"Come on Baby" is a song by rapper

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, released on July 14, 2007 as the first single from his debut album '' The Greatest Story Never Told''. The song features

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on the hook and was produced by

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. The album version features a verse by

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. The song samples

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's "Southside Shuffle". The music video for the song made its debut on ''

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'' on November 8, 2007.

Remix

The official remix features two new verses by Saigon, a verse from

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's original hook and was released on November 6, 2007. Jay-Z's verse was included as the second verse on the album version of the song, replacing Saigon's original third verse.Just Blaze (November 6, 2007
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recorded a song over the same instrumental entitled "Rick Smits", and west coast artists

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and

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have also recorded over the instrumental.

Samples and film references

* "Come On Baby" sampled J. Geils Band's "Southside Shuffle" (Atlantic, 1973), using the riff at 0:07 in the song. * "Come On Baby" appears in the 2009 film ''

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'', in the Bronx arrival scene at 33:30.

References

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