Slow Jamz

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"Slow Jamz"

Single by Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
from the album Kamikaze and The College Dropout
Released	2003
Format	12" maxi single
Genre	Rap
Length	3:32
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Twista Kanye West Burt Bacharach Hal David
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Certification	Uncertified
Chart positions
#1(USA) #3 (UK)
Twista singles chronology
"Iz That Your Chick?" (with Memphis Bleek & Jay-Z) 2000	"Slow Jamz" 2003	"Overnight Celebrity" 2004
Kanye West singles chronology
	"Slow Jamz" 2003	"Through the Wire" 2004
Jamie Foxx singles chronology
"Infatuation" 1994	"Slow Jamz" 2003	"Gold Digger" 2005

"Slow Jamz" is the first single from Twista's album, Kamikaze. Released in late 2003, the single (which features Kanye West and Jamie Foxx) peaked at number one in the USA for a week in February 2004 becoming Twista's, West's and Foxx's first number one single. An extended mix was included on West's debut album, The College Dropout. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Q magazine listed it as the nineteenth greatest hip-hop song of all time [1].

1 Song information
2 Music Video
3 TRL Stats
4 Single Tracklist
- 4.1 A-Side
- 4.2 B-Side
5 References
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Song information

The song is a tribute to classic smooth soul artists and slow jam songs. Kanye West is the song's producer and supplies the first verse, Twista gives the second and third verses, and actor/singer Jamie Foxx sings the chorus. The song's hook – "Are you gonna be, are you gonna be, are you gonna be, well well well well" – is taken from Luther Vandross' version of "A House Is Not a Home."

Twista's first verse is given a memorable introduction with innuendo from West and former Talk Soup host Aisha Tyler:

Tyler: Now Kanye, I know I told you to slow it down, it's good, it's all good, it's beautiful. But now I need you to do it faster baby, can you please, do it faster, do it faster!

West: Damn, baby; I can't do it that fast...but I know somebody who can. Twista!

[edit] Music Video

The Music video has 2 versions. In the 1st version it has no text at all whereas in the 2nd version there has text showing what Jamie Foxx says during the hook and what Twista says during his verse. The video shows a party; at first we see Jamie Foxx buying records for the party then it goes to the party where Kanye West and Twista are. There are no storyline changes between the two versions.

[edit] TRL Stats

TRL
Day	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Position	10	8	9	7	10	8	5	5	5	8	10	-	9	10	8	8	10	6	8	-	8	9	10

[edit] Single Tracklist

[edit] A-Side

Slow Jamz (Explicit) (4:06)
Slow Jamz (Edited) (3:34)
Slow Jamz (Instrumental) (3:33)

[edit] B-Side

Badunkadunk (Explicit) (4:16)
Badunkadunk (Edited) (4:16)
Badunkadunk (Instrumental) (4:15)

[edit] References

The song refers to the following soul artists:

Preceded by "The Way You Move" by OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown	Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 21, 2004	Succeeded by "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
Preceded by "You Don't Know my Name" by Alicia Keys	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single February 21, 2004