"Bust It Baby" is a

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by American rapper Plies released on January 25, 2008, and is the first single from Plies' second

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''. The original was featured as a bonus track on ''Definition of Real'', while "Bust It Baby Pt. 2", which features R&B singer

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, is an official track on the album. The song features a noticeable sample of

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's 1990 single " Come Back to Me", a #2 hit from her 1989 album "

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". Jackson is also featured on the song's official remix.

Bust It Baby Pt. 2

"Bust It Baby (Part 2)" is the second part of the two single release of "Bust It Baby", making it the first "double single." On the R&B/Hip Hop chart, "Bust It Baby (Part 2)" peaked at #2, surpassing the original. It is Plies' second top 10 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and his biggest hit on the chart to date, peaking at #7. This surpassed the #9 peak of "

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" in 2007, and tying for Slip-n-Slide Records' highest placement on the Hot 100 (the other SNS single to reach that peak was

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's 2004 single "Let's Go" featuring

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and

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). In New Zealand, the song jumped from #22 to #9 in its second week on the chart.

Music video

The music video directed by Plies himself debuted on

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's ''

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'' on April 28, 2008.

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, and

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made cameos. It debuted on ''

106 & Park ''106 & Park'' is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International. It was the network's highest- rated ...

'' on May 1, 2008.(May 1, 2008)
Plies brings the "New Joint" of the day Today on BET's 106 & Park!
Accessed May 8, 2008. "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" has had multiple number ones on 106 & Park. It stayed on the countdown for 35 days.

Charts

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Certifications

Radio and release history

References

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