"Start It Up" is a song by American hip hop recording artist

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, released on November 2, 2010 as the third single from his third studio album '' H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More 2)''. The song, which features vocals from fellow American rappers

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and

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, was produced by American music producer

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Background

The song originally leaked in the lead-up to the release of ''The Hunger for More 2'', even though it was not released officially, the song still managed to gain airplay, resulting in the song charting on the ''Billboard''

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chart. It was unknown whether the song would be released as a single or not until he confirmed it in an interview on 102 Jamz. Whilst speaking to

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, Banks' said this about the track, In an interview with ''

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'', Banks explained that

was not originally on the chorus. At first it was thought that

had produced the track, but it was later confirmed that it was up and coming producer named

. A testament to the fast-paced music industry in 2010, Banks said, "The difference from that track being me and Fab and having Kanye was 24 hours."

Remixes

The official UK

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, featuring Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, Ryan Leslie, Sway DaSafo and Giggs, was released on December 3, 2010. The official “Extended Version” was released on December 7, 2010. The extended version is the same as the original with the addition of a verse from fellow American rapper

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. The official remix keeps West's and Fabolous's verses, but adds a verse from

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and a new verse from Lloyd Banks.

Music video

In an interview with

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, Banks confirmed that a music video would be filmed for the song, but a date had not been confirmed. It had been confirmed that

was shooting his part for the video on November 12, 2010. Via Twitter it was confirmed that the G-Unit Riderz would make a cameo appearance in the video. However it is believed that because of the difficulty of getting the artists together at one time there may be no video.

Charts

Release history

References

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