pop 100 | 47[7] |
| Irish Singles Chart | 42 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 13 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 59 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 32 |
| Bulgarian National Top 40 | 35 |
| Mrx Hot 100 | 5 |
References
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist
- ^ Chart Listing For The Week Of May 17 2008
- ^ Busta Rhymes Comments On Star-Studded Remix, Album | Hip Hop News > HipHopDX.com
- ^ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on May 25, 2008.
- ^ - "We Made It" Music Charts (Canada), aCharts. Accessed May 12, 2008
- ^ - "We Made It" Music charts (US), aCharts. Accessed May 12, 2008
- ^ "We Made It" Chart Listing For The Week Of May 17 2008
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