"Foolish" is the third single from rapper
Shawty Lo's debut album ''
Units in the City''. The song was officially released and added on
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on June 17, 2008.
Music video
The music video is first seen at the end of Shawty Lo's video for his previous single, "
Dunn Dunn." The remix is the continuation for it. The MTV version of the remix video edits the part that says "cross your t's and dot your i's". This is actually a direct reference to fellow Atlanta rapper
T.I., with whom Shawty Lo has a well-publicized amity.
Remix
The official remix features
DJ Khaled,
Birdman,
Rick Ross
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Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Sean Combs, D ...
and
Jim Jones. Birdman uses the
Auto-Tune effect on his verse in the remix. Rick Ross mentions his album ''
Trilla'' going #1 and topping Snoop Dogg's ''
Ego Trippin''. The remix has also been included as a
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exclusive bonus track on DJ Khaled's album ''
We Global''. The music video for the remix is the continuation of the original that can be seen at the end of the "
Dunn Dunn" video.
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,
Jadakiss,
Lil Wayne,
Ace Hood and
Gunplay of
Triple C's make cameo appearances in the video.
Freestyles
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has released two freestyles of this song on ''Mixtape Messiah 4''. One was entitled "On the Grind Homie" and the other was called "Top Down, Money Up". An interesting fact is that the original freestyle (released on the
Internet before the mixtape's release) had the chopped and screwed hook of "Top Down, Money Up" and the verse of "On the Grind Homie". For an unknown reason, another freestyle and hook were recorded, and "Top Down, Money Up" received the new verse, as opposed to "On the Grind Homie" getting the new hook.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2008 singles
Shawty Lo songs
Asylum Records singles
2008 songs