I've Got to Have It
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"I've Got to Have It" is a song written by American rappers Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

, Nas
Nas
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

, and American R&B singer Monica for the soundtrack of the comedy film ”Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, and starring Martin Lawrence as FBI agent Malcolm Turner. The majority of the film took place in Cartersville, Georgia, but the film was shot on location in California. The...

”. The song samples Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

's 1986 single Sledgehammer
Sledgehammer (song)
"Sledgehammer" is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. It hit number one in Canada on 21 July 1986 where it spent four weeks; number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on 26 July 1986; and number four in the UK singles chart, thanks in part to a...

. The song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack in June 2000. In the US, it only peaked at number 67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It never charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The video received a lot of airplay on BET.
  • Also another guest appearance from JD prot'ege Lil' Bow Wow when he's out with Jermaine before Big Momma leaves. And later features the remix video of him singing his debut single Bounce With Me
    Bounce With Me
    "Bounce with Me" is a hip hop-R&B single by American rapper Lil' Bow Wow and features former So So Def Recordings girl group Xscape. It is the first single from Bow Wow's album Beware of Dog. The single spent one week at number one on the U.S. Rap Chart and number twenty on Billboard Hot 100...

     and later comes back to Jermaine's song.

Charts

  • These are the peak positions from chart providers.

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Hot Rap Tracks
Hot Rap Tracks
Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...

15
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 67
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart...

68
U.S. Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1
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