I'll Be (Foxy Brown song)

"I'll Be"
Single by Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z
from the album Ill Na Na
B-side "Foxy's Bells"
Released March 4, 1997[1]
Format Vinyl, CD
Recorded 1996
Genre East Coast hip hop, pop rap, R&B, dance-pop
Length 3:00
Label Def Jam
Writer(s) Shawn Carter, Bobby Watson, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Bruce Swedien, Angela Winbush
Producer(s) Trackmasters
Foxy Brown chronology
"Get Me Home"
(1996)		 "I'll Be"
(1997)		 "Big Bad Mamma"
(1997)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Can't Knock the Hustle"
(1996)		 "I'll Be"
(1997)		 "Feelin' It"
(1997)

"I'll Be" was the second single released from Foxy Brown's debut album, Ill Na Na, produced by the Trackmasters and featuring Jay-Z.

Released on March 4, 1997, "I'll Be" quickly became a huge hit, peaking at 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, at the time becoming both Foxy Brown and Jay-Z's highest charting single. Two months after its release on May 2, "I'll Be" was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments exceeding 500,000;[1] it sold over 800,000 in total.[2] To date it remains Foxy Brown's only solo top 40 single and her only to earn a certification.

The song sampled René & Angela's 1985 hit "I'll Be Good". The official Trackmasters remix also sampled Queen's 1980 hit "Another One Bites The Dust". In the UK, the D&A remix which was played by Radio 1 during its daytime shows sampled Blondie's 1981 hit "Rapture".

In 2008, The song was ranked number 52 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.[3] The music video was directed by Brett Ratner[4]

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "I'll Be" (LP Version)- 3:00
  2. "I'll Be" (Main Mix)- 3:17

B-Side

  1. "I'll Be" (Instrumental)- 3:16
  2. "Foxy's Bells" (LP Version)- 3:20

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 7
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 5
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 2
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 22
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 4
UK Singles Chart 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 54

References

  1. 1 2 Foxy Brown's RIAA Gold & Platinum search
  2. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 110 (5): 76. January 31, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Stereogum: VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs
  4. ↑ http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4544
  5. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.

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